David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances

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Save of the season so far, stunning. Still not the greatest of performances but promising signs.
 
mufcwarm92 said:
Save of the season so far, stunning. Still not the greatest of performances but promising signs.
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It was a solid performance from him today. I don't think that he can really be faulted for any of the goals, and he made that incredible save as well.
 
SteveJ said:
I'm guessing that DDG knew exactly where Mata was going to place the kick, as David opted to use his right hand to push the ball away when it seemed more easy & more natural to use his left; he had more time to make that decision than if he'd been surprised by the kick's direction & placement.
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Guybrush Threepwood said:
Check out Maroon's history, you don't debate with a guy that argued we should've bought Craig Gordon and has had a massive problem with De Gea from the start, as you can see here today, he has issues with De Gea.
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It's about opinions, and I believe Gordon to be one of the best (certainly was ... who knows now), and I have had a problem with de Gea's performances (yes performances, not the lad himself) right from the start ... even from the US tour.

Of course you can always blame the player for mistakes but ultimately it's up to the manager to decide whether to select that player or not. The player can only hope to minimize the errors.
 
MaroonPondlife said:
It's about opinions, and I believe Gordon to be one of the best (certainly was ... who knows now), and I have had a problem with de Gea's performances (yes performances, not the lad himself) right from the start ... even from the US tour.

Of course you can always blame the player for mistakes but ultimately it's up to the manager to decide whether to select that player or not. The player can only hope to minimize the errors.
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I don't have a problem with that Maroon, although I strongly disagree regarding Gordon obviously.

My issue with you is that it was obvious you'd be in here today, "downplaying" De Gea's wonder save. To me that's just petty and makes you look like a man with an agenda.
 
De Gea was at times nervous, in the first half, but as we needed him to keep calm, and the game grew in intensity, so did David grow in confidence. Fantastic couple of saves at the death, and excellent distribution throughout.

Couldn't do anything about the goals, and saved us a point. I for one am very happy with him.
 
MaroonPondlife said:
On first seeing it I was like 'Wow' but I've revised my astonishment and have downgraded the save to very good. When the ball was struck he was actually on the move and pretty central so I'm not surprised he got it.

A few years ago Cech would have saved it ... not on today's form. He was seriously lame on a few of the shots. I though he could even have tried to pull the Rooney shot that led to the equaliser down and held it.
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:lol:

I bet Craig Gordon wouldn't have reached it. :angel:
 
Manchester United's David de Gea shows true worth in Spanish duel

David De Gea, whose fitness to succeed Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar is a constant source of debate, reimbursed a chunk of the £18.3m paid for his services by Manchester United when he preserved the 3-3 scoreline so dramatically secured by his team‑mates with a save that conspicuously illustrated the talent identified in the young Spaniard by Sir Alex Ferguson and his scouts.

In the first minute of added time Paul Scholes obstructed David Luiz 25 yards from the United goal, leading Howard Webb to award a free‑kick. Juan Mata, who had played a part in each of the goals that had given Chelsea a 3-0 lead, hit a fantastic 25‑yard free‑kick that was arrowing into the top right-hand corner until De Gea, twisting as he flew across the goalmouth, used his right hand to turn it around the angle of bar and post. Three minutes later, in the final seconds of the contest, the goalkeeper reached up to tip over a furious 25‑yard drive from Gary Cahill which, like Mata's effort, might have restored Chelsea's advantage and reinforced their challenge for the fourth Champions League qualifying place.

Coming from a man who arrived in England with a reputation for conceding goals from long-range shots, and who will undergo an operation this summer to correct a congenital defect in his eyesight, both interventions were enormously impressive. Goalkeepers are paid to have a decisive effect, and in the end De Gea was as influential in the outcome of this high-octane contest as the referee, who was presented with the sort of near-impossible decisions that are becoming more common by the week at the highest level of the English game, and which had both managers hopping around their technical areas in various stages of exasperation.

Chosen to start after Anders Lindegaard had been ruled out by injury, De Gea had begun the afternoon badly, fluffing an attempt to punch a ball that looped up in as crowded goalmouth following a Raul Meireles corner in the sixth minute. It was a weak intervention that seemed to underline all the reservations expressed about the ability of his slender 6ft 4in physique to cope with the power-play of the Premier League. But as Chelsea reversed the run of play and established what looked very much like a winning lead with three goals between the 36th and the 50th minutes, the goalkeeper could not really be faulted for any of them.

The first came when David Sturridge, receiving a clever pass from Mata, brilliantly transfixed Patrice Evra before darting for the byline close to the goal and pulling back a ball that rebounded off De Gea's outstretched leg on to Jonny Evans's chest and back into the net. The second may have represented Stamford Bridge's most enjoyable moment of the season so far, when the hard-working Fernando Torres received the ball close to the right-hand touchline and measured a long, dipping cross that Mata met beyond the far post with a volley of staggering velocity and stunning accuracy. Made in Spain, it was a goal of majestic proportions, and had De Gea managed to get any part of his anatomy in its path he might not have been seen for the remainder of the season. The goalkeeper was similarly blameless when Mata curled in the free‑kick from which Luiz, with the aid of Rio Ferdinand's shoulder, made it 3-0.

