Kostov
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A fecking pussy. Always has been. How can you jump so soft and be beaten by a guy 10cm shorter than you? Absolutely horrible mistake. If anything Maguire has exposed his weaknesses and his supposed abilities.
You talk some shite.Rubbish. They haven't got the ability to target shit. They came for a draw and got the win.
Really, many had him our player of the season last year. Maybe less focus on one player and look at the broader and bigger picture.
You talk some shite.
Good one. As good as Victor’s defending today....and clearly you call yourself acnumber9 cause fool was already taken
...and clearly you call yourself acnumber9 cause fool was already taken
Lindelof was better for the second half of the season. However there's a lot on here who refuse to acknowledge that Smalling was better in the first half of the season, and overall they were fairly even despite Smalling actually having his worst season for a while.Never better than Smalling, not even last season.
Rubbish. They haven't got the ability to target shit. They came for a draw and got the win.
No they wont, they want to win. Smalling would never have lost that header though. Lindelöf isnt good enough not even close.Smalling FC will eat well tonight.
And Smalling has never made mistakes? Lindelof messed up and deserves scrutiny but if we were a top team (as we’re aspiring to be) we’d have already been 2 or 3 goals up by then at home against a Hodgson team.No they wont, they want to win. Smalling would never have lost that header though. Lindelöf isnt good enough not even close.
The problem with this logic is that we arent, plus Smalling isnt good enough either but he is better than Lindelöf. He has both pace, heading ability and positioning, if we are going by this team building thing Tuanzebe should be playing.And Smalling has never made mistakes? Lindelof messed up and deserves scrutiny but if we were a top team (as we’re aspiring to be) we’d have already been 2 or 3 goals up by then at home against a Hodgson team.
Wasteman
I’m still a bit shaken. Thanks for the concern in these testing times.
The problem with this logic is that we arent, plus Smalling isnt good enough either but he is better than Lindelöf. He has both pace, heading ability and positioning, if we are going by this team building thing Tuanzebe should be playing.
He actually is prone to this. A boot upfield is an opportunity.I still can't understand how can a defender lose a header to Schlupp after goalkeeper's kick out. I am not sure I ever saw it in my life.
He can't teach himself how not to be so soft nor can he magically increase his pace and speed.He made one mistake today and hopefully he learns from it. He wasn't the reason we lost today, that was down to inept tactics and our lack of attack.
He made one mistake today and hopefully he learns from it. He wasn't the reason we lost today, that was down to inept tactics and our lack of attack.
There's little benefit to his passing. It's just the same safe, sideways and passive passing with reluctance to take responsibility. When he isn't passing to his CB partner, he is passing to the adjacent fullback. He fails practically everytime he gets the ball off the ground, rarely passes between the lines, and can't even switch play to relieve pressure or launch attacks. The only thing that separates his passing from that of Smalling, Jones and Bailly is that he looks more graceful. Infact, Jones plays more incisive passes and is able to switch play. Maguire is the one that is actually playing the passes in that defence.I can understand being beaten by someone running in to a jump against you standing but there was another incident where he was beaten again and it was just a straight jump. Smalling would have won both just saying
I do enjoy some of his passing and ability on the ball. You can see the benefit of it I’m just a little concerned about his defensive abilities especially at the highest level.
There's little benefit to his passing. It's just the same safe, sideways and passive passing with reluctance to take responsibility. When he isn't passing to his CB partner, he is passing to the adjacent fullback. He fails practically everytime he gets the ball off the ground, rarely passes between the lines, and can't even switch play to relieve pressure or launch attacks. The only thing that separates his passing from that of Smalling, Jones and Bailly is that he looks more graceful. Infact, Jones plays more incisive passes and is able to switch play. Maguire is the one that is actually playing the passes in that defence.
