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title: "Sunderland: Fans reacted to player’s absence in EFL team of the season so far"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-fans-reacted-to-players-absence-in-efl-team-of-the-season-so-far/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Crump"
section: "League One News"
published: "2020-04-06T05:30:12Z"
modified: "2020-05-07T14:48:15Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans reacted to player’s absence in EFL team of the season so far

**Sunderland fans have been left angered by Chris Maguire’s absence in the League One team of the season so far, [via Whoscored.com and Sky Sports.](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/11967511/league-one-team-of-the-201920-season-so-far)**

With a break in football due to recent events, it has given many media outlets a chance to look deeper into statistics and performances of teams and players.

[Whoscored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/16/Show/England-Sunderland).com continue to create in-depth statistics regarding League One and along with partners Sky Sports, they have released the best eleven in the league up to this point.

AFC Wimbledon keeper Nathan Trott is between the sticks, having performed well during his loan spell from West Ham United.

> 👊🏻 [@LukeONien](https://twitter.com/LukeONien?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has been selected in the 2019-20 [@SkyBetLeagueOne](https://twitter.com/SkyBetLeagueOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Team of the Season so far… [@WhoScored](https://twitter.com/WhoScored?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) x [@SkyFootball](https://twitter.com/SkyFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2QIkoIJE7G](https://t.co/2QIkoIJE7G)
>
> — Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/SunderlandAFC/status/1246799417245675522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The young keeper sits ahead of Luke’O’Nien (Sunderland), Michael Ihiekwe (Rotherham), Robert Dickie (Oxford) and Joe Jacobson (Wycombe).

In the middle of the park, James Henry (Oxford), Liam Walsh (Coventry), Daniel Barlaser (Rotherham) and Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth), all gain a place. 15 goal striker Armand Gnanduillet makes it into the front two, featuring alongside Ivan Toney, who has netted an impressive 24 league goals this term.

One absence from the side is Maguire, despite the Scotsman averaging [2.3 key passes](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/16/Show/England-Sunderland) per game this season.

Looking at the team via a post on Sunderland’s official Twitter account, fans have reacted to Maguire’s name not being included and below are just of the tweets…

> Maguire robbed hugely
>
> — David Hindmarsh (@DavidHindmarsh7) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/DavidHindmarsh7/status/1246804405032288256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Grigg snubbed? Shameful.
>
> — SunderLAD #StayHomeSaveLives (@Sunder\_LAD) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/Sunder_LAD/status/1246833086651924480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s criminal that Maguire isn’t in here
>
> — Eddie (@EddieSAFCx) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/EddieSAFCx/status/1246799575463219200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> If the season started in January, absolutely. But it didn’t
>
> — Jord (@\_wisemensay) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/_wisemensay/status/1246813046892302342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> How is Maguire not there, he has the 2nd highest average rating in the league?
>
> — Dan (@dankremerr) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/dankremerr/status/1246800019396743174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> maguire robbed
>
> — Tyler🥶 (@SAFCTylerr) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/SAFCTylerr/status/1246799935716163584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Deserved but Maguire has been robbed
>
> — Safc\_Ha’WAY THE LADS (@Safc\_HAWAY) [April 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/Safc_HAWAY/status/1246818940426338304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***How much has Maguire impressed you? Join the discussion by commenting below…***