In the early hours of 11 January, United will host Gerrard's Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup. In recent times, the Red Devils' situation has not been very good, the Premier League lost 0-1 at home to Wolves, the whole game was pressed by the opponent, and Lonnick's coaching level was also questioned. However, Manchester United captain Maguire expressed his support for the manager at the most critical moment, believing that players should be responsible for the team's problems.
In a recent interview with the Mirror, Maguire Maguire believes that Manchester United players are the ones who are responsible for this team crisis, not the struggling head coach Lonnick. At the same time, he is also convinced that Lonnick can still lead Manchester United to the top four of the Premier League this season and win at least one championship trophy, "We listen to Ronnick and his staff, but everything depends on our performance in the arena. Every club has problems, not just us, but some bigger problems than we do and we still have a strong squad. ”
Of course, the truth is not that Maguire said so optimistic, neither Ronnick nor the previous Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, did not pinch Manchester United into a strong whole, last season in the Premier League, Manchester United scored 38 goals to lead the Premier League, and this season, they only scored 30 goals in 19 games, only 7th in the table, from the top of the manchester City gap is a full 22 points gap, the title is hopeless, even whether they can reach next season's Champions League is unknown.
Like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Lonnick also regards Cristiano Ronaldo as an irreplaceable member of the main squad, in the 6 games he has coached, Ronaldo has only played one game in the Champions League group stage that has been confirmed to qualify, and the other 5 Premier League games have started, and the data of 3 goals and 1 assist is not bad, but the overall attack of Manchester United is not good. And when adjusting the attack, it is often Greenwood who performs well, and C Ronaldo will stay on the field no matter how bad he plays, which has also caused dissatisfaction among many people in the Manchester United squad. And Maguire's words actually have great meaning.
As the world's number one centre-back player, Maguire wore the captain's armband in his first season with Manchester United, and his backcourt shot is an indispensable part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tactical system. However, his form has declined this season, and the great reduction in the power of Manchester United's high pressing has also put more pressure on the backcourt, in this case, the doubts about Maguire have gradually increased, and even some Manchester United celebrities claim that Maguire is not worthy of the identity of Manchester United captain.
More importantly, the return of C Ronaldo has made Maguire's voice in the Manchester United dressing room less than before, after all, even Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Lonnick dare not move, and Maguire, who has a shallow foundation, naturally cannot shake it. The Manchester United dressing room is now full of hills, in fact, it is mainly the contradiction between the faction led by Maguire and the Portuguese faction led by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Maguire said that the responsibility for Manchester United's problem lies with the players, in fact, it is likely to be a satire on Ronaldo's front-line main nail household treatment. In fact, if United really want to fight back in the remaining half of the schedule, they must return to the high-level defensive counter-attack tactics of the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era, and Cristiano Ronaldo's acceptance of rotation or even substitutes is also a necessary condition. Maguire's words are actually putting pressure on C Luo.