[Foxbatt]

He looks a lot more angry and pumped up in games lately. It may sounds cheesy, but I like this attitude from a CB, especially from the Captain.

This is the point I feel now. He was made Captain of Manchester United. Now he seems to handle it much better. It's not easy to captain a club like Manchester United especially if you come from a smaller club. He is having a go at players too. I think he is going start scoring too now.

 

[Poborsky's hair]

Best centre half we’ve had post Fergie by an absolute mile. Dominant, never injured and never hides, fantastic player.

Spot on. Playstyle he´s basically mix of Ferdinand and Vidic kind of too, absolutely dominant in the air, in tackles and blocks, putting his body on the table while so composed under pressure. The most comfortable CB weve had since Ferdinand and even before him what I remember. Thanks to huge confidence and immense stregth. Top quality players and perfect fit for MUFC.

 

[Isotope]

This is the point I feel now. He was made Captain of Manchester United. Now he seems to handle it much better. It's not easy to captain a club like Manchester United especially if you come from a smaller club. He is having a go at players too. I think he is going start scoring too now.

Agreed. One thing I want to see him gets in the ref's face, if any decision go against us. We're still too soft on this aspect.

 

[Sylar]

Him and lindelof are finding the right balance. I agree Maguire has mostly been great since joining us, but having the right keeper has made a huge difference.

Him driving forward and passing / linking with Shaw helps us too.

 

[Foxbatt]

Agreed. One thing I want to see him gets in the ref's face, if any decision go against us. We're still too soft on this aspect.

Yes in that aspect Young was the best. I do think that Maguire does speak to the Ref but it's not in him to be up in the face kind of guy.

 

[united for life]

Why pass to fred who is marked by a leicester player? Fred handled the situation terribly with a sloppy pass backward, but harry’s pass to fred was wrong in the first place. The problem is that it is not the first time harry does that! You’d expect something better from our captain

 

[Roboc7]

Great business by Leicester, sold him for world record fee and don’t think could say conclusively whether or not he’d get in their team.

 

[SadlerMUFC]

I'm a big fan of Maguire....he's going to want to forget about today. Not his best game. I'm sure those with agendas against him will be out in full force today and probably p*ssed off that he's been playing so well up until today...

 

[acnumber9]

Shite.

 

[OrcaFat]

Had a difficult game today. Not helped by our shitty midfield.

 

[Based Adnan]

Out of the five CBs on the pitch today he was the worst, by far

 

[SadlerMUFC]

Why pass to fred who is marked by a leicester player? Fred handled the situation terribly with a sloppy pass backward, but harry’s pass to fred was wrong in the first place. The problem is that it is not the first time harry does that! You’d expect something better from our captain

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

 

[Hammondo]

I am a better defender than he is, and no I am not good nor do I even play football.

 

[Skills]

Great business by Leicester, sold him for world record fee and don’t think could say conclusively whether or not he’d get in their team.

They're better off without him

 

[iamBen]

His overextended lunge whilst turning his back to the player coming on to him thing is one of the most annoying things in football at the moment.

 

[Devil may care]

A bit wobbly today, struggled with the ex City asshole.

 

[united for life]

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

not under that pressure. I’m not saying it’s harry’s fault alone, fred handled this badly also. Harry’s game in general was terrible. Lacks leadership for a captain.

 

[Juanito]

Apart from the pass on the goal I think Maguire was poor for the second goal as well. If he tries to push up into tielemans (?) back he needs to go all the way. Now he ends up too far away to do anything both in front and running back. Didn't run back with any urgency whatsoever.

However, other than these two mistakes I think he was really good and even though it ended up a bad night I can see why people rate him.

 

[iammemphis]

Why pass to fred who is marked by a leicester player? Fred handled the situation terribly with a sloppy pass backward, but harry’s pass to fred was wrong in the first place. The problem is that it is not the first time harry does that! You’d expect something better from our captain

Oh come on, you think at Barcelona players are taught not to pass to players that are being marked by someone.

 

[Hammondo]

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

No one should ever make that pass, its simply a poor understanding of football when that pass is made.

 

[Galactic]

Made the wrong pass. He was looking straight at Fred and the guy behind him. And he didn’t make himself available for the return pass either. Bad decision. Not the first time too.

 

[united for life]

Oh come on, you think at Barcelona players are taught not to pass to players that are being marked by someone.

you’re probably talking about something like pique passing to busquets? I’m convinced ok

 

[criticalanalysis]

Gave a hospital pass to Fred, nothing more needs to be said there.

Some badddddd and some good but overall just a very disjointed performance. He and many others need a rest.

 

[11101]

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

Not under that pressure it doesn't. Facing goal, on the edge of the box, with 3 players closing him down. A defender should see those players closing on Fred and realise it means others are in more space, and Fred would be under pressure before he even gets the ball. Maguire just puts his blinders on and passes it to the player right in front of him. Guarantee he gets an equal bollocking after the game.

 

[Paxi]

Oh come on, you think at Barcelona players are taught not to pass to players that are being marked by someone.

