Recent content by Vanya

I think it can be argued that Varane didn't mess up a critical part of defending his goal. He made two mistakes that aren't necessarily to do with the art of defending per se. He got caught on the ball and messed up a back pass with his head. I wouldn't question his skills as a defender as a...

He's an excellent manager. His teams are attacking and tactically flexible. but he's not ready for United or a massive club like that just yet IMO. His coaching style involves a lot of risk but not a lot of control. I think he will be expected to replicate a dominant style of football at a top...

I think its irrelevant whether Poch bought the players or not. Whats more important is that he got them playing good attacking football while spending (net) considerably less than other clubs. His Spurs side challenged for a title and reached a CL final (where they were the better team)...

1. Why did it take Woodward 4 years to establish a top of the line recruitment strategy/team? A good director of football would have brought that with him along with the ability to judge players with his eyes not just algorithms. 2. What amazing sophisticated algorithm churned out Fred's name...

shocking isnt it?! Anyone else int the world would have lost their job if they had such an output. the media, including the pundits dont reinforce this enough. But the buck stops with the glazers and they arent going to sack him. till woodward and the structure of yes men he's established has...

Why do you think that? Have we been in a situation where our squad is full of highly paid average players and the competition is as strong as it is today? I think if the barometer for success is Ferguson then we've already failed. There's no way any one will match his achievements and certainly...

I think we all need to develop amnesia and forget this entire season in advance. Revisit this issue at the same point next season. If the kids aren't alright, a proper recruitment structure on and off the pitch isnt in place and performances are still bad then hell yes, sack him. But we have...

Its not a myth. i guess the truth is in the grey area. No ones saying that he was Only a man manager. Of course he wasnt a dinosaur and neither were his assistants who contributed a lot to the style of play. but IMO fergie came up short in europe many times because of his deficiencies as a...

I think there are multiple reasons for it. One of them could be that Fergie himself wasnt a great tactician, he was more of a man manager and probably the best at that. The players Fergie has coached are also good man managers but dont have a distinct philosophy of football. They all talk about...

We need to be smart in the transfer market and we need to emulate teams like Juve. Eriksen, Raphael Gurreiro, Hudson-Odoi, Ryan Fraser are available on a free in 2020. Promising young players like Upmecano and Tonali will be in the last year of their contracts too. Apart from making big deals we...

Looks so calm in possession and unfazed at the highest level. Definitely one to keep an eye on this season

i think i gave sufficient reason for my beliefs. I'm in fact taking into account that you dont know enough about your own country or are just plain biased because plenty of pakistanis ive spoken to would disagree with you.

Glad you agree that democracy has been a sham in Kashmir. You're absolutely right about that. You're also right that corruption is rampant in Kashmir. However, I think we should not view the Indian government as some powerless agency that cannot control a state because of the articles 370 and...

Im more inclined to believe my opinion than yours because the Pakistani army has a strangle hold on the country and has directly ruled it for more than half of your existence. I doubt they will give up that control for one election. Imrans win was rejected by every political party not just one...

From what I've read and the Pakistanis I've spoken to I've got the impression that Imran is there due to the army. The army backs him and helped him win the election. I don't think the army helping their candidate win an election is cutting back involvement.