Obviously not according to some here
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Pretty much this. On a podcast about Utd that I listen to mostly driven by stats analysis, the 2 guys were refusing to budge on their opinion that he was a good keeper at the beginning of the season and stood by the fact it was a non-problem, supported by the fact he had been one of the highest performing keepers in Europe (both domestically and CL), and it was highly unlikely he'd become poor overnight. Just common sense, bigger picture perspective kind of analysis, but the type that would be good for this board in general, really.
To be fair it wasn't just this board, the same lines were trotted in the media. With Ten Hag and other players having to defend Onana during interviews.
Oh my point on short termism can be extrapolated to media no worries
Even Maguire is getting into the "playing out from the back" thing. The whole back line looked more comfortable against Everton, even under pressure. Onana is a huge factor in that. They are moving the ball around with awareness of what's in front of them. Unfortunately, with that midfield, it's not much. I think that's why Onana was hoofing the ball up to the front line a bit more - we frequently couldn't get the ball through the midfield unless Maguire or Lindelof pushed it up themselves. Yes, Mainoo did do a bit more of that, too, but usually when he was playing more as a fifth defender than as a pure midfield option.
Maguire always was a decent to good passer I think, so this isn't surprising at all. His problem is that he is too slow and/or lacks awareness to play a high line and gets exposed due to that. There is a reason why Pep wanted him at City and arguably he was bought to do exactly that - play the ball well out of the back.
I changed the title because it’s funny and because I can.
I think Maguire has just been better at it than Varane, but obviously he's been 4th choice basically since the Brentford 4-0 that happened more than a year ago. He definitely feels more comfortable with Onana behind him instead of DDG as well.
Kees and Aaron? DITD?
His other big problem is he so slow with distribution. He takes way too many touches with the ball before actually releasing it.
That's the one!
There's a blunder right round the corner for every keeper
He does seem absolutely useless in one on ones. Carried on from (late stage) De Gea on that one.
He did.
Sorry but De Gea was always a great keeper it was his distribution that let him down not his keeping.
Apart from being hopeless at dealing with crosses, commanding his area, letting in multiple howlers, and never saving a penalty, yeah for sure
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He's been watching Xavi la pelopina turn videos. Love it.
