He has his greek issue. Bar that, model professional who just doesn't fit what United needs. The best thing for all parties is a move. The booing earlier this morning was a disgrace and these fans really would have a word with themselves.
Pathetic fans booing Maguire
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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?
It was poor. Classless. Something I don’t associate with United fans.
Ok I think we can all agree that we want him gone. Not to mention it would be best for our club with our limited budget and for the player himself. The Maguire Out thread is evidence of what people think of him. He clearly wants to sit on his contract with the high wages. I don't see how booing him is any different from chanting We Want Glazers Out. The reason and rationale behind doing both is exactly the same.
And those popping off at those foreign fans. I guess it was those foreign fans who infiltrated Old Trafford and booed Nani, Fellaini, Rooney and Pogba.
And those popping off at those foreign fans. I guess it was those foreign fans who infiltrated Old Trafford and booed Nani, Fellaini, Rooney and Pogba.
You comparisons are a little exaggerated.
Shouting at the stadium is one thing, shouting on the street, at the theater or at the library is completely different. Like you said, right place, right time. Football stadiums aren't ballet arenas.
Actually a football stadium to a player is a place of work, in that respect it's no different to a theater or a library
Agreed. He's been in terrible form since the Greek episode. Anyone claiming it's only because of the Sevilla game clearly must have been living on a remote island for the past two years.
He's comfortably the worst United Captain I've seen at the club in my lifetime. I wouldn't boo the guy but can understand if others would.
I was there, sounded like a lot of the boos were coming from the Madrid side. It was very confusing as to why he was getting boo’d. He’s done absolutely nothing to deserve that.
Maguire certainly does not deserve to be booed but let's say a certain not to be named player returns I would boo him and call him names the whole match, every match I attend.
Genuine question: How do you show displeasure of a player/manager without resulting to booing? Or as a fan you are expected to just cheer on through the misery.
Like I said before, Im in the dont boo camp but if someone was to ask me what else can they do to let out their frustration, I wouldn't know. I hated it when OT clapped on Ole after we got smashed by our rivals and he was clearly not good enough
Like I said before, Im in the dont boo camp but if someone was to ask me what else can they do to let out their frustration, I wouldn't know. I hated it when OT clapped on Ole after we got smashed by our rivals and he was clearly not good enough
Fans at these games in the States are a weird lot.
Times have changed. Hating is cool for this generation. Maguire won't be able to avoid it.
Yeah footballers were never booed before this generation.
I'd been thinking I might make a concerted effort to be silent and let that be my communication. Maybe that would create a bad atmosphere as well though so I wouldn't want that.
I believe that we should be a team that aims to win each game so Likewise should support all our players while they're selected for the club.
In the bigger scheme of things if we're trying to sell the player it makes sense that he's in as good shape as possible and performing well, it becomes a win:win for us then.
Having said that, I think Harry hasn't done himself many favours with the Greece thing and has seemed tone deaf to the voice of the fans with his ear cupping gesture but it's insane the amount of pressure he's had and I do wonder what support the club provides as we're getting a bit of a series of cases like this.
No he hasn't. The best form of his entire career was about six months after what happened in Greece. He only struggled badly for the first month or two after it. After that he had another couple of months where he was up and down like he was in his first season, but then he was arguably the best defender in the league in the second half of that season (probably second best if we're being exact).
It was the following season where it all fell apart and he was truly terrible most of the season, and then started his fourth season similarly. Improved a bit later in the season but still not good enough.
Not a good analogy. Librarians and stage actors do not even want fans cheering them while they're working.
Reality check. West Ham fans won’t boo.
You can boo a poor performance whether a player, manager or team, there's nothing wrong with that
Setting out before a game to boo is out of order IMO and that's what seems to be happening to Maguire
We booed our manager in 2016 after we won the FA Cup.
Our support has been going downhill for years.
Our support has been going downhill for years.
