its not that he's a bad player, hes actually a good defender. But when facing an attacking onslaught he goes deeper, and deeper and deeper. He cannot engage with a player head on and win the ball without potentially fouling them.
its not that he's a bad player, hes actually a good defender. But when facing an attacking onslaught he goes deeper, and deeper and deeper. He cannot engage with a player head on and win the ball without potentially fouling them.
Exactly why he's sh*te and the issue. We end up with huge gaps between our CB/CM and this is part of the issue. We can't squeeze teams higher up the park.
Look at how often when Martinez played LCB and he'd try to come forward, teams would knock it in behind him and Maguire doesn't have the pace to cover or he's so deep he's created the space.
It's not rocket science. What other top team plays with a CB as slow and limited as him?
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