He doesn't suit the managers plan to play a high line. So either back the manager and get rid or got back to the low block and change manager again.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 25
- Clean sheets
- 6
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 8
He has done quite well this season, and he has a fantastic mentality. I have been a very harsh critic of Maguire in the past but right now he is doing very well and our youngsters need a good example like him in the dressing room.
I agree he’s done well (minus the occasional brain fart) but we’ve been playing in a low block off the ball which has suited him. I’d expect more of a high line next season and think he’ll struggle with that as he has done before. Maybe it can be mitigated by having two fast CB alongside him?
Let hope we find a magic money tree then because it would be ridiculous to divert even more funds to one after buying 5 in the last 3 years (and still not improving on what we had).
The issue is our back line do not press leaving a big gap with the defence and midfield. He isn’t going to be here after next season once we sort other positions out.
I think, this high line thing isn't as essential to Rubens system as you think it is. From what I heard, the depth of that was also something Ruben tweaked on a game by game basis depending on opponent, game plan and available players.
"Fantastic", "excellent", "very well", "example in the dressing room" - are we really talking about the same player here?! It is one thing, to not join in on over-the-top criticism but I think, this is overcompensating quite a bit. Maguire is anything but the future of United, he is a symbol for so many things that go wrong with this club - letting other clubs fleece us, either ignoring scouting or be really bad at it, when it comes to roles in the team, players believing in their own hype and being overall completely without a long term plan. A lot of it is not Maguires fault but he is the posterboy for it. He is probably a decent defender but he gets older and he is on insane wages for what he is. We are repeating the same mistakes - as much as minutes for Eriksen or McTominay were completely wasted, so are minutes on Maguire right now. Play younger players, if they are good enough then great, we invested time during phase for failure isn't that bad as we aren't competing anyway. If they aren't good enough, still fine, we can generate funds with selling them with "PL proven" on the packaging.
Maguires timing wasn't great and a part of me is slightly sorry for him. But it isn't about him, it should be about the future of the club. Let him leave to close that chapter and don't start using him as some sort of mascot for the dressing room.
I think, we did improve. Certainly in terms of age profile. I'd personally say also in terms of profile but I get your point, none of them was a huge success for various reasons. The point still stands - the environment that Maguire seems to flourish in is when we play a rather compact game plan, tight knit where he can use his height and physique to overpower opponents. Issue is though, this isn't the way we should aspire to play in this day and age and most importantly with the ambitions we should have.
No doubt, with tight resources is will be tricky to find working combinations but Maguire isn't the answer and reading some you talk about him, I am really worried that the club might be backwards minded enough to double down on the mistake they made last summer.
I think that goes for everyone. There would have been many better value for money options. We signed a player that has top 6/12 Premier League team ability for best defender in the world money. Even Maguire his biggest fan, or Harry himself, would admit that it has been a bad deal for Manchester United. Not that he didnt have any value or hasnt had his good moments/games but it has still been a bad deal.
Man Utd 2:1 Leicester
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Cometh the Slabhead..
Very good again. Match winner.
Defensively he was ok, but he got a goal so all good.
What a king!
Saved us all from Extra time the beautiful bastard
Great header but he was absolutely shocking. Daka kept getting ahead of him to the ball and some of his passing was poor.
The goal rescued what was a really poor performance from him.
Offside winner. Perfect response to those Leicester weirdly fans giving him stick. They got £80m for him
Solid match - not sure what the guys above were watching. Unsurprisingly we looked much better once Yoro and Maz played the sides on which they are both apparently more comfortable. Don’t recall Leicester having any real chances in the second half - Maguire just cleaned up everything.
Concerning where we'd be without him this season.
Yup. But it saved another half hour of that utter shite, so I'll forgive yet another poor defensive performance.
His second half was a lot better and scored a good goal (offside but hey, who cares). In the first half, his lack of urgency on the ball was no different from the rest of his teammates but it was really annoying.
Concerning that he's signed up for another year. These poor performances are now being labelled as "good". Wow.
He was terrible but salvaged it with the goal and a few passes out wide.
Really good header and thought he had an OK game.
He's more than decent in a back three. Just needs legs around him Really.
He's more than decent in a back three. Just needs legs around him Really.
Some of his attempted switches to Dalot were frustrating to watch as he either overhit or underhit them. Amorim must know Maguire isn't going to fill the Martinez-shaped void on the ball, so hopefully he doesn't encourage him to try those long range passes too often.
Would also be nice if he occasionally stayed onside for a free kick. Been saying this for years. Not that it mattered tonight obviously!
Would also be nice if he occasionally stayed onside for a free kick. Been saying this for years. Not that it mattered tonight obviously!
EAT SHIT HATERS
We’ve far far more concerning things than Maguire’s 12 month extension unfortunately
I'm sorry but I simply can't stand watching him play football. Everything is so labored. He takes a year to pick a pass on the ball (even if he can sometimes make great passes), and off the ball he turns like a battleship and in general is so unbelievably clumsy that it's painful to watch at times.
Great header though! (even though it was offsides hehe)
Great header though! (even though it was offsides hehe)
The one pass that Maguire has always been very good at is the long diagonal out to the left. He's average at pretty much all other passes, but there's not too many better at that ball to the left winger/wingback.
I’d like to thank Harry Maguire for preventing that game for going on for another half hour and having to watch those insufferable players attempt to play football.
No point giving him captaincy back but getting recognition he's our best defender.
Maguire has gone running to Winter with a PR piece because he scored an offside header! Full Rashford.
At the final whistle
So funny how it winds you all up that you were wrong about him.
Wrong how?At the final whistle
So funny how it winds you all up that you were wrong about him.
Just read the posts of those that were desperate for him to leave. They can't give him any credit for performances. That goal on Friday must have been painful
.Right on cue a couple of posts later. Hehe
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Yeah let’s give captain armband to a player clearly leaving in a year.
A player who was also former captain and was pretty terrible at it. A player who was likely only extended because of a lack of funds.
Won't stop his main cheerleader in here getting wound up at every turn about him, and passively aggressively trying to tell us all "how he's our best player" or "best defender" every single game.
It is an odd hill to die on that’s for sure.
Anyone who thinks Maguire's our best defender need their head checking.
Lets hear who is so far ahead then and why? (Shaw doesn't count)
In a counter attack deep line, he’d arguably start but I reckon most managers would go De Ligt/Martinez. ETH and Amorim clearly see him as 3rd choice max, there’s a reason.