[GMoore23]

He's having a decent spell and has been our best CB this season. However, lets not forget we've been terrible this season and our playing style has gotten more negative. Sitting deeper has always suited Maguire but it's not the way we want to be playing as a big club.

 

[Devil77]

I literally just told you who he replaced them with?

Yes! But do you deem them as worthy replacements? Casemiro was outstanding a year ago but has failed to impress since the League cup final. Martinez might still recover his pre-injury form.

 

[lsd]

Such a strange player was unlucky with the penalty, tried a cross field pass which went twenty yards over Wan Bisakka's head then took round a player and blasted a great shot of the crossbar from thirty yards

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yes! But do you deem them as worthy replacements? Casemiro was outstanding a year ago but has failed to impress since the League cup final. Martinez might still recover his pre-injury form.

I think Martinez definitely was. If he’s somehow permanently diminished by his injury that’s a crying shame but wasn’t predictable and doesn’t make him any less of the great signing he looked like last season.

Casemiro’s a tricky one. I think he was definitely a good short term signing. Probably our most influential player in the good bits of last season that ended up with us securing CL football. Which, in turn, would have made us a more attractive option for a better, longer term midfield signing. That obviously didn’t happen and I’m not sure who to blame about that.

 

[redom]

Thought he was good today, passed it out of the back better than his counterparts and defended on the front foot, even stepping out of defence once or twice to carry us forward.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Remember how Martinez would take one touch out of his feet and fizz the ball straight into midfield? Watching Maguire take 6 or 7 touches before losing possession or passing it sideways makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Remember how Martinez would take one touch out of his feet and fizz the ball straight into midfield? Watching Maguire take 6 or 7 touches before losing possession or passing it sideways makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

???

That didn't happen today at all!? His passing was great.

Also the lack of movement in front of him doesn't help him at all.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

He's having a decent spell and has been our best CB this season. However, lets not forget we've been terrible this season and our playing style has gotten more negative. Sitting deeper has always suited Maguire but it's not the way we want to be playing as a big club.

Think this is the truth, but people Def will be going overboard with how he is playing. Defensively he's been strong but our style is Def not there and with him on the ball things are just so fecking slow. Still at least he is staying fit and defensively is doing his job

 

[#07]

Maguire was very important to us as we defended the lead. Stepped out very well several times and won a bunch of aerials. He will never have the passing ability of Licha Martinez. But for now, nobody else at the club is justifying starts as much as he is. I never thought I'd say that!

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

???

That didn't happen today at all!? His passing was great.

Also the lack of movement in front of him doesn't help him at all.

Saw it a lot in the first half. Literally happened right in front of where I was sat. There were a few groans from people around me every time he passed it sideways to Lindelof or Dalot after dithering on the ball. The ball went to a Luton player on more than one occasion as well.

I agree Mctominay doing his usual hiding never helps but Martinez found a way to pass the ball into midfield (without taking 6 or 7 pointless touches beforehand).

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Saw it a lot in the first half. Literally happened right in front of where I was sat. There were a few groans from people around me every time he passed it sideways to Lindelof or Dalot after dithering on the ball. The ball went to a Luton player on more than one occasion as well.

I agree Mctominay doing his usual hiding never helps but Martinez found a way to pass the ball into midfield (without taking 6 or 7 pointless touches beforehand).

90% passing accuracy, which meant about 6 were misplaced.

He also played over 3 times more long passes then any of our other players... Some of which were absolute top quality.

 

[FrankDrebin]

He's been a consistent 6 /7 since he's been integrated back in the side.

 

[Ludens the Red]

He was very good today. Used the ball well and constantly showed for the ball and ran into space. Albeit against the worse opponent we’ll have all season.

 

[kouroux]

It feels like he has got to have a fill a quota mission of touches on the ball because he is slow in releasing the ball. Takes 5-6 touches for a simple pass he could release much quicker.
However his defending was good as well his long passing

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

It feels like he has got to have a fill a quota of touches on the ball because he is slow in releasing the ball. Takes 5-6 touches for a simple pass he could release much quicker.

This. All the extra touches achieve nothing other than allowing the opposition to get into shape.

 

[el3mel]

Crazy that he has been our best player this season so far.

 

[TheReligion]

Remember how Martinez would take one touch out of his feet and fizz the ball straight into midfield? Watching Maguire take 6 or 7 touches before losing possession or passing it sideways makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

Strange post

 

[Thom Merrilin]

Good again today. I still think his pace will always hold us back but fair play to him.

