It’ll be the same when Martinez gets beaten to a header and concedes. Likewise, Nunez‘ every touch will be scrutinised because football twitter will exaggerate everything. It became trendy to slag off Maguire, so even the casual fan picks up on it.
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It’ll be the same when Martinez gets beaten to a header and concedes. Likewise, Nunez‘ every touch will be scrutinised because football twitter will exaggerate everything. It became trendy to slag off Maguire, so even the casual fan picks up on it.
Hope people from England did not fly to Australia to boo Maguire. You never know.
He was boo’d by England fans in England.
The pendulum has swung too far at this point but this is a player who has been consistently making mistakes since Project Restart. It’s been extremes with him since the start, from flat out denial of his mistakes occurring to what we have now. He’s no more vilified online than numerous other United players have been.
Yep and if Nunez continues to mishit everything I know that opposing fans will pick up on it in the grounds.
Social media is powerful. Naive to think it isn't.
I absolutely don't think he should have been booed today, in fact, it'd be fairly rare (in my book) to find occasions when a single player from your own team should get booed. The whole team should have got plenty of times last season for sure, but this is the new season so it's a clean slate.
You don't have to like Maguire (or any other player) so you can show that by not cheering his name, that's plenty really.
I can understand why he's more unpopular than the others though. He's the £80m centre back that's been shite, that's wearing the captain's armband, that's giving the post match bullshit interviews all last season, and the ear cupping after scoring against San Marino (or whoever it was). He's unfortunate that Pogba and Lingard are gone cause he's gone from 3rd most disliked to the top of the pile. It'll be difficult for him to change his image now, much like Rashford after last season too. They've both got mountains to climb, and even then there'll be plenty that'll still hold last season against them. Personally I hope they really show their worth from now on, and give us plenty to help forget last season.
I tend to think the boos probably came mostly from people who attended the match just because they'd heard of United and it was something to do, rather than die-hard United fans. You have to remember that for a lot of these people, their only knowledge of Maguire will be the endless stream of execrable memes that get posted by the barrage of social media accounts followed predominantly by those with the mental capacity of a five year old.
He shouldn't be booed.
Ten Hag has done the right thing in giving him a chance to redeem himself. Would have opened him up to a lot of needless drama if he took the captaincy off Maguire.
If Maguire has a good season then all well and good, if not then he could well be sold next summer and then will allow EtH to naturally pick his own captain.
Ten Hag has done the right thing in giving him a chance to redeem himself. Would have opened him up to a lot of needless drama if he took the captaincy off Maguire.
If Maguire has a good season then all well and good, if not then he could well be sold next summer and then will allow EtH to naturally pick his own captain.
I thought he played well.
Beyond me why morons are booing him in a pre-season game.
Was it not Palace fans?
Imagine being that much of a prick that you boo a player in a preseason friendly ffs. Hope the lad has an incredible season and proves the cnuts wrong.
If you were one of those wearing a United shirt booing Maguire today, get fecked.
If you were one of those wearing a United shirt booing Maguire today, get fecked.
Yeah lets blame the foreingers
Where was this energy when Pogba was getting abuse at OT??
How is he blaming them?Yeah lets blame the foreingers
Where was this energy when Pogba was getting abuse at OT??
I think you're right but unfortunately some of them probably are die hard United fans that have just totally bought into the anti Maguire agenda and listen too much to the likes of Brent from United stand. He was booed at Wembley playing for England. It's clear a lot of people just despise him now and he's become a joke on social media. He's getting the Phil Jones treatment but in a more toxic way.
Thanks for putting that up. The key point seems to be that he has to prove it now. The implication being that if he doesn't deliver then he's dropped because we have 'internal competition'.
Perfect attitude from the gaffer
I find the booing fairly odd. I struggle to find one player in the squad who had a good season.
Yet Maguire is the only one getting booed around the globe, even when wearing an England shirt.
Yet Maguire is the only one getting booed around the globe, even when wearing an England shirt.
I don't rate Maguire all that highly, nor have I ever really taken to him.
