[Toshey]

I'm starting to utterly despise how he pushes the ball in the feet of opponents strikers and then looks like deer in headlights.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Disastrous.

 

[G97]

He’s basically Barthez.

You must be incredibly young or just not clued up on Barthez at all.
Barthez was far superior than this clown and it’s incredible you would even try to either lower him to his level or up Onana to his.
Educate yourself.

 

[Cathy Ferguson]

I think ultimately, a really good keeper wins you points when you don't deserve to win...Onana does the opposite and actually costs you points.

If Amorim has a really good keeper, we'd have picked up a fair few more points IMO and the pressure would be far less. He's simply nowhere near good enough.

I didn't like him at Ajax and of course ETH thought otherwise. Hermansen at Leicester should be an upgrade.

 

[DJ_21]

I’ve never known a keeper to always parry shots straight in the middle of his area or straight to the opponent. Just parry it out for a corner or out wide somewhere

 

[That_Bloke]

I really dont understand the hate for Barthez.

He was nowhere near as bad for us as people seem to make him out here.

Because it's trendy. Some never saw him play, others just watched or remember his second season at United. Even then, he wasn't as bad as Onana.

He was the youngest GK to ever win the Champions League at the time (Marseille, 1993). He also played a major part when France won the WC and the Euros back to back (1998 and 2000).

Very composed under pressure, he had a great left foot as well, and was known for his quality distribution. His only (relative) weakness was crosses, in great part due to his lack of height.

Seeing him being compared to Onana is absolutely hilarious and tells you quite a bit about the poster and their football knowledge.

 

[NoLogo]

Just not good enough. Need to look for an upgrade next summer.

 

[Shane88]

His hands and wrists should be studied. The way balls rebound off them isn't natural. There is something demonic going on there.

 

[Real Madras]

I remember watching him vs city in the CL final and I thought he was world class in that game alone. Turns out he’s really not.

 

[Amir]

Im genuinely convinced he is pulling an Ali Dia stunt!

Even Taibi wasn’t this bad

Gifted a goal at Anfield on his debut, gifted that Le Tissier goal, gifter the opened for Chelsea in a 0-5 loss. Three huge errors in four matches.

Oh, he was this bad.

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

If not a straight up clanger it’s at least 2/3 ‘should do better’ moments a game. Simply not good enough.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

I think ultimately, a really good keeper wins you points when you don't deserve to win...Onana does the opposite and actually costs you points.

If Amorim has a really good keeper, we'd have picked up a fair few more points IMO and the pressure would be far less. He's simply nowhere near good enough.

You’ve only got to review 50% of the goals conceded since the turn of the year.

His flappy hands and shocking positions lead to an inexplicable amount of rebounds. The defenders could do better, but no serious keeper puts the ball in the danger zone like this guy.

Was getting shot of De Gea the right decision? Maybe. Was replacing him with Onana a good idea? I think there were a lot of early doubts and it’s just never gone away.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

It is impressive how he has climbed the ladder of players urgently needing to be replaced this season, creeping over flops like Maguire and Casemiro on his way to the top.

 

[Irwin99]

I remember watching him vs city in the CL final and I thought he was world class in that game alone. Turns out he’s really not.

His distribution was insanely good in that game, everyone was excited by that performance. Why do players never perform like they should here?

At any rate, it's a problem position in the summer with our budget and our other priorities. Hope we can find a cheap bargain somewhere.

 

[Dominos]

You're failing to take into consideration the amortization and wages that we'd be on the hook for next season were we to keep him. The real PSR "breakeven" figure would be much lower than that.

Are you accounting for the fact that if we sell him we'd need to sign a replacement goalkeeper which would add amortization + wages, on top of the loss we made on selling Onana for below his book value?

It's not that we can't accept a penny less than book value but we can't be taking huge losses on our sales and then signing expensive replacements on top of that.

 

[massey]

I don't care he maybe the best person on earth bless him but as an actual goalkeeper/footballer he's wank and is like an actor in goal hey take a shot at me I will just put my hands in the air or parry it into the danger zone the faster we get rid of him the better

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Get him out. Absolutely awful keeper

Unique combination of not being good at saves / handling or dominating his area.

 

[SmashedHombre]

It is impressive how he has climbed the ladder of players urgently needing to be replaced this season, creeping over flops like Maguire and Casemiro on his way to the top.

He's been at the top of the ladder since about day 1 for me. He's been consistently atrocious and can't even do the very basics of a gk.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Are you accounting for the fact that if we sell him we'd need to sign a replacement goalkeeper which would add amortization + wages, on top of the loss we made on selling Onana for below his book value?

It's not that we can't accept a penny less than book value but we can't be taking huge losses on our sales and then signing expensive replacements on top of that.

Fair, although I think we should shy away from an expensive replacement for now - try to identify a transitional keeper who can put in consistent 6-7/10 performances while we get everything else sorted out.

 

[massey]

Fair, although I think we should shy away from an expensive replacement for now - try to identify a transitional keeper who can put in consistent 6-7/10 performances while we get everything else sorted out.

Id rather play a youth keeper than him

 

[stoinz]

Because it's trendy. Some never saw him play, others just watched or remember his second season at United. Even then, he wasn't as bad as Onana.

He was the youngest GK to ever win the Champions League at the time (Marseille, 1993). He also played a major part when France won the WC and the Euros back to back (1998 and 2000).

Very composed under pressure, he had a great left foot as well, and was known for his quality distribution. His only (relative) weakness was crosses, in great part due to his lack of height.

Seeing him being compared to Onana is absolutely hilarious and tells you quite a bit about the poster and their football knowledge.

Exactly, Barthez has very good reflexes too and was a really good shot stopper. He was just a bit mad. Onana does not have the skills that Barthez has. I wouldn't mind a Barthez now to be honest.

 

[gulli_G]

Awful keeper, fails at the basics, he's very average in that sense.

 

[Olecurls99]

Some on here asked for this

 

[bringbackbebe]

You must be incredibly young or just not clued up on Barthez at all.
Barthez was far superior than this clown and it’s incredible you would even try to either lower him to his level or up Onana to his.
Educate yourself.

He's exactly like Barthez without the positive eccentricity. These are things Barthez would do.

 

[SmashedHombre]

Awful keeper, fails at the basics, he's very average in that sense.

I sincerely wish he was average

 

[gulli_G]

I sincerely wish he was average

Correction: he's a liability.

 

[Squeaky_Bum_Time]

Yet another position we need to improve on, shortly after spending a lot of money to improve there.

Sigh.

 

[ScholesBrain]

I remember watching him vs city in the CL final and I thought he was world class in that game alone. Turns out he’s really not.

Many poor or average players have world class performances against top teams once in a while.
David Bentley scored a hattrick against us as well

 

[G97]

He's exactly like Barthez without the positive eccentricity. These are things Barthez would do.

Barthez made mistakes but was a phenomenal agile shot stopper with great reflexes. Basically the complete opposite to Onana.
Look at his save from Hamann at Anfield for example… A save Onana would never make in a million years.