Fbh112
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Hope that he starts playing regularly for his country. He is still young but could be a possibility of him returning to Spain to improve his chances of cementing a place in his NT.
Hope that he starts playing regularly for his country. He is still young but could be a possibility of him returning to Spain to improve his chances of cementing a place in his NT.
No chance he'll leave just to play for spain, if he's playing regularly in one of the biggest clubs in the world and playing well, he will cement his spot. If Costa is starting and he plays in the exact same league, how come De gea has to leave to get game time?
That is true about Costa, I sightly worry that it could still be a factor though. Del Bosque really sticks by players, however he probably won't be manager to much longer given his age and how Spain are fairing.
Doesn't make much sense going to Real Madrid as a former athletico madrid youth and fan..Madrid can feck off.
If he goes to Real Madrid it will be a HUGE shame, massive loss.
Always struggled with goalkeepers other than Schmeichel and VDS, let's not get rid of DDG.
Is this his first national team start?
So this is his first start in a competitive game? That's crazy really, but still leaves him with many years of service ahead.No he started against France in a friendly back in September.
Great to see De Gea get a start for Spain. He is the best goalkeeper they have imo. Should be first choice.
So this is his first start in a competitive game? That's crazy really, but still leaves him with many years of service ahead.
Ya. A really strange one that it took so long for VDB to realise he is Spains best goalkeeper but better late than never I suppose.
I think it's more that in De Gea's early days, Spain had three top keepers in Casillas, Reina and Valdes, meaning he was hardly going to get into the squad nevermind the starting 11, and in later days you still had Casillas starting a lot of the time, even if he wasn't at his best. Of course, it might be that Casillas isn't completely done for Spain yet, but despite De Gea's ability it's understandable why he didn't get a lot of game time for a while. Now, I expect he'll gradually establish himself as their long-term number 1.
The thing is for the last 2 years De Gea has been better than those three goalkeepers. Valdes was excellent last season for Barca but De Gea was fantastic for us too. Reina has been in decline for at least the the last 3 years. As for Casillas he has probably only had a real decline in the last 18 months so it is debatable whether Dave should have started ahead of him at the Euro's but he should been in the squad at least. But for Valdes' injury he probably wouldn't have made the World Cup squad either which is a bit of a joke, with the fact Reina was 2nd choice at that tournament taking the biscuit altogether.
Yeah, I'd agree that Reina still managing to be 2nd choice wasn't the best of decisions. It's not easy for a manager to simply put in a younger GK though, especially when Casillas didn't really decline all that much until fairly recently.
Yep, though a CB pairing of Pique & Bartra doesn't fill anyone with confidence! (That said, Barca's not done too badly in the league, have they?).Hopefully he gets a clean sheet tonight. Considering the opposition he really should.
Yep, but with Mascherano and Mathieu in defence.Yep, though a CB pairing of Pique & Bartra doesn't fill anyone with confidence! (That said, Barca's not done too badly in the league, have they?).
Very true. It's amazing - their defensive record. Even that 2 doesn't fill anyone with great confidence as a CB pairing.Yep, but with Mascherano and Mathieu in defence.