Er, no. I haven’t had a go at Maguire in ages but if I see something I have an issue with I’m not just going keep quiet.They’ve been so desperate to have a go at Maguire who’s been excellent for ages now that they’re blaming him for a Fred mistake, how sad are some people
At the end of this season, Maguire needs to be removed as Captain
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Yeah, but that’s for the Ole/playing out from the back thread. It’s not reasonable to expect Maguire to take into account the player he’s passing a decently weighted ball too, especially here at United. If Fred can’t play under pressure from only one player, then he shouldn’t play period!
For context, Xhaka did the exact same thing against Burnley, and we all called him all sorts of names. Arsenal fans did too. This is exactly the same but probably worse, because Xhaka actually had two or three men around him.
Fred had a bit of space and was good to recieve the ball like he does all the time. Tielemanns wasn't even right up his arse. In that position it's totally normal to trust in your team mates.
You’re also one of those! Hope that helps.
He needs to sort out his hair. And hopefully before the end of the season.
Surely there is no defence of Fred here? Or am I reading it wrong?
he’s played Leicester in twice
Innit he’s actually done well today. So bizarre.
Play out from back, by all means but play it to Telles or Lindelof or anyone else. Sometimes the pass isn’t on.
This. Not because of that idiotic pass, but because he's not good enough. The fact that he's Manchester United captain gives me headaches. Opposition fans must be laughing at that.
Are you 12?
There's a few of you over emotional types madly blaming Maguire due to your pre-existing bias against him, i'm not tagging the 3-4 of you, it's obvious. My post follows the comments!
Followed by a lot of us calling it out as idiotic.
You're sad, Fred messed it up, nothing to do with Maguire, centre half’s play that ball regularly, you just couldn’t wait to have a go at Maguire because he’s been amazing for ages.
I don’t think you know what passive aggressive meansOh dear this passive aggressiveness, while telling others to get out more
Pot meet kettle
hes a gormless moron for something that possibly didn't even happen
classic caf
Really I just bumped the first thread I seen. I don’t care much for the obsession whom is captain.
What a stupid thread.
Watching the replay, that was the most stupid pass Maguire could pick out of all players he could choose. Fred was shite, but Maguire had no reason to play that pass.
Shit thread, shit bump.
Some people just shouldn't watch football. Passes like that are played all the fecking time.
Yep, these days, it's all about keeping the ball and playing it out.
If you can't rely on your centre mid receiving a simple pass and not playing it straight to a rival, I think it says more about the midfielder.
I'm no fan of Maguire I think he's average for what's expected of him and overrated especially on this site but can't be blamed for that play whereby Fred has caused the goal through his pass.
Fred did the exact same thing against Everton, he's awful in possession must be doing star jumps with Carrick in training.
Fred did the exact same thing against Everton, he's awful in possession must be doing star jumps with Carrick in training.
Maguire had three passes on there - both full backs are unmarked to his left and right for a simple pass. It was too casual from him but Fred makes a bad situation even worse through a dire pass back to the keeper.
It's a pity. The guy who I feel should be captain and imo, the player these lads look up to does not want to be here.
People, watch the bloody replay and Maguire had at least 3 other passes on. Fred is absolutely shite for not controlling the ball but it wouldn’t have happened if he maybe had look and anticipated the situation better.
Fred plays a first time pass to Henderson who then picks out a Utd player and it’s a non event
He messed up just before then as well
Great at what he does but he should just be left to get on with breaking up play
Genuinely disagree with every single word of that post. There's no reasonable grounds for us ever to agree, so there's no point us discussing it.
Put it this was, if Fred controls that normally, plays a normal pass to Hendo who plays it out wide and we keep the ball...not a single person anywhere would even consider that Maguire made a poor decision.
Can’t believe this is an actual thread, beyond stupid.
Lingard?
Maguire could’ve passed it to someone else, but I’m guessing he didn’t envisage Fred to lay it off perfectly for Iheanacho. It’s one of those basic expectations of a footballer earning £200k per week.
Wasn't a great pass from Maguire but Fred clearly called for the pass his first touch was horrible his second even worse
I can’t believe Maguire has been blamed for this. It’s remarkable and ridiculous simultaneously.
It's always going to be a hospital ball. Fred's pass is another topic but Maguire should never play a pass to a player facing back towards goal with 3 players closing him down. It reeked of him just wanting somebody else to have the ball.
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He should keep on being captain. I don't see anyone else better in that role than him at the moment.
Isn’t the point of playing out to draw the opposition press and beat it? Maguire has done nothing wrong there and a midfielder at this level should be capable of avoiding laying a pass into the striker.
That’s exactly what I thought. Look at it again, the goal. He has plenty of options on but it’s just like tunnel-vision. Must pass the ball to Fred. Well no, you don’t. Have a quick look and pass it to Telles or AWB.
Of course but do you see much pattern in our play? The only pattern that I see is that we constantly give the ball away by making poor passing decisions. We don’t look after the ball anywhere near enough or move it fast enough. Not unless we’re on the break.
Who said we were going to discuss it? Haha.
Genuinely disagree with every single word of that post. There's no reasonable grounds for us ever to agree, so there's no point us discussing it.
He's not a captain, simple as that. Pogba or Bruno should be captain.
Any pass that involves passing it back to a keeper is wrong pass. WB was wide open on the right.