Still the most baffeling defensive lapse I have ever seen. To put that into context I saw a goalie kick a ball out and manage for it to loop back over his head and into the goal. He did it on two seperate occasions. Not a professional footballer so was not deliberate just unskillfull. The Maguire errant header then wrestle both the Tottenham player and Luke Shaw to the ground before the goal is scored still is the strangest reason for a goal I ever saw. And I saw the Liverpool Sunderland game where the ball hit an object from the crowd and go into the net. This still tops that.
Don't think his head has been right since Greece. Also think he hasn't stopped getting criticism since the Tottenham game. Can't be good for the mind. Some people cope with pressure like Beckham after 98 other people fall appart. I think Maguire is fully aware of his errors and resents the relentless pressure and abuse because of it. Hence enjoying playing for England more as he doesn't get the same pressure on international duty.
The problem with maguire isn’t that he’s necessarily a bad defender. He’s just not a top 4 premier league club player. I feel a bottom to mid table prem club is where he would actually shine
The problem of Maguire is confidence and he needs to play in a more defensive system where he is protected by a midfield. He does not have the pace to play a high line. He does not really match with what ten Hag will probably implement at Manchester United.
I agree the high line of defence isolated him and highlighted his lack of pace, making him a target for opposition players to run at; but I think he has also been an easy target for his own team mates, many of whom decided in 2021 to run/tackle only when it suited them; they quickly realised that if they didn't bother to help in defense, or even to run into space, his problems would make headlines and memes while their laziness and selfishness went relatively unnoticed - they were collectively to blame for the bad results, but they made sure he got singled out as the worst one, which imo is antithesis of team spirit and a huge problem for united. As a Leeds fan, some might say I should take pleasure in this, but I don't because it's bad for football as a whole - shame on them.
@@ibrahimtafida8540 The fact that even Da Gea likes it when Maguire is not near the goal proves your point better cuz right now, even an offside is more of an aspirin for them than giving the ball to poor Harry who can't do shit now that everyone knows what he is capable of. Again, if he patches his mistakes by himself and has a decently coordinated team to cover him then I think those strikers would cry for their mamas in boxes.
"if they didn't bother to help in defense, or even to run into space, his problems would make headlines and memes while their laziness and selfishness went relatively unnoticed" hit the nail right on the head
12:28 I think Harry Maguire is class! He's given us some incredible moments this season 🔥 No one wants to watch a boring game and Maguire makes it interesting 🙂
I think Maguire is symptomatic of the lack of long-term planning at United. He was brought in under Ole, like Wan-Bissaka, when we were playing a counterattacking style, which benefited him. Once Ole decided we were going to be more of a possession team, it exposed more of Maguire's faults, particularly against better teams. This is why United need a proper D.O.F., to have a set vision that the club operates under.
There’s also the aspect of they were playing with no fans on the pitch so less pressure and no Ronaldo so even less pressure and I suppose bring in your side of the story with the change from counter attacking style with a shaky midfield anyway its going to expose the defence and him the most as captain.
"I am sure he's a decent fellow in real life." Well I am too sure what kind of fellow he is in real life. But I remember not too long ago he was arrested, charged and convicted for assaulting police officers, resisting arrest, and attempted bribery in Greece. None of the decent fellows I know in real life does anything close to that. Just saying.
I remember watching Pre season match between Cheltenham and Leicester just before Maguire's big move to United, Cheltenham striker had him in his back pocket easily. 80m for him?! Absolutely insane!
His best moments in his career was when Ole played fast counter attacking football, and set up with mcfred as protection in defensive midfield. Then also for England, he was protected in 5 at the back, alongside two defensively inclined midfielders in Rice and Phillips. When trying to play more adventurous, Maguire gets exposed
phillips is perfect in front of a defense and rice is amazing at pushing up behind the attack england has an amazing midfield and if you put foden at cam then it gets even better this protects maguires weaknesses
Enfuriating to watch this as a United supporter. Absolutely astounding how bad this guy has become. That Greece incident should have been the moment he had the captain's armband stripped.
