David de Gea | 2011-14 Performances

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Mad said:
I don't like Ballague on the same side of an argument as myself. It gives me a foreboding feeling.
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Really it's in all of our interests for Ballague to slate De Gea, given his track record.

The situation has gone critical. I can't think of a solution now except to execute order 66. He's pushed us to it.
 
De Gea, an £18.3 million signing from Atletico Madrid, was at fault for both of Manchester City's goals in Manchester United's Community Shield victory at Wembley and conceded another soft goal during Sunday's 2-1 Premier League win at West Bromwich.

De Gea's fallibility when dealing with crosses and high balls into the six-yard box was also evident at The Hawthorns, but United manager Ferguson is understood to have no plans to drop the youngster in favour of Danish understudy Anders Lindegaard for Monday's clash with Tottenham at Old Trafford.

But while Ferguson believes De Gea's mistakes so far stem from positional issues which can be eradicated quickly, the Scot is aware of the need for De Gea, 20, to improve his physique in order to avoid being outmuscled by opponents.

Ferguson complained of De Gea being subjected to over-physical 'abuse' by West Brom's players, a statement eerily similar to his response to Peter Schmeichel being tormented by Wimbledon's aerial bombardment in 1991.
Ferguson said of the Dane at the time: "Any goalkeeper would be under pressure from their kind of physical attack. This is all new to him, having to collect so many crosses and high balls, but we knew that would be the case when we bought him."

Schmeichel was a much more imposing, and experienced, figure than De Gea, but United have already mapped out a personalised training programme to accelerate De Gea's physical development.
Under the guidance of senior fitness coach Tony Strudwick, De Gea is expected to follow a similar programme to that laid down for Mexican forward Hernandez last season.

Hernandez bulked up significantly and Patrice Evra and Cristiano Ronaldo have also benefited from fast-track fitness regimes at Old Trafford.
De Gea, who appears some way short of his alleged 6ft 4in frame, will be given similar treatment, with special emphasis on his diet.
During the club's pre-season tour of the United States, Strudwick admitted the need to pay close attention to the individual needs of players, particularly new arrivals such as De Gea.

"The Premier League is not the same as La Liga," said Strudwick. "What the modern player can expect now is personal attention. They deserve that.
"The days of coming in at 9.30am, having a slice of toast, then jogging onto the training pitch are gone."

Ferguson's decision to pursue De Gea last season ahead of the likes of Germany's Manuel Neuer and Liverpool's Pepe Reina, who both came under consideration, was due to his belief that Petr Cech's success at Chelsea had dispelled the theory that young goalkeepers are not suited to the demands of the Premier League.

Iker Casillas, the Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper, has spoken highly of his young rival, claiming that ''he will pension us all off,'' but De Gea has shown signs of weakness that have already been noted by his team-mates.
At The Hawthorns, both Phil Jones and Anderson were seen raising their arms to the goalkeeper in order to highlight the need for De Gea to be prepared to combat flailing arms, an issue which is unlikely to go away when United travel to unforgiving opponents such as Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers.

Eric Steele, United's goalkeeping coach, scouted De Gea for more than 18 months and said that he will be given time to adjust.
"Did you see Edwin when he was 20?" Steele said. "There's work to be done, but no player is completely finished at 20.''

Off the pitch, De Gea is taking daily English lessons and has flown his girlfriend, the Spanish pop star Edurne, over to be with him in Manchester.
But with a trip to the Britannia Stadium looming on Sept 24, the youngster will be expected to find his feet quickly if he is to settle on the pitch as well as he is settling off it.
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Don't agree that he was at fault for both City's goals, but at least it's a more balanced read than some of the tripe being printed.

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Ian Wright speaks. :nervous:

DAVID DE GEA can still go on to be one of the great keepers for Manchester United.

He is only 20 and has gone straight into the team after arriving at the club for a lot of money.

Yet any mistakes he makes are always going to be highlighted, because he is at arguably the biggest club in the world. The spotlight will always be on him.

When you have had great keepers like Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar, it is always going to be difficult to follow in their footsteps.

United had a couple of slip-ups with Fabien Barthez and Mark Bosnich - and even Schmeichel had a tough couple of games when he first arrived.

But Alex Ferguson knows what he is doing and the fact he has thrown the Spaniard in so quickly has made me question why others think he should have been held back.

It is amazing that a 20-year-old is playing in goal for United. But I would look at him alongside the other young players they have brought in, like Chris Smalling and Phil Jones.

If Ferguson thinks you are good enough to merit paying out that sort of money to bring you to Manchester United, then there is really nothing to worry about.

From what I have seen of De Gea, as long as he can keep going and limit his mistakes - because all goalies make mistakes - he will be fine.

I think that he will go on to be one of the great goalkeepers at Manchester United, without a doubt.

He has the backing of Ferguson and will have the time and support to get it right.

