Big Dave is a gem. Top keepers are extremely hard to find in this day and age, for me De Gea has some of the best reflexes of any keeper anywhere in the world right now. You cant teach reflexes me thinks but he can work on his distribution and dealing with crosses/corners, once he does that he'll be on a different level. In any case we need to get him to sign a new contract, we wont be able to replace him and will take us a few steps backwards in the rebuilding process.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 43
- Clean sheets
- 13
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 0
Some of his clearances were iffy, but to be fair, Blackett in particular was rifling the ball back to him a lot which put him under a lot of pressure.
They say top keepers are worth an extra 12 points. He's helped us get at least half that already so far this year.
Truly becoming the world class keeper we knew he could be and always needed.
United have always struggled with keepers and if he stays at United I believe he will go on to be remembered in the Schmeichel / Van Der Sar category.
It's just slightly worrying this is coinciding with this rough patch United are going through, I believe he will sign another contract but if we don't improve losing him in another 2-3 years is a very real possibility
United have always struggled with keepers and if he stays at United I believe he will go on to be remembered in the Schmeichel / Van Der Sar category.
It's just slightly worrying this is coinciding with this rough patch United are going through, I believe he will sign another contract but if we don't improve losing him in another 2-3 years is a very real possibility
I don't think he is better than Neuer (yet anyway) but I'd have him over Courtois. Actually I'd have him over Neuer too just because I like him so much but yeah. A new contract would have to be being discussed. LVG couldn't watch him and not think it is of crucial importance to keep him around.
our best player by far. please get him sign that new contract ASAP !
ter Stegen too
But yes, better than De GeaI love DDG and think he's one of the best in the world but I don't think he was anything special today. Mostly just made the saves you would expect a good goalkeeper to make, didn't save their one good shot (I don't expect him to be able to save that) and made some iffy clearances. A solid game but nothing to go over the top about.
I don't know what it is about him but he is creeping up there into the category of one of my favourite United players of all time. If he leaves I'll be devastated.
Agree, his performance today was good but not spectacular. I think the fans are piling on the praise because he's been on a run where he's been absolutely reliable when the rest of the team has been generally a mess. He's the guy we count on for a while now to keep us in the game. Until our team settles and really go on a good run, we'll keep seeing him praised to God's glory for each and every decent-good performance. I love DDG though, so worshipping him for the moment is a pleasure.
I hope Valdes likes the FA Cup and time on the bench.
It was 'Crazy', that's what I heard originally as well.
Edit ya on the clip above about 4:00 in.
This. He made good saves when he had to but his kicking caused some of the problems we encountered, the Wilshere chance for example was a result of his kick being shite.
Probably unpopular opinion but I personally find the reaction to this game funny. Everyone moaned that Neville overly criticised him all the time, I thought yesterday he praised him far to much and no one said owt. He made 1 or 2 good saves (mainly from his mistakes to) and literally every other shot was straight at him. He had a good game but if ANY of them shots went in, except the 1 that did, I'd be very disappointed and it would of been because of a mistake from him rather than a brilliant shot. None of Arsenal's efforts were that good.
Put it this way, the famous comparison everyone loves to make.....if that was Joe Hart would anyone be saying he had a good game on here? I'm gonna say no.
Put it this way, the famous comparison everyone loves to make.....if that was Joe Hart would anyone be saying he had a good game on here? I'm gonna say no.
Didn't know he had that in his locker. Look how deep he throws it from as well...
As you said, DDG made the saves that he was expected to make. That's a good game. His kicking though, was pretty bad.
Now we just need someone to find Ed Woodward's contract-signing pen so we can get this wrapped up. My hopes for this season are: Top 4, good run in the FA Cup, plenty more chances given to youth players, and a new contract for DDG. Not too much to ask, surely?
Pace on Di Maria there with the ball. Unreal
I love how good this guy is at making rival fans pissed by just doing he's job well.
He did his job and he had a decent game, I just don't get all the praise like he's just made a string of world class saves, every shot except the 1 that went in was straight at him. I just feel people are going ridiculously over the top with their praise just foe the sake of praising him.
Leno, ter Stegen, Bravo, what the actual feck, you're having a laugh.
Most fans are just glad that we have DDG in goal, especially with the makeshift defence. He had a good game as well, which made it more impressive. No spectacular saves from him though.
He had four or five shots on goal no one would blame him for letting in.
Whose better then? Like you say Neuer is a level above everyone else but I can't think of any other goalkeeper that's better than De Gea.
i would also put Courtois slightly above him, but thats it.
This is brilliant!
Buffon: Past it.
Bravo: Good keeper yes but not an elite goalkeeper like De Gea.
Ter Stegen: Substitute. If he wasn't German you wouldn't give him a mention.
Leno: Talented young goalkeeper but that's all. Daft to even suggest he is top 3 in the world.
Cech: Great goalkeeper but how can someone who can't get a game at his club be in the top 3 goalkeepers in the world?