@@Abdullah-rx2xq de gea would of got it before Maguire was at the club if he was capable of being the captain Ronald’s the only option but even then he’s not really a team leader
@@jordanschlansky4093 took the armband vs wolves we lost and now it’s back to Bruno taking it when Maguire is not on. He’s definitely a leader but maybe not of a whole team.
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There are several good videos on that...search "the downfall of barcelona" and watch the video by raymar football...its a good one.(not self promoting-in no way,shape or form connected to the channel...just helping a fellow football lover.)
That downhill is caused because Barca paid all that money to journalists buying a ballon d'or and paying referees to buy matches. Finally no money and we can see barca's true face.
With guys like Maguire, sometimes you can't help but question the pricetag of some of the players in the Premier... not saying that the Premier is overrated, but surelly overpriced.
It's just the typical overpriced english player move! Tho is true that the Premier League is the richest league in football and clubs will undoubtedly try to milk this cow dry
It's overpriced because United were dumb enough to pay what Leicester wanted - he's not worth 80 million, it was just a price tag put on him so that no one would actually buy him, but I guess that happened.
I think it is very difficult to assess what a player's true worth is. I thought 80 million pounds was very steep, just as I thought that Barcelona's paying Dembele was ludicrous. However, if you think that a certain player (and world-class central defenders are not easily found) could be the difference between top four and winning the Premier League, or someone who could even get you one step further in Champions' League then it might be money well spent. Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that Man U were not that close to winning an EPL title or reaching the semi-finals of Champions League.
The difference between his performances for England and Man Utd are the interesting bit. He's a centre-back who's good in the air but has no pace, which you can get away with in the modern game if the rest of the defensive setup is adequate and you have another fast centre-back alongside him. For Utd he's got Lindelof next to him, who isn't the quickest (or Eric Bailly I guess lol) and a midfield that just can't be arsed to give any defensive cover at all. For England he usually ends up playing next to Kyle Walker (one of the quickest defenders in the league) and with two holding midfielders infront of him. Yeah it's no surprise he's getting targeted and exposed for Utd but he works just fine in the England setup.
He is shit for England to plus England are shit under Southgate. Name anything he does other than point at a mistake he has made and keep the off side trap on? He may have the ball bounce off his head but that’s it. All he does is play other attackers on and point and do his hair. HM is so shit
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Its simple really: every other player who has disappointed recently for United has the option to hide. Pretend to press, but do it when you know the player has an easy pass and you won't have to actually tackle or get near the ball; pretend to track back, but deliberately get into areas where its unlikely you'll have to do very much, make runs, but just slow enough or in such a direction where you probably won't get the ball or you won't be able to do anything with it when you do. You can appear to the untrained eye that you're doing the best you can, but make sure that the spotlight never falls on you for long. But you can't do that a CB, and if you are a CB, and you have 8-9 players in front of you (or even 4 or 5) who are doing that type of thing, you're going to be the one getting embarrassed again and again, because unlike more advanced positions, you don't get to decide if and when the spotlight falls on you. Maybe 80 million was always going to be a ridiculous price, but I can guarantee we wouldn't be having this conversation if he'd gone to almost any other team in the world. I'm not saying he should take none of the blame, but I will say that currently he's taking the blame for a whole squad's worth of poor performances.
I think united midfield needs to be under more scrutiny. They literally allow players to get close to the box and then attempt to tackle or stop them. Midfield protection is also important for a defense .
I think united midfield needs to be under more scrutiny. They literally allow players to get close to the box and then attempt to tackle or stop them. Midfield protection is also important for a defense .
as someone who has a blood-curdling hatred for maguire this comment actually gave me pause. So well said. Everyone is just phoning it in, every game, and it's unbearable to watch. But I think the uniquely infuriating thing about maguire in particular is less his performances and more that he's an unlikable idiot. The fact that he genuinely thinks he's good enough to play for Man U, and says things to the press like "there's a reason im in the lineup every week," is so fucking bullshit. The fact that he will post compilations on twitter of him sending in crosses under zero pressure, while the team keeps losing week in and week out. Like, perhaps read the fucking room dude? That's what makes me so irrationally angry about him. He's incapable of humility. Or self-reflection. It'd be one thing if his quality just wasn't there and he owned it. But his behavior suggests that he thinks he's gods gift to United.
