Yeah I noticed that too. Previously like when Townsend went through on goal he would have been glued to his line, but he was already on the edge of the box.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 43
- Clean sheets
- 13
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 0
Definitely. He was always reluctant to come off of his line before this season and if it's something the new 'keeper coach has focused on then fair play to him.
Another top display.
He was outclassed by Lloris today.
How dare the French bastard.
How dare the French bastard.
Outclassed in the sense that De Gea pretty much had nothing to do or...?
We should aim to have our goalkeeper making 7-8/10 performances every week.
An 8-10 out of 10 suggests that the defence messed up and we needed the keeper to save us in a spectacular way.
That was a solid 7/10 performance from De Gea, which is a good thing. Lloris had an 8 or 9 out of 10 game because his defence was a shambles and he was forced to make some very good saves.
An 8-10 out of 10 suggests that the defence messed up and we needed the keeper to save us in a spectacular way.
That was a solid 7/10 performance from De Gea, which is a good thing. Lloris had an 8 or 9 out of 10 game because his defence was a shambles and he was forced to make some very good saves.
I think even for a keeper playing 7.8 times a week would be tough...
I thought he had a couple of really important contributions. His sweeping when Chadli (I think) was played through was excellent and he held on to very decent strikes by Townsend and Fazio, particularly the latter could have ended with a very dangerous rebound.
Unsurprisingly he has the highest save percentage in the Premier League this season, for those who care about such things (from this morning's Telegraph).
Top 5:
David De Gea - 75%
Adrian - 73.26%
Joe Hart - 72.23%
Hugo Lloris - 71.76%
Thibaut Courtois - 70.83%
3 of the worst:
Wojciech Szczesny - 67.8%
Simon Mingolet - 66.67%
Tim Howard - 55.56%
Top 5:
David De Gea - 75%
Adrian - 73.26%
Joe Hart - 72.23%
Hugo Lloris - 71.76%
Thibaut Courtois - 70.83%
3 of the worst:
Wojciech Szczesny - 67.8%
Simon Mingolet - 66.67%
Tim Howard - 55.56%
And so many people will still say Courtois is better. Funnily enough though I met a friend's brother in the pub the boxing day for the football, he's the most annoying Chelsea fan ever, loves everything about them and everything is biased when it comes to their players but he said De Gea is the best keeper in the world in this current form. He also hates United so..
These stats say little. They dont factor is things like quality, accuarcy, strenght of the shot, other circumastances (3 instinctive saves in your 6 yard box are somehwat different to 3 half arsed shots to the middle of your goal).
Okay then, De Gea the best goalkeeper in the world.
Neville's player of the season, so far.
Was Carragher's best young player also
He said Courtois was his player of the season less then a month ago:
Neville's player of the season, so far.
The player of the season so far, for me, is not Sergio Agüero but Chelsea’s new No1, who has brought a smile to my face. And not many goalkeepers make me smile.
I now see why Neville was a little bit extra critical with regards to De Gea. His control of the box and one on one saves have improved to a level where if he does this for a few more years for United it will be on par with the likes of VDS and Schmeichel (two of the best who won United many points with their saves).
I feel sorry for De Gea as well though, give him a Bruce/Pally, Stam/Johnson or Vidic/Rio and he will have many more clean sheets. I notice De Gea is only 1 clean sheet behind Courtois as well.
I feel sorry for De Gea as well though, give him a Bruce/Pally, Stam/Johnson or Vidic/Rio and he will have many more clean sheets. I notice De Gea is only 1 clean sheet behind Courtois as well.
De Gea's appraisers fail to fully appreciate the shambolic shit sitting in front of him over the last two and a half seasons.
Strange comment as this half season has probably been the worst of all in terms of the defence he's been playing behind, yet he's been playing his best football (and getting the most praise for it)
Our defending last season was actually worse. With the exception of the Leicester City match the back line, makeshift as it has been week to week, has done a better job than generally credited for. Still poor, to be sure, Carrick has filled in nicely during the injury crisis, McNair has been something of a revelation, Smalling shambolic against City but otherwise more then adequate and Rojo has been ok. Valencia and Young are widely regarded as having stepped up nicely in the absence of Rafael and Shaw, who while fit looked pretty sharp.
Last season we were just a mess all over the pitch, but nowhere moreso than on the back line. Opposing forwards were getting through us all the time and beating us to the ball on crosses. We rarely got completely blown out but we dropped a lot of points by giving up 2 goals.
But it is true that De Gea has raised the level of his game this season.
Can't believe it's actually been 4 years since he came here. Love the fact he says there is still huge room for improvement. Hope the pale fecker stays here for the rest of his life.
Some surprising names on there.
Save percentage is largely meaningless, if you have an incredible team in front of you, in a league where you are far better than any other team, like Neuer, then the opposition are going to be limited to a paucity of chances and likely more speculative chances that are easier to save. The stats on De Gea conflict with badly with those from The Telegraph so what do you believe anyway?
It's probably because of MK Dons.
Edit: No it's not that, the stat seems wrong.
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Probably yes. To illustrate my point though. Looking at Squaka stats, they have De Gea making twenty more saves this season than Neuer while having played only two more games. 47 saves to 27 saves.
I would argue also that the quality of strikers is lesser across the board in Germany too, reflected by the presence of three Germany based goalkeepers on that list. Let's remember that Neuer conceded three against Aguero.
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Yeah this was nice to see, I wonder if it is something he has seen in Manuel Neur and looked at it as something he could add to his game to take him to an even higher level of play
In other news, I had a vivid dream that he conceded a penalty in the first minute against Stoke and was sent off for denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity. The Stoke inbreds starting pelting him with coins when he protested. Rafael picked one up and lashed it back at someone in the front row, prompting a massive pitch invasion.
Make of that what ye will.
Make of that what ye will.
That although you like him, you do not trust Rafa as a player.
Rafael was the hero in my dream!
Oh yeah. Lindegaard eventually saved the pen and ran away celebrating but the ball had a vicious spin on it and ended up rolling into the goal. Which was annoying.
Ahh yes, but his actions caused a disaster, no matter how well intended his violent act.
You veer between optimism and pessimism. Perhaps you actively try to think positively but are more naturally more inclined towards pessimism.
Him and Mata just love each other:
In bed together
Better goalkeeper than Neuer.
Neuer a better footballer, and a better sweeper though.
Neuer a better footballer, and a better sweeper though.
Neuer's domination of the box makes him the better keeper. He also makes the goal look small regardless of the situation.
It's not a very useful stat. The vast majority of shots Neuer is likely to have faced, for example, will have been speculative long-rage efforts from teams who can't get close to the Bayern goal. Whereas De Gea, as we know, has had to save a silly number of one-on-ones.
Seeing Neuer at the top was no great surprise (whatever the explanation). The other keepers on there were surprising though.
