David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances

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I know it hardly matters, but I much preferred our training gear without the DHL sponsorship. I own a sharp looking United polo, and a light jacket, but I can't see myself purchasing another with the sponsorship on it.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Indeed it is.

Next question. Who's sitting to the right of Phil Jones?

And who's the bloke right in front of Scholes?
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Looks like Rod Thornley, Ben's brother. He's a a masseur at United, I think.

Edit: Didn't see it'd been answered already!
 
Speaking of De Gea, I was watching a few Schemeichel videos earlier and this popped up in the suggestions. It's a few months old at this stage but it's good to see him sticking up for him.

 
Interview with him and Rafael tonight on MUTV.

Mandy Henry ‏ @MandyHenryMedia
Just interviewed @D_DeGea & Rafael on the title race, and their current form. See them & the boss on #mutv tonight @530&sun from 3pm #MUFC
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In other news he's changed his twitter profile picture (though not sure how long ago he changed it):

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He's a real trooper. Can someone photoshop his head on to this please?

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Levo91 said:
Had a good game, pretty straightforward for him. Couldn't of do anything for the goal.
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I'm still totally in two minds about the disallowed goal.

Yes he gets totally blocked off and pushed back into the goal, and I do think it was a free-kick, but...

The consensus is that it was a very soft decision, and one that, rightly or wrongly, would not be given on the majority of occasions - and you can see why people are saying that.
Which begs the question, why do we not see the same thing happening more often? And the only answer is that goalies do not let it happen - one way or another they are strong enough to muscle their way out of the situation.

I'm not having a go at him, because we've known since seing examples much earlier in the season that, at his age, physical strength is likely to be his biggest challenge. And although he's already improved massively in that department, he was never going to toally solve the problem in the space of 3 or 4 months, so we can always expect their to be the odd issue like this, hopedully with ever-decreasing frequency.

Just saying that, in terms of "how he did on Wednesday", that incident (combined with the fact that he didn't really have much else to do to make ammends) meant that IMO, it was one of his less impressive performances in the last couple of months.
 
Damien1990 said:
I'm not entirely sure why I've done this one...

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Okay, listen. There's limits to this sort of thing. You know, you shouldn't have done that. Seriously.

There are episodes of Match of the Day, containing Alan Shearer, less depresseing than this picture.
 
Oh pretty please get a De Gea photoshop thread going :lol:
 
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Top quality photoshops.

Especially like yours Sir A1ex, and De Gea-Bond, and Hectic's two!

Edit: And Potter Gea!
 
I think all this calls for a De Gea photoshop thread.
 
F365 said:
De Gea: Chelsea save crucial
David de Gea hopes his stunning last-gasp save at Chelsea in February will turn out to be the defining moment of Manchester United's season.


Prior to that game at Stamford Bridge, there had been genuine debate as to whether De Gea should even be selected.

He had missed the previous league victory over Stoke due to a minor injury, at which stage he was already receiving criticism for his performance in the FA Cup defeat at Liverpool, which even Sir Alex Ferguson has since said was not a good day for the Spain Under-21 star.

However, Ferguson kept faith in his £18million summer arrival from Atletico Madrid and, not for the first time, was rewarded.

Questions may have been asked about how United ended up finding themselves three goals behind against Chelsea but, having hauled themselves level, to then lose anyway could have had a devastating effect on team morale.

Yet lose is almost certainly what would have happened without De Gea, who somehow managed to claw away Juan Mata's injury-time free-kick which was heading into the top corner.

It was a seminal moment for United, who embarked on an eight-match winning run that helped them take maximum advantage of Manchester City's collapse, and also De Gea, who kept his sixth clean sheet in seven games in Sunday's win over Aston Villa.

"When you look back over a season there are lots of defining moments and key goals," he said.

"But, I suppose, from a team point of view, and particularly from a personal point of view, the fact the save was right in the last minute was decisive.

"It gave me a huge confidence boost as well and that was important.

"Now we are in front and we have to try and stay there because it would be a dream come true to win the league in my first season."

It means the odd fault - De Gea did not challenge for the corner from which Victor Moses had a goal harshly disallowed in the match against Wigan recently - can be excused, and outside scrutiny is not quite as intense.

In fact, De Gea is even being spoken of as a potential United player-of-the-year in a season when there are few stand-out candidates.

"It is nice to know supporters are voting me," said De Gea.

"It is always a positive when the fans are behind you. It is something I can sense when I am on the field and makes me feel more relaxed.

"It is a source of extra motivation when you know the fans are right behind you and rooting for you.

"But all that aside, it is just a case of getting your head down, keep working hard and making sure you do have a continuous improvement all the time."

Jonny Evans has suggested De Gea's inability to speak English was a positive in those early days.

Yet leaving for somewhere so different at such a young age may have been part of the problem, along with the weather and the food.

"Before I came, people back home were saying the weather in England is terrible and the food is not much better," he said.

"But I am quite a happy, easy-going kind of guy who likes to have a joke around and, to be totally honest, I like the food, the weather has not been so bad either and I am trying to pick up as much English as I can so I can take part in the dressing room banter."

In addition, De Gea has been pushing himself in the weights room, trying to add the additional muscle required in a Premier League goalkeeper.

"People are aware I have been trying to gain a little bit of weight in terms of muscle, maybe an odd kilo to bulk up a little bit," he said.

"But football-wise, there are not too many differences. The concentration levels are certainly the same, you can't let them drop for an instant."
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Think plenty of people have obviously said that the Chelsea save was the turning point for him, so thats just confirmation from him more then anything. It does seem like he's a real confidence player though, if things go wrong and the fans start to turn on him again, it could be bad for the lad.

Hopefully such a thing won't happen of course!
 
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