Brilliant today. On the front-foot throughout and made some vital challenges when called upon.
No surprise that we defended better from the front and we looked solid
No surprise that we defended better from the front and we looked solid
5
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 37
- Clean sheets
- 7
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 9
- Red cards
- 1
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Was irritating in the first half, but looked more like the player we thought we were getting in the second.
Great defensively but I think he was being extra careful and hoofing everything out in possession. Almost as if he was worried about miscontrolling the ball / dwelling on the ball too long and getting pressured.
Some good passes when he was given time as well.
I think you need to be able to deal with the press without hoofing it as a modern CB but baby steps, it'll be good for him to get his confidence back first.
Some good passes when he was given time as well.
I think you need to be able to deal with the press without hoofing it as a modern CB but baby steps, it'll be good for him to get his confidence back first.
Good today. Best game this season from him. Also his only good game this season. Still 3rd choice.
Actually put in a captains performance today. Something to build on from
Very good today. Did well in a couple of key one on one situations, where he has previously struggled.
This is the effect you want Ralf to have. have EVERYBODY motivated to carry out instructions and perform, have NOBODY complacent about their place. He was excellent today. Good to see.
Made 2 excellent interceptions in the first half, sorry he annoyed you by doing so.
Clearly a confidence player. Seemed to have been destroyed by a bad start to the season this year and it just snowballed into dubious performances one after the other. Started the game well today with a few good interventions and then he grew into it from there.
Definitely a much better option than Lindelof in the long term. When he's actually playing well he's got more about him with his aerial presence and strength.
Definitely a much better option than Lindelof in the long term. When he's actually playing well he's got more about him with his aerial presence and strength.
I don't rate him. Sorry. He'll get exposed vs CL level teams.
Rock solid today. Hopefully it will do his confidence the world of good and keeps building on it.
Good post.
I wouldn't say he was awful but yeah in a game where WHU offered very little forward, he still had those moments where you scratch your head and wonder what the hell he was thinking.
You have two posts in a row, one says he was rock solid, the other says he was poor
Guess he polarizes opinions still
Thought he was good today, kept a clean sheet and never really looked threatened.
Good use of the ball too.
Can we get those progression stats please!
Very good game
Played well today, a few nervy moments but seemed pretty solid. He needs more of this and less talking. Also think being away from the spotlight and captaincy suits him, just drop him in for games like this and play to his strengths.
Steady on now. He has played 90 minutes well and the other roughly 1500 minutes have been atrocious. Can we not just, for now, settle with that he’s had a good game today!?
(Lindelof is and has been miles (and when i write miles, i mean lightyears
) ahead of maguire this, and most of last, season.)I thought he had a good game.
If I have to be critical or pick his weakness probably is how lack of control or direction with his heading. Showed in both defensive and attacking situations.
There were a few instances where he had all the time to put the ball down, yet kept heading into the areas with only West Ham players in those. It was annoying for a period of minutes that he was doing in this game.
Seemed to pass a bit faster too. Hopefully, he keeps doing that.
If I have to be critical or pick his weakness probably is how lack of control or direction with his heading. Showed in both defensive and attacking situations.
There were a few instances where he had all the time to put the ball down, yet kept heading into the areas with only West Ham players in those. It was annoying for a period of minutes that he was doing in this game.
Seemed to pass a bit faster too. Hopefully, he keeps doing that.
Defended very well yesterday.
But there were a few occasions in which he intercepted the ball without any opponents near him, and he still chose to clear the ball, leading to opponent regaining possession, instead of just staying calm and keep our position.
But there were a few occasions in which he intercepted the ball without any opponents near him, and he still chose to clear the ball, leading to opponent regaining possession, instead of just staying calm and keep our position.
Against Antonio.
I think he realized that and he did try to head it to a team mate a couple of times later on.
I personally find Maguire's tendency to hold on to the ball too long (only to play some simple pass that he could've played a few seconds earlier before the opposition have set themselves up) quite annoying. There is a reason Varane does what he does. Keeping the ball quickly moving is important. Dwelling on the ball too long just limits the team's options.
I thought he was good today. No surprise that rotating and dropping your worst performers can have a positive effect.
Much improved v West Ham, but in truth the opposition was very poor in attack. They were playing for the draw and didn’t put that much pressure on our back line.
They were always going to counter attack and he did well. I didn't like the fact he kept heading the ball to no one when he had time. Later on he did try to head to a team mate.
The Antonio tackle was one he had to win. Maguire is not slow once he gets going. His best game this season. RR has got a good problem on his hand.
The Antonio tackle was one he had to win. Maguire is not slow once he gets going. His best game this season. RR has got a good problem on his hand.
Good solid performance. Nothing he should be lauded on - this is the level that is expected of him as standard as Captain.
Confident. I think his main issue has been low confidence lately. But he look assured yesterday.
We need to get him and varane a good run of games together.
We need to get him and varane a good run of games together.
Its a good point. I’m really nervous about him making his CL debut.
I think he's a good defender, I just can't get my head around how Ole and United thought when signing him. He's so slow. So, so slow. What was the idea? Surely not playing a high line?
Yeah,Maguire takes his sweet time, but usually he makes decent choices when he's not being pressed. The reason Varane hot potatoes it away is that he shies away from doing the build up. The bloke had Ramos next to him for 10 years he could hot potato it to.
There's not some grand reason Varane always quickly passes it to Maguire.
It's more important that the ball gets to the right place than it is to pass it faster between defenders.
Varane doesn't "hot potato it to Maguire" though. He often moves the ball on quickly to his fullbacks and midfielders. That's the players the burden of building up play should be on.
Also the key thing here is Maguire "makes decent choices when he's not being pressed." Why is he being pressed? One of the reasons is because he takes his sweet time. The other being that McTominay doesn't make himself available but that's for another thread.
Had his best game of the season yesterday. Was the best he and Varane looked together
He literally should be winning the ball in those situations...to quote Roy Keane "that's his job"
Though he was good yesterday but I thought the team defended well which helped him a lot. The one v one situations were not quick as our midfield helped out and our fullbacks both defended very well.
Still looks like he is shitting a brick every time he needs to defend. But good to see her is coming back to some form we will need him to secure CL next season.
Still looks like he is shitting a brick every time he needs to defend. But good to see her is coming back to some form we will need him to secure CL next season.
Was good against West ham, but West ham were nothing special in attack. Gives me a bit of hope though.
He was alright.
Made 2 or 3 good tackles, still took 5 or 6 touches almost every time he got the ball and some of his attempts to head the ball clear or just head the ball in general were laughable.
But if people think that was his best game of the season, just shows how rotten he's been up to now.
Made 2 or 3 good tackles, still took 5 or 6 touches almost every time he got the ball and some of his attempts to head the ball clear or just head the ball in general were laughable.
But if people think that was his best game of the season, just shows how rotten he's been up to now.
played a lot better but still had a few little wobbles.
One big annoyance is he doesn’t head the ball towards a team mate. he just lumps it as far and as hard as he can. must the time it ends up going straight back to the opposition.
One big annoyance is he doesn’t head the ball towards a team mate. he just lumps it as far and as hard as he can. must the time it ends up going straight back to the opposition.
His headers never have any direction. It mostly bounces off his nog. It's why he doesn't score as many as he should from set pieces.
This doesn't seem to be an issue playing for England
Harry’s got a problem and welcome to the world of Scott and Fred. Lindeloff has temporarily left his seat for you too. Now many of the fan base don’t like you, the focus will be forensically on what you cant do and not what you can until you leave. It’s just the way it is made somewhat worse cause you have still got the armband…..
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