I actually feel for him, there must be something going on mentally that is impeding his full performance. However as you said, this is Manchester United which is one of the most respected football clubs, he is the captain and he was a very expensive transfer as well, the delivery should be there.
It's baffling. Never thought he was great but he's a solid defender. But it's going from bad to worse him. He can't even do the basics right and his stats have him placed as one of the worst CBs in the PL this season.
@@lexkanyima2195 theres probably a number of factors there. We cant say he doesnt take his training seriously, we dont know for sure. But whats clear is that at united, none of the players have gotten better after being at the club, so that might be a problem with the staff rather than any particular player to be fair. Maguires time at united stinks of overpriced underachievement. If he was 25 million less, he'd get half the hate (the math doesnt have to add up, the point stands) yes he isnt great, but hes purely a symptom of everything else wrong at the club
I almost never enjoy seeing another player's personal failures either. He is a human too, and no doubt for him and those close to him, it must be miserable constantly being booed and ridiculed. As much as I thought that Man U overpaid (maybe that is what they felt they had to spend to get him) for Maguire everything up to about two years ago suggested that his career was on an upward trajectory. You would assume going from Leicester to Man U would be a good thing for him.
I do think the change of playstyle is the main reason that caused his drop of form. Ole's been playing counter attacking football (which suits him) in the 19/20 n 20/21 season, but with the signing of Ronaldo, Sancho n Varane last summer, its literally a 'Must" to switch to a highline and possession dominant system, which causes a few players (Maguire, Rashford, Mctominay etc) to 'flop'. Also, maintaining his captaincy is a big mistake considering there's a few more senior or better players than him (Ronaldo, De gea, Bruno, Varane etc) in the team.
@@putrasandy3243 yea u get it, Ronaldo n De Gea r more prior to Bruno for the captaincy, Maguire shouldn’t have it in terms of neither seniority nor performance
His aerial ability and presence fits perfectly in a defensive side, he would probably be one of the best defenders ever, if he played at burnley. But not in a club like United
He actually played pretty well for England in the world cup He was the only one who managed to keep mbappe from scoring. Hes gotten a bit better recently so hopefully that'll translate to United but he has to keep that form.
@It's Football Innit As a non english person I got to like him alot and its just good to see how well he does in the english team. In the english team he is quite literaly worth every pound. Btw some people pointed out it might be that Magiure plays realy well if he has someone with high pace beside him. In the english team he does, while at United he doesnt.
@@midmeh Yup...I will never forget his clutch goal against Man utd when he was still playing for Leichester...man just silenced them the same way he does it today.😂🤣
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@@FirashAdryan omg yes ! Thank you ! I was saying that before when people were saying that lewandowski will get one this year. I was saying that Messi will get one and this isn't the first one when he gets one for "nothing" while people with better seasons aren't getting any so the whole contest is just fraudulent. And we're always giving the year of sneijder as an example.
@@Karbon3000 Messi had more goals, more assists, was more clutch, got more motm awards and had a better average rating. Sneijder scored less then 20goals in that calendar year and even on World cup, where he netted 5 times he was getting low ratings by goal, guardian and ESPN because he wasn't consistent enough.
