He always shined in 3 defenders systems and it's not weird that he is having resurgence in Amorims system. So hopefully he'll continue on this path with no famouse brainfarts he sometimes has.
Maguire's Redemption | One-year option triggered
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Although they do have to take their share of criticism, we've done a lot of our players dirty trying to shoehorn them into a role they're not suited for over the past decade or so.
Several supposed top managers have been guilty of this. Pretty infuriating when you think about it.
Hes always been a good defender. He was left super exposed under ETH and this is his downfall, unfortuntely. Hes not a recovery defender.
Under Amorim hes got runners next to him who will do the chasing and he gets to command the box and get physical with number 9's. This is role he is suited for. He is bossing it lately and you can see he is enjoying it again. Took a lot of criticism under ETH and he has rightly, remained professional, and earned his spot back. Long may it continue.
Under Amorim hes got runners next to him who will do the chasing and he gets to command the box and get physical with number 9's. This is role he is suited for. He is bossing it lately and you can see he is enjoying it again. Took a lot of criticism under ETH and he has rightly, remained professional, and earned his spot back. Long may it continue.
Turns out he's better suited to a back 3 than a 2 with Greta Thunberg next to him and no midfield ahead of him.
How dare you?!
Looks more of a leader than he ever did when he was captain. Loved his passion after the penalty decision.
Commanding performance from him today. Don't think he got beaten in the air once.
Incredible today and has been great since going to 3 at the back.
I love how the Maguire hatred has now been simplified down to basically “United fans booed him!”
When a more accurate timeline is…
Maguire’s form for club deteriorated.
But he was still picked for England.
Which caused England fans to boo him at the time, which made no fecking sense.
Then pundits and ex-pros were doing specials on how he shouldn’t be in the England team.
He was then jeered in away grounds every time he had a touch.
Sure in between all of that he lost the captains armband and United fans gave him a good amount of abuse as well.
But the media and pundits completely removing themselves from any wrong doing whenever a player turns their form around always gives me a laugh.
When a more accurate timeline is…
Maguire’s form for club deteriorated.
But he was still picked for England.
Which caused England fans to boo him at the time, which made no fecking sense.
Then pundits and ex-pros were doing specials on how he shouldn’t be in the England team.
He was then jeered in away grounds every time he had a touch.
Sure in between all of that he lost the captains armband and United fans gave him a good amount of abuse as well.
But the media and pundits completely removing themselves from any wrong doing whenever a player turns their form around always gives me a laugh.
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Think the only time he got booed by our fans was idiots on the US Tour a few years back, which was widely slated by most with sense.
Never knew he had it in him to go on a mad one about a wrong decision, fair play to the fella today.
Hahahaha
He's been good for a while, he had some shaky periods after he joined but he's been mainly consistent. Doesn't kick up a fuss when benched either and is a great example for the younger players, no brianer to keep him around.
I Owe him an apology. He was majestic today. True passion.
Hope he retires with us. Deserves it after all the mocking from us fans.
Hope he retires with us. Deserves it after all the mocking from us fans.
It was the Australian tour where it happened. I know because I was in the ground at the time, face palming at the stupidity of the 'fans'. Plenty of us tried to drown it out with cheers as well, but either way there was an obviously different atmosphere every time Maguire got on the ball. The majority of the people booing were just doing it for the memes and were laughing about it, but that almost made it worse.
Perhaps it happened in the US the following season as well? Not sure.
The guy was an international laughing stock 2 years ago. Remember the politicians in Ghana I think it was making fun of him in parliament?
I'm so glad he's turned it around. Imagine if Antony did the same and started banging in 20 goals a season.
I'm so glad he's turned it around. Imagine if Antony did the same and started banging in 20 goals a season.
His history is tainted by that poor dip in form (somewhat exacerbated by the Greece debacle) and consistently being picked by Southgate for England despite being nowhere near in form enough for club
The media loved his apparent downfall, the England fans used every angle possible to abuse him, made worse by the fact he played for us - now it's all about how United fans nearly missed out on wanting him out of the club because "look at him now"
He was incredible against Arsenal and loved his response after the terrible penalty call. That and the Bayinder penalty save seemed to galvanize the team.
So many of us a few years ago thought he was done at United but he has put his head down and fought for his place. He should be offered a new deal.
So many of us a few years ago thought he was done at United but he has put his head down and fought for his place. He should be offered a new deal.
This I don't understand, when he was criticised it was because he was appalling, now he is playing very well that doesn't change the past, don't think we need to apologise for being honest we just need to be consistent and praise the turnaround in his form.
Did he go off injured, or was it just to do with him being ill prior to the game?
Great effort from him recently - seems to bring composure to the back line.
Great effort from him recently - seems to bring composure to the back line.
I'm glad he has shown the guts to stay and fight for his place. It's also a happy coincidence for him that Amorim's three central defender structure mitigates some of the weaknesses in his game. I think those weaknesses are still there - slow to turn and taking too many touches, but he has stopped the madcap lunges forward that he was doing out of desperation when his form was getting worse.
He is a good reader of potential threats but he was over-reacting to them as part of a 2 man central defence and left his partner exposed when he then didn't win the ball. He also would then take 5 touches to move the ball away and so he was relentlessly pressed as a weakness in our back line with the ball.
Thankfully as part of this system he seems to be trusting his colleagues to deal with things and not over-committing forward, Whether it's coaching or system or adding in deLigt I don't know, but he seems less exposed. He still has a tendency to over-anticipate runs and break a defensive line as he tries to get ahead of faster attackers...meaning he is often playing someone else onside.
I think while Amorim is still playing defensive players as wing backs this is less of an issue as they are more likely to be nearby and offer support / pace to recover against a wide threat.
Once Amorim gets bolder and plays attackers in those wide positions then I can see Maguire struggling again, but fair play to the lad for sticking at it and working hard. He has at least earned a place in the squad and the additional year on his contract is probably the best timescale for the club to plan his replacement.
He is a good reader of potential threats but he was over-reacting to them as part of a 2 man central defence and left his partner exposed when he then didn't win the ball. He also would then take 5 touches to move the ball away and so he was relentlessly pressed as a weakness in our back line with the ball.
Thankfully as part of this system he seems to be trusting his colleagues to deal with things and not over-committing forward, Whether it's coaching or system or adding in deLigt I don't know, but he seems less exposed. He still has a tendency to over-anticipate runs and break a defensive line as he tries to get ahead of faster attackers...meaning he is often playing someone else onside.
I think while Amorim is still playing defensive players as wing backs this is less of an issue as they are more likely to be nearby and offer support / pace to recover against a wide threat.
Once Amorim gets bolder and plays attackers in those wide positions then I can see Maguire struggling again, but fair play to the lad for sticking at it and working hard. He has at least earned a place in the squad and the additional year on his contract is probably the best timescale for the club to plan his replacement.
Must also be infuriating that a supposed clown of a manager worked this out a few years back whilst bringing waistcoats back in fashion!