I believe there are lots of keepers who wears contact lens and don't think it bothers them that much
David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances
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Tim Howard has fkn tourette syndrome. He copes fine. Scholes has asthma. Not just the light weight asthma that many people get. Contacts are nothing.
If he is long sighted it should mean his vision close up ie for reading is impaired but his distance vision is fine. I am short sighted and I wear contact lenses, yes there are some vision issues under artificial lights but its neglible.
Lots of footballers wear glasses and they play fine.
Lots of footballers wear glasses and they play fine.
You guys realise Taylor doesn't actually write this bit
No matter which we you look at it, this has been a bad transfer for the immediate number 1 spot. At £25m for a keeper you shouldn't be getting a decent prospect for the future but one of the best keepers in the world.
Believe me if he does have lazer treatment he won't be able to play for circa 6 months. Even after your eyes fully recover, it takes your brain even longer to adapt.
Believe me if he does have lazer treatment he won't be able to play for circa 6 months. Even after your eyes fully recover, it takes your brain even longer to adapt.
It was 18 million, but i agree he should be number 1 and not getting shunted to the bench. Young keepers will make mistakes, Casillas done it, Hart done it, Buffon done it, VDS done it, you just have to persist with them.
Casillas had a major rise, but then also had a period when he was on the bench, in 2001/02. Remember him coming on as a sub in the CL final against Leverkusen and making some saves? It wasn't all roses.
All 3 United in talking bollocks shock
That's why he has 2,614 posts in 10.5 years.
After lazer treatment, you're perfectly fine within 2 days.
No, your brain doesn't understand it and pretends you're a different species.
his poor brain must have really struggled with the contacts, eh?
Totally different believe me. Its very bizzare.
Regarding the other amusing replies... I am talking bollocks regarding De Gea's transfer at £18m being a bad one for the IMMEDIATE number 1 shirt??! Yes obviously total bollocks!
£18m should be the finished article for a keeper. That's all i am saying. Yes the kid looks like a very promising prospect but we needed a world class keeper for the vacant shirt of VDS, not a promising prospect with all the inevitable consistency issues.
All 3 United; stop saying 'believe me' - nobody does.
How many World Class keepers are there out there and how easily available are they? If De Gea spends the rest of his career here and realises his potential, everyone will be calling it a bargain. All keepers have consistency issues, only the truly World Class ones overcome this to an extent and even then it's not until their mid to late 30's.
Can't be arsed explaining. You all obviously no best.
I'm with All 3 United on this. £18m for a keeper at that age is absolutely insane. You could get most top keepers today -finished article- for that price.
Who?
Like who?
If you but that money up you would get Buffon. You could probably get any of the keepers in the premier league except for the impossible transfers like Liverpool and Chelsea and City - but that's mainly due to the unrealistic nature of their bankbook.
There are plenty of keepers that are available for that price.
There are plenty of keepers that are available for that price.
Yes I get why we signed him and to add even more strength to the decision keepers at the top level tend to stay at the one top club.
But I still think given our circumstances (VDS retiring) that it was a poor decision for certainly this season and possibly next. We should have signed a prospect to act as an understoody to VDS in his latter years not just signed one and thrown in him at the deep end.
Buffon has injury problems, so that would always be a gamble.
The same Buffon who's suffered a lot of injuries recently was a risk and there's no guarantee he'd want to leave Juve. Apart from the Keepers at our rivals no keepers in this League impress me other than perhaps Krul, I base that on highlights though so it's no guarantee to say these keepers are better in the moment.
Don't think we foresaw VdS retiring until his final year, IMO he could have gone on for another few years. Don't forget we had PIG and Foster under him and at periods in time they looked good prospects.
Mark Schwarzer.
Short-term solutions to a long-term problem? No thanks, maybe in hindsight Friedel on a free with De Gea signing wouldn't have been a bad idea, would have been harsh on Lindegaard though.
Buffon is 33 and has had injury troubles. Although he is a great GK, it would have been a huge gamble to sign him given his age and injuries.
How many of the GKs in the PL are Man Utd quality? Only GKs I'd have from the other teams are Hart & Reina - neither would ever happen. Of course we could sign Howard & Foster for £18 million, but that didn't work out well the first time.
De Gea was always going to need time to settle in & I thought he was playing very well until SAF decided to rotate the GKs around christmas time.
Yes, replace 40 year old VDS with 39yo Schwarzer.
How many of the GKs in the PL are Man Utd quality? Only GKs I'd have from the other teams are Hart & Reina - neither would ever happen. Of course we could sign Howard & Foster for £18 million, but that didn't work out well the first time.
De Gea was always going to need time to settle in & I thought he was playing very well until SAF decided to rotate the GKs around christmas time.
Yes, replace 40 year old VDS with 39yo Schwarzer.
Plenty more goalkeepers left right? No point wasting all the names on one post.
de Gea should be back in training the day after the eye surgery. It really is a simple procedure (in terms of operations), and to suggest it would put him out for half of a calendar year is silly.
SchwarzerHe's been injured for about 2 months and isn't an automatic start for Fulham
The only keeper I'd have here from the PL is Reina.
As much as De Gea is being lambasted for contributing to our CL exit, Hart was culpable for his fair share of the goals City conceded (especially Bayern away) as well.
He's been injured for about 2 months and isn't an automatic start for Fulham
The only keeper I'd have here from the PL is Reina.
As much as De Gea is being lambasted for contributing to our CL exit, Hart was culpable for his fair share of the goals City conceded (especially Bayern away) as well.
And Neuer isn't exactly setting the world alight at Bayern either, if i remember right many wanted us to sign him.
fecking classic this last page.
Jussi Jaaskelainen fits the bill.
Now you're just naming PL keepers
It was not long ago he held some sort of insane clean sheets record - and they didn't let a goal in for ages. How the hell did this turn into something negative from one month to the other?
He's made a fair few mistakes this season from what I've seen and guess what, he's injured too right now.
Because he made a massive cock-up against Monchengladbach on Friday.
Is there any keeper who's not injured according to you???
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