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Needs to practice his attacking headers, he's missed quite a few now.
Yeah he’s been awful at scoring headed chances, poor Harry the only one he did score was a belter and it was wrongly disallowed.Needs to practice his attacking headers, he's missed quite a few now.
I barely post in this thread mate.
But in any case, if you know you're not one of the afforementioned then nothing to fear, and no need to pop out the green smilies.
I mean one of the best defenders in the world and one of the best to ever play for United in the breakdown was also questioning why Maguire is going there to an area which is covered by Shaw and Fred. Maybe Rio has an agenda as well who knows.He went over to where the danger was, knowing the centre areas were covered. It’s standard procedure for a central defender and any suggestion otherwise is a classic case of judging a situation in hindsight.
Bailly wasn’t outnumbered, nor was it a difficult situation for him to handle. Fault is with Bailly because he made no attempt to track the very clear and obvious run which took place right in front of him.
Ok, so Rio Ferdinand explained why it was Maguire's mistake to begin with but sherrinford from the caf probably knows more about being a CB than Rio so Maguire is in the clear.Maguire doesn't make a mistake. He moves across to support Shaw, pick up the man he has to allow him to move out to the wide man, as the ball travels to Fulham's right centre half. Happens all the time with the odd way we consistently position our left winger (if anything, Maguire occasionally doesn't get over enough/ get over quickly enough). Bailly is free with Wan Bissaka in a set position goal side of the left-sided attacker. As standard, he should also move across the pitch as the ball transitions to the left side of the pitch, but fails to do so.
I mean one of the best defenders in the world and one of the best to ever play for United in the breakdown was also questioning why Maguire is going there to an area which is covered by Shaw and Fred. Maybe Rio has an agenda as well who knows.
There is a mistake by Maguire there and there is no point in arguing otherwise, it’s clear as day but yeah the major fault is Bailly who should be moving across and closing the space.
How is my agenda obvious?
How many posts do I have in this thread?
How many are negative?
I have said before, that having someone dependably fit like Maguire, is worth his odd mistake, and that I don't care about the price paid, because he is always there, unlike Jones, Rojo and Smalling.
Shouting "Agenda!" at anyone with a dissenting opinion, will not do you any favours.
If the goal was scored from the exact area that Maguire left (in order to mark a player 30 yards away from our goal with his back towards our goal), how can he not even be "a little bit" at fault? I can understand if people disagree with him being the main culprit, but you've just gone way too far the other way.Because when people blame Maguire for a goal that wasn't his fault it is typically because they have an agenda. And that goal yesterday was not Maguire's fault. Not even a little bit...
Props to Rio but he was always measured in his criticism of our players. He said he made a decision and that's all, but all things considered point to that decision being the wrong one.Thats nice, cheer up we're top of the league. Are you that unhappy United won and Maguire was as usual put in a solid CB display?
Rio Ferdinand, not Sunday League 3, won everything, with Man United. He literally said it was fine for Maguire to make the decision to move over to where Shaw had vacated, but his partner, should read and understand it and react accordingly. Is he an arrogant cnut too? Or is the only arrogant cnut the person who's lost his head on an Internet forum and is clearly replying through tears?
If the goal was scored from the exact area that Maguire left (in order to mark a player 30 yards away from our goal with his back towards our goal), how can he not even be "a little bit" at fault? I can understand if people disagree with him being the main culprit, but you've just gone way too far the other way.
You are free to stay on the Everything is Awesome thread while others do what people do in a forum ... discuss the good and the bad.
No I’d just prefer people actually getting over such a trivial thing and moving onto something else, it’s tedious. Actually challenging for the league and unbeaten in god knows how long, but oh no we conceded a goal that 4 players all had a role in, let’s all moan on about it endlessly and pin it on 1 player.
Good post which attempts to enhance the discourse.I don't know enough about defending to say if that movement from Maguire was correct or not but when we play against formations with 5 at the back, our Fullbacks don't quite seem to know who they should be marking.
