Lash
Full Member
If you have a Dutch coach, the left footed LCB is always going to be a thing, I think. It's kind of the engrained philosophy of passing lanes and tackling technique requires it - Dutch fans feel free to call me out on me talking shit. I think we know Martinez is first choice LCB and Maguire has played his way into first choice RCB, so realistically, that is the spot Varane is playing for. I don't think that's particularly wrong - I don't like the idea of Maguire or Varane playing LCB, I'm not as dogmatic as Ten Hag and would put up with it until Martinez in back.How on earth did we end up in a place where Jonny Evans is a regular and Raphael Varane is on his way out, if that is indeed the case? I know about the left-footed LB preference and all that, but surely there's a bigger picture here. Involving such things as Varane being a top level CB when he's healthy, and Jonny Evans most definitely not being that. Frankly, if where EtH is taking us requires playing Evans and benching Varane, then I'm not sure I have confidence in where he's taking us.
Also, why the feck is lots of people now talking about Varane as if he's been a failure? He hasn't - he's mostly been great, save for the injury problems.
The injury problems have been a real issue for someone who's one of our top earners though, I think that's where maybe the "failure" vibe comes from.