Where did he come from? I thought it was only Kietoftheworld or who ever he is and Golden balls who were against De Gea.
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Where did he come from? I thought it was only Kietoftheworld or who ever he is and Golden balls who were against De Gea.
I thought his lack of experience probably showed here most of all. Can't have been in many situations like that before and so caught in two minds and slow to react.
Not a huge deal, bigger questions would have to be asked of Carrick.
He could have went for it, and at least try to prevent a goal.
That is just annoying. Someone said the same when I said that he pussied out and should have done better. He was closer to the ball and it was his if he wanted it. He just jumped like Mumble in Happy Feet and that was it. It was shocking the way he dealt with it.
Would have been much worse if he got himself sent off.I'm sure he could have got around it without conceding or getting himself sent off but he was in two minds and his inexperience really showed.
If we had gone for it and got a red card in the 2nd minute, then all his haters would have been gone crazy on him and saying why did he go for it since it was only in the 2nd minute. Can he never win? How many times has he been in those situations? He made a mistake. Life is about making mistakes and I am confident he will definitely learn from them.
Carricks fault for the goal, should have played it back either hard or lower. The pass left de gea in no mans land. He tried to get to the ball but the striker beat him too it; he could have taken him down and got sent off, but he managed to avoid contact and the striker took full advantage of the team error.
de Gea made up for it with that free kick save, he will be a top keeper and he is worth persisting for. It was hardly a "howler" from him, more of an outright team error.
de Gea made up for it with that free kick save, he will be a top keeper and he is worth persisting for. It was hardly a "howler" from him, more of an outright team error.
I like him, hope he'll be our goalkeeper in the future.
But he should have been much more agressive and attack the ball for their goal.
Nice that he got to make a decent save from the free kick...
But he should have been much more agressive and attack the ball for their goal.
Nice that he got to make a decent save from the free kick...
I'm glad De Gea didn't risk it, that was a red card waiting to happen.
You might be right.
You can imagine what Schmeichel would have done in that situation but always get the ball (and player). De Geas mindset is different...
Lose - lose for him really. He could have gone for it, and very likely just taken out the man and be sent off, or he could have stayed and try to just save it and look silly for not going.
I personally think he overcommitted and should have just gone out to try and block as much of the goal as possible, but it was a very strange situation really, even if he could (and probably should) have done better. These situations are part of the package when you have an inexperienced keeper, and he will certainly learn from them. Nothing to get too worked up about.
I personally think he overcommitted and should have just gone out to try and block as much of the goal as possible, but it was a very strange situation really, even if he could (and probably should) have done better. These situations are part of the package when you have an inexperienced keeper, and he will certainly learn from them. Nothing to get too worked up about.
It was the 3rd minute.
If he was unsure about his timing, having had nothing to do, I can understand him not going all out for it.
A red card and a pen would've been worse.
If he came out and clattered the striker then it would have been a clear red card. He was perhaps a bit slow, but feck knows what Carrick was playing at. Ridiculous pass.
Just saw the goal, I don't think that can be classified as a howler to be honest.
Fergie said it as well that it was more of a soft pass from Carrick than anything. Anyway, whatever you put it down to, it's not a big deal. Shit happens.
Surely the fault lies with the pass... There wasn't much de Gea could do. If he comes flying in, there's a good chance he gives away a penalty and a red card. Just a poor pass and one of those things.
Reina's non save for Walcotts goal was worse goalkeeping for my money...
Reina's non save for Walcotts goal was worse goalkeeping for my money...
How much younger / older is Chesney from arsenal? He looks absolutely awful compared to DDG
De Gea is 7 months younger.
Reina didn't have a hope in hell, it was past him before he could react.
If he didn't want to go into he challenge for fear of fouling the player then he should've stood his ground and actually forced the player to put the ball past him no just jump out of the way of it. I understand people don't like to see him getting unfair criticism but that doesn't mean we need to bury our heads in the sand when he fecks up.
Theo hit it hard, but it wasn't in the corner or anything... In fact, it wasn't too far away from his hand at all. If he dives, he saves it.
Probably "He should've punched those arses further".
Surely it wasn't that bad of a feck up.
I am probably being ambitious but when I saw it I genuinely thought he turned his body the right way to turn it away from people if he fumbled it. Did it hit him in the face as well? I think it did but I can't remember.
Though a error I was actually really impressed with the way he recovered and descended on the ball like a mad man. He was probably the only one that really reacted and credit has to go for that even if it was a genuine error.
On the goal they scored, I thought he tried to be a clever cnut and anticipate the player touching it over him because he was going at speed. It's like a wall incident, the wall jumps and you shoot under it and score. Everyone goes 'feck'. If the wall stands still and it goes over their heads into the net everyone goes 'feck WHY DIDN'T THEY JUMP..'
