los dedos 632 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January 8 hours ago, The whole world smiles said: Could be my memory isn't what it was. I remember being very impressed with him in his first season. I tell you who I do remember being shite when he first arrived - jonny Evans I remember his debut against wolves looked like he hadn't played football before. Luckily it worked out in the end! Evan's always takes a few games to get up to speed but when he does he is one of the best . With Maguire it was his runs forward that caught the eye but from a defensive point of view he is not a 80 million pound defender. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zealot 150 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January (edited) 12 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said: Lol have you seen our set pieces?! Yes - and they've been truly dreadful this season. However, Maddison actually did swing in two or three beauties against Newcastle. Definite improvement from him in that game. Edited 5 January by zealot sp. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weller54 9,323 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January 3 minutes ago, zealot said: Yes - and they've been truly dreadful this season. However, Maddison actually did swung in two or three beauties against Newcastle. Definite improvement from him in that game. Little Wes should really have scored .. bit of a sitter! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UHDrive 746 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January 4 minutes ago, zealot said: Yes - and they've been truly dreadful this season. However, Maddison actually did swung in two or three beauties against Newcastle. Definite improvement from him in that game. Madders has finally been getting some height to his set pieces, must have been popping those helium balloons with his darts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Koke 7,573 Posted 5 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 5 January Maguire was good for us. He gets bantered now because of his price tag and his poor defending but whilst he was here he was pretty good for us. He also did well for England during his time with us. Also, I think we liked Maguire because he could play out from the back and it was under Puel where we were transitioning from counter attacking to patient possession based game, and Maguire helped us transition. United obviously overpaid massively but I liked Maguire when he was here and he did well for us. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Koke 7,573 Posted 5 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 5 January Fofana has a few Maguire qualities (the good ones). He likes carrying the ball forward and he does it so elegantly. Maguire looked like a fridge with legs doing it. Fofana is more solid and less error phone than Maguire, and he doesn't get turned easily. Yes he will make mistakes (like James Justin will do) but Fofana is 20 and already plays like a 25 year old. Amazing find by our club yet again. 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson 2,729 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January What a signing. Young, composed and defends well, which daft as it sounds is an overlooked quality in defenders these days eg Stones, Luis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leeds Fox 1,550 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January 14 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: What a signing. Young, composed and defends well, which daft as it sounds is an overlooked quality in defenders these days eg Stones, Luis People look for these qualities but a couple of mistakes and reputation seems to drop like a stone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
talking_goldfish 202 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January Those criticising Maguire for his tenure at Leicester must have short-term memories. An £80m player he may not have been and we were right to sell to that Manchester team, however he certainly shored up our defence and made some quite tasty runs up field which is something we didn't have in our team previously. If you have 10 and a half mins of your life to spare just check out this vid showing some prime Maguire at Leicester, he was surely one of our better players and improved our side no end. Yes, Evans was a great player beside him but you could argue that Little Wes also looks so good because he has a "proper defender" next to him and if/when we trial the Little Wes / Cags partnership it may not be as wonderful as we all imagine. Luckily for us we sold Maguire with a great player in Soyuncu ready and waiting in the wings and we have since signed the awesome Wesley Fofana, but make no mistake Maguire was (and still is) an awesome defender. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Les-TA-Jon 1,153 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January It's complete revisionism by the leicester fanbase to claim that Maguire turned into some sort of donkey after he left us. Yes, we negotiated a fantastic price as he selling club, but he was a great player for us. Had he stayed, there's no way he would have lost his place to Soyuncu. At Leicester his flaws were covered by Evans. He doesn't have a similar partner at Man U, which leaves him exposed. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wizerud 250 Posted 5 January Report Share Posted 5 January Little Wes with a dig at Arsenal today after his mate Saliba goes on loan to Nice..."finally free"... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Kop Corner 482 Posted 6 January Report Share Posted 6 January This lad is a winner. I love the way he celebrates our goals. He looks destined for the very top. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sol thewall Bamba 8,008 Posted 6 January Report Share Posted 6 January 8 hours ago, Crazy Kop Corner said: This lad is a winner. I love the way he celebrates our goals. He looks destined for the very top. There we full newspaper articles about how Bruno Fernandes celebrated a Man Utd last minute winner or something along those lines a few weeks back. Wes celebrated more for Madison's goal the weekend just gone So weird to think we've not seen him or Castagne in the flesh but they're already loved. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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UniFox21 7,462 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January 2 minutes ago, brucey said: Really interesting that, if we'd got Fofana and removed Slim, Congers would have a statue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lambert09 2,878 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January 4 minutes ago, brucey said: Imagine getting fired because you didnt want someone as kak as slimani added to the deal. I thought they did pretty well with their negotiation with us in all honesty 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sacreblueits442 1,159 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January On 05/01/2021 at 21:24, Wizerud said: Little Wes with a dig at Arsenal today after his mate Saliba goes on loan to Nice..."finally free"... ...for some reason I was watching a show reel of Saliba yesterday....he was so poor!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TJB-fox 2,485 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January 1 hour ago, Lambert09 said: Imagine getting fired because you didnt want someone as kak as slimani added to the deal. I thought they did pretty well with their negotiation with us in all honesty Yeah they got a good few. They could’ve ended up with West Ham paying 20million euros if we didn’t get involved and Fofana kicked up a fuss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StanSP 28,108 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January 1 hour ago, Lambert09 said: Imagine getting fired because you didnt want someone as kak as slimani added to the deal. I thought they did pretty well with their negotiation with us in all honesty Slimani in the French league would be good though. I'm not surprised they wanted him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lambert09 2,878 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January (edited) 2 hours ago, StanSP said: Slimani in the French league would be good though. I'm not surprised they wanted him. Another year on his legs, mostly without playing. Big wages.... could see him flopping once again at Lyon Edited 11 January by Lambert09 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rigga 214 Posted 11 January Report Share Posted 11 January Lil Wes for a young lad has slotted in brilliantly and we have hardly missed Soyuncu. My only downside would be the lack of dominance in the air. He had a big reputation, constantly boosted by BR.. Is it just me though that thinks he doesn’t look as commanding in the air as has been portrayed.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urban.spaceman 32,343 Posted 15 January Report Share Posted 15 January Who wants the pleasure of telling them the release clause? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spudulike 3,466 Posted 15 January Report Share Posted 15 January 1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said: Who wants the pleasure of telling them the release clause? It really is laughable. The sad thing is there are Man U plastics lapping up this sort of crap that still think they can have any player they want. Have they not learnt anything. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Facecloth 13,273 Posted 15 January Popular Post Report Share Posted 15 January 5 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Who wants the pleasure of telling them the release clause? What Scholes should be doing is encouraging Man Utd to get a better scouting network, because I think we've signed about 5 or 6 players over the last few years that pundits have demanded they sign from us. 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lcfc sheff 1,375 Posted 15 January Report Share Posted 15 January 5 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Who wants the pleasure of telling them the release clause? Well put it this way, he won’t be leaving this summer... so let’s say he performs to the same level next season where he’ll be 21, Maguire was 25 when he left for £80m so at what value would the club put fofana at potential and performances considered? £100m+ bids at least and that’s just the starting price. We can’t really lose. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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