No that's not it, he is making tons of errors this season precisely because he is not reading the game well. I don't know whether it's injury or what but he looks a step behind his old self.
He WAS making errors when he was rushed back too soon after injury (just like last year) because Ole didn't trust his squad. But as of late he's been doing well. That's because he's not injured anymore
He’s pretty well known you clown. About exposed, I bet you’re one of those Stan accounts on Twitter with a Harry Maguire avi. Freak.You've never watched him but knew his first name when I only said "Goldbridge"...exposed
Someone got their panties in a knot
No - he was making them well before then - off the top of my mind comes the silly decision to dive in on the half way line vs Newcastle for their goal. Should've cost us a penalty vs Arsenal too not long ago.
If you look for errors you will find them. I'm sure you are very quiet every time he does something good. He is by far our best defender yet he is scapegoated so much (Varane has to play a string of games before he can be considered our best defender). I am so glad the clowns at TheCaf aren't in charge of our team. Most of you know absolutely nothing about this game. This whole "he doesn't read the game well" is a bunch of crap. Last year the only defender who had more interceptions than him was AWB with 62. Lindelof had 30 and Shaw had 22. Maguire had 60. And his clearances were top in the team with 122. Lindelof had 95, AWB 62 and Shaw 39. So don't give me this crap that he "doesn't read the game well". He does. But I get it. So many other people on here are saying the same thing and you are all a bunch of muppets who just listen to what others say rather than coming up with an opinion of your own, so you just repeat it. But my god, at least try and back up such stupid claims with evidence or just don't say anything, because when you look at the stats, you will quickly learn just how wrong you are and that you are just looking to scapegoat our captain...
He made several mistakes before the injury, and many of his mistakes after injury are can not be blamed on the injury as they were poor decisions really. Has been a incredibly poor season for him, maybe the worst I’ve seen for a CB at this level, but last match looked promising. Hopefully he can turn this around.
I wish i could say i see the things he's done well - but let's be honest - not much from this season. I think Lindelof has been our best defender and by a long way too.
I'll tell you when he reaches the other side.
Because there was a slight corner in it and he can't turn sharply enough to stay on the same side
Because he missed another corner.
That's so not true. He started the season well and only went into poor form after being rushed back too soon from injury. But for the last few games he's been good again. But people gonna hate
He really didn't as i said earlier - look at the Newcastle goal - terrible defending for their goal. Even worse in the Villa and Southampton games. He only has himself to blame if he was 'rushed back' - nobody from the club would force him to play, but he, himself tried to play the hero captain and come back sooner. By far our worst player this season - but yeah - keep defending him for some bizarre reason.
So when City allows a goal do you over analyze it and then say Dias is crap? DIdn't think so. But people look for it with Maguire. He's their scapegoat...
Even if that might be the case - Maguire still wasn't great at the start of the season. He was alright on good days, but thats about it and on the not so good days, he looked shakey. The whole team looked suspect defensively, there is no point denying that. Last year, Maguire had a slow start as well but then grew somewhat into the season. Lets hope, that happens this year as well. But on a serious note, he seems to be kind of thick so maybe all the pressure really is getting on to him.
What a daft response - if Dias made an individual errors leading to a goal and did that a few times over the period of many games - then of course your have every right to question/blame him. Incredible to me that people still defend him - he's been absolutely shocking this season. I have genuine fear every time he has the ball and is being pressed - he never looks comfortable with the ball.
Agreed.
You should compare his relevant speed stats — if you’re able to find those, of course, I’m not sure if they measure that. And if you look at them, he’s really not comparable with other top CBs. He’s the modern equivalent of Steve Bruce or Ronald Koeman in terms of acceleration & agility, but he doesn’t possess neither the mentality of the former nor the spatial awareness of the latter (and both of them still often looked like complete buffoons when the opposition had managed to successfully expose their weaknesses).
Again, the point of the stats is not to "prove" something...Homer Simpson was actually right when he said "you can prove anything with facts". The point is, statistically based on top speed and average speed, he's middle of the pack for top CBs at top European clubs. That's just a fact. Now, of course, we can talk about acceleration and turning speed etc...but I don't see how these are more or less relevant than the stats we have...I'm sure that Maguire would (again) be about in the middle.
At least explain to me what is an average speed. If he runs around for 90 minutes with an average speed of 30 km/h he should cover around 45 km per game. Somehow I doubt it.
On par or slightly above with other center backs, I assume? So you genuinely think that he’s faster than an average CB?
these top speed charts have always been suspect. Always come up with some outrageous readings that make you wonder are they recording top speed over one stride?
he's not
no one has any idea how the speeds are recorded and using what equipment, distance or anything. tis why they are always suspect.
If everyone's fit, who do you think is our first choice CB pairing? Varane - Lindeloff or Varane - Maguire?
He turns like a bus. Having top speed is great, but agility, nimbleness, and being able to shift his weight quickly is just as (if not more) important given his position.
Pretty sure it's the GPS trackers sewn in the shirts.
You should count how many times his inability to turn quickly enough and worse yet lapses in concentration have led directly to goals.
Interesting. I would like to see the United 100metre times that Lukaku posted just to cross reference.
If the intention is to play the game in the opposition half via a high line, whilst also having counter pressing capabilities high up the pitch, then Varane and Lindelof are the better pairing IMO.
