Looks like he wasn't impressed with Maguire and Shaw last season as they were our left sided defenders and he immediately bought Martinez and Malacia. Those two have the aggression that he's mentioned a few times.
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Shaw was injured for most of the season.
That puts paid to the “play him in in midfield” crowd. As I said we’ve bought him as a CB and that’s where I expect him to be. Not a squad player either
If Ronaldo stays, and ETH somehow incorporates him into the team, I can see him scoring plenty from Martinez long passes.
Telles number is up.
Basically he thought Maguire was shit.
Seems like it.
Who do you think would win a 100 metre sprint between Telles and Maguire?
Ten Hag said "he's got that dawg in him". That's all I needed to hear.
Thats a good way of saying Maguire/Telles were shite.
I like him already
His passing is going to significantly improve our build up play.
He’s injured for most of most seasons
Stats say 148 league games in 8 seasons (or 18 and a half a season). Obviously injury skews numbers.
When looking stats up, also says he's 6' 1". Really?
Roughly translated…Telles is shit and Shaw is constantly injured and therefore never fit.
He is also talking about the LCB last season...
Would take a couple of hours to find out.
I'd say Maguire. He's slow as hell for the first couple of steps and on the turn, but once he gets going he's got a ok top speed. Not fast or anything (obviously), but I reckon he'd be a fair bit faster than Telles over a long distance in a straight line.
Glad he’s cleared that up. I never expected him to play in midfield.
Martinez has to start. He’s got that fight about him that none of Maguire/Varane/Lindelof have.
Varane/Martinezas the starting duo if Varane can stay fit.
Martinez has to start. He’s got that fight about him that none of Maguire/Varane/Lindelof have.
Varane/Martinezas the starting duo if Varane can stay fit.
You should have listened to advice and opened this right after his first match, now it's going to be dominated by heightist discourse.
By the way he actually looks shorter than Messi!
By the way he actually looks shorter than Messi!
just like Van Dijk does for liverpool, Martinez is gonna feed our wingers so well. It’s going to earn us a few yards and give the midfield more space. they can’t press too quickly as they’ll leave the fullback 1v1Rashford is gonna love this guy. Great passing range and lots of aggression in the tackle, looks good. Also, I find it hilarious that an Arsenal fan channel video is being used to showcase a United player
It’s a good job it’s 100m because Maguire would struggle turning on the bends in a 200m.
Anyway, Maguire would probably run into Telles by accident and take him out of the race.
Actually quite surprised he’s 1.75 - I haven’t checked it earlier and just saw all these jokes and thought that he’d be 1.70 at the most. So that was a pleasant surprise.
I think the aggression part was a good point, we were bullied on that left side of defense last year and ETH has identified it and immediately strengthened it. I'm not sure if it will be a good example but I could see him having an impact like Romero did for Spurs. An aggressive defender that defends on the front foot while being able to play out of the back and start attacks.
The new Rojo!
Definately
Well ETH clearly says he’s here to go into the team not the squad. We already have too many squad filler CBs getting too much time
With that price tag, I don’t think anybody doubts that the intention is having him as a starter. Then of course we’ll see how it works out, maybe he’ll end up at the bench. My guess is he and Harry start the season.
Shaw did have his share of feck up moments when he was fit though (Liverpool game just one example). All our fullbacks were appalling last year and as much as Maguire and the other centre backs got a lot of criticism it can't have been easy for them in defence with Telles, Dalot, Shaw, and often zero protection from the midfield.
On topic, really looking forward to seeing this guy. Definitely the signing i'm most interested in so far.
He will immediately be our best ball playing centre back at the club. With the way ETH likes to play football, that makes him a guaranteed starter. The rest will have to fight for the other spots.
Now I see why Maguire was moved to RCB in the Melbourne Victory game. He doesn't trust Maguire one bit. Don't let the captaincy comments fool you.
He has to be going straight in at CB considering what we spent. The other 6 can fight to play alongside him. We need some serious shipping to take place in August.
His partner would go in this order for me
Varane
Bailly
Tuanzebe
Lindelof
Maguire
Jones
His partner would go in this order for me
Varane
Bailly
Tuanzebe
Lindelof
Maguire
Jones
Exactly right
Are we actually going to drop Varane to play Maguire then? It's why he shouldn't be captain, it creates an expectation that he plays every game when fit.
He’s the Uruguayan Messi.
Shite at visa applications. Based on that I can’t see him nailing down a spot in the starting eleven.
Currently the best CB at the club until he plays. That's how it will always be with expensive new signings. They are always going to be mint until they play, and they are not. Happens every year.
I could see us go to a back 3, if you consider our midfield options and strikers, it would suit us for this season. Varane, Maguire and Martinez.
Looking at some of them passes, maybe he can recreate the Rooney-RVP moment… martinez to ronaldoooo… who volleys it home
Has ten Hag ever used a back 3 before? Like at Ajax? I know that during games he switches to a back 3, or likes a back 3 when in possession but that involves a midfielder dropping back.
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