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Is Varane finished at Man United?
SportsFila noticed Varane was an average defender in the 2019/20 season. That year, Sergio Ramos got hurt, and Varane had to lead the backline. That’s when i noticed Ramos covered a lot of Varane’s weaknesses.
Varane has always been a complimentary piece to senior CB. He looked his best next to Pepe or Ramos but when they weren’t in the line up to organize the defense the back line always looked suspect with him as the leader. His best years were 12/13 to 16/17, he always looked like he was going through the motions.
He wants a ball carrying centerback which I guess he thinks is Evans until Martinez returns. I think it does speak to his lack of adaptability at getting the best players on the pitch vs satisfying inflexible roles for each position.
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think Raphael Varane is in decline this season. He in his prime was one of the best defenders in Europe and now he’s barely even playing and on a struggling Manchester United team, he’s been benched and I think it’s a problem that Victor Lindelof Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans are starting over him and his fitness problems aren’t helping his situation.
Erik Ten Hag’s team selection has raised a few eyebrows in recent weeks and when a player of his caliber isn’t starting and you’re starting guys who are nowhere near the standard of Manchester United and are nowhere near the caliber of Raphael Varane, you wonder why defensively they’ve had so many issues.
Varane Set to Miss Crucial Manchester United Games Due to Groin Injury/PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES/
What might need to happen is Lisandro Martinez needs to come back fit because for a club like Manchester United’s standard the likes of Jonny Evans and Harry Maguire shouldn’t be playing week in week out as one of them is very old and even if he’s been great of late they tried to offload him last summer nobody at the club wanted him and if they cannot rely on Varane, then they might need to sign a reliable center back in the summer or in January.
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Ten Hag has already explained what is going on. These “pundits” are puzzled by something that is already knowN. Ten Hag said it was for tactical reason.
Ten Hag doesn’t fancy playing both Varane and Maguire together. Ten Hag had multiply combinations last year of his CB’s. Martinez and Varane were the most preferred pairing as they started 17 games together. In the other games Varane started he played with Shaw and Lindelof each for 3 starts.
At no time did Ten Hag play Varane with Maguire. Maguire, to his credit is playing decently and as a Manager it’s should be understandable to Ten Hag is allowing Maguire to continue because he has earned his place, which is saying a lot considering where he came from. Back from the abyss. Varane will have to wait his turn to get back and it will surely come as Maguire still has a stinker in him at some point. But of course our learned panel of experts are baffled. Nice work boys.
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