However, he wasn't really suited to Ole's system a-lot of the time tbf. He was absolutely terrible last season, for the most part, but the best outcome for us all is Maguire finding form again. At his best, he's a decent enough player, so everyone should be getting behind him and hoping he can get back to form.
However, he wasn't really suited to Ole's system a-lot of the time tbf. He was absolutely terrible last season, for the most part, but the best outcome for us all is Maguire finding form again. At his best, he's a decent enough player, so everyone should be getting behind him and hoping he can get back to form.
He played okay today but the idea that he should start over Varane is still mental to me.
A lot of the crowd were probably big Ronaldo fans lashing out at Maguire after he liked that social post.
I am not a fan of Maguire but this booing must stop. It is embarassing really. Let's just get behind the team and everybody else. It is a new season with new players, coaches and new system.
For god sake, the season has not even started. May be he has turned the corner. May be ETH has positive effect on him. He did played well yesterday. Let just be more positive and support ETH and his team.
For god sake, the season has not even started. May be he has turned the corner. May be ETH has positive effect on him. He did played well yesterday. Let just be more positive and support ETH and his team.
Ah yes. The brainless "international fans" (whatever that means) just following negative tweets about Maguire and booing him. Never mind the fact that most of them only follow ManUnited and players' twitter accounts (I know by experience) and there were mostly positive tweets coming from them. No, your average "international fans" don't have time to join the twitter war with a random twitter account that talked shit about Maguire that they didn't even know existed in the first place.
I feel like if you go around Thailand and Australia asking United fans about Brent from United stand they'd get bamboozled. Who the feck is even he?
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What head?
Sound like Brexit attitude. Players,managers who did more for their get booed at other clubs. Sound more like certain British group want to be top fan than aware to performance standard. Not sure who is more of an idiot.
Maguire didn't win nothing with us, and last season he's visibly bad. His propaganda interview came out as both deluded and arrogant. There is no credit in the bank for him to be above fan's disapproval; being it international or local fan.
Booing Maguire this game is odd, but doesn't mean he shouldn't be booed.
But he did make a mistake.
20 seconds after kickoff he made a bad pass which went out of play.
After that you could basically hear him getting booed at every time he got the ball.
CP offside goal is also a bad header clearance. He just got his head to the ball, but has no control whatsoever.
Not fatal mistakes, but some people sound like he had an immaculate spotless game.
Its the impact of last season's meme-ification of the player which I thought was completely wrong, pouring into the stands / actually fan behavior.
If it's genuinely our fans and not rival banter, then its extremely disappointing. We have to at least give Maguire a chance this season to prove himself. And booing your own players unless they are taking the piss / disrespecting the club, is unacceptable really.
If it's genuinely our fans and not rival banter, then its extremely disappointing. We have to at least give Maguire a chance this season to prove himself. And booing your own players unless they are taking the piss / disrespecting the club, is unacceptable really.
Obviously he shouldn't be booed. Even more moronic to do it before the season has started.
What?Yeah lets blame the foreingers
Where was this energy when Pogba was getting abuse at OT??
Agreed.
This guy is paid millions, is captain of Manchester United and has been underperforming for a long time now. He's also been quoted as saying managers keep selecting him in the team so he must be doing something right, and cupped his ears when he scored against San Marino, as if to say the criticisms have been undeserved.
If some of you feel that fans are not allowed to show their displeasure at him and his performances, then don't ever bring up the fact that standards and expectations at the club have fallen.
If the owners, board members and god forbid the manager and his staff are just happy to coast through season after season collecting their paychecks whilst achieving feck all, are fans not allowed to voice their displeasure? Or would that just be us being influenced by meme culture and tiktok?
One thing I'd note, where were all these indignant talking heads and pundits when Paul Pogba got booed at Old Trafford? Double standards.
If some of you feel that fans are not allowed to show their displeasure at him and his performances, then don't ever bring up the fact that standards and expectations at the club have fallen.
If the owners, board members and god forbid the manager and his staff are just happy to coast through season after season collecting their paychecks whilst achieving feck all, are fans not allowed to voice their displeasure? Or would that just be us being influenced by meme culture and tiktok?
