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2014-15 Performances

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6.6 Season Average Rating
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43
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13
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My biggest concern is whether he's up to the job of organising the back four. The keeper should be constantly talking and making sure everyone knows their job. Hard to be certain on Tv but he seems a bit quiet.

That and his slight indecision about coming off his line are the two areas he most needs to work on. I've always maintained he's nowhere near as good as he's portrayed on here (being called the best keeper in the league ffs) but he is yong and lernin.
 
He has played behind some terrible defending in his time at the club.

Not worried about him personally, but you can't hide the fact 2 teams have put 4 and 5 goals passed him already this season.

The balance of the team needs to be adjusted again to stop the goals leaking.
 
Mali_Zeus said:
If only he tried to save those penalties insted of just staying and not moving.. Oh wait..

It's astonishing how many kneejerk reactions people have here about DDG.
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I've thought DDG has been overated on here for a while, just can't ever try and bring up a point without people jumping on you.
It's actually a fair point in my eyes, does he have any enough presence ? does he command his box enough yet? he seem rooted to his line too often in general and I can't for the life of me work out how he seems to have no chance on so many chances.
 
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Out of form possibly but needs a settled back four in front of him to get an understanding together. Schmeichel and van der Sar benefited massively from this.

Of course, with our injuries, we can't get that settled back four. It's a big problem.
 
Redo91 said:
Ok this is getting out of hand here. Some of the posts are mental. He was our best player last season, concedes five goals, none of which are his fault, and all of sudden there is talk of replacing him?! I just give up.
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He might not be conceding goals that are his fault but there have been a few goals this season that he has conceded in which he should have done better. He hasn't anticipated the shots well. Could have saved the first goal today. Could have made saves against MK Dons. Could have saved Swansea's 2nd. Wardy never looked like missing when he went on through.

DDG is definitely not in top form at the moment.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
My biggest concern is whether he's up to the job of organising the back four. The keeper should be constantly talking and making sure everyone knows their job. Hard to be certain on Tv but he seems a bit quiet.

That and his slight indecision about coming off his line are the two areas he most needs to work on. I've always maintained he's nowhere near as good as he's portrayed on here (being called the best keeper in the league ffs) but he is yong and lernin.
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Maybe if he didn't have a different back four-five every single match due to our defenders being either injured or complete flops it would be easier, I hardly remember people complaining about him being quiet when Vidić/Rio were there.

I really hoped some of the bullshit spouted here would stop when everybody is chilled but apparently not ( not aimed at you Pogue ).
 
Pogue Mahone said:
My biggest concern is whether he's up to the job of organising the back four. The keeper should be constantly talking and making sure everyone knows their job. Hard to be certain on Tv but he seems a bit quiet.

That and his slight indecision about coming off his line are the two areas he most needs to work on. I've always maintained he's nowhere near as good as he's portrayed on here (being called the best keeper in the league ffs) but he is yong and lernin.
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Last year he was argubally the best GK in the league Pogue and the only competition was Begavic and Cech.
 
DDG's supporters are saying that he hasn't had a chance with a lot of the goals conceded and that's true to a large degree. However, to be a truly world class 'keeper, you need to make saves that are out of the ordinary - the ones that bail your team out. At the moment, unless it's a completely routine stop, it's a goal. It's disconcerting how frequently the ball is hitting the net and DDG isn't moving.

The only game he's come out of with any major credit was Burnley, otherwise he's been very disappointing.
 
BennyBlanco said:
I've thought DDG has been overated on here for a while, just can't ever try and bring up a point without people jumping on you.
It's actually a fair point in my eyes, does he have any enough presence ? does command his box enough yet? he seem rooted to his line too often in general and I can't for the life of me work out how he seems to have no chance on so many chances.
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Maybe you should look at the goals.

He's been overrated?

My god...

Its not that people are jumping on people who criticise him, its people criticising him for ridiculous reasons.
Suddenly he regressed and he's not that good....

