Very happy for him to have his day in the sun. Saving two pens in the same game will always make you MOTM. I think once the giddiness subsides a little, in the cold light of day he has shortcomings that means that he shouldn’t be in our first team. But he deserves another punt in the next round of the cup.
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Yeah, his kicking wasn't as bad as some are making out. He was clearly aiming for Zirkzee a lot and probably half of those balls that went out Zirkzee should have gotten something on them.
That game will do absolute wonders for his confidence.
Before Zirkzee came on he was still kicking it out for a throw consistently, if he started the other side of his goal he’d probably end up with a few decent balls.
But it takes nothing away from his performance, saves two pens and wins the tie for us essentially, great performance from him.
He actually came out and claimed a couple of high balls which was nice to see - which made his decision to punch for the goal pretty weird.
He looked like an absolute bag of nerves early on. You could tell how he was settling more and more with every successful play and action
Tell you what, if we have penalties looming in the Europa League or FA Cup then we have to make this guy a 119th minute sub to come on for them.
I was saying during the Spurs game he looks a deer in headlights. It was evident against Arsenal too.
The penalty save brought him to life. His confidence soared after that.
The penalty save brought him to life. His confidence soared after that.
Majestic performance penalty save onward but can't kick a football even if his life depended on it!
And market value
Was awesome, I don't even think their goal was really that much his fault - he got something on the cross and it ended up being a great finish
yeah, his punch should have been more convincing, but nothing more than that. Cant fault him for the goal.And market value
Was awesome, I don't even think their goal was really that much his fault - he got something on the cross and it ended up being a great finish
It's a good strategy, although it would be harsh to drop him for the FA cup from now on.
His reach is great, all the way to the post.
Great penalty saves but he's not very good is he.
I believe yesterday was the first time a keeper has saved a penalty in normal time and in the subsequent shootout in the FA cup.
I would start him for the next match, he is going to feel so invincible right now and it could bring out the best in onana to get his spot back
His kicking was terrible, half went straight into the crowd. He settled down after the penalty save but his kicking and punching need to improve.
He was really good yesterday.I hope he is going to be more good in the future.
I feel like I have to apologize to Bayindir.
He won us the game yesterday. If he never does anything for us ever again (but I hope he continues on this form) - just that game and knocking out the cheating cnuts out of this one FA Cup was worth the money we paid for Bayindir!!!
What a performance! Amazing penalty saves but many more saves in-game as well.
He made a few very good saves, he has short comings that limit him to a number 2 here. Maybe not even that in the end, but a great performance.
Great performance. Going forward to maintain his place he will need to catch the ball more and clean up those kicks. The first goal came after he punched what was probably a catchable ball.
Yeah no, I disagree with that. It was an easy ball in and he was unimpeded, even if he didn't want to catch it he has to do better with his fists than sending it almost straight up. Nothing he could do with what followed, but at least that part was entirely on him. And it was far from the first scene where he did not look good with high balls into the box, and it wasn't the last either. His hand-eye-coordination leaves some things to be desired when it comes to those punches. Not like Onana is always a role model at that either, but it certainly is something he should work on.And market value
Was awesome, I don't even think their goal was really that much his fault - he got something on the cross and it ended up being a great finish
He has weaknesses in his game but I would argue he is a more consistent shot stopper than Onana is.
My take is if you come, you need to get something on it and he does. The punch connection is pretty good (you can hear it resonating around the stadium) but obviously it's gone right up in the air. Very few GKs catch that although he is bloody tall so maybe he could have. Mainoo should go down as there's a push on him which leads to his header being a bit pants, then it comes through a load of bodies and gets deflected. By no means great keeping but I struggle to say he was poor there vs something like Onana being beaten from a corner which, even if he gets no help from the team, is still a fundamental role of the GK.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed his redemption game yesterday, but didn't he feck up for their goal? Punching the ball straight into traffic?
