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By SAF do you mean Sir Alex Ferguson? The one that said “Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles”? Just clarifying… Fergie built all his title-winning squads on very solid defences and brilliant midfields. The only thing exception came when the Glazers denied him funds in the “no value...

Happy for him and I hope this goes well. He's young and has a load of promise. We pursued him for ages as a coach and he did very well with our youth setup. This will be a good opportunity for him to show what he brings to the table without battling the spotlight that being at United brings. His...

The really funny thing is that it's fans like you that ensure Lewis doesn't have more fans than he does. Go ahead mate. Suit yourself. Everything was rigged and anti-Lewis. Every race and result was cunningly setup and manipulated to bring it to the point where Masi knew that he could simply...

I assume there are no toys left in the pram after this? Masi made only one mistake - not letting the lapped cars past earlier. Go and listen to the pit radios. Every team and driver - including Merc and Lewis - expected the restart and expected lapped cars to be let by before. Lewis actually...

And therein lies the tragic problem. Genders are different, true (a full spectrum indeed and not just binary) but that does not and should not imply that their roles are different. The moment one has this as the as the starting point, there can be no question of equality. There is nothing in...

On tactics, I don't think Ole is tactically inept by any means. His record against his supposed superiors in this respect is fantastic - I think Klopp is the only one he doesn't have a winning record against out of Klopp, Tuchel, Guardiola, Jose and Bielsa. Indeed, I think what Ole is very good...

To be honest, I think the hyperbole is fed by the irritation of seeing blind Pep-worship. Pep is good - but somehow anything Zidane achieves is met with a "Ooooh! But Pep is better" kind of answer. It grates and obviously leads anyone with a functioning brain and/or Real Madrid...

Yep! It's the classic "Let me just take the argument to a ridiculous extreme just to make a point". :lol:

Errr... It is logically true - because: 1. Total trophy count doesn't make sense and is clearly not what I was referring to (Pep's worked a lot longer); Zidane's achievements therefore should be seen against Pep's in a similar period of time 2. Zidane's overcome adversity and a team in a slump...

Can't speak for anyone else, but this would still rank as a phenomenal achievement in my opinion. When you consider not just the squad but the injuries, it makes this position absolutely astounding. Real Madrid have (not validated, but this floats around everywhere) this season endured more...

"Dominated Europe" by winning 2 CL in 4 years. Zidane's team isn't as good because it only won the CL thrice in 2.5 seasons under him? What kind of logic is that? If we're counting mickey-mouse cups, sure! Does Arsenal's Emirates Trophy also count? Or Mourinho's Community Shield? This is now...

I did watch both play and frankly “better” is not a metric. That’s subjective. Were they “prettier”? Maybe. So were Setien’s Betis. Doesn’t mean squat if you don’t win. Zidane’s (first) Real Madrid side were statistically superior on what counts. Winning. PS: this one is doing an arguably...

It was on this theme that I had my doubts at the start of the season - but even then, I did question whether all the signings were "his" signings and if not, which were and which were Flo's - specially given how some deals were clearly tied up before he returned. The key to this is to ask -...

BS! In that first half season under Zidane, Real outperformed Barca on a per game metric. Extended over a season, that was a league title (which wasn't won because Benitez was abject). You'd know this if you actually looked up the stats before dissing Zidane. Sorry. Zidane's league form has...

Got to hand it to Zidane. I questioned him at the start of this season and still feel that the previous summer’s business was disastrous but he’s been faultless this season. This squad has no business being in this position, specially when you consider the absolutely ridiculous injury count...