Raphael Varane

sportsczy wrote:Ok. I know i'm probably getting overexcited here... but i never expected a 18-year old kid with less than one year's professional experience (that's right. He's only played pro ball since November of 2010) to dominate our defense. I mean, he's CLEARLY our best defensive player out there.

Calm, tall, rangy, fast, great feet, great strategic sense... just has it all. He is outclassing everyone except maybe Pepe. But he's already a much headier and strategically aware player than Pepe.

Very, very impressive.

i agree. the kid has a wealth of talent. that tackle he made just shows how mature he is for his age.

we need to do everything we can to keep this kid playing for madrid. true wonderkid- screw neymar.

Really impressive game tonight from Varane
Looks like he dosent mind a challenge at all and is very calm and professional.

years ahead of his time is the best way to describe him.

Wow, Varane was amazing the first half. What a talent we just bought!

Seems like Varane is doing really well. Hope he can keep it up, maybe he will even be able to become first choice backup this season.

varane is superb, just needs a tad bit more experience with important fixtures and champs league.

hes 18 years old right? i dont think people comprehendhow good this lad is gonna be..


VARANEBAUER.

sounds sexy.

The Madrid One wrote:hes 18 years old right? i dont think people comprehendhow good this lad is gonna be..


VARANEBAUER.

sounds sexy.

rafaBAUER lol

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

Wait until he gets to his peak, he will be a total boss

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Wow

Crimson wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

i thought u said u would change our minds?

Apparently Thuram and Blanc went back in time using a time machine, then they fused together, after the fused product traveled back into the future and hence Varane.

EarlyPrototype wrote:Apparently Thuram and Blanc went back in time using a time machine, then they fused together, after the fused product traveled back into the future and hence Varane.

Easy there tiger... he is nowhere in the league of either of those two. Not even a little bit... yet. He could get there some day perhaps.

sportsczy wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:Apparently Thuram and Blanc went back in time using a time machine, then they fused together, after the fused product traveled back into the future and hence Varane.

Easy there tiger... he is nowhere in the league of either of those two. Not even a little bit... yet. He could get there some day perhaps.

I know , what I meant was Varane is a cross between them when they were in their youth not in their prime.

The Madrid One wrote:

Crimson wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

i thought u said u would change our minds?

I hope I have

I remember I was the only here who said he was good enough to stay on the team and compete for a starting spot

It's good now people are starting to believe me

Thuram didn't start full time for a team (Monaco) until he was 20.

Blanc is just an amazing story. He started out his career as a AM professionally at Montpelleir in D2. He got them to L1 and the decided to become a CB later. He scored 134 goals in 627 club games and 16 goals in 97 caps with France NT. He was a very, very unique CB... great defender but scored a ton of goals. Important ones too (see world cup 98).

Crimson wrote:

The Madrid One wrote:

Crimson wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

i thought u said u would change our minds?

I hope I have

I remember I was the only here who said he was good enough to stay on the team and compete for a starting spot

It's good now people are starting to believe me

I too had my doubts but as soon as I knew SAF wanted him I knew he was a gem even without seeing him play lol.

Crimson wrote:

The Madrid One wrote:

Crimson wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

i thought u said u would change our minds?

I hope I have

I remember I was the only here who said he was good enough to stay on the team and compete for a starting spot

It's good now people are starting to believe me

I rate L1 very, very highly obviously because i'm shamelessly biased. But i'm starting to see that L1 is actually better than La Liga in terms of all the teams.... just fierce competition. My mind just couldn't accept that a CB who's played 6 months of professional ball at Lens (relegated) could make a smooth transition to Real Madrid.

You have to admit Crimson... you heart may have rated Varane highly. But you couldn't possibly believe that he would start like this at Madrid. Talent is fine. But the mind needs to be strong.

Speaking of L1 by the way, Matuidi and Menez are done deals for PSG. They will be announced early this week. With the negotiation of Taarabt falling apart, watch Martin make the move too. Will be an interesting team.

I am actually hoping that Varane plays more than Carvalho for the sake of his physique. Faster, stronger and better in the air than Riccy.

you guys think he can be as good as pique even better?

ya ya shouldnt make comparisons...

The Madrid One wrote:you guys think he can be as good as pique even better?

ya ya shouldnt make comparisons...

Pique who?

this year he should learn all the tactical aspects from carvalho, then he will be second to none

sportsczy wrote:

Crimson wrote:

The Madrid One wrote:

Crimson wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Absolutely ridiculous.....

What a gem we have

i thought u said u would change our minds?

I hope I have

I remember I was the only here who said he was good enough to stay on the team and compete for a starting spot

It's good now people are starting to believe me

I rate L1 very, very highly obviously because i'm shamelessly biased. But i'm starting to see that L1 is actually better than La Liga in terms of all the teams.... just fierce competition. My mind just couldn't accept that a CB who's played 6 months of professional ball at Lens (relegated) could make a smooth transition to Real Madrid.

You have to admit Crimson... you heart may have rated Varane highly. But you couldn't possibly believe that he would start like this at Madrid. Talent is fine. But the mind needs to be strong.

Speaking of L1 by the way, Matuidi and Menez are done deals for PSG. They will be announced early this week. With the negotiation of Taarabt falling apart, watch Martin make the move too. Will be an interesting team.

French defensive players are the bomb, some of the best defenders in the world have come out of Ligue 1

That being said I have been watching the lower leagues of France for a long time as I follow a team there and in doing so as a by product I have been watching Ligue 1 as well. What I saw in Varane in his short stint is better than what I have seen from almost any highly rated defender I have seen in France in the last few years and whats more impressive is that his performances were compared to Sakho who was playing with better support and has 4 years experience on him as well.

I was always confident he would succeed although adapting this quickly is even surprising to me.

Loan him to Arsenal. You know how Wenger polishes French players. Varane+Benzema deal. Insert a buyback clause in Varane if he becomes good, and we keep Benz.

Win, win, win.