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posted on 25/10/21

comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 28 minutes ago
Picking on individuals is difficult really after a performance like that yesterday. I mean where would you start?
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true, and robb has a point that we shouldn't judge some of the players until we get a competent manager.

i will say though that as recently as one week ago there were plenty on here happy to blame individuals - pogba can't play in a 2, he's a liability etc etc - yet now there seems almost universal agreement that the entire system, the coaching, tracking back of wide players, pressing from the front etc, that is to blame.

so scholay is right, maguire has put in three 2/10 performances (if that) in a row, yet attracts less criticism than some in the squad (see also martial vs greenwood for instance).

comment by Silver (U6112)

posted on 25/10/21

Maguire is probably thinking he can't bollok people when he's not helping matters himself?

Shaw however does seem a bit Marmite.

comment by Silver (U6112)

posted on 25/10/21

A press is simple. It is all or nothing - both personnel and effort. If he can't see it falling at the first challenge then there really is little point.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 47 seconds ago
Maguire is probably thinking he can't bollok people when he's not helping matters himself?

Shaw however does seem a bit Marmite.
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Shaw's a good player. So's Maguire, but he's struggling at the moment, not much else to say.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 28 minutes ago
Picking on individuals is difficult really after a performance like that yesterday. I mean where would you start?
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true, and robb has a point that we shouldn't judge some of the players until we get a competent manager.

i will say though that as recently as one week ago there were plenty on here happy to blame individuals - pogba can't play in a 2, he's a liability etc etc - yet now there seems almost universal agreement that the entire system, the coaching, tracking back of wide players, pressing from the front etc, that is to blame.

so scholay is right, maguire has put in three 2/10 performances (if that) in a row, yet attracts less criticism than some in the squad (see also martial vs greenwood for instance).
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I think that "dandruff" is actually sawdust Don?

posted on 25/10/21

comment by TheBlackCountry (U22512)
posted 1 second ago
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I think that "dandruff" is actually sawdust Don?
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you're a moron, please go away, the adults are trying to hold a conversation

posted on 25/10/21

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by TheBlackCountry (U22512)
posted 1 second ago
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I think that "dandruff" is actually sawdust Don?
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you're a moron, please go away, the adults are trying to hold a conversation
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Dandemic!

posted on 25/10/21

Maguire is a shte defender and is a laughing stock.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 15 seconds ago
Maguire is always going to struggle against pace being a carthorse. The defence were all over the place. I can't believe Solskjaer had them playing out of the back against us. Not many teams try that. City can do it, few others.
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I really didn't understand our approach to yesterday's game considering the opposition and our available personnel.
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Which is what frustrates me about the manager. That game should have been compact and hit them on the break.

Just like the first chance Bruno missed. Ole looks confused

posted on 25/10/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 33 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 5 minutes ago
Maguire is clearly not fit and is a far better player than he showed yesterday.

Ole has chucked him under a bus rushing him back.

Shaw though. Fml, positionally it was quite frankly awful, every single one of our goals came from his channel. Awful performance in every area from him.
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He had a bad game, worst I've seen from him. Don't believe everything you read about him and Maguire from the more reactionery of our brethren though, they were both very good last term, and Shaw's been pretty good this season (if you pretend yesterday didn't happen, which personally I am doing anyway)
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You are only as good as your last game. If the manager was judged today on last term, no one would be calling for his head now. You really are daft.
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Just calling people daft and imbeciles isn't a replacement for good debate based on even a basic knowledge of the game, Scholay, you're a very poor poster.

'You're only as good as your last game' is a cliche that's bandied around, and probably picked up by people that watch all their football on TV and hear pundits using it. It doesn't replace proper analysis of how a player has played over the course of a season and the previous one and putting a bad game into that context. Or analysing why that player put in a bad performance as Elvis did above.
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You are the one that brought our disagreement on another thread here by having a sly dig on your initial post. Practice what you preach. These players on the whole have not pulled any trees for Manchester United players.

Maguire is the most expensive defender in this league, he has done nothing to justify this. Luke Shaw has also had, on average, a pretty inconsistent run for us since signing. If you specifically want to pick last season to judge these players, it is also well within my prerogative to tell you that " you are only as good as your last game." Try to downplay the saying all you want, we have seen many managers lose their jobs after losing like Ole lost, so a lot of truth in the saying.

posted on 25/10/21

true, and robb has a point that we shouldn't judge some of the players until we get a competent manager.

