24 Jul 2024 01:17:25
Is maguire still injured?
1.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 04:19:24
Tumble. you typed 'a donkey' incorrectly.
2.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 05:24:09
Is a donkey still injured?
3.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 07:01:12
He was last seen walking up and down Blackpool beach with kids on his back.
4.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 07:08:23
Hilarious. Maguire may not be the great CB we need, but the abuse is ridiculous. He us well respected within the club, never complained, and was solid every time he played last year. I'm not saying he's great, ir he should stay, but the narrative that he is a donkey is both wrong and childish.
5.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 09:30:22
Yeah lads WTF is that all about above.
6.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 09:36:58
he tried his best after he was stripped of the captaincy, and got ridiculous amounts of criticism. Wish others took a leaf out of his book, rash, for one.
7.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 11:39:57
Quite a shameful comment Jim : (.
8.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 13:00:07
Just a few donkey related jokes on the Banter page kids, stop taking everything so seriously ?.
9.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 13:05:04
Jesus. literally everyone has criticised him since he signed, and worse than calling him a donkey. Snowflakes.
He is crap and should be moved on.
You all seem to have bad memories of both your own criticisms and also his ability to play football.
Jog on.
10.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 14:35:57
I've called it our regularly. I wouldn't have paid what we did for him, I probably wouldn't have signed him, but he isn't crap, nor is he a donkey.
11.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 15:55:45
Jim, you could have said that a 1000 ways better.
12.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 17:34:58
If Jim thinks he is a donkey then what's wrong with that? Fair play Jim.
13.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 17:55:08
But is he still injured? ?.
14.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 19:13:03
On here and in the national press, he has been referred to as slabhead.
That is more offensive as it has everything to do with his appearance which he has no control over. I find that more offensive.
He has control over whether he is a donkey or crap, both intended as a dig at truly how bad he is.
It should be mentioned, some of his performances last season were better than anyone else in our team, on certain match days, but a couple of moments, in an otherwise washed out season, does not make him less crap, not less of a donkey, in my eyes.
I'm off to eat a carrot. Eeyore!
15.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 19:25:50
Slabhead was a nickname given to him by one of his team mates .
I mean, calling him a donkey is just stupid, makes no sense at all.
16.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 20:41:21
It's not banter nor is it funny. It is rather puerile and unnecessary. How much a player earns is irrelevant as long as that player gives his best which I think Maguire always does then he should be treated with a basic respect.
17.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 21:06:46
Sigh. What is the world coming to?
18.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 21:31:41
But what about the poor donkeys? What have they done to deserve this? Poor defenceless creatures.
19.) 24 Jul 2024
24 Jul 2024 21:42:06
Calling him slabhead makes no sense at all. If jimbo nicknames him donkey what's the difference?
20.) 25 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 07:28:52
Blimey Salford. Next you’ll be telling us there are 57 genders and be glueing yourself to paintings ?♂️ lighten up. It’s very clearly a joke.
Maguire does eat carrots though.
21.) 25 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 11:40:28
But he is crap though, to be fair.
22.) 25 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 12:12:10
That's a really good point well made Sepp.
23.) 25 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 20:28:01
So he is crap and eats carrots. sounds like a donkey to me!
For anyone who cares, and I know you all do!
Thought process
The likes of vidic, Rio, etc are thoroughbreds, in my opinion.
The likes of Martinez are those ever reliable work horses
The likes of Yoro are in the stable for potential elevation to being the star performer
The likes of Lindelof are filling the stable, might surprise you some days and win a race
Then you have the Smallings of the horse world, a two trick pony picked up during a gypsy fair after a bet with a the carousel operator landed you with his prized possession
And then my fellow posters, way out the back field, munching carrots, you have your donkey, plodding along, scrounging a living, absorbing oxygen, and that is our beloved Harry Maguire, one of the most overhyped CBs of a generation.
24.) 25 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 21:43:57
Ah jimbob he kept his head down and played magnificently to help us to 8th spot.
25.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 11:45:18
I'm not a fan of Maguire and stated that I didn't think he was good enough the first summer we were linked with him. Something I reiterated the following summer when we signed him.
I don't think he has the requirements to be a first choice CB at a title challenging side. He has too many weaknesses, the chief among them being his ball watching which leads to poor positioning. Something that is exasperated by his poor mobility and pace meaning he cannot recover once he realises he's in the wrong position.
I'm also not a fan of him yelling and complaining at others when he's made a mistake and been caught out of position. I pointed this out when people would say he was a good leader. Leaders don't berate colleagues, they support them.
That said he isn't a Sunday league player, he's a bottom half to mid table EPL defender. If used with the right tactics he can be a solid option. Play a low block or any compact style where there are more players around him to both cover for his positional lapses and to restrict the space he can wander into then his physicality and reasonable passing can be an asset.
The name calling while understandable due to fan frustration, still isn't called for. Being derogatory and dismissive of people tells a lot more about the person doing it than the person they are talking about.
Last season Maguire showed class and a good mentality, he stood up and did his best in difficult circumstances and had a good (not great) season. He was mostly solid and few mistakes that were costly to us.
He still isn't the right player for us and would be better off leaving to play regularly somewhere else. If Branthwaite leaves Everton then Maguire could be a good replacement, he seems well suited to how Sean Dyche plays.
As a 4th choice option for us next season he wouldn't be a major problem. But if we are to improve and consistently play a better style of football then he can't be a regular.
26.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 12:42:55
Shappy he doesn't have the requirements to be a professional footballer, let alone given him a position.
Amazing that since we signed him, everyone wanted him gone because they called him out to be as bad as he is. Now we are on the cusp of finally get rid of the turd and people want to be nice about him.
I am genuinely amazed at the contradictory nature of the human race.
27.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 15:46:33
Nice lecture shappy. Practise what you preach on the name calling.
28.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 17:21:31
Ken, I'm always looking to grow and become better. I've definitely let my emotions get the better of me in the past and said things in the heat of the moment that on reflection I wish I hadn't said.
Life's a journey and we don't start as the finished article.
I was given a great bit of advice a while back, "a smart man is silent when he's angry". Which is something I now try to live by.
All of us on here will have said things we regret, I bet if we reflect on those that 99% of the time it was when we let our emotions get the better of us. The other 1% we were lying through our teeth and got caught?.
29.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 18:10:04
Too bad no one gave you advice how to say more with fewer words ?.
30.) 26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024 21:13:09
No regrets shappy.
The art of being a non-emotive being takes years of practice, years!
And years of practice will not change my opinion on our prized carrot eating donkey, who is more than just a little bit crap.
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