Each to their own I suppose. Arsenal had 8 shots on target. I genuinely can't think of 50%+ of them where I'd think I wouldn't blame him for letting them in. Of them 8 shots 4 were straight at him, the best of them lot was probably the Wilshere one where it was a poor effort and de Gea's mistake that led to it. The only save I thought was really impressive was when Oxlade Chamberlain tried going round him and he stayed up the whole time.
I rate de Gea highly and think he had a decent game by the way, I just think he's had much better. He did his job so shouldn't be criticised for it at all, any mistake he did make he made up for it.
If I hadn't seen the game and then read this thread and heard Gary Neville's commentary before watching it'd be a bit of an any climax when i actually saw it.
He's got plenty of time, but he really needs to sort out his kicking. It's not just today, or this season that it's looked a bit dodgy.
I think he could have done better for the goal - I'm sure even he'd admit that. It surprised him, and he needs to be ready for attempts like that.
Some of his saves in the first half were brilliant though.
I think he could have done better for the goal - I'm sure even he'd admit that. It surprised him, and he needs to be ready for attempts like that.
Some of his saves in the first half were brilliant though.
That shows you are clueless
I mean fair enough if you want to argue cases for Buffon and Cech (Buffon is passed it though). But he's added in Leno and ter Stegen just because they're German
His kicking was really bad yesterday, not helped by the state of the back passes but it was way below expectations. It's clear he's worked on coming off his line since Leicester. And the Wilshere save isn't luck when you've did it numerous times before.
Not sure about the Giroud goal or if he could've did better but the defending again is an utter joke, players looking over their shoulder checking for offside while Giroud is lining up a shot ffs.
Not sure about the Giroud goal or if he could've did better but the defending again is an utter joke, players looking over their shoulder checking for offside while Giroud is lining up a shot ffs.
anchan1989 is the german @peterstoreyI mean fair enough if you want to argue cases for Buffon and Cech (Buffon is passed it though). But he's added in Leno and ter Stegen just because they're German
Okay i agree Neuer is ahead of De Gea......it's normal i'm a bigger fan of De Gea instead of Neuer as a United fan
But De Gea would get the same praise like Neuer or Courtois with a much better defence......he can get many clean-sheets with a defence like ours
But if someone says "Buffon,Bravo,ter Stegen,Leno,Cech" are on the same level like De Gea then it's really funny
thought that goal was simply the result of us having 'won the game' we let our guard down.
His kicking wasn't spot on yesterday (hasn't been as good as it used to this season) but to be fair, some of the back passes have been terrible to deal with as well
anchan1989 is the german @peterstorey
Okay i agree Neuer is ahead of De Gea......it's normal i'm a bigger fan of De Gea instead of Neuer as a United fan
But De Gea would get the same praise like Neuer or Courtois with a much better defence......he can get many clean-sheets with a defence like ours
But if someone says "Buffon,Bravo,ter Stegen,Leno,Cech" are on the same level like De Gea then it's really funny
Yes, Buffon, number 1 of Turin and Italy, rated as one the best ever and still in a good keeper age of 36, is clearly behind a 24 year old.
And I never said that people like Leno or Bravo are better.
But they play on the highest level too. Someone like Leno plays CL, in a top league and gets compared to Neuer in Germany.
Why shouldnt he be on de Geas level.
You all just make stupid jokes and dont bring any facts in.
That FACT says it all.
And David wouldnt get the same praise as Neuer with Bayern because he isnt on his level.
Another fact. Hope you see a pattern here.
But hey, have fun with de Gea. As long as United fans see him as a top 3 keeper he surely is one.
Yes, Buffon, number 1 of Turin and Italy, rated as one the best ever and still in a good keeper age of 36, is clearly behind a 24 year old.
And I never said that people like Leno or Bravo are better.
But they play on the highest level too. Someone like Leno plays CL, in a top league and gets compared to Neuer in Germany.
Why shouldnt he be on de Geas level.
You all just make stupid jokes and dont bring any facts in.
That FACT says it all.
But hey, have fun with de Gea. As long as United fans see him as a top 3 keeper he surely is one.
When did that happen? Suggesting that Leno is on De Gea's level is laughable.
The German fans on here have become painfully arrogant.
I hope that Perez fecker is listening to Anchan. Win-Win.
You seem to be misunderstanding what the word 'fact' means.Yes, Buffon, number 1 of Turin and Italy, rated as one the best ever and still in a good keeper age of 36, is clearly behind a 24 year old.
And I never said that people like Leno or Bravo are better.
But they play on the highest level too. Someone like Leno plays CL, in a top league and gets compared to Neuer in Germany.
Why shouldnt he be on de Geas level.
You all just make stupid jokes and dont bring any facts in.
That FACT says it all.
And David wouldnt get the same praise as Neuer with Bayern because he isnt on his level.
Another fact. Hope you see a pattern here.
But hey, have fun with de Gea. As long as United fans see him as a top 3 keeper he surely is one.
Yes, his kicking was iffy yesterday and he made saves any keeper should be making, but it was they way he made those saves that made the difference. De Gea didn't palm the ball out for corners or push the ball back into play. Nine times out of ten he was catching the ball and a lot of those were hard to catch. That impressed me and it surely made the team more secure in defence.