And my point is he is doing exactly what is demanded of him right now: be an extra body in the squad to cover you in the last few minutes of games against tiredness.
Mike, calm down and read what I post.
I'm not even mentioning the abuse problems, all I'm trying to say is: Yossi is not good enough to be on that pitch representing us.
We ain't exactly relegation threatened. We've hit 40 points, after all. It's improbable we'd go down now.
On the other hand, if you want to make the argument that Villa are in good form and have had a bit of a habit recently of coming up with surprising results against Chelsea, I think it'd be fair.
Yossi does care about the club. In fact I'm gonna stick up for him here, being professional while being subject to anti-semitic abuse from chelsea fans, and not for the first time.
Not really the point, certainly not a reason to justify the abuse he gets.
He's an extra body for a small squad, thats basically his status
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A player who earns more than Juan Mata! A player who couldn't get a game at West Ham earlier in the season! I am not blaining Rafa for him being here because we could have/should have re-called someone else instead but i am blaming Rafa for using him so often especially when you have someone like Lampard on the bench.
A player who earns more than Juan Mata! A player who couldn't get a game at West Ham earlier in the season! I am not blaining Rafa for him being here because we could have/should have re-called someone else instead but i am blaming Rafa for using him so often especially when you have someone like Lampard on the bench.
Before the game I would have taken a point for sure but when it happens like that it feels like a defeat. We had 2-3 guilt edge chances when 2-1 up to wrap the game up and we didn't and at that point I said to my brother that this would come back to bite us. Torres worked well I thought up until the 70 minute mark when he was exhausted and kept being tackled so easily handing back possession to Spurs. Luiz again played well in parts but handed possession back to them far to easily. Ramires another one especially late on kept handing back possession to them by picking the wrong ball. As for the substitute I wonder what all the Rafa backers in recent days thought of it and whether he still deserves credit or the job fulltime? In need of a goal, midfield starting to get over run so he brings on Yossi!!!! I mean seriously come on no one can defend this change no one! His decision making is far to slow and he doesn't recognize the players that need to go off. Because of them reasons alone they prove he is an average manager at best! The pressure is on us now to pick up 3 points from our remaining two games, two games which in the recent past we have not found too easy.
West Ham earlier in the season! I am not blaining Rafa for him being here because we could have/should have re-called someone else instead but i am blaming Rafa for using him so often especially when you have someone like Lampard on the bench.
Jesus Christ man, out of all the games in the world, playing grandpa Lampard in pivot vs. Spurs is last thing you want. Might just as well bend over and allow Bale to cut inside from the wing 24/7 and make one impossible powershot after another. Rafas squad selection was spot-on, he picked two most mobile CMs to help shut down the biggest threat.
As for Yossi - for a 100 time, who else is on the bench and isn't ****?
Fans Carl, its sadly happen more than one, both in the stadium on on his twitter.
He was injured at west ham, thats why he is back( he wouldn't have been recalled otherwise)
Bringing on Lampard would have moved Ramires out wide, and he was causing havoc through the middle. Ideally you'd have actual reinforcements!
That said, it had little impact ether way
How much he's paid shouldn't be anyone's fault apart from the club's for paying him that much.
Chelsea go through a fantastic run of form, get themselves into a European cup final - thanks in no small part to their manager's excellent use of meagre resources - and look to be favourites to secure third and automatic Champions League qualifications. And, of course, the Chelsea fans complain.
I find there to be something of an irony that Benitez is being derided as an average manager despite having won the CL, since I think that's more or less what the entire rest of the world thinks of Roberto Di Matteo, not Benitez.
Jesus Christ man, out of all the games in the world, playing grandpa Lampard in pivot vs. Spurs is last thing you want. Might just as well bend over and allow Bale to cut inside from the wing 24/7 and make one impossible powershot after another. Rafas squad selection was spot-on, he picked two most mobile CMs to help shut down the biggest threat.
As for Yossi - for a 100 time, who else is on the bench and isn't ****?
Given the way Spurs got the second goal, and the way they were going through the midfield in the last 10 minutes, Lampard would not have been a good option.
Yet he brought Yossi on and we continued to get bullied anyway? At least with Lampard he gives you a threat going forward.
And a big gaping hole in defence, when Spurs were coming through you.
That's the point it would have been even worse through the middle!
Worse than Yossi who stayed out wide? So having someone in the middle (Lampard) will leave more gaps than not having someone there (Yossi)?
Oh i am not slating Yossi for how much he earns as it is the clubs fault for sure, just find it staggering the amount he is on. I would agree with you if he actually did use the squad well. I am fully sympathetic towards him in terms of how small the squad is but he does not help himself and constantly contradicts himself with this so called rotation because of fitness policy.
Playing Torres on the Thursday (as he has no choice) and then again for 90 minutes on a Sunday knowing for well he has to play again on Thusday is not managing the squad well is it?
Making subs so late in games that there is no resting time for players and not even using the full allotted subs he can is not managing the squad well is it?
One massive difference between Di Matteo and Rafa is that Di Matteo was still learning his trade, Rafa is stuck in his own ways and will never change that no matter how much he fails with it.
Yes. Yossi wasnt in the middle, he was on the flanks.
Bringing on Lampard means a midfield duo of Lampard and Luiz, while pushing Ramires back out wide.
So you have made a midfield duo that was already under pressure, even weaker. Because Lampard is poorer defensively than Ramires, and would certainly struggle to track Bale surging inside.
Really? Because considering how small the pool of players who can play to Chelsea's standards are, I'd say rotation for fitness is ****** paramount. Oscar and Eden Hazard have both played over SIXTY games each this season. Torres, Mata and Ramires are racking up similar amounts of appearances. Contrast this to Manchester United - who, it must be noted, have a strict rotational policy under Ferguson - and their key players: Michael Carrick has played 34, Van Persie 36 and Rooney 26.
Frankly, it's a miracle your entire squad hasn't just broken down and ground to a halt under sheer weight of injuries. It's a testament to Rafa's rotational policy that you can even field an eleven of senior players, let alone actually improve towards the end of the season and start outplaying your rivals when it matters.
No idea. Perhaps? I wouldn't want to speculate past basic fact. Rafa's the one with all the sports scientists here, not me.
That's one accusation that can definitely be levelled against him, I'd agree.
Yeah, he totally didn't change at all when 3-0 down in the Champions League final at half time. Nope. NEVER EVER CHANGES, and fails (or in this particular case, succeeds spectacularly) all the time.