And also he's gulty of not organising defense in front of him, some say.

different defense every game doesn't help him exactly nor does defense in general and how they're playing atm.
 
Kostur said:
Maybe if he didn't have a different back four-five every single match due to our defenders being either injured or complete flops it would be easier, I hardly remember people complaining about him being quiet when Vidić/Rio were there.

I really hoped some of the bullshit spouted here would stop when everybody is chilled but apparently not ( not aimed at you Pogue ).
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I don't think this can be underestimated. We need a settled back four. Without this we'll always be inconsistent back there. Look at two of Fergie's best teams, a number of midfielders/attackers rotated but Bruce & Pallister/Ferdinand & Vidic were constant. Until we get that consistency, we've got a problem and so has De Gea.
 
You knew from the moment Vardy was through it was a goal. He's a great keeper but he needs to strap on a pair and actually make it difficult for a striker one on one.
 
Kostur said:
Maybe if he didn't have a different back four-five every single match due to our defenders being either injured or complete flops it would be easier, I hardly remember people complaining about him being quiet when Vidić/Rio were there.

I really hoped some of the bullshit spouted here would stop when everybody is chilled but apparently not ( not aimed at you Pogue ).
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To be honest, you can trace our newfound shambolic defending back to the retirement of VdS. Obviously, it's possible that Rio and Vidic both went to shit at precisely that moment but we've racked up an unfeasible number of defensive horror shows since the big Dutch man hung up his gloves. I don't think that's a coincidence.

Mind you, De Gea is far better than Ed was at the same age and his skills as a leader and organiser will improve, year on year. He's clearly still a bit green though. Which is bad news when our central defence is also a work in progress.
 
Mali_Zeus said:
Maybe you should look at the goals.

He's been overrated?

My god...
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Look at the goals again, you think I base my opinion on 1 game? or expected him to magically save penaltys today?
And yes, Overrated on here, "best goalkeeper in the league" every other post on him, he's not.
 
BennyBlanco said:
Look at the goals again, you think I base my opinion on 1 game? or expected him to magically save penaltys today?
And yes, Overrated on here, "best goalkeeper in the league" every other post on him, he's not.
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I think you're overreacting.

Who's better in the league if we dont count Curtois who is better atm?
 
acnumber9 said:
You knew from the moment Vardy was through it was a goal. He's a great keeper but he needs to strap on a pair and actually make it difficult for a striker one on one.
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I agree. He hesitates to come forward and he's often rooted to his spot. We've got a young, inexperienced keeper and an average, injury prone, dare I even say shite defence. It's a lethal combination that will cost us top 4 this season.

not to mention the defensive part of our midfield....ffs future is looking bleak
 
Pogue Mahone said:
To be honest, you can trace our newfound shambolic defending back to the retirement of VdS. Obviously, it's possible that Rio and Vidic both went to shit at precisely that moment but we've racked up an unfeasible number of defensive horror shows since the big Dutch man hung up his gloves. I don't think that's a coincidence.

Mind you, De Gea is far better than Ed was at the same age and his skills as a leader and organiser will improve, year on year. He's clearly still a bit green though. Which is bad news when our central defence is also a work in progress.
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This is the most idiotic thing I think. We're expecting our Spanish goalkeeper to be some kind of a leader and organiser ( after all, he's a part of the defence formation, right ? ) when we've got 3 'senior' CBs who are English speaking and all three look as if they were retarded. Not able to to organise or leader anything. I wouldn't let them carry my baby because they're so fecking unreliable.
 
Kostur said:
This is the most idiotic thing I think. We're expecting our Spanish goalkeeper to be some kind of a leader and organiser ( after all, he's a part of the defence formation, right ? ) when we've got 3 'senior' CBs who are English speaking and all three look as if they were retarded. Not able to to organise or leader anything. I wouldn't let them carry my baby because they're so fecking unreliable.
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Jones could be the leader, if he wasn't made of glass.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
My biggest concern is whether he's up to the job of organising the back four. The keeper should be constantly talking and making sure everyone knows their job. Hard to be certain on Tv but he seems a bit quiet.

