David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances
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#SAF: '#DeGea is the long-term prospect, there is no question about that.'
#SAF: '#Anders has done very well. He has provided tremendous opposition to David. But the potential of #DeGea is obvious.'
#SAF: '#Anders has done very well. He has provided tremendous opposition to David. But the potential of #DeGea is obvious.'
Is Fergie tweeting now? #theresnodoubtaboutthat
SAF's comments in full:
Two bad goals? I guess SAF feels the one that went through his legs is his fault? Pretty harsh if you ask me.
Even allowing for the "two bad goals" that last sentence is cryptic as feck. What's he actually saying?
Seems to me like he's saying that he'll continue rotating no matter what cock-ups they come up with.
Great.
Great.
Yup, I don't mind that really. Howard started off at United very well until the pressure got to him. I suppose we're thinking that by rotating our keepers we're not putting pressure on one of them in particular.
Maybe the tactic this year was to give them an even amount of games with the opinion of giving the #1 shirt next season to the player the management thinks performed best overall? Making it a fair contest between them both?
Could be you're right, but personally I don't really like it to be honest. Obviously SAF knows the situation and the goalies better than any of us do, but from where I'm sitting it looks like the rotation is a bit of a cause for concern and spreading insecurity to both of them.
I would personally be more happy with just picking De Gea and sticking with him no matter what, because as SAF himself says, he's the future. The sooner he gets the experience and realizes his potential, the better.
I reckon SAF thinks that short term Lindegård might be a "safer" option though, but I'm inclined to disagree with that as well.
Yakubu's shot was a mistake by De Gea? 
feck me.
feck me.I just want a settled keeper for the rest of the season and I hope its De Gea as I think he's the better one and also has the brighter future. Chopping and changing can't be helping the back 4 (which also gets chopped and changed far too much to my liking) and most certainly can't be helping De Gea or Lindegard.
People moaning about the rotation need to realise Lindegaard has less experience in this league than de Gea. He needs games regardless of de Gea's form. No use having a back-up keeper who doesn't know the league.
That may be but when the alternative is two keepers who don't really know the league then it's a risky ploy.
I also think that Yakubu's shot should've been saved. First of all, it's coming from an angle and the keeper must first and foremost protect his near post and keep his legs close together.
If the shot is great and you're beaten at the far post, ok. No blame. But if the ball is straight at you and still goes in - it's a mistake, plain and simple.
If the shot is great and you're beaten at the far post, ok. No blame. But if the ball is straight at you and still goes in - it's a mistake, plain and simple.
Never been a big fan of rotating the keeper. specially with the backline we have now minus vidic. the back 5 should be the same as much as possible.
Nah, nut-megging the keeper is a fairly standard way for strikers to score. When done properly it's actually one of the more difficult shots to save.
To be honest, I wasn't too happy when Yakubu's goal went in through the legs of De Gea. I always think these goals can be kept out by keeping the legs closer together and/or reacting faster to the shot.
De Gea really reminds me of Van der Sar. Both have good distribution, but aren't good in one-one situations. Van der Sar also got nutmegged quite often btw.
It's difficult when the striker's coming at you from the centre. You're stretched so to speak, not knowing whether he'll put it left or right. But when the angle is tight, it's just common sense to protect your near post and keep the legs together.
Not a huge mistake anyway but I feel it's something De Gea should work on a bit.
I think the error SAF is referring to is De Gea not coming out to close the angle and make himself big for Yakubu's shot, I think.
Worrying signs for him. Must be pretty disheartening and not greatly handled by Fergie imo. De Gea excelled away at Bolton, there was no need to leave him on the bench again today.
I was hoping for De Gea to return but not to be. Fergie might have realised that the GK rotation policy was shit and not helping either keeper so he's sticking with Lindegaard for now.
Not really, he came from nowhere to become number one up at Atletico. He needs a bit of time away, he looked very unsure of himself against Blackburn and rotation can't have helped. He'll be fine, I think people focus more on his price tag than his age, it makes sense to take him out of the firing line for a bit.
Can't see the benefit of keeping Lindegaard in goal. He's a good keeper, but the potential of De Gea is so much higher and Lindegaard hasn't really impressed last Sunday at Eastlands as well.
Oh no.
Here we go again..
Here we go again..
Would have been good to have de Gea back in the starting lineup, but we do have some tough games coming up over the next few weeks. Fergie had to make a decision who to play whether to stick with Lindegaard who made a few mistakes against City but who has mainly been starting over the last month, or go for de Gea.
I'd love to see de Gea start, but I can see why Fergie made the decision he has done.
What it does mean is that de Gea is unlikely to play in the following games:
22 Jan - Arsenal v Man Utd - BPL
28 Jan - Liverpool v Man Utd - FAC
31 Jan - Man Utd v Stoke - BPL
5 Feb - Chelsea v Man Utd - BPL
11 Feb - Man Utd v Liverpool - BPL
Constantly rotating the keepers won't do either of them any good.
I'd love to see de Gea start, but I can see why Fergie made the decision he has done.
What it does mean is that de Gea is unlikely to play in the following games:
22 Jan - Arsenal v Man Utd - BPL
28 Jan - Liverpool v Man Utd - FAC
31 Jan - Man Utd v Stoke - BPL
5 Feb - Chelsea v Man Utd - BPL
11 Feb - Man Utd v Liverpool - BPL
Constantly rotating the keepers won't do either of them any good.
Utter bollocks. Worrying? For feck sake, he's a long term investment; spare the doom and gloom.
Exactly.
SAF did the same thing with Howard and Caroll and it resulted in both keeper failing to reach their potential with us. Lindegaard is a good keeper, but De Gea is the future and should have been brought back to get his confidence back.
maybe it's tactical. I haven't seen Bolton since our September game ....? any big lads in that side?
Wish he could just get a run of games.
fecking hell. Daniel Taylor. I didn't even need to read the article to get frazzled by his creative license when it comes to the facts. The bits about being "error-prone" and losing his place are simply untrue. What is this guy's problem with writing a straight-forward piece without his own sensationalist projections?
Manchester United's error-prone David de Gea may need eye surgery
• Goalkeeper is long-sighted and plays in contact lenses
• Spaniard has lost first-team place after string of mistakes
feckin' hell, that's a weak article. I can't believe he had a read back through it and didn't think "What absolute bollocks that is".
We tend to overlook something when we read articles and throw the blame directly at the writer: He doesn't decide how the article will look like when it's printed. He doesn't decide the headline, normally he'd have no input at all on the matter.
Taylor may have written three-four paragraphs, nothing but a few clear facts about De Gea's minor eye problem, and the editor added backround stuff and a few such expressions as 'error prone' in order to make it more explosive, including the headline.
Yeah, the Guardian totally sensationalized a minor issue - one that it has every right to publish, mind you - but I wouldn't rush to blame Taylor. Sometimes reporters just do their jobs and their own papers make them look bad. Sometimes us fans refuse to accept some truths.
I remember the reaction when Taylor wrote that United staff were surprised at how raw and unimpressive Bebe looked in his early training sessions. Many here laughed at him. Can we honestly say he was definitely wrong? He was probably right.
Christ journalists just get worse week by week don't they.
Daniel Taylor is everywhere today.
Daniel Taylor is a known cnut, no need to come up with excuses.
string of mistakes, whats loads of crap. feck off where is the media witch-hunt of Reina and Szczęsny mistakes? The press are fecking scum.
In regards to his eyes, I am inclined to believe it because of his history with long range shots. He wears glasses of the field, don't know if he puts contacts on during games or not, but it looks like his eyes were not perfect.
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