Our 3 midfielders will track their corresponding opposite 3 midfielders (say, in a 5-3-2). So Fred cannot go and press the WB there because that'll leave a man open. The opposition's right forward will drift wide right behind our LB. The opposition wing back will push up to be almost in a position where the winger is. So now Shaw is caught in a 2v1 - does he go press their wing back? Or does he stick to the striker? In this case he went and pressed the wing back and Maguire had to step up and cover the striker.
The Jose approach to this problem will be to have the LW track back but then you have no outlet and you're under the cosh a bit. The Arteta (attacking) variation on this when they're playing 5-3-2, is to not only push the WB + Striker into that area, but also have Tierney who is their LCB bomb forward and add yet another player there.
People will have their say. By the time the next match comes around people will have something else to say. It's never going to change so deal with it or get off the forum.
Guess what you are doing? That's right... moaning!
Because Lookman wasn't in that area when Maguire left it. You don't mark a piece of grass, you mark a player. Maguire was picking up a player. Lookman was Bailly's to pick up, not Maguires. Again, this is all basic stuff and this is why I keep using the word "agenda" when people are trying to blame Maguire for that goal
Do you really think that football is played man-to-man during all phases of play? Why do we even talk about formations? You don't have to mark a player at all times, especially those not presenting immediate threats.
Maguire's decision to leave the defensive line and disrupt the entire shape of the defence to man-mark a guy 30 yards out with his back turned towards our goal opened up a huge space which Lookman just had to run into for a 1v1. Then, instead of saying "Loftus-Cheek wasn't dangerous, so Maguire shouldn't have made Bailly react to his decision to disrupt the team" you're saying "randomly disrupting the shape of the team is fine because someone else will pick up the slack and make up for your decisions".
You're mental if you don't see that as even a little bit of a mistake. You can call it an agenda but it's quite obvious that you don't understand how football is played, which invalidates your opinion on agendas.
If Bailly had left the defensive line to mark a guy in a CDM's position who presented no immediate danger, you lot wouldn't be blaming Maguire, that's for sure. Now that's what I would call an agenda.
Even if it were a 2v1 on the wing, is that more dangerous than a 20 yard gap in the middle of defence? If RLC received the ball he still would've had to turn and still would've been 30 yards away from goal, and still could've easily been picked up by Fred. Maguire has no business leaving the defensive line to mark players on the wing, even if they're in a 2v1. What if they get a 2v1 then and overlap for a cross, shouldn't Maguire be in the box to defend that? Going out to cover potential 2v1s on the touchline just leads to problems all over the pitch, in that Bailly has to see "oh shit, Harry's moved, I need to move", and then once Bailly moves AWB sees that and goes "oh shit, Bailly moved, I need to move". Both those actions take time in terms of player reacting to it and executing the movement, during which there are spaces in Maguire's position first, then Bailly's position and then AWB's position.But Maguire didn't leave to go mark a guy in CDM, he left because he saw a 2 v 1 developing v Shaw and it was Fulham striker who moved that way.
Lookman came from the LW meaning there is no left winger in play, AWB should have known that. When a defender moves to cover the full back, the entire back line should push to that direction.
Why was Bailly with his hands up? why was he jogging to the player even after he got the ball?
Do you really think that football is played man-to-man during all phases of play? Why do we even talk about formations? You don't have to mark a player at all times, especially those not presenting immediate threats.
Maguire's decision to leave the defensive line and disrupt the entire shape of the defence to man-mark a guy 30 yards out with his back turned towards our goal opened up a huge space which Lookman just had to run into for a 1v1. Then, instead of saying "Loftus-Cheek wasn't dangerous, so Maguire shouldn't have made Bailly react to his decision to disrupt the team" you're saying "randomly disrupting the shape of the team is fine because someone else will pick up the slack and make up for your decisions". That's just shifting responsibility.
If Bailly had left the defensive line to mark a guy in a CDM's position who presented no immediate danger, you lot wouldn't be blaming Maguire, that's for sure. Now that's what I would call an agenda. I'm not going to take your opinion on agenda posting seriously since you don't seem to understand how football is played.
