Nothing against you in particular but I'm so bored with the Maguire banter. Yes, he's been poor for a while but the monster pile on to keep humiliating him, with United fans also culpable in this, is so tedious, lazy and outright unnecessary. There was a time when we used to back our own and rally round but now we're out there making the atmosphere even more poisonous. Give him a break FFS.
Have to agree with this. I think Maguire is a classic English CB, the “No nonsense” approach suits him better, booting it long, sitting back and absorbing pressure. He’s being made to play an Ajax system of football, and it’s as alien to him as would be asking him to play keeper. I would never boo one of our own players. It’s one thing fans ranking our players and another thing entirely when United fans trot out some hyperbolic insults to justify their preferences.
I think a better man-manager would have taken him out of the firing line sooner, maybe let the players vote on captain, any number of things to ease the pressure.
The away fans could sing his name louder than the rest. That would boost confidence. It’s not like Maguire wants to make mistakes or wants us to lose; this a past time for fans but it’s his actual career and life. Our fans are better, or at least they were.
I think it’s perfectly fine for the new manager to try and fit some players into his scheme who might not be getting it right away. Maguire is one of them. Everyone knows he can play in a more conservative team, and ETH wants something different. I would be happy for Maguire to go to Chelsea because he’ll play better there. Just like when any United player leaves, you wish them well (unless they are trash talking the club like Lukaku and Henderson). People make it so personal. It’s okay to say Maguire isn’t fitting this new system so he should be replaced, we don’t need the vicious attacks in him.