SadlerMUFC
Thinks for himself
You "don't care about stats"? Or you "don't care about stats when it doesn't fit your agenda?"Who cares about stats? They are a useful data point but misleading without context.
Look at the broad narratives. Anyone can see that Maguire turns and recovers like an oil tanker trapped in the English Channel, but is great apart from that. Lindeloff often gets caught out of position and also could be quicker but is great apart from that. VVD plays in a much better team so he has better protection but he appears to be the perfect CB in that context. He was also really good at Southampton (though not as good as he appears now.)
He is also European Footballer of the Year, an award ceremony that Harry and Viktor won't be troubling for a while yet.
These stats aren't comparing Maguire to VVD from 2018/19 when he earned his way to the award ceremony. It was comparing them this year. This year where many have liked to scapegoat Maguire despite him being our best defender (by far). Has he made mistakes? Yes he has. Has he been one of the best defenders in England and helped to lower our goals against by 20 goals? Also a yes...