[Lyng]

I was told he was good on the ball which is why we signed him. Turns out hes not even good at that, nevermind the obligatory blunder he gives us every other game.

Yet another pointless signing that has made us worse. The frustrating thing is we've had some half decent keepers over recent years playing understudy - Henderson, Dubravka and Kovar I can make at the top of my head, all of whom would have been an improvement over Onana. And I haven't even mentioned the array of other decent keepers in the league who've moved to their respective clubs for a fraction of what Inter fleeced us for Onana.

Yeah we would have been much better off with Kovar no doubt. He is a better keeper and we would have saved a lot of money.

 

[Woodywizz]

Every time I see him play I have absolutely zero confidence in him and fully expect him to pass it direct to an opponent when trying to play out.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

I was told he was good on the ball which is why we signed him. Turns out hes not even good at that, nevermind the obligatory blunder he gives us every other game.

Yet another pointless signing that has made us worse. The frustrating thing is we've had some half decent keepers over recent years playing understudy - Henderson, Dubravka and Kovar I can make at the top of my head, all of whom would have been an improvement over Onana. And I haven't even mentioned the array of other decent keepers in the league who've moved to their respective clubs for a fraction of what Inter fleeced us for Onana.

Well technically he is good on the ball... if you only take that as when the ball is literally at his feet. Like, his touch is good, he sorts his feet out quickly, he's very comfortable when the ball is under him.

Unfortunately "good on the ball" actually also includes passing... and yeah, thats just average.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Excellent question. The answer is no.

I disagree. The example I'll use is our 0-0 at Anfield last season. Onana didn't make any great saves in that game but he completely took the sting out of the game at the required moments. He time wasted when needed and picked the right passes to keep possession.

If de Gea was in goal that game (or most keepers without the required ball control) he would have constantly been pressed and booted it upfield, only for it to keep coming back which would have kept the Anfield crowd up and the ball would have eventually been sucked into our goal.

Onana has made too many mistakes and his long passing isn't as good as I'd hoped (partly because Hoijlund can't win a header/trap a ball) but anyone who can't see that he is very good in possession and has good short passing is blind.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

All of this in less then 18 months.

And then there's stuff not even included in this video too (another terrible pass vs. Sheffield United to give away a goal, punching a Burnley an attacker in the head to concede a penalty, the first free kick goal vs. Galatasary to name a few)

 

[Greck]

All of this in less then 18 months.

And then there's stuff not even included in this video too (another terrible pass vs. Sheffield United to give away a goal, punching a Burnley an attacker in the head to concede a penalty, the first free kick goal vs. Galatasary to name a few)

Ten Hag is an idiot for burdening us with this. Didn't even take any kind of consideration for mentality of his signings. If he was already doing this at his old clubs how was it going to get better on a stage with even more pressure.

 

[USREDEVIL]

I like Onana. Seems a good guy. Get him out the fecking club already. Jeez.

 

[NicolaSacco]

I like Onana. Seems a good guy. Get him out the fecking club already. Jeez.

He’s so far off the level you need. I’d love to know if he ever did this at Inter.

 

[Vaibhav Raj]

We all knew he was signed for his passing rather than his ability as a goalkeeper. But has this vaunted passing ever actually made any difference?

On passing front, he is an upgrade on De Gea i.e. he is not bad at it. But he is nowhere as good as he needs to be to make up for silly mistakes he does.

 

[phonicburns]

I like Onana. Seems a good guy. Get him out the fecking club already. Jeez.

This 100%.

 

[lex talionis]

I disagree. The example I'll use is our 0-0 at Anfield last season. Onana didn't make any great saves in that game but he completely took the sting out of the game at the required moments. He time wasted when needed and picked the right passes to keep possession.

If de Gea was in goal that game (or most keepers without the required ball control) he would have constantly been pressed and booted it upfield, only for it to keep coming back which would have kept the Anfield crowd up and the ball would have eventually been sucked into our goal.

Onana has made too many mistakes and his long passing isn't as good as I'd hoped (partly because Hoijlund can't win a header/trap a ball) but anyone who can't see that he is very good in possession and has good short passing is blind.

Sorry to break the news to you, but Onana’s brilliance with the ball at his feet has not improved the quality of our possession let alone chances on goal…nor could it ever have.