That and his slight indecision about coming off his line are the two areas he most needs to work on. I've always maintained he's nowhere near as good as he's portrayed on here (being called the best keeper in the league ffs) but he is yong and lernin.
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Spot on, I don't remember any of our keepers being yelled at even by Vidic or Ferdinand who are vocal, and today he had Evans giving him bollocks.

Also, he is shit at defending penalties, he would be better if he just stays on the middle and hope they will try panenka because he looks like he'll never save one.
 
Amar__ said:
Spot on, I don't remember any of our keepers being yelled at even by Vidic or Ferdinand who are vocal, and today he had Evans giving him bollocks.

Also, he is shit at defending penalties, he would be better if he just stays on the middle and hope they will try panenka because he looks like he'll never save one.
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Evans is always giving him bollocks....
Its his thing, his angry face and looking pissed while playing awful. Maybe he hopes nobody will notice it if he yells at DDG.
 
Lloris is actually a very decent keeper, the number of games you watch Spuds and he routinely bails them out sweeping up behind their back line is quite significant.
DeGea clearly is a talented young keeper but there's much more you'd like for him to improve upon, did anyone today have any hope when taxidriver went through 1v1 today that DDG would do anything other than stand there half heartedly and be beaten.
 
I believe he could have done better in the first and the third goal. In both occasions, the moment Ulloa's header and Cambiasso's shot are attempted, he is making a little side step towards the middle of his post. This is bad positioning and it doesn't give him the opportunity to react on time.

But i have seen worse, there's no need to overreact. For instance Courtois could have saved City's goal today and please don't tell me you'd prefer someone like Mignolet or Szczesny. When he starts conceding goals on the corner he has covered, like Cech, then start worrying.

De Gea isn't overrated, he is one of the best goalkeepers around when he's on his line and he is trying to improve the other aspects of his game. Right now he happens to be out of form, but that could be said for the majority of our players. Once we manage to deploy the same back four for more than 2 or three games in a row, i believe the communication between the defenders and the goalkeeper will start getting better and better and we will look more confident at the back.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Cech average for 2 or 3 years? He is Chelsea's second choice pure because they have Courtois, the 2nd best goalkeeper in the world. De Gea would have been third if he was at Chelsea.
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You havent been watching Cech and DDG a lot in recent years havent you. Or you're just kneejerking after today's game.

Whatever it is this conversation doesnt make any sense.
 
Seems to have regressed a fair bit since this time last season. He was very lucky not to cost us a goal against QPR last weekend when he ran out and confused Rojo. I don't think he's going to grow any more so he'll never be dominant in the air the way Courtois or Neuer are so he needs to make up for that with his shot stopping and pace off his line.
 
Sammyjunn said:
The guy above you says the same, Cech average? How can you even say that, the only thing in which DDG beats him are spectacular saves, apart from them ddg has a lot to learn to be on the same level as Cech.
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Wov if the guy above me says the same that must be it then...

Cech on his day was one of the best in the world. He hasnt been in that kind of form for a while now.
 
So we are having a go a DDG cause he didn't save 2 penalties, a 1on 1, a perfect placed header with power and an unstoppable strike? And have also decided cause of this Cech and Lloris are better? Hahaha I think I'll stay away from this tread.
 
Aussie_Red_Devil said:
So we are having a go a DDG cause he didn't save 2 penalties, a 1on 1, a perfect placed header with power and an unstoppable strike? And have also decided cause of this Cech and Lloris are better? Hahaha I think I'll stay away from this tread.
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Yeah it's a joke, we have so many problems, but talking about our goalkeeper, who was our best player in the last 2 seasons and saved our ass with ridiculous saves all the time. But hey he didn't do anything spectacular this season and he didn't save penalties, so blame him for our shit defence, makes sense^^
 
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