Organizing, being an 11th man on the corner if he doesnt have to come off, having 11 men on the pitch if he says he cant continue and Lindelof comes on to replace him
All of them basically
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All of them basically
It was 1-0 when he got injured , he was off the field for the 2nd goal and his man scored. For the 3rd goal you could see he was injured for it
And if he wasnt and it was just a ball thats undefendable, why was he subbed right after?
We finally decided he wasnt up to it and should take him off. So what played out was the worst case scenario. Down to 10 and concede corner. Now man is off pitch for corner still down to 10. Concede. Now injured player is playing, concede another goal and take player off because hes injured.
It should have been down with injury, a few seconds of the ref playing on, okay ill get to my feet and do what I can. Ball goes out, sub and in comes backup CB. 11 Vs 11 on the corner and if United concede 2 more goals its not my problem. I've been subbed off
My head hurts reading this
Well, exactly. If anything, it would have made us even more vulnerable. The only thing worse than being a man down is having a lame player who team mates might expect to contribute but isn’t able. What happens when another defender hands over a runner to him? Or assumes he will be able to jump for a header? Or hits a pass for him to run onto?
As usual, it’s not hard to see who has and hasn’t played football at any kind of competitive level.
Think he didn't want to play the rest of the match. Who could blame him.
It was already reported that he has sprained ankle, nobody can play like that.
Didn't ETH come out and say it wasn't that bad? But ok
So you’re suggesting that he should not only play on injured but continue to play on injured after the next stoppage? That’s fecking stupid. How long do you think the ref will allow us to get a sub ready?
I think some are still having an emotional reaction to what happened. Which is understandable. Kind of.
Haaland scored from the position which was being zonal marked by Varane. Then Haaland stretched for a ball which Varane could have cleared if he was 100%. Those 2 quick goals really killed any chance we may have had. Hopefully he isn’t injured for long because he is crucial for us
He wasn't on the pitch for one and could barely run for the other.
HARRY,
Come on down.
Come on down.
I don't think he's that sort. Don't think we have any players like that at the moment.
If he's out for two weeks that 4-5 matches. I'd have taken conceding 4 more goals for him to be fit after the match.
Yeah makes sense, the game was over at that point.
seriously! Some of the posts here are Oscar worthy!It's sad he's our best defender and the gulf in class today was huge.good player in a great team. We aren't a great team.
Jesus some of our so called fans really love to hate on some of our players even when there's no justifiable reason don't they? It's tiresome.
So just lie on the ground acting like you're dead only to try and play on 3 minutes later? If he was really that hurt he'd be stretchered off, not walk off on his own. Get up and show some balls.
I've snapped both achilles tendons and walked off the field
Exactly...but because people play favourites around here and pass judgments based on who it is rather than what happened, most won't say anything. Imagine if that was Maguire?
Everyone around him was terrible, but that does not excuse him at all, he should've been the leader of the defense and the team conceded very early chances before the 1st goal and he should've instructed his team to tighten the spaces and challenge City players in the duels.
Disappointing outing for him.
Disappointing outing for him.
Sadly his best days are behind him. Injury history doesn't help his cause either - we need another starting cb next summer.
That's just silly.
Made of glass like Bailly after all, just when I thought he might be able to stay fit
Yeh along with GK, RB, additional CM, winger who can beat a player and Osimhen
So after a Rolls Royce of a defender suddenly he's at his best days are behind him phase again..
He twisted his ankle, those things happen and that doesn't go in 'injury prone' department.
He twisted his ankle, those things happen and that doesn't go in 'injury prone' department.
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In hindsight we should of taken him off immediately, if you stay on the floor for a couple of minutes not moving while you team are defending wave after wave of dangerous attacks as a CB than really it quite obvious your day is done.
It's hard not to think the 2nd and 3rd goals were in part due to his injury, one him not being on the pitch after recieving treatment and he was clearly struggling for full movement for the 3rd.
It's hard not to think the 2nd and 3rd goals were in part due to his injury, one him not being on the pitch after recieving treatment and he was clearly struggling for full movement for the 3rd.
he is a shithouse.... yeah he turned his ankle but lets be honest. he did fancy it.
How is he to know that the ref isn’t going to stop play? If he gets up, he obviously wouldn’t, because he is up now! And 9 times out of 10, a ref would have stopped play with a defender on the ground on the edge of the box being passed around for 20 seconds.
Haha, multiple Champions League winner, World Cup winner was too scared to play against Manchester City - winner of the Premier League?
Anyway, can only hope he is back before Maguire.
Sprained Ankle, i reckon three weeks treatment and one week of training to get match fittness, so he could be out for the rest of this month, Such is our luck we are back to Lindelöf and Maguire.
Anyone saying a player should play on injured is dumb.
Maguire would never have got near the player to block the shot which caused the injury in the first place. He’d be too busy facing the other way.
Varane was clearly hobbled for the third but even if he was 100% that pass from KDB was exceptional as was the timing of the run from Haaland.
It was really the second goal that fecked us and it's idiotic to blame Varane for that.
It was really the second goal that fecked us and it's idiotic to blame Varane for that.
We are fecked if he is injured for a longer period.
Nobody with a brain is blaming a centreback on the 3rd goal.
Please tell me what he's supposed to do differently in that situation? the ball was perfectly curled around him. Haaland being a 6'5 freak is the only rason he managed to reach that ball
He lost him, especially because it's Haaland. You can't lose him at any time. So yes he could have done something about it. But it is not a huge error either.
Maguire averages 2 blocks per game this year. Varane averages 1. But don't let facts get in the way of your agenda
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