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Easily our best defender tonight. Should have scored and lost his marking once or twice but overall good I think.
Probably worried about his England career.Wonder what is he thinking now, leaving a top 4 team to relegation battle team for a world record fee.
Yes Leicester is sitting at 4th place, and we are only 2 points off the relegation zone!
He probably reply and say we’re 5 points off 4th.Wonder what is he thinking now, leaving a top 4 team to relegation battle team for a world record fee.
Yes Leicester is sitting at 4th place, and we are only 2 points off the relegation zone!
Agreed (on being glad to sign him, not that hes our best). We were dying for a CB like him for ages and between Lindelof and Tuanzebe, one of them will cement the spot as his partner IMO. We need to sort out a good chunk of the rest, but I'm very happy with our CBs and Wan Bissaka.Glad we got him. Our best player!
For pace? Well, we got Tuanzebe. The centre back is the least problem at the moment.I still think you’d have been better partnering Smalling with Maguire?
To spend £80mil on this guy given the makeup of the squad was foolish.Still think we should have invested in other areas than CB.
It was our most "loaded" position, albeit not with great quality but still. Up front, in midfield, it's a desert now. Maguire isn't gonna change our season, he's not gonna improve us.To spend £80mil on this guy given the makeup of the squad was foolish.
Firmino > Mane > Salah > VvD > Allison.
I like him but he’s not generational in terms of talent.
Probably the right decision given that we are already lacking leadership in our squad. Maguire so far has shown good leadership on the pitch. I can see him being our captain next season.To spend £80mil on this guy given the makeup of the squad was foolish.
Firmino > Mane > Salah > VvD > Allison.
I like him but he’s not generational in terms of talent.
This and I am surprised to hear people saying Ole's signings were very good and so he should be given time on that basis. If Ole knew that he was going to have £70m net to spend and decided to splash it all on the Maguire and AWB he made a really stupid decision. I am sure the scouts would have found an equally talented defender for half the price. Now, after this 'upgrade' the team has a good defense but is really thin in attack and the results are showing.To spend £80mil on this guy given the makeup of the squad was foolish.
Firmino > Mane > Salah > VvD > Allison.
I like him but he’s not generational in terms of talent.
You are just making assumption and jump into conclusion there. If 70m was our net spend going to be then I’m clueless how we aim on Sancho which was reported that we were planning to get him until Sancho changed his mind.This and I am surprised to hear people saying Ole's signings were very good and so he should be given time on that basis. If Ole knew that he was going to have £70m net to spend and decided to splash it all on the Maguire and AWB he made a really stupid decision. I am sure the scouts would have found an equally talented defender for half the price. Now, after this 'upgrade' the team has a good defense but is really thin in attack and the results are showing.
“Planning”.You are just making assumption and jump into conclusion there. If 70m was our net spend going to be then I’m clueless how we aim on Sancho which was reported that we were planning to get him until Sancho changed his mind.
What’s your problem with my post? I don’t see any issue there.“Planning”.
Just as we planned to sign 5 players in the summer, or the other previous windows. If we were really planning on boosting our attack then we would have went for alternatives when we knew we wouldn’t be getting Sancho.
That doesn't make any sense. Are you saying we decided not to sign a player half the price with the same talent because we had more money?This and I am surprised to hear people saying Ole's signings were very good and so he should be given time on that basis. If Ole knew that he was going to have £70m net to spend and decided to splash it all on the Maguire and AWB he made a really stupid decision. I am sure the scouts would have found an equally talented defender for half the price. Now, after this 'upgrade' the team has a good defense but is really thin in attack and the results are showing.
You are basing your assumption that we were going to have a net spend of more than 70m because of the rumor that were in for Sancho.What’s your problem with my post? I don’t see any issue there.
We wouldn’t get Sancho but we had the money to get Sancho.
A tier 1 David Ornstein already said that we were in to sign Sancho until we are out of CL. In other word, we always had the money to sign a player who is worth at least 80m-100m.
It was reported by a tier 1 source Ornstein that we were in for Sancho. It's not just some random rumour.You are basing your assumption that we were going to have a net spend of more than 70m because of the rumor that were in for Sancho.
If we were planning on spending more than why didn’t we? We had the issue for the past 3 windows of having a very low net spend. The club were briefing on signing 5 players last summer, where are the 5 players?
I don't know how you came to that conclusion, I am saying Maguire was overpriced for his level and we didn't do enough research on cheaper alternatives. It's not like Rio who was clearly heads and shoulders above everyone in his generation at that time such a world record fee for a defender was justifiable. In the context of the team needing reinforcements in other areas the decision to spend so much on him was not the best we could have made.That doesn't make any sense. Are you saying we decided not to sign a player half the price with the same talent because we had more money?
Anyone are overpriced nowadays. We should have settle the transfer last year when he was at 60m. Even a centre back from Benfica Rúben Dias is priced for 60m and he’s less proven than Maguire. Issa Diop who also less proven than Maguire also priced for 60m. We could try to get some much cheaper defender and try to develop them but we already have plenty with Lindelof, Bailly & Tuanzebe in the squad.I don't know how you came to that conclusion, I am saying Maguire was overpriced for his level and we didn't do enough research on cheaper alternatives. It's not like Rio who was clearly heads and shoulders above everyone in his generation at that time such a world record fee for a defender was justifiable. In the context of the team needing reinforcements in other areas the decision to spend so much on him was not the best we could have made.
I came to that conclusion because that's what you wrote. You said you're sure the scouts could've found a player of equal talent for half the price. So someone knowingly made the decision not to do that. He's an excellent addition to the squad and there's no evidence that we spend our full budget. Our repeated attempts to sign additional players after securing Maguire suggests the exact opposite.I don't know how you came to that conclusion, I am saying Maguire was overpriced for his level and we didn't do enough research on cheaper alternatives. It's not like Rio who was clearly heads and shoulders above everyone in his generation at that time such a world record fee for a defender was justifiable. In the context of the team needing reinforcements in other areas the decision to spend so much on him was not the best we could have made.
Maguire was man of the match!Beast! Well worth the fee.
Needs a proper partner ASAP. Him having to babysit Lindelof is a hindrance.
Injured in warm up.Beast! Well worth the fee.
Needs a proper partner ASAP. Him having to babysit Lindelof is a hindrance.
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