Indeed. Even after he dealt poorly with the cross United defenders were flat footed and made no attempt to challenge that big lump.
De Gea fecked up, but he wasn't alone.
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Indeed. Even after he dealt poorly with the cross United defenders were flat footed and made no attempt to challenge that big lump.
De Gea fecked up, but he wasn't alone.
We also would have "gotten a point" had the other players around the situation reacted instead of standing motionless once he missed the punch. Or we could have got 3 points if we were able to stop the mighty Blackburn from outplaying us and scoring from dreadful defensive errors
Of course De Gea should be criticized, rightly so but there's about eight or nine others who deserves just as much.
So we don't toe the party line and say all our players were super duper we're labelled knee jerks, spastics and muppets.
Really, take off the tinted glasses and look at the facts. He was very poor today, so in fairness people have a right on a football forum to express their honest opinion. No-one is calling for him to be sold let alone taken out back and shot. If you're not going to add anything to the discussion other than name calling why don't you leave the thread.
Why single me out Selby you little feck wit?
He has played 19 competitive games for the club and has made numerous errors. Quite a few of which have led to goals.
It is clear he is not ready yet!
Appalling goalkeeping. He has neither the physique nor the concentration to be a United keeper. I'll be furious if he stays first choice.
Well, we knew this from the start, midget keeper, suspect at crosses, not enough bulk, etc etc etc.
You can't say we didn't see this coming, we all said it was going to be an issue against the Stokes and other physical sides. Particularly if we were playing a defence like that. Or should I say no defense. I didn't say it, but I was cringing at the prospect of the Yak against that defense. I would put it down more on the defense than DDG. But wouldn't be surprised if Lindegaard gets a run now.
You can't say we didn't see this coming, we all said it was going to be an issue against the Stokes and other physical sides. Particularly if we were playing a defence like that. Or should I say no defense. I didn't say it, but I was cringing at the prospect of the Yak against that defense. I would put it down more on the defense than DDG. But wouldn't be surprised if Lindegaard gets a run now.
I thought is that he could have saved the second goal, albeit a very close range shot. My issue is with his command of the area and dealing with crosses which has been weak. After watching his performance against Blackburn today, you know all the other clubs will be looking to exploit this. Perhaps with a healthly choice of CBs this weakness wasn't as exposed. Even if he flubbed the cross that led to the goal he should have physically knocked the striker off enough that he could get that second effort in.
There comes a point when it becomes a bit unfair on Lindegaard if DDG remains number one considering both of their performances.
Whether that point's come, I don't know.
Whether that point's come, I don't know.
I'm not saying we should've played Anders as we would never know how the result might go if that happened. All I'm saying is that DDG had a poor performance today. Didn't have much to do apart from the third goal. But that fraction of a second, that instant will decide matches for you and even the tiniest of errors costs us the game. That's all.
But then you have these bunch of 'better posters' coming in and acting like dumasses. It's like people aren't allowed to voice their opinions anymore.
But then you have these bunch of 'better posters' coming in and acting like dumasses. It's like people aren't allowed to voice their opinions anymore.
What annoys me when it comes to De Gea is how it seems like his mistakes are talked about endlessly and what he does well completely ignored. We may have gotten a point if he hadn't played today but we also would have lost against Liverpool and Stoke had it not been for his performances in those games.
Anyway the Blackburn's third goal wasn't the only problem today. Just the fact that we're talking about Blackburn's third goal shows that there was a lot wrong with the performance today.
Anyway the Blackburn's third goal wasn't the only problem today. Just the fact that we're talking about Blackburn's third goal shows that there was a lot wrong with the performance today.
Several problems with this ridiculous post.
1> Blackburn no-where near out played us.
2> Don't blame other players for not reacting in a split second after the keeper made a horrendous error.
3> Yes we made defensive errors, but none as big as DDG's.
Why do some of you find it so hard to accept that he was pretty terrible today with the little he had to do?
Well, yeah. That's how it is to be a keeper.
De Gea is new at the club so he doesn't have years of solid goalkeeping behind him to look back on when making mistakes like this, so he's getting some (deserved) criticism for his involvement in the third goal. VDS got stick when he made mistakes as well, but because of his age we all knew he was fecking quality despite the odd mistake here and there, so the criticism was somewhat limited. De Gea is still a bit of an unknown, despite his huge potential, so the criticism he gets when making mistakes will be more severe than what VDS got. It's pretty logical really and the same logic can be applied to any other position on the pitch.
We're fecking up by rotating the keepers so much. Can understand the ring rust that De Gea shows in the context of being in and out of the team.
When it's all said and done though, he was a liability today.
Title winning teams don't have rotating goalies.
When it's all said and done though, he was a liability today.
Title winning teams don't have rotating goalies.
Both sides are equally bad in this regard. Some reactions towards him are completely over the top, while the opposing crowd want to sweep everything under the rug and pretend De Gea played a blinder and had nothing to do with the defeat.
The actual situation is somewhere in the middle of course.
There were countless things that were wrong out there today, but this is the De Gea thread, and so it is pertinent to discuss his performance here.
Not sure about that. SAF seems to want to stick with DDG and he's shown that by sticking with him after bigger blunders than this in the past.
A keeper must at the very least prevent the attacker from getting a connection on corners like that. Truth was we were pretty crap today, he just rounded off the misery by gifting them 3 instead of 1 point.
But errors were expected. Surely you knew this?
Was there a raft of people clamouring for him to be dropped after the game at Anfield? Of course there wasn't. He was class, and he pretty much won us that point. But fans are fickle. They want rigid automatons to perform in every game with no mistakes. As De Gea gets experience his mistakes will become fewer, and he won't get that experience by sitting on the bench.