The perfect keeper does everything you would want with hands and feet, but the sole precondition for a keeper to become a great keeper is high proficiency with his hands.

It’s time to give Bayandir a start in the PL.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Sorry to break the news to you, but Onana’s brilliance with the ball at his feet has not improved the quality of our possession let alone chances on goal…nor could it ever have.

The perfect keeper does everything you would want with hands and feet, but the sole precondition for a keeper to become a great keeper is high proficiency with his hands.

It’s time to give Bayandir a start in the PL.

I believe Onana in certain games prevents us from being under the cosh for 90 minutes because he has good ball control and short passing. He doesn't shit the bed under pressure and just hoof it straight back. If you don't agree, fine.

 

[TrailMonkey]

There are better keepers in every tier of English football... certainly down to the national leagues... probably as far down as U10s too.

 

[USREDEVIL]

There are better keepers in every tier of English football... certainly down to the national leagues... probably as far down as U10s too.

My U10 keeper could give him a go.

 

[rooney2009]

Sorry to break the news to you, but Onana’s brilliance with the ball at his feet has not improved the quality of our possession let alone chances on goal…nor could it ever have.

The perfect keeper does everything you would want with hands and feet, but the sole precondition for a keeper to become a great keeper is high proficiency with his hands.

It’s time to give Bayandir a start in the PL.

This 100%

 

[JB7]

There are better keepers in every tier of English football... certainly down to the national leagues... probably as far down as U10s too.

Glad we're not going overboard.

 

[lex talionis]

I believe Onana in certain games prevents us from being under the cosh for 90 minutes because he has good ball control and short passing. He doesn't shit the bed under pressure and just hoof it straight back. If you don't agree, fine.

Sorry to break the news yet again, but we actually are under the cosh for 90 minutes match after match. That's not Onana's fault but it's delusional to believe that we are the ones who are applying pressure in matches, whether the opponent is Liverpool or Southampton. It is true that we beat Southampton, but it was Southampton who had control of the match until the 80th minute. And the three goals we did score after the 80th had absolutely nothing to do with Onana.

 

[hellhunter]

Sorry to break the news yet again, but we actually are under the cosh for 90 minutes match after match. That's not Onana's fault but it's delusional to believe that we are the ones who are applying pressure in matches, whether the opponent is Liverpool or Southampton. It is true that we beat Southampton, but it was Southampton who had control of the match until the 80th minute. And the three goals we did score after the 80th had absolutely nothing to do with Onana.

Nah that's clearly not true. We are poor, but sdre poor in large passages because we can't break down opponents, not because we get dominated

 

[lex talionis]

Nah that's clearly not true. We are poor, but sdre poor in large passages because we can't break down opponents, not because we get dominated

Yes, we can't break down opponents. We do not dominate in any aspect of play. Defending, crap; midfield control, crap; breaking down opposing defenses, crap; finishing on goal, crap. None of those team deficiencies are in any way the result of a poor or brilliant performance by Onana.

When Onana was brilliant earlier in the season we were poor up and down the pitch. The manager got sacked over it. We brought in a new manager and Onana has been horrifying, as has the rest of the squad.

The point is that no matter how brilliant Onana's first touch on the ball is -- it's his first touch that is brilliant, but his actual passing is no better than average and arguably much worse than most PL keepers -- our performances in the back, middle and final third have been appalling for most of the season except for a solid performance against Everton and of course recently against Liverpool and Arsenal, which apart from keeper mistakes which led to goals (the second and third against Brighton), his brilliant footwork had nothing to do with our poor team and individual performances outside his penalty box.

We recorded only one shot on target -- a pk -- against Brighton. As bad as Onana was against Brighton, Onana had nothing to do with the fact that could not get a single shot on target in open play. But the point is that we should never have expected a keeper to make any difference whatsoever in whether we can, or cannot, get a single shot on goal in open play against any opponent. It would be as daft to believe otherwise as it would be to blame Hojlund for a keeper's mistake when a keeper makes a mistake.

 

[van Nistelrooy]

It doesn't matter how good you are with your feet (Onana has been pretty abysmal playing out from the back), if you're not a decent shot stopper, then you shouldn't be a goalkeeper.

Get this imposter replaced.