Funny SAF story with Fabio/Rafael.
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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, we interview Duncan Drasdo of MUST - covering ticket prices, new stadium, INEOS and what fans should be demanding from our club.
Also, due to technical issues we couldn't put a notice up for the previous episode which was about the game against Bournemouth and other stuff. If you'd like to listen to it, click here.
Gary Nev, Butt, Scholes and Keane, or Evra, Park, and the twins... I know which group I'd rather spend a day socializing with, at least!I heard SAF also told Nani how much he loved his albums, especially Thriller.
You can tell the one on the right in the thumbnail is Fabio because he’s got the wedding ring innit.
What a funny story
I wonder who got the power pack?
I wonder who got the power pack?
What a player Rafael was. A crazy but skillful RB. Injuries ruined him.
The best RB in the league during RVPs title year. In fact, Rafael, Carrick and Vidic were our only good players all season.
RVP had possibly the best first 6 months of a season in PL history. He dropped off big time and luckily Rooney picked up form at the tail end of that season.
The best RB in the league during RVPs title year. In fact, Rafael, Carrick and Vidic were our only good players all season.
RVP had possibly the best first 6 months of a season in PL history. He dropped off big time and luckily Rooney picked up form at the tail end of that season.
Fabio also played very well in the run in 2011 - so much so that he started the CL final?
Could be construed as a bit racist.
or the fact that they're twins.
Only in a world where you for some inexplicable reason want everything to be.
...NEWS!
Oh feck off
It’s 2026, we aren’t needlessly trying to paint people as things they aren’t anymore
They're identical twins for fecks sake!
They're identical twins for fecks sake!
Deary me
Or twinnist perhaps?
The Anderson story was funnier to be honest.
"Happy Birthday, honey. Because it's on the same day as your brother's I've made you both a double cake!"
"Feck you, you racist bitch."
"Feck you, you racist bitch."
I guarantee at some point we definitely swapped them at half-time to save an extra sub.
I remember that game against Arsenal in the FA Cup in which they both started in midfield (I think).
Ahead of Pogba?
They ran like mad that game. Chaos but it worked
When Nani got injured, Sir Alex kept asking him over and over again if he was OK.
I find it bizarre that Sir Alex in his latter years was so tolerant of Anderson.
I can imagine the 1995 version of SAF giving him the worst hairdryer he'd ever had in his life, and shipping him off as soon as he could.
Fergie said that he mellowed in his later years. This was definitely what was needed to handle a more sensitive generation of players. But yes, keeping Anderson around for as long as he did was an oversight which wouldn't have happened without Fergie's switch to a more mellow man-management style.
Wait they're 2 different people?
I always thought it was just one bloke called Fabio Rafael
I always thought it was just one bloke called Fabio Rafael
Running down the pitch
Don't know which one is which
Viva Da Silva!
Don't know which one is which
Viva Da Silva!
I've always wondered. What was stopping us from having Rafael pretend he was Fabio, if Rafael got himself suspended for a game?
It might have fooled the casual observer and referee on the field at the time, but there were enough differences between them that I think most fans could tell who was who. Looking at photos from their time with us I can normally pick them apart (they also acted a bit different with Rafael being more expressive and aggressive). There's no way we would have got away with it and the repercussions would have been huge.
Honour!
Loved theses two but can’t help but feel underwhelmed by their time here
Before they arrived we were led to believe they were very special. Fabio in particular who was captain of Brazil youth. He couldn’t get a sniff really though with Evra clearly ahead and regular injuries
Rafael did do well and for a brief period was probably best right back in the league. I can’t believe LVG sold him for as little as he did
Before they arrived we were led to believe they were very special. Fabio in particular who was captain of Brazil youth. He couldn’t get a sniff really though with Evra clearly ahead and regular injuries
Rafael did do well and for a brief period was probably best right back in the league. I can’t believe LVG sold him for as little as he did
Very good
Smooth.
Criminal?