Smalling couldn’t play modern football, shocking on the ball and for me had as many mistakes in him. Maguire has proven to be better for club and country this season aside.
-- Smalling was a better 'Defender' than Maguire is. proven to be better for club how? what have we won with him in the team?
Jones and Bailly are never fit and both make horrible mistakes on the regular because of combination of fitness and being stupid (ironic you’d say Maguire is less of a thinker than these).
-- Agree on the fitness issue but as a defenders and players they are much more mobile, faster, and better players than Maguire. Just because Maguire is fit doesn't make him a better defender he is just available more than others.
He’s played alongside Lindelof and clearly shown he’s a better player. Last season we missed Maguire in the Europa final and Lindelof fell apart without him.
-- Lindelof has played better when he is with Varane and Bailly. Maybe the issue is Maguire?
Evans is the closest to him ans is a good player but I’ve rarely seen a player with a weaker mentality at Utd. He had the chance to step up after Rio/Vidic and delivered a shocking season well on par with Maguire’s poor season this time around.
-- Stepping up to fill Rio/Vidic is a humongous task any good defender would fall short. Not saying Evans should not have stepped up, so you are ready to slate Evans after one bad season but want to give Maguire many more to correct himself?
Overall, recently bias aside Maguire has just shown a much better combination of fitness and attributes than any of the others. He’s directly competed with most of then and despite inconsistencies he’s looked the best of the bunch more often than not. Again it won’t go don’t well on here though because Maguire has been declared the worst player 4everrr on social media.
-- I have never rated Maguire. He is a decent defender not united material unfortunately. It is clear that he lacks the necessary tools to succeed let alone be a captain for united.