I feel his line start has receded the more time he's spent here - when he first came, he was all about getting out there and meeting his man and proactive in using his size smother as best he could, as quickly as he could. Obviously if he wins the ball, nobody says a word about his lack of pace or recovery on the half-turn and I don't think slow defenders are an issue in high lines if they're intuitive enough to pre-empt the play, and I've generally felt Maguire's not got that awareness about him, like things that should be picked up at source evade him and because of that, fairly benign situations at source massively cascade on his side of the pitch because he's then not only got on overload, but is also out of position.
He's too hesitant, and you're as slow as he is, every pause or misstep you can't cover yourself is extremely hazardous.
I'm re-wording some of what you've said, roundabouts, come to think of it! Maguire's lost his abandon since getting here instead of honing what he was into a finer precision instrument, but coaching has a big part to play in that - I'd bet his trajectory would have been different to what it's turned out to be. Overplayed with no guidance or insights into how to improve what he came to the club as or off the back of.