This is just going purely off memory seeing it a few hours ago, but I thought it was just one of those ones where there were about 5 different options and whatever one he picked he was going to get done. Take the guy out, come out and get rounded, flail at it and conceed anyway, fall over and get trodden on and recieve a red card and 70 match ban and the ref chalks two goals.
It was shit but it is when you fail that you learn the most.
this - should have never happened and really coming from our best player form wise was shocking (and he never really recovered from it)
The commentating from Darke and McManaman was absolutely embarrassing, they should be ashamed of themselves - they bleated on and on about him for 10 minutes claiming not to picking on him but then flashing tweets about how SAF should admit to making a mistake with De Gea.
The commentating from Darke and McManaman was absolutely embarrassing, they should be ashamed of themselves - they bleated on and on about him for 10 minutes claiming not to picking on him but then flashing tweets about how SAF should admit to making a mistake with De Gea.
Yeah that was absolutely ridiculous. I can usually just ignore the stupidity of commentators but that really pissed me off. I even had a few non United supporting a friends text me asking why they were talking about DDG so much.
Correct.
He has to think about his near post, otherwise people would crucify him for letting it in there.
I thought he did very well in the game. That save for the free-kick was excellent. A few fumbles don't really matter as long as he's doing his job to quickly recover the mistake. He isn't one of the problem we had on the game.
this - should have never happened and really coming from our best player form wise was shocking (and he never really recovered from it)
The commentating from Darke and McManaman was absolutely embarrassing, they should be ashamed of themselves - they bleated on and on about him for 10 minutes claiming not to picking on him but then flashing tweets about how SAF should admit to making a mistake with De Gea.
Baxter and Sojiro have it exactly right. As a keeper you CANNOT risk a red card in that situation. A match saving hack near the end, yes. First minute in, hell no. Why is this so hard to understand?
Simple as and end of. Macca and his drunk idiot sidekick Darke can fukk off!
Haven't watched the game, so only going off highlights. Didn't look like he had the best of games. Made a couple of good saves, but also a couple of mistakes.
Carrick is primarily to blame for the goal I feel, but DDG likely could have done better as for me it looked like he was going to be first to the ball before pulling out of the challenge. He also spilled a fairly simply catch before diving on it before an attacker could get to it.
Seemed like it was a rather mixed game for him. Had both good and bad moments.
Carrick is primarily to blame for the goal I feel, but DDG likely could have done better as for me it looked like he was going to be first to the ball before pulling out of the challenge. He also spilled a fairly simply catch before diving on it before an attacker could get to it.
Seemed like it was a rather mixed game for him. Had both good and bad moments.
He did ok, he did not create the situation, but both he and Rodriguez pulled back. He was afraid of the red card. Unlucky, but he is the biggest talent in the wprld as a GK and we are lucky to have him.
Looked like he didn't want to catch Rodriguez and jumped to make sure he didn't knock it over him, understandable choice, shocking back pass really not De Gea's fault.
He shouldn't have been put in that situation but he has to do better for me. Maybe he was trying to avoid giving away a penalty, but if that's the case, his alternative to making the challenge has to be more decisive. I wouldn't exactly call it a howler, but I'd say the blame is equal for both him and Carrick.
He jumped out off the way of the ball. He couldn't possibly have made it any easier for the Southampton player to score. Carrick shouldn't have played that ball back to him but that doesn't mean he didn't also make a big mistake.
Could and should have done better with the goal, but the feck was Carrick thinking?
I liked how RVP when up to him soon after the fumble / save. The team know's he is under pressure, heck he knows he is because he seemed downright distraught after the goal.
Showed though it wasn't going to feck him up mentally and pulled off an excellent save when it counted.
Only thing I worry a little now is reading one report when Fergie was asked about DDG saying "He made the one good save" - report made it sound like Fergie wasn't too keen on praising him. Just hope it's not the case of SAF losing faith and more of just having to swallow that 2nd half performance by the team on the whole.
Showed though it wasn't going to feck him up mentally and pulled off an excellent save when it counted.
Only thing I worry a little now is reading one report when Fergie was asked about DDG saying "He made the one good save" - report made it sound like Fergie wasn't too keen on praising him. Just hope it's not the case of SAF losing faith and more of just having to swallow that 2nd half performance by the team on the whole.
Carrick was way more at fault but De Gea will still get some criticism.
Fair point, however when he's in the headlights it's better to be the one pushing him off the road rather than driving the truck.
The best thing about DDG is that despite all the scrutiny, the criticism, he doesn't seem unfazed.
I thought he was right to pull out of the challenge. He was not getting there first and obviously he knew it.
I'd rather be 1-0 after 3 minutes with 11 men than 0-0 after 3 minutes with 10 men facing a Lambert penalty.
I'd rather be 1-0 after 3 minutes with 11 men than 0-0 after 3 minutes with 10 men facing a Lambert penalty.
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