Harry Maguire

[waspish]

Think Pep looking at all our corners we get and never scoring and thinking Harry would improve that stat and fill in with Kompany leaving plus filling our English quota

 

[OB1]

Are we actually in for maguire though? Definitely in I mean and not just the odd media link?

Sometimes it's hard to tell. I just asked same question about MDL. Both are obvious options for a team like us that needs at least one new CB.

I do think Maguire being English could be a factor. We have to have a certain number of natives in the squad and we aren't about to get t'other Harry so defenders are probably the best option.

Whether Maguire would step up to the mark for City, I don't know. Vinnie will be a tough act for anyone to follow.

 

[OB1]

Think Pep looking at all our corners we get and never scoring and thinking Harry would improve that stat and fill in with Kompany leaving plus filling our English quota

He might improve it but he only scored three goals in the league last season.

 

[OB1]

Maguire would certainly add physicality to the team that pep mentioned?

He'd add a bit of height.

 

[waspish]

He might improve it but he only scored three goals in the league last season.

Yeah all set pieces I presume a bit more coaching and tactics could double that.

 

[cadds92]

Think Pep looking at all our corners we get and never scoring and thinking Harry would improve that stat and fill in with Kompany leaving plus filling our English quota

Also, we have conceded quite a few this season from set-pieces.

Sky did a piece on it.

 

[abu13]

He might improve it but he only scored three goals in the league last season.

I suspect we would get more corners than Leicester over the season so that may increase just on a ratio basis.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Can we not finally sign JFE instead ....

 

[Mon Autre]

I doubt he'd make much difference to our scoring rate from corners. We usually them short because we want to keep hold of the ball.

 

[BigOscar]

Not sure why this needs repeating every time we get linked to an English player, but we don't need a certain amount of English players in the squad, that is still not how the system works.

Also, for all the talk of how big he is, he's an inch taller than LaPorte, 2 inches taller than Stones. our height issue isn't with our CB's, it's that only our CB's have any height at all (maybe Walker makes it 3). Having a marginally taller CB isn't going to change the fact that when teams send 5 tall players up for a corner, we only have 3 tall players to mark them. Presumably that's one of the reasons why we are after Rodri, to add an extra tall player in midfield