The moment when Tricao went past Maguire and Varane was straight across to cover bodes well for their understanding going forwards.
Varane - Maguire partnership
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They were okay.
Maguire got rinsed by Trincao and Varane bailed him out while Varane got bullied by Saiss and only for a once-a-season save from De Gea we probably would've lost.
Maguire got rinsed by Trincao and Varane bailed him out while Varane got bullied by Saiss and only for a once-a-season save from De Gea we probably would've lost.
De Gea has looked quietly fantastic so far this season. Seems to come out of his area more, hasnt made a mistake yet, and pulled off some vintage DDG saves. Hope to see this continue.
Vaguire sounds horrible, let's call them Marane
I think he was shielding the space so De Gea could rush out for the ball, De Ge doesn't leave his line often though. Luckily he didn't, those saves were just wow!
Love the idea of them together.
Like what I've seen so far, especially with them having tons of time to develop a partnership.
Like what I've seen so far, especially with them having tons of time to develop a partnership.
Are you comparing Harry Maguire and Sergio Ramos. You've got to be kidding me. Harry Maguire don't even have the recovery Ramos has today let alone 2 or 3 yeara ago.
you could think of literally dozens of games where you replace Rio and Vidic with Varane and Maguire there, only it wouldn't come with such an absurdly sour tone. Both centre backs going through a game without being out-done by a forward once each, playing on their weaknesses, is pretty unusual...I'm not saying they're going to be level of Rio / Vidic because those guys were the best! but I've got that same feeling watching Varane / Maguire as I as I did watching Rio / Vidic all those years ago.
It just feels like this is the start of a great partnership at the centre of defence, and its something that's been missing for years. Add Luke Shaw with he massive improvements last season, AWB and hopefully a back on form DeGea, and we could have a really strong defence that's needed to be winners.
It just feels like this is the start of a great partnership at the centre of defence, and its something that's been missing for years. Add Luke Shaw with he massive improvements last season, AWB and hopefully a back on form DeGea, and we could have a really strong defence that's needed to be winners.
I thought they were good, only their first actual game together as well.
You can tell they will dovetail together nicely, both commanding in the air as well which is good to see. Some progressive passing attempted from Varane as well, missed a few but good to see him playing it out to the wings a few times, we need a bit of that.
Excited to see how they develop as a partnership moving forwards.
You can tell they will dovetail together nicely, both commanding in the air as well which is good to see. Some progressive passing attempted from Varane as well, missed a few but good to see him playing it out to the wings a few times, we need a bit of that.
Excited to see how they develop as a partnership moving forwards.
Love how he passes the ball quickly to AWB without taking the extra touch. He is also very composed on the ball and can dribble while under pressure. Maguire could learn a lot from him.
Both a front foot defender, good at passing, the alpha/leader, aggressive, and sometimes can be turned easily. Ramos has better acceleration, but Maguire better at header.
Not exactly carbon copy, but lots of similarities.
I observed that too. That only comes from experience, which Varane has a lot considering his young age for a CB.
Gone are the days of getting mini heart attacks everytime the opposition has a set piece opportunity.
They looked good. Varane visibly adds a class and calmness and we were missing with Maguire and Lindelof.
I thought Varane looked really impressive on the ball. He moved it nice and quickly and was demanding that the players in front of him started moving and gave him some options. I think we can put a big tick next to the CB department and look to strengthen other areas of the squad over the next few seasons.
I thought Varane looked really impressive on the ball. He moved it nice and quickly and was demanding that the players in front of him started moving and gave him some options. I think we can put a big tick next to the CB department and look to strengthen other areas of the squad over the next few seasons.
The looked really good together, and complimented one and other. Noticable that AWB had a brilliant game defensively alongside Varane.
Maguire and Shaw have a real good understanding, if Varane can bring AWB up another level then our back 4 is looking rock solid.
Maguire and Shaw have a real good understanding, if Varane can bring AWB up another level then our back 4 is looking rock solid.
The best part was how settled Varane looked from the start. He literally just slotted in from another league.
Varane was excellent in his debut and he needed to be as none of the other back four were covering themselves in too much glory bar Wan Bisakka's goal line clearence.
The worry is that is the way it is going go be and we will look at him to be that good every game not just doing his job but having to rectify the errors of his team mates
The worry is that is the way it is going go be and we will look at him to be that good every game not just doing his job but having to rectify the errors of his team mates
My Vaguire is getting itchy
Funny because Shaw and Maguire are the ones who need to get their level back at this moment.
That is what I thought
I assume you base that on the last 2 games, since against Leeds everyone was fantastic. I don't think 2 games are a cause for concern. They're genuinely world class players and will soon be back to their form, but I can't even say that they're in "bad form" to be honest. They'd need to put in bad perfmormances for a at least month for that. They were both amazing at the EUROs too so I don't think we should be worried about them.
I am basing on that they seem lacking fitness at this moment more so that most.