When a player falls off so fast - there is usually three most common reasons 1. Career ending injury - which we know he hasn’t suffered 2. Fallout with team / management or coach - which we know wasn’t the case (May be recently he had some problems but not before his performance fell off first) 3. Personal issues - lack of focus can be because of other personal issues loss of loved one / trauma / drug abuse / mental disorder like depression or anxiety etc. I think the third point makes most sense in McGuire’s case - he is no longer mentally the leader and defender he once was. He is no longer focused 100% on the game. Nothing else can explain Losing track of the ball as a central defender and not being able to tell your teammates from the opposition. I think United Management needs to look into what’s going on with his mental health and focus of getting him back mentally to his old self. If not they will end up with an 80 million dollar liability which they have to get rid of
He isnt that bad, just need to work on shooting, passing, intercept, decision making, jump, tackle, body balance, and take a note on who is friend and foe
Lord maguire is a good player he was just blamed and used as a skapegoat by the united fans because of their poor midfield the defense is always exposed
agree. our defenders are always being put in 1 on 1 situations, or even outnumbered by the oposition attackers because the midfielder was still walking on the opponent's half
Yes and no. Maguire has been exposed because 1. Ole changed from counter attacking 4231 with Pogba, Herrera, Matic or McTominay Fred Bruno to a 433 bringing in Ronaldo and Sancho, team shape and tactics changed slightly leaving Maguire exposed, and 2. Maguire went from a perfectly reliable Centreback to a nightmare problem causing mistake after mistake. This season United as a team have been awful in large parts, but even when United have played well Maguire has still been the worst player on the pitch smashing into his team mates, being caught out on the counter attack and so on
@@joshdunne8792 4231,433, 3232 etc. are all nice and well the fact is that all teams defend with two lines you can call it 541, 442 or anything in between, MU rest of the team just don't defend well, that is why the defense looks so bad, Maguire is far from a world class defender but he is blamed for everything, without him Arsenal made that defense look terrible, so did Chelsea and lets not forget their last game.
@@ademosthenes4911 remember when Duvan Zapata danced around Maguire like it was nothing 1v1 in champions league and ronaldo had to carry M.U on his back ☠ I think if Man U had a solid defensive CB that wins 1v1 it would help a lot.
Ten Hag is probably abig reason alot of chnages have been made interms of people behind the scenes. Ten Hag 'Despite it being a beautiful club, I would never just start. I wanted to create good working conditions first, so every detail had to be taken care of.' Honestly, being a manutd fan, growing up watching the 06-09 team, he's by far the worst Captain I've seen represent the club. I'm sure most Manutd fans can agree, we've just been riding it out until the end of the season, especially after knowing Mr Erik Ten Hag is going to be the new manager. In previous years, we'd have gone for pochettino, just because he's a familiar face to people in the media, like Gary Neville. They were shocked that the majority of the fan base wanted Ten Hag. Honestly, I don't wanna get to far ahead of myself, but this seems like the first manager where we MIGHT actually see the board give him what he wants and needs to succeed long term. There are alot of things that need to be changed, some changes being made behind the scenes is what's most important, and then allowing the manager to slowly bring in and get rid of the players that don't fit in with his plan. And allowing him to bring in his people in terms of coaching staff and assistant which looks set. Let's see what happens. Apparently he's going to be at the Crystal Palace game. Also I hope Rangnick stays, we know he has been calling it out as is, making the problems subtlety clear to the world.
get rid of maguire wont be easy tho. big wages bad performance, who want him? ten haag probabaly had to work with maguire like it or not. at worse he could be like how umtiti at barca
Not cursed at all, he's just lucky to be bought by Man United for being a mid tier defender for that amount. You can't expect more from him cause that's his peak potential and the demand to represent such club exposed him heavily. He can't even replicate a 50% of Vidic duty even with the Arm band. The same critics goes to Luke Jiggly Shaw, always been fat and lazy which leads to many setbacks and injuries.
You basically sum it up. Maguire works perfectly in a defensive-minded team with low press and short distances in the team. Clubs that prefer counter-attacking -like Ole did the first season after he came. His traits are very good in such a role. When he gets challenged on pace or one on one in an open space, he just doesn't have the required attributes. It isn't rocket science. The bad passing and stupid mistakes are most likely due to a lack of confidence and nerves. Pressure, after he got the captaincy, did him no favors, and the social media ridicule is another factor. Safe to say, United would be smart to take the loss on this one, and move him on this summer. There will be plenty of teams playing with a back five, or with a low block that will want him, but they will likely not pay more than about 40-50 million for him, tops.