All De Gea has to do is get the experience - and playing for United in a goldfish bowl, he will get that very quickly.

I think if Fergie felt he needed an older, more experienced keeper as back-up, he would have got him.

Maybe if Van der Sar could have been persuaded to stay for an extra year, you could have given De Gea more time to settle in.

But Van der Sar has retired and, if Fergie thinks De Gea is good enough to throw straight in, I am not going to argue with him.
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The media are too fixated on his fee. It was a case of 'pay £18 million now and develop him ourselves' rather than 'wait 5 years for him to develop elsewhere and then pay double, maybe treble that amount'. We have a history of buying young players, letting them settle and develop, and then reaping the rewards, rather than pay big money for the finished article. In the last 10 years we've seen Rooney, Nani, Ronaldo, even going to the early part of the decade when we signed Rio, none of them were the players we see today. But we stuck by them and long term we are the ones who have reaped the benefits, while teams like Chelsea pay £30 million for Shevchenko.
 
EvilChuck said:
The media are too fixated on his fee. It was a case of 'pay £18 million now and develop him ourselves' rather than 'wait 5 years for him to develop elsewhere and then pay double, maybe treble that amount'. We have a history of buying young players, letting them settle and develop, and then reaping the rewards, rather than pay big money for the finished article. In the last 10 years we've seen Rooney, Nani, Ronaldo, even going to the early part of the decade when we signed Rio, none of them were the players we see today. But we stuck by them and long term we are the ones who have reaped the benefits, while teams like Chelsea pay £30 million for Shevchenko.
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great post EC,thats why I E love you xxx
 
One thing that impressed me was his feet. His clearances are constantly putting the ball in a safe areas, unlike PIG'S clearances which amost always end up in the danger zone between our midfield and defence and cause all kinds of problems.

He's not really that tall and he's skinny as a rake but he still has a good presence which is important for a goalkeeper.

As for the blunders. Mark Bosnich believes both goals were technical mistakes caused by his body hitting the ground before his hands touched the ball and not due to poor reaction. Watching both goals again Bosnich is probably right the balls actually go under is hands while his body is just hitting the ground. He went on to say it can be easily rectified.

Nothing needs to be recitified anyway as the errors were probably just brought on by a bit of nervousness.
 
I don't really give a rats arse about what the media and these bloody pundits say about De Gea. He is our keeper and he is very young. He still so much to learn. This is his first season in the premier league. He will definitely need to get used to it. It will be hard and he will definitely make more mistakes. I am confident he will become one of the best when he matures. I have full confidence in him.
 
After a few clean sheets, some great saves and some punching of the ball through the face of a Pool player, his confidence will be back
 
RDCR07 said:
I don't really give a rats arse about what the media and these bloody pundits say about De Gea. He is our keeper and he is very young. He still so much to learn. This is his first season in the premier league. He will definitely need to get used to it. It will be hard and he will definitely make more mistakes. I am confident he will become one of the best when he matures. I have full confidence in him.
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Good post. Pundits slated Vida and Evra when they came to United first, what they say means feck all really.
 
RDCR07 said:
I don't really give a rats arse about what the media and these bloody pundits say about De Gea. He is our keeper and he is very young. He still so much to learn. This is his first season in the premier league. He will definitely need to get used to it. It will be hard and he will definitely make more mistakes. I am confident he will become one of the best when he matures. I have full confidence in him.
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I agree with this, but don't be surprised to see Lindegaard in goal against Spurs. All this media bashing may mean Fergie will take take him out of the firing line for a match or two....

could be talking bollocks though...:cool:
 
Blair said:
Show me the picture that proves he's 6'4".
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I should have rephrased that to 6'3" at least.

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Stood talking to the 6'2" Vidic.
 
I can show you one that suggests he is anything but. You have already seen it as it has been posted numerous times. In this very thread, no less.

Here it is again:

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How tall is Fergie? I'd guess at 6ft or just under maybe? Looks a good few inches taller in this image.

Its so difficult to prove how tall someone is going by photographs.
 
Comparing to a straight taken from this DHL shit (anyone - even not good at math - should understand what does it mean)... every player with his head above this line is higher than de Gea. But I don't understand you, is he a worse goalkeeper if he's not 6'4'' or 6'3''? His arms are long as feck and his fingers are not short, too... believe me.

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The problem with that team picture above is that its not taken straight on with regards to the DHL board so its not exactly accurate for guessing someones height.
 
Maciek said:
Comparing to a straight taken from this DHL shit (anyone - even not good at math - should understand what does it mean)... every player with his head above this line is higher than de Gea. But I don't understand you, is he a worse goalkeeper if he's not 6'4'' or 6'3''? His arms are long as feck and his fingers are not short, too... believe me.

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DDG is the same height as Smalling. Why the feck would Uefa have false information? :rolleyes:
 
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