I know he's insanely unpopular on here at the moment, rightly so after his performances last season, however I do think there's a solid player in there and I think he was genuinely quite good in his first 2 seasons here so I'm hoping ten Hag can help him recover his form somewhat.
Combination of shit personal form and Utd having a bad season in general. Defensively he's fine. I think a guy like Mourinho would've gotten him playing well. His struggles really started when Ole decided we needed to press high at the beginning of last season.
This was followed by Rangnick asking him to be aggressive and win the ball played to the striker's feet. Varane's role was to sweep up behind. To Maguire's credit, he succeeds sometimes but when he fails, he has the turning radius of a tank, so there's no getting back in position when that happens.
He's just really shit when he's pressed by the opposition forward. His natural instinct (or rather, what he was asked to do for 29 years) is to lump the ball forward in these situations and now he has to try to fight it to find a productive pass. He's got burned so many times that it really affected his confidence.
Maybe Ten Hag can solve the 2nd issue, but not the first. We need a guy like Bailly or Timber to do this. Quick, agile, nip in and win the ball to feet, get back in position if it's lost. I actually hope Ten Hag gives Bailly a proper chance.