He's a beast, absolute beast.
Rafael da Silva | 2010-14 Performances
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MoTM by a country mile today.
Did very well today.
He's the natural successor to Dani Alves.
Our right side, him and Valencia were the only part of the team that was remotely threatening.
He should be RB for all our games, best choice and he links up with Valencia quite well.
Motm performance.
He's amazing. His natural tackling ability is actually one of the very best in our team. One of those tacklers who wins the ball when you think he's unlikely to.
And he's crazy. Plain crazy.
And he's crazy. Plain crazy.
If only the twins were made of tougher stuff to last the distance. Rafael was a delight to watch in his attack on the ball today.
He was our best right back last year and he'd be definite first choice for me if he wasn't so injury prone.
He's barely ever gotten a run of games since the game at Blackpool where he got injured?
He's barely ever gotten a run of games since the game at Blackpool where he got injured?
he was brilliant today. Even the tackle/block that got him the yellow card was the right thing to do.
fecking unbelievable today. Brilliant performance.
very impressed with him today. hope he can remain relatively injury-free
Great again today.
<3 Rafael..
<3 Rafael..
Unlucky to pick up a yellow in a game where the ref was avoiding cards, but otherwise was superb, his best performance this season.
Superb defensively.
His courage was what impressed me the most. Liverpool players hacked him down on countless occaisions but he just got up without fuss. Some of his tackles were superb as well, he's mastering the art of brwning.
That's odd as his debut was against Newcastle.
He means his full debut obviously, walking out onto the pitch as a starter with the rest of the team must be a bit different to coming on as a late sub.
Ah, my poor memory had him starting that game alongside Frazier Campbell and a few other debutantes. Of course he was a sub.
People crack a fat over the likes of Smalling and Jones and Cleverly, but he's every bit as special. If he remains injury free, he'll be best right back in the world within a few years.
I was racking my brains trying to remember who the feck Shaun Birch played for.
Me too, in fact I'd already gone past that to the stage of convincing myself that I'd seen Birch a few times and yeah he was pretty handy
Back in the real world Rafael is what he was 3 yrs ago, an enthusiastic tackler with great hair and a twin!
More often than not I hate this place and the majority of posters here. If only I didn't have so much spare time on my hands.
Best right back in the league I was told.
Despite the first being simplistic bullshit, you've 2 our 3 right there. His positioning and tracking is alot better than it use to be, he's more efficient going forward and understands the concept of marking his man. He's alot better than he was 3 years ago. Every time he's played over the past month, he's upstaged Evra and that says alot given how good Evra has been at times.
The same here
Not being hyperbolic, but it's the best half I've seen him play.
Looked assured, less rash, strong in the tackle and his positioning looks much improved.
Keep it up please.
Looked assured, less rash, strong in the tackle and his positioning looks much improved.
Keep it up please.
I hope we have the Rafael-Valencia combo for years to come. They are very good together.
Barring a few rash mistake every young defender is prone to make, he's fantastic when fit and has been so over the years. Shame about the injuries though. They're the only thing stopping from owning the right back position.
Now it would be nice if the other twin could stay fit for a bit to give Evra some competition.
Now it would be nice if the other twin could stay fit for a bit to give Evra some competition.
He's been absolutely amazing. Really hope he carries this on sans the injuries.
Insane first half from him, god damn he is good.
I don't remember Malouda doing anything, to be honest.
Thing about Rafael is barring the odd rash tackle he is IMO usually quality. It's just injuries that are holding him back. I rarely think of Rafael as a player I'm ever worried about in terms of performance levels. He might be over exuberant at times like any young defender (see Jones, Fabio etc) but his overall performance levels for me are usually excellent.
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