Where do they come from, these shuddering thrillers between the top Premier League sides, each one a self-contained scene within a season-long grand opera, occurring with a regularity completely unknown in previous eras? If this match reached half-time as a fractious and unlovely affair, with far too much time and attention expended on listening out for the chants of "One England captain, there's only one England captain" from the John Terry loyalists in the Matthew Harding Stand and "Rio! Rio! Rio!" from the visiting fans in the Shed End, in its final stages the damp fuse finally caught, enabling it to explode like the most extravagant of firework displays.

André Villas-Boas bemoaned what he sees as Chelsea's run of bad luck with referees, and the award of a second penalty to United, when Danny Welbeck stumbled over Branislav Ivanovic's leg, certainly seemed to have been provoked by the United player. In terms of absolute justice, however, there was a strong sense that the contest had rebalanced itself fairly as the champions clawed their way back into the match, driven on by an impassioned Wayne Rooney, whose two spot-kicks were dispatched with even more than the customary measure of violence. "It's almost normal service for them – a big comeback, great desire," the disappointed Villas-Boas said in a courteous tribute to the characteristic Ferguson holds most dear.

At that stage, De Gea could only stand and watch. But in the end he had his part to play, and it was executed with a panache that, for all his evident callowness under certain kinds of pressure, spoke eloquently on behalf of the future Ferguson has in mind for his willowy 21-year-old.
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Source: Manchester United's David de Gea shows true worth in Spanish duel | Football | The Guardian
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
I don't have a problem with that Maroon, although I strongly disagree regarding Gordon obviously.

My issue with you is that it was obvious you'd be in here today, "downplaying" De Gea's wonder save. To me that's just petty and makes you look like a man with an agenda.
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I didn't initially ... I truly thought it was an outstanding save :eek:but them realised (after watching everything a few times)that it wasn't one of those impossible ones that you see from time to time.
 
MaroonPondlife said:
I didn't initially ... I truly thought it was an outstanding save :eek:but them realised (after watching everything a few times)that it wasn't one of those impossible ones that you see from time to time.
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Full stretch, starting from the other side of the goal and with the ball almost perfectly heading for the corner. It's rare to see a keeper even move for those, let alone save it.
 
he played well today but stil has to learn how manage those long passes, anyway I thing Rio did not help him to much...Vida
 
RonaldoVII said:
Craig Burley said it was a bread and butter save :rolleyes: If it was Joe Hart, they would be giving it it's own 30 minute review show...
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If ever I wanted someone to fall off the commentary gantry it would be this turd.
 
Sunny Jim said:
to be fair, its his equivalent of Wilkins' "my word". I swear I've heard bread and butter bit at least three times during the whole game.
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I hate that phrase. It just seems a really uneducated way of calling something simple (kind of ironic I suppose).
 
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What a save.
 
Goal.com

"Made a nervy start with a weak back-hand punch, which set the tone for an anxious display, particularly when dealing with crosses. The Spaniard made a few athletic saves, particularly in added time, but he looks an accident waiting to happen."

An example of not giving credit where it's due.
 
marcus agrippa said:
Of what use ability when it isn't exercised?

Assuming, of course, that he does have that ability...
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Aye, he enjoys the injuries. I'm not going to discuss Gordon with you further.

Its just a shame that a promising young keeper has had his career stalled by a series of bad injuries/management. I was hoping that he might end up at OT but that's a lot less likely now.
 
The Sun rated him as 5.5 too:

De Gea produced two stunning stoppage-time saves to keep out Mata's free-kick and Cahill's drive.

DREAM TEAM RATINGS

MAN UTD: De Gea 5
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go figure :lol:


I honesty thought he made a mess of one punch, but he still got the ball away which was the main thing, aside from that did he do anything wrong?
 
I don't think he put a foot wrong at all today except that dodgy punch near the start. How that merits a 5.5 rating regardless of who's giving it i'd love to know. He made 2 world class stops that saved us at the death. No wonder people are given a perception of him when reading such drivel
 
MaroonPondlife said:
interestingly, this shows why he was able to get to the ball ... the trajectory, and his movement as the ball was struck gave him a chance. Very good save all the same.
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That kinda comes under the incredible goalkeeping point, he moved to where he had to, showing excellent presence and ability to think on his feet...

Orton said:
I don't think he put a foot wrong at all today except that dodgy punch near the start. How that merits a 5.5 rating regardless of who's giving it i'd love to know. He made 2 world class stops that saved us at the death. No wonder people are given a perception of him when reading such drivel
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Also look at how he punched it away from the danger area at least, rather than onto an attackers noggin.
 
MaroonPondlife said:
I was thinking the same ... however, I guess its still the fact that it wasn't clean that was worrisome.
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And that it was very catchable.

Also, tThere was a second half shot which I don't think I saw replayed, and on first viewing I couldn't decide if it was a good save or whether he fluffed it a bit trying to punch it away in the right direction.
 
phelans shorts said:
That kinda comes under the incredible goalkeeping point, he moved to where he had to, showing excellent presence and ability to think on his feet...



Also look at how he punched it away from the danger area at least, rather than onto an attackers noggin.
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Joe Hard punched it straight onto Skrtel the other week, all was forgotten when he made a good save. Complete different story with De Gea however.
 
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