2:12 "I'm sure he's a decent fella in real life". Maguire has a 2 year suspended prison sentence for various things. Really very few redeeming qualities in this club captain.
Gareth Bale was the most expensive player after Ronaldo back in the day and he won CDR and UCL titles in his first season at Madrid, also he scored in both of those finals although he played in a country where everything is foreign to him, especially the language, culture and Madrids playing style. Maguire doesn't need to move countries/leagues, no problems with language and cultural differences, still he doesn't bring results for the bucks the team spent.
Yeah it was so unfortunate Maguire was sold for that much. I think large price tags affects some players mentally, maybe Maguire was one of them. A transfer to a direct rival, the fact every PL squad has to have at least 8 English players, (huge incentive to buy up English talent whenever it is available), and then you've United's huge budget and their desperation for a strong PL defender. Recipe for disaster :(
City went for Van Dijk, Maguire and then Laporte. The Laporte deal in the 2018 season happened in the span of a week in the winter period, which was insane. Anyways, City ended up with the 2nd best of the three so avoiding Maguire was a definite blessing.
The system of play dude, the guy could shine in a mid to bottom tier team, cause they play deep and hit on the break, but he is too slow for a team that wants to play a high line.
Don't forget his performances for England. He is not the first of United big signings to be unable to reproduce their form once they signed for them. McGuire is more noticeable because they keep playing him. Others usually disappear after a couple of games. I still think McGuire can be a decent player in the right team.
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Harry maguire is one of the player of all time. He played for one of the club of all time not to mention that he's also a professional footballer. His name harry is a famous english name (harry potter) and maguire is a guitar brand. Thats why he is 80 million pounds. Hope this helps
He went down hill after the arrest in Greece His confidence was rocked when he asked the arresting greek policeman "did he know who he was " and the greek officer said "no" , from that moment Harry has played like shit
The Euros result destroyed Maguire and Rashford. Neither has been the same since. Also, regarding your statement about Maguire being the most costly defender... is that adjusted for inflation?
Fantastic video as always! I think Maguire needs a 3 in the back formation to be successful just like in the England national team but he needs a true leader next to him, he cannot be the leader!
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Honestly, this was such a badass video. Great analysis, great commentary, great use of sources, moving up big fella🔥🙏🏼 As a Man United fan, I also wondered just what went wrong with this fridge
Great overview of the situation. Would be grat for a followup video on Man United as a whole and their decline. You hinted at other players performing bad and the different formation and style of defense and it would be great to see these ideas expanded on.
"I'm sure he's a really decent fellow in real life." Yes, other than beeing found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated bribery attempts after being involved in a fight in Greece, I'd imagine he's quite the role-model type of player.
imagine judging someone for what they did on a greek party island, the police out there are well corrupt, not a fair judgment of character from one incident like that
@@gandalf_thegrey Classic British approach. They believe that when they re on holidays in another country they are entitled to act like clowns and get away with it
I think what perfectly sums up Maguire is using Maguire in United is like filling a circular hole with a square block.... it's a dumb fit, likely impossible. You can't say Harry Maguire is a shit ass player, recenty obviously would yes otherwise, yes! But he had a brilliant euros, and I think he was better last season prior the euros aswell. I think if were to play in a back three or in a low block side, not necessarily Burnley, but say a Inter Milan or Atleti aswell, he'll do fine. He's tall, a good header of a ball, but he's not very quick or mobile. He worked well last season under OSG cause they played moments-counter ball and he always had players around him to make for the through balls and stuff he couldn't cover. This season United wanted to play high octane rock and roll football and that meant fall backs going high and Harry being left to conver a good chunk of a pitch on his own. Sounds like a baby problem but Harry never had it in him to play this kind of football he just didn't! He never should've been made the captain, that I think was absolutely stupid! We can go on about what should've rather been done but I guess Roy Keane is spot on in saying that if he was made the captain, that speaks A LOT about the squad he joined, cause it's baffling that there was no one else who got it who have been there way longer than he is.
