Another poor performance and again no surprise . 80 million to get a player absolute bang average at best
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Huge question marks over him now.
80M for someone who can win a few headers.
Slow as feck. The ones who were begging for this transfer claimed he had great positioning. We are relying on what little speed Lindelof has
I was against buying him and every game is another proof to me that we payed 80mil for only solid defender. I don't see difference between him and Smalling at all( except ball playing ability)
Waste of money, I said it at the time and nothing has changed my mind. Leicester haven't even noticed he left. We could have spent half the money and got someone as good or better.
The post by the Leicester fan earlier this week just reinforces that.
Foolish transfer to persue him to such lengths all summer and then overpay.
The post by the Leicester fan earlier this week just reinforces that.
Foolish transfer to persue him to such lengths all summer and then overpay.
A myth, he nothing special on the ball.
When you pay 80 mil you pay it for monster and complete package. Not for player with flaws.
I can't remember when i watched slower defender than him
I can't remember when i watched slower defender than him
I think virtually every goal we have conceded this season, his defending has played a part.
Shocking.
Leicester robbed us. 80m looks like an absolute waste of money for a defender who's not even that big upgrade on Smalling, a squad player at best.
I honestly can't take one seriously when they say our transfer business was good in this summer while watching Maguire.
I wanted him here last 2 summers but I have been mistaken regarding him. Very mistaken.
I honestly can't take one seriously when they say our transfer business was good in this summer while watching Maguire.
I wanted him here last 2 summers but I have been mistaken regarding him. Very mistaken.
He's shit.
As much as I enjoy his ability with the ball at his feet, every defence he's been involved in has been very leaky. Hull, Leceister and now us.
Can we have Smalling back and 80m refund instead?
Maybe the purchase of Maguire will finally remind us that a good defence cannot be bought and is the function of a well drilled set of defenders and midfielders.
Said for fecking years that our defence will not be sorted until we have that relationship between the defenders and midfield settled. The problem has never been and will unlikely ever be the individual ability of our centre backs. We have decent defenders, but as a team we are too easy to get at.
Said for fecking years that our defence will not be sorted until we have that relationship between the defenders and midfield settled. The problem has never been and will unlikely ever be the individual ability of our centre backs. We have decent defenders, but as a team we are too easy to get at.
And England.
Add England as well, when they are not playing the toss most of their groups consist of.
Total waste of money.
He doesn't even score headers to compensate.
Meanwhile Smalling with a goal and assist for Roma today
If he slides to block for the second goal then he's 100% blocking it. Just put a foot out and left it at that. Very poor.
Maguire would look like the worlds greatest player if he was in Serie A. Conversely, put Smalling in this United side and he’d be exposed every single game.
Yeah no idea why he didn't stretch his leg to block that, pretty bizarre.
Amen to that
Yet to see any of his 'magic' in regards to his passing ability.
He's a bit shit. Turns like the Titanic.
He is apparently one of 3 absolutely fantastic signings Ole has made. He would have been ok for £30M but £80M? 
He’s a good defender, but we’re not a good defensive unit. It makes all the difference. Our Fergie teams are evidence of this, we had poor defenders slotted in to solid, established teams, and they looked excellent.
Top post. Always important to remind yourself that what a player actually is and that what the image of a player is are often quite different.
Our best outfield player today, the only one who gets pass marks overall.
He used to galumph forward quite a bit at his previous clubs.
Of course all our current and recently departed centre backs would look ok on the ball if our midfielders actually made themselves available to receive it.
At the start of the season it looked like the other teams were trying to take advantage of Lindelof’s weaknesses. The last 3-4 matches they have instead , successfully, taking advantage of Maguire’s weaknesses.
He is apparently one of 3 absolutely fantastic signings Ole has made. He would have been ok for £30M but £80M?
Mourinho would have paid more for him . Maguire was always going to be a bad buy
He’s the sort of player that when heard price tag should have just chuckled and walked away. We’ve got him now and he’s a decent centre back but he’s nothing special as I still can’t understand why he keeps being mentioned as an example of a good signing by Ole.
He was quoted at 20m less than what we bought for him last summer.
At 60m I would have actually thought ok that was decent.
At 80m it's an absolute waste. More expansive than VVD ffs.
Well, apparently he is a great buy. Ed uses our 3 summer signings as a proof that our transfer strategy works and we don't need a DoF.
Should've just went for 25m Alderweireld
Well said, we need to be looking at why we don’t defend well as a team.
His galumphing forward was the eye catching quality that convinced many, for inexplicable reasons, that he was a top defender.
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