That attitude is maybe good enough for Huddersfield Town, but that's not the club he's playing for. Nobody's demanding he puts it perfectly accurate to a United player outside the box, but somewhat reliably getting it either off to the side, behind the goal line, or punching it far forwards is not a skillset that is asking too much for any EPL keeper. He has failed to do that on multiple occasions on the evening. Just a few minutes later he punched another high ball right at his penalty spot. Luckily for United all of Arsenal had pushed very high up towards the six-yard box, so nobody was in position to follow up on the bad clearance.
He has had outstanding scenes that game and deserves every bit of praise he gets, but also has shown obvious deficits kicking and punching the ball.
Wrong, it's clearly Antony as his spins contribute to the continued rotation of the earth.
All about confidence. Kicking and distribution can be coached and he really needs to work hard on that aspect of his game. If he can improve, he could have a bright future here.
He is backup keeper, young and it was his first game in a while - think it's super harsh to say it's big error as said. Obviously you'd rather it cleared the box but I disagree, I can't remember the second punch nor find a replay on YouTube but I take your word for it. If it is a trait (poor punching) then I'd revise my opinion and say he should only have tried to catch the first example.
Young? The man's twenty-six, soon to be twenty-seven in April, don't make it sound like he's some 19y/o newcomer. I'm also not sure what you're trying to say here. A keeper error is a keeper error, that does not change because the keeper is young, or nervous, or a backup or whatever. Those are all mitigating factors in how harshly their overall performance is judged, but it does not change the nature of a given situation. A bad punch stays a bad punch and a bad kick stays a bad kick.
Again: the guy had a great game, and definitely deserve praise for his showing. But he has also shown deficiencies which I hope get addressed with mitigating training sessions for the games he'll hopefully get in the future.
For reference, he's a year older than Massimo Taibi was when he made his United debut. A guy usually mentioned when the subject of the worst keeper in the club's history is brought up, and who also collected a Man of the Match award (against Liverpool no less) in one of his four appearances for the club.
You are kidding ? He put 3 or 4 out in first 20 minutes or less, and he may well have been aiming for Zirkzee. Zirkzee was on the bench.
His kicking was absolutely atrocious. It was unbelievably bad.
I think he must be very very nervous. The game, I can't remember against who it was, when he let in a ball that was basically directly at him, conceding directly from a corner v Tottenham - I think are confidence things. Saving a penalty is a reaction. A pop up catch to longon is much harder to hold ( for me) than holding a fast snick in gully.
You saw his personality absolutely change after the penalty save.
When I was watching the first half I thought he can only be kicking so absolutely horribly because he's terrified. Like not being able to play your casual golf standard in a competition. He probably desperately wants to make it at United, he knows that he will get limited opportunities, so the pressure he is perhaps putting on himself to do well when he gets a chance is just making him a nervous wreck and unable to perform. An instinctive penalty save when the pressure is on the penalty taker not the on the keeper completely changed it his mindset - then the reaction tip over the bar and all of a sudden he's buzzing with the right energy.
He didn't get much support on here from people who had seen him before he came to United - so I doubt that he is a top level keeper - but he had his moment in the sun yesterday and maybe he can get there if he can keep his confidence up.
A much more succinct post than my rambling above trying to say the same thing.
Looked a different player once he got his confidence up, I genuinely don’t think Onana saves the Rice header or shot, or the Odegaard pen. Saying that, his kicking was terrible…
Yh I just didn't think it was really an error, as said.
Sell him in January. You cannot build a career on being good at saving penalties when you have obvious shortcomings in most other areas. If Onana gets injured and we are stuck with Bayindir we will be in trouble. That being said he was our saviour yesterday but let’s not get carried away.
So you think punching it straight up is a normal and desirable action in the situation?
Indeed. Hes nowhere near the quality needed for a second keeper at somewhere like United. Glad he had a great game yesterday and was the hero but one match doth not a good keeper make. Every time I have seen him play he has looked completely out of his depth.
He saves the header, it was right at him pretty much, can’t remember the shot but the pen save was excellent.
Those saying his kicking was that bad are obviously rugby fans, he was banging in the 40-20’s!