No confidence in his own strength and agility when being challenged. Barely left the ground when he should be easily outjumping the opposition.
In all honesty I dont think Lindegaard deserved to be dropped. Blackburn are a big team and his height and organisation could have been a huge advantage. Got that one wrong Fergie
Not quite sure a mistake is how I'd class it. A mistake is something you'd normally get right, but cock it up in a particular instance, and that can of course happen to anybody.
I'm not sure DDG handles crosses well as a matter of course, and that's a different thing altogether.
I'm not sure DDG handles crosses well as a matter of course, and that's a different thing altogether.
This is the kind of stupid comments I don't like. Yes, terrible match today. But this is what you get from young goalkeepers. He's 20 years old for feck sake. Is it impossible to grow bigger and stronger after 20? He's one of the biggest goalkeeper talents in the world, but he will be inconsistent in his performances, that's something everybody should know. My question is, if we're going to rest him to give Lindegaard a few games every now and then, why didn't we rest him today? Against the team that has scored second most goals from corners. Against Samba, Yakubu etc. Lindegaard should have been in goal today, because of his ability in the box and his physical presence.
I don't think de Gea dares to log in on the caf tonight...
Good point. He may have possibly cost us a point today but he has also saved us points this season. People should really take that into account along with his age. He's shown enough in his overall game to reassure us that he will continue to develop into a top class keeper.
Lindegaard deserves a run in the side though. He's been patient and looked very good when he's had to step in. He hasn't really been given a proper test though, so why not now? De Gea can work on his weaknesses in training and be fully prepared for his next appearance, which will probably be sooner than you think.
There's no doubt others were at fault too but that doesn't mean De Gea wasn't.
It's mad on here. There's some players that get slated all the time and there's others that simply aren't allowed to be criticised.
Odd.
It's mad on here. There's some players that get slated all the time and there's others that simply aren't allowed to be criticised.
Odd.
It's getting to the point where we can't keep dropping Lindergaard, he's playing too well and if De Gea want's to stay in the side he needs to cut out the mistakes.
De Gea for this season and the coming seasons will make errors and learn from them. Some will prove costly and some will not but will be an excellent keeper. But to keep shielding him like this just makes the DeGea doubters doubt him even more. This is exactly what fecking happened to Berbatov in here. Treat him like any other player on the pitch and he has been excellent for us thus season far and was poor today. That is all.
Also the Basle game, he fecked up for the first goal but then Rooney missed a simple open goal but we went out because of De Gea's error according to most folk. Young goalkeeper in always getting the blame, and they wonder why the media are on to him. This isn't anything different to how Cech has been recently but i bet they have De Gea's cock up on the back of tomorrow's papers.
I have worried about his since the Charity shield. So I am not being fickle
I watched him a decent amount in La Liga last season and for Spain U21's in the summer and to me he does not look like the same keeper.
Certainly has not improved. The odd mistake is acceptable for a keeper. But he has made far too many
Aaaa the mighty Van Der Sar.. I do miss him
Sir Alex needs to pick a first choice keeper, and right now that should be Lindegaard.
I can't understand the people turning on De Gea already though. I had two United supporting friends text me after the game, one claiming De Gea was the worst keeper he had ever seen play professionally and another saying "I fecking hate De Gea". I can't understand reactions like this at all. De Gea is a young keeper in a new league, mistakes should be expected. I still fully expect him to be one of the best keepers in the world in a few years time.
I think De Gea was purchased more for his potential rather than his current ability, we should just be happy we have a seemingly very capable back up in Lindegaard at United to help us until De Gea reaches that potential.
I can't understand the people turning on De Gea already though. I had two United supporting friends text me after the game, one claiming De Gea was the worst keeper he had ever seen play professionally and another saying "I fecking hate De Gea". I can't understand reactions like this at all. De Gea is a young keeper in a new league, mistakes should be expected. I still fully expect him to be one of the best keepers in the world in a few years time.
I think De Gea was purchased more for his potential rather than his current ability, we should just be happy we have a seemingly very capable back up in Lindegaard at United to help us until De Gea reaches that potential.
Sigh.. Do you really think it has to be either or?
I'm 100% behind De Gea, but he was at fault for the third goal and should have done better with the second goal, (maybe getting down quicker). He looks dodgy atm, and Lindegaard looks composed whenever he called upon.
I'd love to see him continue in goal atm (De Gea that is), but we can't afford to lose more points. The thought of City lifting the trophy makes me shiver.
I'd love to see him continue in goal atm (De Gea that is), but we can't afford to lose more points. The thought of City lifting the trophy makes me shiver.
De Gea has had some good games and he's had some bad ones. This is a bad one. There'll be better days my friends.
When De Gea plays we ship goals, when Lindegaard plays we never concedes, literaly.
Make of that what you want.
Make of that what you want.
Did he make one save?
EDIT: He made two according to the BBC stats.
EDIT: He made two according to the BBC stats.
I dont get it. I seriously dont. Why cant you look at both sides of the situation. De Gea has had some blinders for us and shown himself on numerous occasions that he deserves to be first choice. However, he also has made some glaring mistakes that has cost us on occasion.
Nonetheless, he's had more good performances than poor matches otherwise Linde would be first choice by now. You cant just single out De Gea for blame today for today's loss. That's seriously unfair. Have some sense
Nonetheless, he's had more good performances than poor matches otherwise Linde would be first choice by now. You cant just single out De Gea for blame today for today's loss. That's seriously unfair. Have some sense
Bang on
I remember one and it was where the Blackburn player shot from the touchline at the halfway line.
Tough save....
I honestly don't remember another right now.
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