 

[Bobski]

Would think he is carrying an injury, a few times when he switched the ball to the left flank he looked very uncomfortable afterwards.

 

[Barthez]

So pleased we didn’t sell him.

 

[Norris Cole]

He and Martinez could form a formidable duo

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Strange post

How? I'm not saying he wasn't solid at clearing his lines today but, as an earlier poster alluded to, if we want to be a frontfoot team who play out from the back with a high defensive line, we need CBs of a higher calibre than him.

 

[RedIan]

His stand out contribution to me are his accurate passes pinging forward and out to the wide players.
Its an under appreciated part to his game. Decent game all round.

 

[Cnaiür urs Skiötha]

Good game with some really positive moments.

 

[Amarsdd]

His stand out contribution to me are his accurate passes pinging forward and out to the wide players.
Its an under appreciated part to his game. Decent game all round.

Yeah, most of our attacks in the first half basically came from those.

 

[Shark]

He's been a consistent 6 /7 since he's been integrated back in the side.

Yeah, I'd agree. He's more so doing just about enough to remain in the side, rather than being outstanding or anything close. The bar has been set really low.

 

[Jam]

It feels like he has got to have a fill a quota mission of touches on the ball because he is slow in releasing the ball. Takes 5-6 touches for a simple pass he could release much quicker.
However his defending was good as well his long passing

Agreed.

Fair play to Maguire this season he’s been decent-to-good, surprising me and many others.

But there’s still issues with his game which just won’t change at this point. Not a long term solution, but he’s filled in and done a good job against a bad back drop in the club and personally.

 

[Mickeza]

90% passing accuracy, which meant about 6 were misplaced.

He also played over 3 times more long passes then any of our other players... Some of which were absolute top quality.

There’s a very clear pattern to free either Reguilon or Garnacho/Rashford/Bruno on the left hand side for Maguire to do his diagonal that he is exceptional at. If that pass isn’t on then going sideways or taking touches so that we can work the space on the left via off-the-ball movement so that pass is then on is exactly what he should be doing. That’s “dallying” on the ball though. The same tactical masterminds will be the ones moaning about there being no patterns in the ETH thread.

 

[Lyng]

Another really good game from Harry. Was worried how he would link up with Linde but they worked really well together. Probably some of the best we have seen from them as a pair.

 

[RaddyRed]

Looked full of confidence today, some great long passes as well. Looks a different player.

 

[slored1]

Good game by Harry. Been very consistent for a while now, good lad.

 

[PoTMS]

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say he's been our best player this season. Christ.

 

[antsmithmk]

Very impressed by him today. Don't know who got man of the match but he must have been in the top 3?

 

[TheReligion]

How? I'm not saying he wasn't solid at clearing his lines today but, as an earlier poster alluded to, if we want to be a frontfoot team who play out from the back with a high defensive line, we need CBs of a higher calibre than him.

Talk about stating the obvious…

 

[Bondi77]

How? I'm not saying he wasn't solid at clearing his lines today but, as an earlier poster alluded to, if we want to be a frontfoot team who play out from the back with a high defensive line, we need CBs of a higher calibre than him.

Going by that I would imagine you are not a fan of Varane then?

 

[MackRobinson]

He deserves a lot of credit for bouncing back from all the crap he's gotten. I thought he was terrible and finished at a top level. His current play has proven a lot of doubters wrong.

 

[Oranges038]

Was good today. Still too slow for my liking.
Tends to hold onto the ball for a fraction too long and under hits passes behind people.

 

[antsmithmk]

Was good today. Still too slow for my liking.
Tends to hold onto the ball for a fraction too long and under hits passes behind people.

He has those passes in his lockerz but I didn't see any today. He really shifted play today as Luton sat so deep and our central midfield was nonexistent.

 

[Bondi77]

He has those passes in his lockerz but I didn't see any today. He really shifted play today as Luton sat so deep and our central midfield was nonexistent.

His passing was excellent today and if he is receiving criticism for it then we all know what is going on here.

 

[DJ Jeff]

He deserves a lot of credit for bouncing back from all the crap he's gotten. I thought he was terrible and finished at a top level. His current play has proven a lot of doubters wrong.

Deserves so much credit for the fortitude he's shown in coming back from being a bag of nerves wreck and being a consistently good performer now.