Those things dont matter. Rafael had it coming for all the mistakes Evra made last season
Rafael da Silva | 2010-14 Performances
- Thread starter amolbhatia50k
- Start date
- Status
I meant 2 goals...and yes, the entire backline was shite. But this thread is about him (it's even titled Rafael to clue people in).
Can't believe people thought Twigg's post was anything other than sarcasm.
It was the first minute Devilton. Brazil had over 89 minutes to recover and couldn't. Yes Rafael made a mistake in the opening minute, but its hardly a disaster. The entire team were poor, not just Rafael, all of them.
It was Juans fault in the first place for running past Rafael when he received the ball. Who was Rafael meant to pass to? He had two men on him!
You really think 24 year old starting left back for Real Madrid, Marcelo looked better? Wow, thanks for that insight. Thats very damning Rafael, I hope you're reading.Once again, i'll point you to the title of this thread. I'm only discussing Rafael here...in the other thread i did say the entire backline was terrible, but we're focusing on one player here.
Its not called "Blame Rafael"
You shouldnt leave rationality at the door when you enter this thread
Yes, which makes it more baffling to why he is being singled out by a team mate when the rest of them were just as bad. He didn't play well, it happens. He's had an impressive tournament otherwise.
Were you even watching the game?
He was to blame for the first goal. What's wrong with stating facts? Are you so infatuated with the young man that you can't be dispassionate about what happened?
Some real fanboys we have here.
Agreed, alot more positives than negatives for Rafael in this tournament. I still love the fight he has in him, doesn't give in and fights to the end. Got that United passion alright.
He will be one of the best Right-Backs in the World. Bet.
Can you stop making things up already? Nobody has said he wasnt to blame. But so were other players. He made mistakes, so did other players. It was a team failing and even a manager failing with the obscure selection of Alex Sandro as a second left back, again.
People like yourself are too used to blaming Rafael for Evra's mistakes, I guess its an instant reaction now when a team he is playing for conceeds a goal.
You missed the point completely. Marcelo is only 2 years older and Rafael is generally a starting right back for us when he's not injured. The difference in quality right now simply highlights how far away Rafael is from a top class fullback.
Well if Rafael is so shit I guess we better surrender in the league.
Didn't feel like it last season, someone pull out some stats of his fitness/games started ratio please.
Which RB at Rafael's age isnt far away from being a top class fullback?
Marcelo's hardly a great left back either. His defending is just as questionable, he's just really good going forward.
Only if he has a sex change.
Rafael's hardly the complete player, but he's young, eager to learn, has lots of potential and playing right back for the biggest club in the world.
What's the issue?
What's the issue?
I watch quite a lot of Real Madrid games and it was only last season that I thought the Marcelo really got his game together and became a top class full back. In his seasons previous there I thought that he was bit of a liability.
To be fair, if you delete the "class games" bit (or miss it as in my case) it sounds like your typical fickle fan.
A few Brazil players had absolute stinkers. Rafael getting the brunt of it though, despite those in front of him not being able to do anything at the other end.
He lost the ball for the first goal and that's it, camera zoomed him 500 whenever brazil lost the ball, like it was his fault for everything bad in this game. Their whole team couldn't create two chances against average maxico side, but no, let's just blame rafael.
Any clip of the incident between Rafael and Juan?
I love Rafael but he's not developed as much as I'd hoped in the last 2 years or so. Still young, and still has time on his side - but he's still a very long way from the finished article
Have to agree and the 1st goal was down to more than just him. People have a view of Rafael just like they do of Carrick or Hernandez or Anderson and anything that may contradict that is automatically phased out. Rafael could be good for 89 minutes but the 1 minute in which he makes a mistake will overshadow the times he's kept Bale in his back pocket etc.
He has so much time on his hands, next season he could turn into the greatest RB of the premier league who knows?
For what it's worth I thought Oscar and Neymar were as bad as Rafael today.
To be fair, the PL isn't blessed with a wealth of quality RBs, so you're absolutely right
Oscar had a very poor game. Should have buried header, at the end.
Thought Oscar was alright, but Neymar has looked all style and no substance almost every time I've seen him play
Pete, do you think Jenkinson is better than Rafael at this point of time? And who will end up the better player in 3 years time?
Are you serious?
I wouldn't say he is far from the finished article at all. He has a bit to learn, and has to learn to keep focused and composed during a game, but in terms of technical and physical ability he has all the attributes. It's more mentality that is his issue and that will come with time and experience.
Jenkinson. He's not even in the top thirty young full-backs in the league.One thing no one is factoring in is the defence he was placed in, as much as I rate Thiago Silva I don't think he's superb at organising a backline, Rio is great and Vidic brings a wealth of experience. Apart from today Rafael had a great tournament, he will kick on this year. Players mature at different rates.
He loves a windup and i'm going to give him one. Let's see how he replies this eh
- Status