As a neutral fan, it feels like every player entering United at a "youngish age" ends up with the mentality that they've now reached their end goal. Entering a "big" club
If they got him to mourinho when he asked for him maguire would surely be a beast under his management and man united would be much better by now, so all of this is the incompetent board to be blamed for..
Liked this video. It would have been interesting, when you showed some of Maguire's metrics, if you put them into perspective by comparing with them with those of CBs he's supposed to be comparable to, like VVD or R. Dias.
this season he's just out of form all his stats in possession passing pass types interceptions have gone drastically down he is not a tackler but he is a modern defender in terms of his possesion and pressures last 2 season he was actually 95% percent in pressure completion but this season has been horrendous something really fcked his mind in greece
Thanks for making this video. I don’t watch United at all really and some of the clips they blamed him for weren’t his fault at all. I wasn’t sure if it was an overreaction.
Every player in manchester united are performing at their worst this season except Ronaldo of course. Even bruno has been bad. The team is not united, no cohesion in their play. And that is exposing everyone's weaknesses in the team. Its horrible. Hopefully ten haag can rally these players together n make dem play as One again. Of course harry maguire we would play better in d England team who are united with better cohesion at d moment
The Focus on De Gea is perfect because lots of other football channels already struggle with their edits to ride the wave of shame further even now that the hate already turned into memes, using absolute garbage Passes from the GK this guy cant do anything but look bad, because the ball is so goddamn slow in the end that every CB on the Planet would struggle playing that one smart against an attacker not even more expensive but faster and already on the move as well. What happened to this guy is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone in modern internet society. I usually like your Videos because your Focus is right on things that beg you to trigger them. Its very good and enjoyable. But ffs. Leave this guy alone already and try not too hard to benefit from it. Im not sure how others could compensate the pressure as CB in one of the worst manu teams in a veeeery long time, while having Pogba already at Home again on his mind and a returning manu Legend that really did give it all to score all these goals. Unfortunately he is who he is and will show it when he is not able to perform because of the whole team. A worldclass attacker squad can destroy almost every CB on the Planet when the guy isnt well established and confident. Just see what happened to upamecano on his first Bundesliga game against Gladbach. He does not look much better because Gladbach focused their whole offense on driving him insane.
He got the hype after the 2018 World Cup. We can't judge a player just from an international tournament. For example Lukaku is the top scorer for Belgium despite being a flop at Chelsea and Man Utd.
Everyone at Man Utd has regressed. He's a victim of the club being absolutely awful behind belief from top to bottom. I think he'll look a much better player after a year or so of Ten Hag actually coaching him and the team.
I doubt that will be the case as he is too slow & he doesn’t hunt the ball after he has given it away and just stands and watches like a statue. Ten Hag’s style of play will not suit him because of pace and solid structure.
Coaching doesn't fix a player with limited pace, tackling ability, and poor awareness. A defensive system can hide Maguire's weaknesses, but Ten Hag is not a defensive manager...
@@tommygeorge894 Blind is far better than Harry Maguire. So is Chris Smalling. Maguire lacks the football intelligence to play for a top team in a back 4. Pretty sure Blind did something smart the other day against Belgium to avoid a penalty, if Maguire was in that position he fumbles the bag. Not sure why you people keep hoping Maguire comes good. If a player isn't good enough you have to move on and cut your losses. Maguire just doesn't have the skillset. His level is Everton FC.
Well said. His positioning is poor. It's something you learn at school age as a defender. As your piece stated early on he was in midfield initially when at Sheffield United. I do not think he ever learned how to read where to place himself under certain situations especially when pressing the opposition. It is not something he will be able to pick up aged 30 with whatever pace he had in decline.
