To make matters worse it looks like Maguire might be out for a week or two. He should have come off at half time in the Wolves game as he was visibly injured. What's up with Ole letting players play through injury and making things worse? First Pogba, now Maguire. I get that the players said they're fine but that's negligent management with an already thin squad.
Axel has to play this weekend now. If Jones starts we're doomed, even against Norwich.
Maguire - I think you will find that Lindelof, Maguire and Jones have been the only fit CBs for a while now. And since Jones' horror show performance against Sheffield Utd you would not want to rest the other two often. Reports have Bailly, Rojo, Tuanzebe and FosuMensah returning near the end of the month, but likely are further away.
Pogba - Ignoring his inability to publicly say he doesnt want to leave, reports were that he came back for those two game in order to show that he was committed to the cause but when the injury did not improve further, he got a second opinion and hence the surgery. When Fred and Pereira had to play 2 or 3 games in a row because they were the only fit CMs you cant really argue against seeing if Pogba is fit.
You cant say he should rest players because of the thin squad when the thin squad means he cannot rest players.
There's a difference between resting players which I agree he can't really do, and leaving a player on for 60 minutes when they're clearly injured during an actual game and you've got a fit, albeit unreliable, central defender on the bench.