Recent content by El-Cucy Ferguson

This is really really silly: So if Man Utd buy Zinchenko from City for 50m and City buy him back for 50m. Then next season the same thing happens: Man Utd and City have both invested 100m into their squad and improved their squad with 100m of purchases? It's ridiculous notion.

I genuinely don't understand this type of criticism. Wenger, Arsenal and Barcelona used to be notorious for it. "Ah, but they didn't play proper football! They were physical, defensive and made the game sticky! Not real football! Of course, real football is lining up 4-3-3 vs Barcelona and...

To be perfectly honest, I don't think this is necessarily true, at least at the highest levels. I haven't read a lot of the replies to this thread so I don't know if someone has already made this point. Cast your mind to exactly a decade and name, for the past 10 years, the hardest working...

To add to my point already given; John O'shea circa 2007-2011 sums the point up pretty well. Yes, he copped a lot of criticism, and rightfully so, for his poor offensive abilities as a fullback. Let's be honest with ourselves, objectively in attack he was pretty dreadful. But how many times...

Honestly, I kind of agree with the sentiment of the OP. Throughout history, there have been some great defenses that, quite frankly, weren't all that on paper. Obviously, having the personnel as well helps significantly. Some of the best defenses in the world contained the likes of Vidic...