Harry Maguire - City to HIJACK United's £75m deal

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

I imagine anyone on this forum would have been moaning like £#%&! when fergie bought Steve Bruce or paid a record fee for pallister from lowly Middlesborough. Probably the equivalent combined fee of around £110m at today’s rates.

Consistency, plays every week, good character, potential captain, a desire to play for united. Easily taken every step up in his career. Still not good enough for some. People underestimate the importance of these things, especially for a central defender where you need the same two players playing every week. On balance, he’s everything we need in this current squad. This is how you change a shit dressing room culture.

I did complain when we bought pally (still would, if I had been watching paul mcgrath). however, we had a decent midfield, then. we don't now. if I had to choose between spaffing the money on him or a midfielder.... no contest. he doesn't significantly improve the team. you want to see two players regularly, smalling and linde will do fine unless we are getting world class defenders to replace them.

Originally Posted by jem

I did complain when we bought pally (still would, if I had been watching paul mcgrath). however, we had a decent midfield, then. we don't now. if I had to choose between spaffing the money on him or a midfielder.... no contest. he doesn't significantly improve the team. you want to see two players regularly, smalling and linde will do fine unless we are getting world class defenders to replace them.

A team in our mess signing world class defenders. Get a grip on reality.

Name 3 world class defenders who are available to us.

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

A team in our mess signing world class defenders. Get a grip on reality.

Name 3 world class defenders who are available to us.

Mustafi?

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

tibs ranks Chris 'Mike' Smalling pretty high up that list if that assists?

He is declining, not quite the athlete of old, and his other flaws need not be mentioned again, but I doubt Maguire has ever put in a defensive performance of the magnitude of Smalling in Paris last season, or even close to it.

Should be a squad player this season, used as back up and for specific match ups but if Maguire is signed I wouldn't be at all surprised if by mid season he is back in the team as all the rest fail to convince, and no doubt taking all the blame for their failures as well as his own.

Originally Posted by windy waffles

Mustafi?

Think you mean Mustafa.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

He is declining, not quite the athlete of old, and his other flaws need not be mentioned again, but I doubt Maguire has ever put in a defensive performance of the magnitude of Smalling in Paris last season, or even close to it.

Should be a squad player this season, used as back up and for specific match ups but if Maguire is signed I wouldn't be at all surprised if by mid season he is back in the team as all the rest fail to convince, and no doubt taking all the blame for their failures as well as his own.

Sounds about right.

Van Dijk would look shit after a few months playing in our backline so can only imagine what this clogger will look like by Christmas. If we can't get the best out of the players we have then not sure what the point is in signing anyone tbh

Originally Posted by Chris Quayd

Van Dijk would look shit after a few months playing in our backline so can only imagine what this clogger will look like by Christmas. If we can't get the best out of the players we have then not sure what the point is in signing anyone tbh

Bissaka looks a cracking signing, can't underestimate how badly that RB spot hurt us last year, and if he is nothing more, initially, than an excellent defender/athlete, then that will be a massive improvement and aid to the other defenders. De Gea had the worst season of his career last year, we have to hope he shows it was a blip and not the beginning of decline.

Next issue is midfield, Matic is an ineffective shield while Pogba can not be trusted to fulfil his responsibilities, will let a runner go at the worst time, putting extra pressure on the defensive line.

There are many ways Utd can improve defensively, we have had decent records with that same group when the manager was not poisoning the well from pre season.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

Bissaka looks a cracking signing, can't underestimate how badly that RB spot hurt us last year, and if he is nothing more, initially, than an excellent defender/athlete, then that will be a massive improvement and aid to the other defenders. De Gea had the worst season of his career last year, we have to hope he shows it was a blip and not the beginning of decline.

Next issue is midfield, Matic is an ineffective shield while Pogba can not be trusted to fulfil his responsibilities, will let a runner go at the worst time, putting extra pressure on the defensive line.

There are many ways Utd can improve defensively, we have had decent records with that same group when the manager was not poisoning the well from pre season.

I should have said our team instead of our backline, our problems clearly start at the front and our idea of a high press is having the front three chase the ball for the first five minutes of a match while the midfield amble about.

My point was that through a combination of poor coaching, a lack of a gameplan and no real competition for places we make players, whether they are marquees, youngsters or those with a point to prove look worse than they do for other teams. I don't really have any faith that players can consistently play well for us, if Shaw winning player of the year without looking particularly good defending or attacking typifies how bad we are individually.

Handsome £#%&!ing bastard.

Originally Posted by Ethers

"Why men should have periods"

By Harriot Maguire for the guardian

Originally Posted by Ethers

Withdraw the bid immediately

Originally Posted by Ethers

Arlene Foster looking well

Originally Posted by Ethers

80 £#%&!ing million for this monstrosity

Originally Posted by Ethers

he looks like one of the AI generate faces on https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

Originally Posted by Ethers

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

"Why men should have periods"

By Harriot Maguire for the guardian

Got a Lol

Originally Posted by Ethers

£#%&! this

He reminds me of a young Silv tbh