Erik ten Hag’s goalkeeper loves shouting at his defenders – it was one reason why he was brought to Old Trafford I like Jamie Carragher. He’s an excellent pundit, a football obsessive, always engaging. He looks good lurking around a lighted plinth in designer man-trainers waiting to point at things on a massive screen. He’s perfect for that Sky studio role: steeped in English club-football culture, but also buzzing with modernity, tactical details, patterns you couldn’t previously see.But I do think he’s wrong about André Onana and the politics of shouting at Harry Maguire. In his newspaper column this week Carragher offered a well-reasoned defence of Maguire, railing against his status as chief public whipping boy, with the strong central point that he should simply be rested for his own good. Continue reading...
Thursday 21 September 2023
theguardian - 6 days ago
André Onana is too busy saving United to play mind games with Harry Maguire | Barney Ronay
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