Absolute rubbish, and I wan this manager out. Bruno has come in and he is performing. Greenwod has performed. Cavani has performed. Some of these players are not good enough it is that simple

posted on 25/10/21

Greenwod has performed. Cavani has performed
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Have they? I mean I see this championing mediocrity slate a lot and then you can write that?

posted on 25/10/21

comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 2 minutes ago
true, and robb has a point that we shouldn't judge some of the players until we get a competent manager.

Absolute rubbish, and I wan this manager out. Bruno has come in and he is performing. Greenwod has performed. Cavani has performed. Some of these players are not good enough it is that simple
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i was thinking more of players like sancho, or vdb. and i'd question whether some of those players you name are performing, greenwood for instance offers very little other than banging the ball into the net, and he's not quite prolific enough to rely solely on that. and personally i would say that bruno's role in a 4-2-4 is actually helping the team much, and he's not prolific enough to get away with that either.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 5 minutes ago

You are the one that brought our disagreement on another thread here by having a sly dig on your initial post.

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You mean when I replied to Hoody saying 'don't believe everything you read from our more reactionary brethren'?

I didn't name you at all. Are you suggesting the cap fits?

posted on 25/10/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 5 minutes ago

You are the one that brought our disagreement on another thread here by having a sly dig on your initial post.

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You mean when I replied to Hoody saying 'don't believe everything you read from our more reactionary brethren'?

I didn't name you at all. Are you suggesting the cap fits?
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Please have a rest. People are having a sensible debate. This is tiresome.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 5 minutes ago

You are the one that brought our disagreement on another thread here by having a sly dig on your initial post.

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You mean when I replied to Hoody saying 'don't believe everything you read from our more reactionary brethren'?

I didn't name you at all. Are you suggesting the cap fits?
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Please have a rest. People are having a sensible debate. This is tiresome.
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Scholay, you've been very combative today, but don't seem to like being responded to. That's going to happen, I'm afraid. And I still don't think calling people daft and imbeciles is trying to have a sensible debate.

posted on 25/10/21

I have stated what I have stated, you were having a dig on a thread that I have created and stupidly asking me if the cap fits.

I am more than happy for you to disagree or respond if you think I am wrong, it is quite clear here we are not seeing eye to eye, so it is best we talk about football rather than turn this into me vs you.

posted on 25/10/21

comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 3 minutes ago
I have stated what I have stated, you were having a dig on a thread that I have created and stupidly asking me if the cap fits.

I am more than happy for you to disagree or respond if you think I am wrong, it is quite clear here we are not seeing eye to eye, so it is best we talk about football rather than turn this into me vs you.
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We were talking about football, ha ha

You're a strange one, Scholay

posted on 25/10/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man. Ex Lion Tamer. (U1270)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 3 minutes ago
I have stated what I have stated, you were having a dig on a thread that I have created and stupidly asking me if the cap fits.

I am more than happy for you to disagree or respond if you think I am wrong, it is quite clear here we are not seeing eye to eye, so it is best we talk about football rather than turn this into me vs you.
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We were talking about football, ha ha

You're a strange one, Scholay
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Thank you.

comment by Lurker (U21432)

posted on 25/10/21

Maguire and AWB are not top 4 quality.

Heck they'd struggle as top 6 centre backs.

Their level is an Everton or a Leicester.

Two absolutely abysmal defenders.

Maguire's been average overall and is incredibly mistake prone. I don't care how he performs against farmers on the international stage. He's not good enough.

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted on 25/10/21

comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Greenwod has performed. Cavani has performed
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Have they? I mean I see this championing mediocrity slate a lot and then you can write that?
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Cavani had a goal involvement every 95 minutes last season and we look so much better with him in the team. Nothing average about that. You're way off the mark there.

posted on 25/10/21

Cavani is far better for our team shape, performance and desire than current Ronaldo.
Greenwood is an excellent prospect, he scores goals, often. But he doesn't contribute to the defence, which is fair to me. If he runs to press he won't be in the calm state necessary to be a predator.

posted on 25/10/21

If Paul Pogba played like how Maguire played yesterday, pundits up and down would be gunning for his head.
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Easiest target in the country that.

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