First of all, I found you completely fair. You've nicely explained why his English performances are still relatively solid. I also had forgotten that initially, he was quite successful at Man United. I think his price tag and then being controversially given the captaincy did set him for failure. However, as you have shown, neither element led to an immediate drop in form. I seem to recall that, prior to his Greek misadventures, he was not the constant subject of ridicule. I have no idea if that has any cause and effect relationship but, something changed. I think there is an element of "piling on" in terms of Maguire. While his errors have increased, I sometimes think the criticism is directed too much at him, and not the rest of the team who are, no doubt, losing the ball much more, failing to track back, and putting Maguire into risky situations. Of course, he is not doing himself any favours while in those situations--as the stats you showed clearly indicate. I guess that the hope that Varane could help settle him down was a pipe dream. Obviously, Real Madrid allowed two of it long term defensive stalwarts go for a reason.
At this point in Maguires career he has to leave united. He’s been their scapegoat all season long and has lost the respect of players, coaches and most off all the united fans. The hate he’s getting right now has clearly taken a toll on his playing abilities and overall confidence, but I think he’s only getting so much hate because in this dumpster fire of a season it’s easy to pin all of United’s problems on Maguire. I think it would be best for Club and player to separate sooner rather than later. He needs a fresh start in a team that fits his playing style more. Also even if he finds a better patch of form next season as soon as united make a mistake in defense he’ll always be the first one the fans will pounce on. If he does stay he should at least give up his captaincy to maybe appease the fans a little.
A scapegoat is someone who is taking false blame. He is to blame. United have allowed 56 goals this season, nearly 2 goals per game average, and the highest in the top 9 teams. Regardless of manager, he's (apparently) England's captain and central defender, and should know how to organize and play defense better than he does, particularly for how much money get gets paid and costed. There are a million youtube videos of his mistakes for a reason
@@AkersJohn nah man u still concedes a shit ton even when he is benched he aint a good fit for the team but man u defence is trash yall are looking for anyone to blame yall even blame ronaldo CR7 for crying out loud
Maybe scapegoat isn’t the perfect term for him. I am not trying to say he hasn’t made some terrible mistakes, because he definitely has, but in my opinion he gets almost all the blame for United’s horrendous season which just isn’t fair in my opinion. It’s easy to look at maguires mistakes over the season and blame him and him alone which is neither fair nor accurate. So in some sense he is being used as a scapegoat by united fans to justify a bad performance by their entire team.
I personally feel Maguire is being casted as a scapegoat. Yes, his mistakes are meme worthy but it is also important to note context. Harry is not a fast CB and tactically, he gets exposed when the defense is pressed high and his teammates are also not fast to help cover for him. He plays more stable for England because he has Kyle Walker, one of the fastest and strongest fullbacks, who can help cover for Maguire's lack of pace. Even then with Casmeiro and Varane, it is still not enough pace to cover for Maguire. It's not Maguire's fault that he isn't playing up to the £80 million, that is on United who chose to pay that much for a player that doesn't have pace and to join a team who's defensive setup doesn't mesh with him. To also top on his mistakes, you have a scapegoat for United's shortcomings... Had he gone to City, things would be much different as he would have Walker to help cover for him and Harry would mainly serve as the rock for the backline figuratively and literally, he can be the extra frontman due to his size and aerial ability and can get away with it because of the speed Walker has to fill in defensively for Maguire.
Slowed down? He always had the turning circle of a ship. The reason he's been so bad is because his confidence is shot. The atmosphere at the club is toxic and being captain certainly hasn't helped. The mental aspect of professional sport cannot be underestimated.
Check stats at 7:48 Am I reading it wrong, or he actually tries harder as player, but much more attacks coming to him directly. Its like all teams discovered his weak side (speed) and adjusted accordingly.
Well I think the expectations for Maguire to perform good this season was high because of the wonderful season they had as he influenced Man U to finish second and lastly is the captaincy because now he is afraid to make mistakes as he is a team leader. Maguire is a good defender but Eric should give David de Gea the captain's arm belt then Maguire will return to his best form that made Man U to buy him. I think Erik should not play a high line like Liverpool as their defender's lack pace as they can not get behind the ball in time and it exposes Maguire.
Hey mate, I would also like to mention these rushed preseasons throughout co-vid period and condensing periods of play, while there are more international games now put a way too large toll on the player's body. Injury is more prone today than before, despite measures being at a way higher standard.