One thing I'd note, where were all these indignant talking heads and pundits when Paul Pogba got booed at Old Trafford? Double standards.
Not captain material. Probably helps out with the admin and settling of new players.
The comparison isn't fair. Pogba has said a bunch of nasty things against United and behaved in an entitled way, while Maguire has remained low key. Poor performance is not a reason to boo our own players. Talking shit is.
If this was a meaningful game where he was already performing poorly/we were down a goal or two, then yeah I can understand it. Under a new manager in a preseason game from the first kick of the game, no that is never on. The toxicity and subsequent piling on across social media from last season was ridiculously over the top. Yeah he had a shit season (so did everyone else), but most players don't get blamed for goals that have realistically nothing to do with them like he did last season. It was frankly absurd.
I have a bad feeling that giving him the armband will place Ten Hag under a lot of pressure at some point this season. If Varane, Lindelöf, Bailly and Martinez are all fit, I think he eventually will prefer two of them and leave out Maguire.
Dropping his captain in his preferred first 11 could be a risk - both within the squad and in the media.
Could be outweighted if we perform very well without him though.
Dropping his captain in his preferred first 11 could be a risk - both within the squad and in the media.
Could be outweighted if we perform very well without him though.
If he thinks the boos are unjustified then he needs to get back to his better performances, similar to the first season he had. Simple. He has it in him. He can't control other people. He can however control himself. And if you look at most top footballers they are mostly driven by criticisms.
And if youre asking me, boos are often better than twitter twats sending threats over comments and DMs. Boos make it clear that the fans are not satisfied/unhappy with the player and to be fair they did it in person. If theres a complaint, its how it needs to be done. Not via social media bullshit.
And if youre asking me, boos are often better than twitter twats sending threats over comments and DMs. Boos make it clear that the fans are not satisfied/unhappy with the player and to be fair they did it in person. If theres a complaint, its how it needs to be done. Not via social media bullshit.
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Its his own fault for cupping his ears in a goal against bloody San Marino. It seems to have got more aggressive since then and I can see why.
I actually like him and he can be very good and I think he will be very good this season.
I actually like him and he can be very good and I think he will be very good this season.
What are you waffling on about? The feck has Brexit got to do with this?
There are other players in that team that were shocking last season with not much credit in the bank and they weren't booed. It's obvious why Maguire was singled out.And if thinking that booing a United player is a shitty thing to do and makes me a "top fan" then so be it. I didn't like it when Giggs was booed in the early 2000s either.
Varane has come off a bad season too. He has looked shocking at times. He's also injury prone.
He picked up another slight injury so wasnt risked against Palace yesterday
Seems he's not well liked by rival fans, and plenty of our own fans. I can't say I find him likeable whatsoever, but it's best for everyone if he finds some form and has a good season. He's here for at least another season, so it benefits us all if he gets back to form.
If it was our fans booing him, then I find it pretty weird. I do think there tends to be an OTT reaction on here when some idiots boo our players, tbh. However, it's not really beneficial for anyone if it was our own fans doing the booing.
He's not a bad player per se, but he had a shocker of a season. In saying that, most of our players did. But yeah, he's very overrated by some and we got absolutely rinsed by Leicester.
If it was our fans booing him, then I find it pretty weird. I do think there tends to be an OTT reaction on here when some idiots boo our players, tbh. However, it's not really beneficial for anyone if it was our own fans doing the booing.
He's not a bad player per se, but he had a shocker of a season. In saying that, most of our players did. But yeah, he's very overrated by some and we got absolutely rinsed by Leicester.
Yeah lets blame the foreingers
Where was this energy when Pogba was getting abuse at OT??
Maguire wasnt the only one who was poor last season.
Where's the same 'energy' for Bruno, Rashford, Pogba, Shaw, Varane, McTominay, Wan Bissaka, Martial, Cavani etc?
The agenda against Maguire stinks
Imagine watching United in person for probably the first time and last time in your lives and take time out to boo a player? plastic Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime
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