Did you read anything he actually he said? He said his performances for Utd last year weren’t good enough at all.
Harry Maguire: I shouldn't really need to prove myself at this level. I've made over 50 caps, I'm England's top-scoring defender
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
This is an England interview isn't it? He's pretty much just stating facts.
If he doesn't play for England they're down to picking people like Tyrone Mings, and the how much he plays/form criticism is a ridiculous one to even bring up when Southgate picks Phillips in every squad, and was still playing Sterling ahead of some of the best forwards in the world only a few months back.
If he doesn't play for England they're down to picking people like Tyrone Mings, and the how much he plays/form criticism is a ridiculous one to even bring up when Southgate picks Phillips in every squad, and was still playing Sterling ahead of some of the best forwards in the world only a few months back.
"when you say my name put some respec on it" - Harry Maguire
You'll never hear comments like that from the top players. They'll tell you they're always trying to improve and always trying to prove themselves. He sounds like a man who thinks he's made it and they're not the sort who will get us over the line.
This.
He’s just being defensive really but he could’ve done without this. Better to say nothing and keep your focus on the pitch but I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s reached his limit in terms of abuse and overcompensated.
People consume media in Tweets and quotes these days its the way, I am neutral on Maguire its clear as day he is leaving in the summer I think and he is putting this out there to make his move to the best club available.
People love to be outraged at everything as well they should have a day off go outside or something
Insecure man. Amazing that he's captain of the club
Must...resist....
I think he is being insecure after all the personal insults he suffered last season.
But I do rate him as a England defender, but not much a Man Utd defender.
But I do rate him as a England defender, but not much a Man Utd defender.
I think that's a fair assessment
Should have put sharing the blame, you are right. I see no problem sharing the blame with the rest of his team mates, shows leadership and critique of himself wanting to improve.
Agreed,
To be fair, this is probably one of the first instances I have seen/heard from Maguire where he has accepted he hasn't been good enough, but you're right it does show good leadership qualities to highlight his faults and to show a will to improve on them.
He has also stated that to not win a trophy with England would be a failure,
I'd say that goes some way to showing his hunger and mentality.
He's obviously aware of the criticism aimed at him, so it's not unnatural to be defensive. I'm also pretty sure many players are aware of their weakness although they don't announce it.
I'm not a Maguire fan
How can people not comprehend he is talking about why he is still getting selected for England and how Southgate as the England manager trust him.
I hope it translates to his performance on the pitch
Excluding this interview he's always been one of my most disliked united players in my lifetime.
He's either incredibly arrogant or massively delusional with no self awareness.
He seems to miss out that England are probably the worst they've been at centre back since Southgate played.
I'm desperately hoping we bin him off to somewhere like Everton, he'll fit in well with Dyche and show his mediocrity in a relegation battle.
He's either incredibly arrogant or massively delusional with no self awareness.
He seems to miss out that England are probably the worst they've been at centre back since Southgate played.
I'm desperately hoping we bin him off to somewhere like Everton, he'll fit in well with Dyche and show his mediocrity in a relegation battle.
The bolded part just isn't true though, three clean sheets at the world cup for example.
England are a defensive team, set out to be solid from the back first.
They are probably one of the meanest defensive teams in international football and Maguire has been a big part in that.
Let him talk
convince someone else to pay 40m + for the captain of England
convince someone else to pay 40m + for the captain of England
Guy can't win.
He's arrogant and shameless for thinking he's proven himself for England and also very insecure and unconfident for thinking he has.
He's arrogant and shameless for thinking he's proven himself for England and also very insecure and unconfident for thinking he has.
It’s this sense of entitlement and the complete lack of self-awareness that makes it so hard to feel anything positive about him. I mean why did he thought that this interview was a good idea?
We’ve had many players who weren’t good enough for the club (him included), but someone like Fred, for example, knows that he needs to prove every day of every week that he’s worthy of playing at such level. And top athletes do that too.
We’ve had many players who weren’t good enough for the club (him included), but someone like Fred, for example, knows that he needs to prove every day of every week that he’s worthy of playing at such level. And top athletes do that too.
Going abroad in the middle of a pandemic and getting in trouble with the local police is exemplary?
I think he needs media training. Just bat it away with “you never stop Learning, every day I want to get better” he doesn’t help himself with what he comes out with, comes across as lacking self awareness.
And yet it’s been their most (almost) successful period since then. Funny.
Maguire is clearly not for Utd, that’s obvious, but posts like yours show just how nonsensical the vitriol towards him is.
What was wrong with going abroad man?
Whatever happened with that? I vaguely remember he was convicted and appealed but can't remember what happened after. I
Leave Maguire alone. Support our players
Seriously? Are we doing this again?What was wrong with going abroad man?
His lack of self awareness is amazing. Harry there's a reason why even though you're captain you're still not getting picked
Wonder does he realise yet there's a high possibility that he'll be on his way out the door in the summer
Wonder does he realise yet there's a high possibility that he'll be on his way out the door in the summer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62371608
Manchester United defender Harry Maguire's appeal against a guilty verdict in a Greek court will be heard on 7 June, 2023.
Didn’t he also make the error that led to the Italians scoring against us last week ?
That might make selling him early in the summer window a bit more tricky.
England's highest scoring defender
He's scored 7 goals for England, 5 of those were in 2021, and he hasn't scored any since.
He's hardly Steve Bruce!
He's scored 7 goals for England, 5 of those were in 2021, and he hasn't scored any since.
He's hardly Steve Bruce!
So you like him off the pitch then, that's fair enough.
The quotes show that he doesn't have the mentality to play for United.
I’ll do it again.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with going abroad at that stage of the pandemic.
He is literally England’s highest scoring defender.England's highest scoring defender
He's scored 7 goals for England, 5 of those were in 2021, and he hasn't scored any since.
He's hardly Steve Bruce!
The amount of criticism he has received is disproportionate to his performance level. Not saying he's been fantastic but there's a hatred for him that is quite frankly silly so I don't blame him for being defensive.
I mean there were points earlier in the season where his thread would be bumped after a game where he didn't play just for posters to shit on him. Even after victories, he comments under player's instagram pics and his replies are filled with abuse.
Could he be better? Sure buy when it feels like the whole world is against you, he can be forgiven for singing his own praises.
I mean there were points earlier in the season where his thread would be bumped after a game where he didn't play just for posters to shit on him. Even after victories, he comments under player's instagram pics and his replies are filled with abuse.
Could he be better? Sure buy when it feels like the whole world is against you, he can be forgiven for singing his own praises.
It would of been showing good leadership qualities highlighting his faults until he said, "I was shite but so was everyone else."
That's not showing anything but covering your own back which is anything but good leadership qualities.