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From lost in space to team pilot. It has taken some time for him to get up to speed but bloody hell he controls the midfield now. His reading of the game is so good now and he plays with a maturity well beyond his years. He seems to absolutely love it as well and has a fantastic relationship with the fans.
As usual, we as Rangers fans and probably football fans in general go overboard . Gets sent off acclimatising and he’s the worst player ever to wear the hoops. Has a few decent games and he’s a multi million pound premier league star in the making .
Varane has a lot to learn still but importantly he is learning quick. Starting to understand the championship and more importantly our club and its supporters (tough ask that one 🤣). But in all seriousness he’s doing all the right things and playing well. He looks like he’s enjoying it too.
Only young too . Good for him .
But let’s not starting putting him and Declan Rice in the same sentence just yet . That doesn’t do the lad any favours .
As usual, we as Rangers fans and probably football fans in general go overboard . Gets sent off acclimatising and he’s the worst player ever to wear the hoops. Has a few decent games and he’s a multi million pound premier league star in the making .
Varane has a lot to learn still but importantly he is learning quick. Starting to understand the championship and more importantly our club and its supporters (tough ask that one 🤣). But in all seriousness he’s doing all the right things and playing well. He looks like he’s enjoying it too.
Only young too . Good for him .
But let’s not starting putting him and Declan Rice in the same sentence just yet . That doesn’t do the lad any favours .
So does that mean we can't say... Jonathan Varane and Declan Rice went out for a curry? - or did you mean just in the footballing sense? :)
On this basis, can anyone point out some way in which Jimmy Dunne is "a bit mad" (unless playing like Cafu while being Irish and built like a brick sh*thouse counts), because he is definitely in the "love" rather than "like" category.
The comparisons with Alan McDonald stack up for me, and let's face it Macca was pretty eccentric. Please tell me that he insists on reciting a haiku composed in Gaelic before every game or something.
Wins every header Even playing at wide right Jimmy - what a guy!
(Translated from the original Gaelic)
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
No coincidence that since he came back from suspension that we have looked much more solid. Look at our results when he wasn’t playing. Don’t understand the criticism of a young player in his first season in English football.
Was looking at some defensive stats today and Varane is ranking top 3 in the squad for things like tackles, interceptions and blocks. Basic stats really and of course he should for the role he plays. But thats with fewer minutes than those ranking alongside him. I'm not a stats guy by any means, could all be nonsense, so would love it if he gets a section next time one of the analytics guys does a LFW article. Please. Just to see his impact compared to others who play that role.
I don’t think anyone expects him to be as good as Rice (or any other cereal for that matter), but a few more ‘maizey’ runs and taking more ‘corn-ers’ would help. Warbs could have baked him into his squad overnight and sold him fresh the next day…
The observation was simply that there are lower level Prem teams with (sometimes significant) money to spend on these types of players and given some of the price tags, they are seemingly in short supply, so there’s potential - if he develops, if his contract allows and if he stays injury free.
Better potential for us than having a great Goalie that might only fetch a couple of million, because he’s a great Goalie, as we have seen.
What did Adam Wharton sell for ? Something around £20M maybe.
Again, I’m not saying he’s that good or even remotely comparable at this stage, only that there’s a solid market for similar players at the types of clubs that buy from QPR and that’s a good thing for all concerned.
Whether he (and we) realise the potential is another matter.
Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
You're so spot on, Dorse. Marsh, Bowles, Taarabt and many more were all 'a little bit mad'. Mind you, derangement generally shouldn't go as far as Diakite levels for reasons of in play health and safety.
Even though Varane is 23 it is only his second real season of first team football looking at his appearances. 39 for Sporting Gijon last year but a bit part player here and there as a youngster so while not young young he is very much still learning and short of his prime. On less than 100 career appearances still
Amazed at his development in a short period of time and excited to see where he goes from here but yeah really beginning to look the part.
I don’t think anyone expects him to be as good as Rice (or any other cereal for that matter), but a few more ‘maizey’ runs and taking more ‘corn-ers’ would help. Warbs could have baked him into his squad overnight and sold him fresh the next day…
The observation was simply that there are lower level Prem teams with (sometimes significant) money to spend on these types of players and given some of the price tags, they are seemingly in short supply, so there’s potential - if he develops, if his contract allows and if he stays injury free.
Better potential for us than having a great Goalie that might only fetch a couple of million, because he’s a great Goalie, as we have seen.
What did Adam Wharton sell for ? Something around £20M maybe.
Again, I’m not saying he’s that good or even remotely comparable at this stage, only that there’s a solid market for similar players at the types of clubs that buy from QPR and that’s a good thing for all concerned.
Whether he (and we) realise the potential is another matter.
Swansea did their homework yesterday, ( not blaming Varrane in any way) but in first half where we tried to repeat moving ball through him as per Preston, Swansea immediately moved three players around him to suffocate ball.
Main tactics were wrong anyway, but that's modern football everyone is trying to out hink each other, and sometimes it doesn't work, ( losing the best two form Centre Half's before game doesn't help either!
Varane was part of a very good team performance yesterday, should have done a lot better with his chance yesterday. Improving.
As I don't drink at football, I usually am sat in the ground when the players come out for their pre match drills and the shooting drills never include the defenders as they used to, I feel that is a mistake as we now have a style of play where almost anyone on the team can get a scoring chance and even if they just stick to the basics of head & knee over the ball etc. it would amplify their chances significantly. Notwithstanding he had an excellent game yesterday, that was a shocking attempt by Varane, he just didn't look like he have ever had a shot in his life.
As I don't drink at football, I usually am sat in the ground when the players come out for their pre match drills and the shooting drills never include the defenders as they used to, I feel that is a mistake as we now have a style of play where almost anyone on the team can get a scoring chance and even if they just stick to the basics of head & knee over the ball etc. it would amplify their chances significantly. Notwithstanding he had an excellent game yesterday, that was a shocking attempt by Varane, he just didn't look like he have ever had a shot in his life.
Must admit I don't recall that Varane attempt at all, when was it in the game?
As usual, we as Rangers fans and probably football fans in general go overboard . Gets sent off acclimatising and he’s the worst player ever to wear the hoops. Has a few decent games and he’s a multi million pound premier league star in the making .
Varane has a lot to learn still but importantly he is learning quick. Starting to understand the championship and more importantly our club and its supporters (tough ask that one 🤣). But in all seriousness he’s doing all the right things and playing well. He looks like he’s enjoying it too.
Only young too . Good for him .
But let’s not starting putting him and Declan Rice in the same sentence just yet . That doesn’t do the lad any favours .
So Varane is Declan Rice and Smyth is Andy Sinton! We are gonna be world beaters soon. Has Nardi been called the new Parkes? I'm sure Dunne is the new Macca. I'm waiting for Morgan to be called the new Wilkins.
Some on here go so over the top. You know, one bad game and they are both going to be the worst players ever. They are exactly the same players that won one in 16 or whatever it was at the beginning. That suggests the manager changing the style, tactics etc should be the one getting the plaudits. But I won't call him the next Sexton or Venables.
I like Varane, but....... he's not that amazing. He works hard, breaks up play well and wins the ball. Shame he can't pass forward.
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