I don’t agree with it. Although I don’t understand the outrage when it’s against Maguire, and lack of outrage or almost sympathy and understanding for the booing when it’s against Pogba or Fellaini at Old Trafford or United away fans in the premier league.
Not talking about people on here btw. But the media and pundit reaction. You’d expect some kind consistency.
Not talking about people on here btw. But the media and pundit reaction. You’d expect some kind consistency.
Those were the examples given that I was responding to, but you could apply that to any workplace
Bingo. You had it with lingard and Rashford too.
Of course!! Just like this booing never happened either:
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ted-fans-that-booed-team-off-against-valencia
Problem is even though he's 4th choice he's the wrong type of CB. If and when he's called upon it just fecks with what we're trying to do here. We'd be better off with a player that suits our style rather than a player that's good at things we don't prioritize.
I don't like that they booed him either but this is just condescending nonsense.
I’m happy to judge ‘fans’ that only attend the odd friendly and boo our players, just as they are happy to boo the players themselves.
Agreed.
Truly awful behaviour by some of our so called fans. We should never boo our own players as it just makes us look moronic.
The obvious exception being that if one of them decides to do an interview with Piers Morgan and talk crap about the club then boo that fecker with everything you have!
The obvious exception being that if one of them decides to do an interview with Piers Morgan and talk crap about the club then boo that fecker with everything you have!
Maybe but they paid an absolute premium to be there for preseason friendlies, filling a 72,000 seat stadium. I live in Houston and didn't go to the game because $200 for upper deck tickets in NRG is outrageous and pointless. I'd just be watching the game on the very big screen anyway, so why not just watch comfortably from home? Most of the people there will never be able to see United or Real in an actual meaningful match. I was lucky to go to Manchester 2 years ago to see a game and was amazed at the atmosphere before, during, and after. It's so incredibly different than here.
I agree the booing is silly and not needed. I want Maguire gone as much as anyone and cringe anytime he's brought on. But you never get to see these guys in person so why waste the energy? But it's not uncommon for fans of teams here if they want some one gone or just don't approve of their presence.
No it’s not, everything I wrote is true. I welcome foreign fans supporting the club obviously but just do your own thing. Copying negative behaviour (because that’s what they are doing) is embarrassing.
Thank you that's very gracious of you. So in your opinion, so ignorant are American fans that they could not form their own conclusion on Maguire not being good enough, and they're simply booing him on account of reading what the superior football connoisseurs in England are saying about him on social media and message boards? If that's not it, and you think American sports fans don't boo their own players, you're not only condescending but painfully uninformed.
Wasn’t he boo’d at an England game & domestic United game last season?
I've never heard a librarian saying they didn't want to be cheered. They might not even be aware that it's even on the cards.
Booing a player you don't like is fine and this is all incredibly over dramatic.
He was, he gets booed regularly for England and United domestically so it's really got feck all to do with 'foreign' fans...
Well said. It’s not the 1990’s where we only get a smattering of games and don’t have the ability to see the whole picture. We get every single game (seems like more than y’all do with some games moved to PPV). I don’t miss a game. I’ve seen just about every minute of Maguire as a Red. I wouldn’t have booed him personally, but I can’t blame anyone who has a strong reaction to him being on the field.
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What an idiotic brief from his people.
Truly deluded thinking he'll never be back at that level of club.
Truly deluded thinking he'll never be back at that level of club.
I can understand if a player is disruptive or drags the club through the mud, or does something twattish off the field. Or even booing the team if they serve up a load of garbage that is obviously beneath their capability.
Booing someone just because you don't think they're good enough is weird though. As if it is somehow going to make them turn better.
Booing someone just because you don't think they're good enough is weird though. As if it is somehow going to make them turn better.
He gets more abuse than probably any player I can remember. It's actually a disgrace the abuse he gets. It goes way beyond what is ok.
Yes he comes out with this self promotion. Do I blame him? No. It's him puffing his chest out and saying he's above the abuse. But it obviously affects him. It would affect anybody.