You comparing Barca to us? Come on ffs.

 

[Terminator]

Any half decent PL player in Fred's position would get rid of the ball safely but unfortunately Maguire passed it to Fred. Maguire should be knowing better.

 

[Brwned]

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

You don’t pass to a player with 3 players at his back in that position with the mood of the game. Assessing the situation and choosing the right pass is part of his responsibility in playing that way, his responsibilities don’t stop at just passing the ball to the nearest player. Play it to Telles with all the space and there’s no issue. Fred couldn’t do anything useful with that.

 

[iammemphis]

You comparing Barca to us? Come on ffs.

Im comparing any top level elite proffessional team in all honesty. Don't care what anyone says you can't pin Fred's poor pass on Maguire. There's a whole host of defensive problems he is responsible for but this one is right at the bottom of the list.

 

[luke511]

His lack of ability in one on one situations is very concerning, Vardy and Iheanacho dribbled past him like he hasn't there.

 

[Jim Beam]

The way Vardy went through him was quite something.

 

[Andycoleno9]

If he had quick defender as a partner then Vardy would not destroy him one on one two times. People say that at least

 

[el3mel]

This was one poor performance after a great of form.

What irritates me a lot though is we play every single damn corner straight at him, and he wastes all of them. FFS, why can't we just try something new in our corner setup once in a while ? Why cross it to Maguire every single fecking time when he barely threatens from them, never mind scoring ?

 

[A-man]

Why pass to fred who is marked by a leicester player? Fred handled the situation terribly with a sloppy pass backward, but harry’s pass to fred was wrong in the first place. The problem is that it is not the first time harry does that! You’d expect something better from our captain

Maybe he forgot his contact lenses and thought it someone else than Fred?

Jokes aside, I really think both him, DDG and also Henderson should stop hit those dangerous passes in the centre. There is nothing to win there, only taking stupid risks.

 

[A-man]

His worst game in some time. He’s been so good lately that I hope it was one of those one offs. Midfield was also horrible and didn’t really offer him any protection, which meant he ended up in some 1v1 situations and those are really his weakest point.

 

[passing-wind]

I'm a big fan of Maguire....he's going to want to forget about today. Not his best game. I'm sure those with agendas against him will be out in full force today and probably p*ssed off that he's been playing so well up until today...

That's my criticism, I think some of Maguire's reviews are overblown but he's a hot / cold defender. Can give you a decent showing for 90 mins but can and often will make mistakes, poor play positionally, not rotate the ball well enough and now and then get skinned (which is acceptable compared to the others).

When you hear certain terms I've seen in this thread terms such as "one of the best in the league", "irreplaceable", "steel" it's simply not true. I think the best Maguire will give this club is persistency. He's hardly injured and is available mostly all of the time. But if we are talking about the league's best, world class or solid it will be whoever we sign to play alongside Harry.

 

[OhGee]

That pass happens 20-30 times a game. It's part of playing out from the back. Fred needs to play it first time back to Henderson or out wide to AWB. Once he takes a touch he's done. This is how we play. Harry will be told to make that pass. Fred has to do better with it. Maguire didn't have a great game today, but there was nothing wrong with that pass...

On a separate note, why do we attempt to play out of the back when we have shit passers like Mctominay, Fred and Matic in the midfield who always take a few extra seconds to pick to the next pass or just play it back or sidewards causing the opposition team to re-group and press our players? This is why we are so ineffective in going forward and creating chances.

 

[#07]

I'm pretty sure the coaches say play it out and I see why you don't wanna go long into Martial against three centre backs. Sometimes though you just gotta use your head. Fred is crap when pressed and he has a man on the shoulder. Just clear your lines FFS.

 

[SadlerMUFC]

On a separate note, why do we attempt to play out of the back when we have shit passers like Mctominay, Fred and Matic in the midfield who always take a few extra seconds to pick to the next pass or just play it back or sidewards causing the opposition team to re-group and press our players? This is why we are so ineffective in going forward and creating chances.

This I completely agree with. No idea why we force it. If they are pressing, bypass the press...

 

[SadlerMUFC]

You don’t pass to a player with 3 players at his back in that position with the mood of the game. Assessing the situation and choosing the right pass is part of his responsibility in playing that way, his responsibilities don’t stop at just passing the ball to the nearest player. Play it to Telles with all the space and there’s no issue. Fred couldn’t do anything useful with that.

Yes you do. If you don't understand why then perhaps football isn't the right game for you...

 

[SadlerMUFC]

Not under that pressure it doesn't. Facing goal, on the edge of the box, with 3 players closing him down. A defender should see those players closing on Fred and realise it means others are in more space, and Fred would be under pressure before he even gets the ball. Maguire just puts his blinders on and passes it to the player right in front of him. Guarantee he gets an equal bollocking after the game.

Yes we do. We do it several times per game but the midfielders usually either one time pass it or turn away from the pressure. He couldn't turn there so you pass it off with your first touch. This pass happens 20 times a game