QUOTE(Winter-3 @ Aug 10 2022, 12:58 AM)
Does anyone see that Maguire likes to step forward, as if to "help" Fred, thus leaving space in behind him for opposition striker to run off him? When he does this, Lisandro has to cover the space he vacated, and it dragged Shaw over to cover for Lisandro, and 2 v 1 will happen on Shaw side. He did that a lot last season and again against Brighton. Someone should tell Maguire to stop doing that.
QUOTE(zhou.xingxing @ Aug 10 2022, 08:37 AM)
someone just tell the manager to stop playing and and the club to sell/release that fridge.
he has been doing it since day 1. leaving his partner (previously lindelof) exposed. then the english media go says need change maguire partner but not maguire
Thank God I am not the only one seeing this. If there is a stat for positioning Kapitan gets -5 out of 20. And if there is a stat for pace, he is around 1/20. I am 40, have a busted knee and I haven't run for 5 years. I bet I can take him on anytime, anywhere. Heck I bet my 94 year old grandma beat him in a 20m dash.
QUOTE(IpohGuyz @ Aug 10 2022, 02:33 AM)
I've not had the pleasure of seeing Herr Beckenbauer play, but I can simply bet my right nut, that a god-like sweeper does NOT leave the line when being attacked. Instead he is the LAST man who brings out the ball. Lets not soil the sweeper role with the Fridge's horrible impersonation.
QUOTE(Purpleheaven @ Aug 10 2022, 08:56 AM)
I've mentioned this before. Maguire is a decent centre back. He is strong, dominant in the air and very physical. What he isn't, is fast or have good positioning. So, to play to his strength, stick him in the back, let him handle crosses into the box, especially since ddg dont come out and claim very often. But instead, he plays like he's very adept at a high line. You can see if varane or martinez fail to intercept early, they often can sprint back and at least throw off the attacker. But when maguire fail his interception, you'll never see him near any threatening attacker for the rest of the attack. I would blame this on the manager set up, but i dunno why change manager but still same style. Maybe they are seeing something we aren't.
He's a half working CB if he just only focus on defending. But don't forget his tendency to mark his own team mates, tackle them, scorpion sting them and defeat the team's own offside trap by staying TOO LOW.
So, now the question we should ask or the journalists who have access to Erik should ask every damn week is why is Fridge playing? What is his role? What justify your salary in picking him? Why or how should the fans support the manager who does this?
Should we switch off for 5 years while waiting for this rebuild? Surely he retires by then, no matter how well or not he plays.