Bailly doesn't have to move if Maguire doesn't leave his spot, which he doesn't need to do since RLC poses no danger. Sigh...I don't understand how football is played yet you're blaming Maguire? You're having a laugh. Bailly is marking nobody. He has to step over and pick up Lookman. This is very basic stuff...
Bailly doesn't have to move if Maguire doesn't leave his spot, which he doesn't need to do since RLC poses no danger. Sigh...
You're the one suggesting a man-marking system in all phases of play and that Maguire has to leave to mark RLC, but that's going to look very weird if both teams play 4-2-3-1. It's obvious that that's not how you play the game.
But yes, since Maguire leaves his space it should be Bailly's job to pick up Lookman in the space that Maguire inexplicably leaves to mark a player who's not dangerous. I'll give you that. But to say that the player who causes the entire disruption in the defensive shape is 0% at fault is ludicrous.
If Bailly passes the ball to an attacker and then de Gea fails to save a shot from the ensuing 1v1 that he should've saved, would you say that it's de Gea's fault 100%? That's how you're judging this situation. All other clusterfecks happen because Maguire breaks the shape in order to mark a player who isn't dangerous to us.
Even if it were a 2v1 on the wing, is that more dangerous than a 20 yard gap in the middle of defence? If RLC received the ball he still would've had to turn and still would've been 30 yards away from goal, and still could've easily been picked up by Fred. Maguire has no business leaving the defensive line to mark players on the wing, even if they're in a 2v1. What if they get a 2v1 then and overlap for a cross, shouldn't Maguire be in the box to defend that? Going out to cover potential 2v1s on the touchline just leads to problems all over the pitch, in that Bailly has to see "oh shit, Harry's moved, I need to move", and then once Bailly moves AWB sees that and goes "oh shit, Bailly moved, I need to move". Both those actions take time in terms of player reacting to it and executing the movement, during which there are spaces in Maguire's position first, then Bailly's position and then AWB's position.
None of that happens if Maguire doesn't make a pointless move out of defence in order to mark a guy who presents no danger to our goal. He could've told Fred to go mark RLC if he was so worried about his position on the pitch, and Fred would've got there before RLC had the chance to receive the ball and turn towards our goal.
I agree that Bailly should've moved over, as things happened, Pogba should've tracked Lookman's run as well, and AWB shouldn't have been staying below the rest of the defensive line. My main point though is that every mistake that happens is caused by Maguire's deliberate decision to abandon the shape of the team to mark a guy who presents less danger than a 20 yard hole right in front of the keeper does. So to hear people say that "Maguire was not even a little bit at fault" is bizarre. Like I said above, if Bailly had left the defence to go walkabout, people would've been calling him brainless and suchlike. And that's the real agenda here, not criticising Maguire for an error.
This is going to be my last post on the subject as I've made my point a few times over now. If you disagree, that's fine.
Probably it's very hard to aim with his squarish head shapeNeeds to practice his attacking headers, he's missed quite a few now.
It's difficult for him to play out of the back with no passing options, considering how slow he is.
He has big advantage in the air and he's using it perfectly, most of the headers are easily intercepted by our players so as good as it gets.
This issue concerns all our players, we're just not very good at playing out from the back and through congested areas. Even more difficult for slow players like Maguire, although he tends to dwell on the ball which is annoying.Oh come on, he has options like the other players and he has the captains armband so if he isnt happy with people's movement he's there to reorganize them. He's letting it play out. His troubles were mostly with sloppy touches and making a bad choice
Isnt it partly down to our midfielders inability to take the ball in tight spaces, maybe its not the best way to play for usThis issue concerns all our players, we're just not very good at playing out from the back and through congested areas. Even more difficult for slow players like Maguire, although he tends to dwell on the ball which is annoying.
Surely movement is something coaches take care of during training sessions, no chance Captain or any other player has any influence on that once the game has started.
Harry gets too much stick here, but when it takes 80m to bring a player in we expect more than what we’ve seen from Maguire