On the ball
Possession
Total number of accurate long passes/(total number of accurate long passes+total number of times lost possession through either bad control or being dispossessed)
Thiago Silva
95.14%
Alderweireld
94.59%
Vidic
93.51%
Ferdinand
93.34%
Van Dijk
92.39%
Terry
90.47%
Kompany
90.30%
Sergio Ramos
89.41%
Varane
88.68%
Pique
88.12%
Koulibaly
85.85%
Lindelof
85.07%
David Luiz
84.09%
Maguire
84.04%
Rojo
82.21%
Smalling
81.44%
Boly
80.41%
Bailly
78.18%
Jones
74.51%
Tuanzebe
63.25%
Long pass accuracy
Total number of accurate long passes/(total number of accurate long passes+total number of inaccurate long passes)
Thiago Silva
74.51%
Ferdinand
71.14%
Sergio Ramos
69.75%
Kompany
66.21%
Vidic
65.92%
Varane
65.73%
Pique
65.47%
Jones
60.38%
David Luiz
58.02%
Van Dijk
57.73%
Terry
56.65%
Smalling
56.34%
Alderweireld
55.90%
Lindelof
53.98%
Maguire
51.67%
Koulibaly
50.39%
Rojo
45.75%
Bailly
45.03%
Boly
42.76%
Tuanzebe
38.95%
Average for these 2 areas of on the ball
Thiago Silva
84.82%
Ferdinand
82.24%
Vidic
79.71%
Sergio Ramos
79.58%
Kompany
78.25%
Varane
77.21%
Pique
76.80%
Alderweireld
75.25%
Van Dijk
75.06%
Terry
73.56%
David Luiz
71.06%
Lindelof
69.53%
Smalling
68.89%
Koulibaly
68.12%
Maguire
67.86%
Jones
67.45%
Rojo
63.98%
Bailly
61.60%
Boly
61.58%
Tuanzebe
51.10%
Defending
Tackling
Total number of tackles won/(total number of tackles won+total number of times dribbled past)
Van Dijk
89.55%
Vidic
87.74%
Ferdinand
84.58%
Bailly
84.41%
Smalling
84.10%
Thiago Silva
83.19%
Boly
83.68%
Kompany
82.00%
Varane
81.43%
Sergio Ramos
80.93%
Terry
80.82%
Jones
78.49%
Tuanzebe
78.08%
Koulibaly
77.84%
Pique
77.37%
Maguire
75.63%
Alderweireld
75.44%
Rojo
74.56%
Lindelof
73.94%
David Luiz
70.63%
Heading
Total number of aerial duels won/(total number of aerial duels won+total number of aerial duels lost)
Thiago Silva
72.96%
Van Dijk
72.77%
Maguire
71.61%
Vidic
71.61%
Boly
71.33%
Terry
69.66%
Varane
69.66%
Kompany
68.85%
Sergio Ramos
67.34%
Smalling
66.56%
Pique
64.37%
Jones
64.33%
Ferdinand
61.09%
David Luiz
60.95%
Tuanzebe
60.67%
Rojo
59.67%
Bailly
59.55%
Koulibaly
57.54%
Lindelof
56.99%
Alderweireld
52.29%
Interceptions and fouls
Total number of interceptions/(total number of interceptions+total number of fouls committed)
Ferdinand
87.93%
Thiago Silva
75.52%
Van Dijk
74.88%
Varane
72.96%
Jones
72.25%
Alderweireld
71.83%
Terry
70.37%
Boly
69.56%
Bailly
68.93%
Pique
67.84%
Vidic
67.61%
Maguire
67.55%
Kompany
64.12%
Smalling
63.76%
David Luiz
63.47%
Lindelof
62.16%
Rojo
62.04%
Sergio Ramos
59.28%
Tuanzebe
57.14%
Koulibaly
56.75%
Average for these 3 areas of defending combined
Van Dijk
79.07%
Ferdinand
77.87%
Thiago Silva
77.46%
Vidic
75.65%
Boly
74.86%
Varane
74.68%
Terry
73.61%
Jones
71.69%
Kompany
71.66%
Maguire
71.60%
Smalling
71.47%
Bailly
70.96%
Pique
69.86%
Sergio Ramos
69.18%
Alderweireld
66.52%
Rojo
65.42%
Tuanzebe
65.30%
David Luiz
65.02%
Lindelof
64.37%
Koulibaly
64.04%
Yes he lost the header, but how on earth did Ayew find himself through on goal without anyone near him from it?
Utter madness.
Maguire covering Shaw.
Wasn't a goalkick I think. James pressed and their GK hoof it.I’ve not seen the goal back but that is terrible communication all round if that’s the case. From a goal kick your CB shouldn’t be covering a LB.