I think he's around it, he's supposed to be the highest paid keeper.
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Was having a conversation with the bloke next to me at OT yesterday as to the most talented United players I've seen play live (been going since 1995). I couldn't look much further than de Gea at number three behind Ronaldo and Scholes - bizarre as it might sound.
We did that already. Unless you mean another £200k a week?
Anyway, he's been back to his very, very best this season. I don't think he was the best he's ever been last term for whatever reason. Still good of course.
I can only remember Stoke at home last season.
Read somewhere he had his 100th clean sheet for us - from how many games ?
Probably 300+ over the six seasons he's been here. Impressive.
One of Fergie's best signings ever. We are lucky to have him.
I disagree with your last point. I'm a big fan of de Gea but he's still not very good at controlling the penalty area. Often, he leaves it to defenders to head away crosses that he could easily have claimed. The "best" example is Everton last season when Jagielka scored.
Wow , it really has been more than 6 years , he signed in the summer of 2011 .
Just checked - 276 games , 100 clean sheets , wow
This is interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_goalkeepers_with_100_or_more_clean_sheets
I thought he was on £150,000 or something. i agree, last season he wasnt at his very own high standards. His quick reaction shot stopping is by far the best in the world. If you notice the goals he concede often theres nothinh he could of done anyway.
I still think Herrera and Mata being at United and happy plays a huge part in DDG still here and performing at his very best. Them 3 are very close.
David has been quite unlucky in that his brilliant form over the last 4 years has coincided with United's worst run in over 2 decades, and the decline of the Spanish national team (apart from having to contend with a patently regressing Casillas due to political reasons). Some of it is reflected in a statistical sense, too (which matters because a lot of the context is lost in time as narratives as easy to manipulate):
Those are some of the things Neuer has consistently had over De Gea even while dropping a clanger from time to time - starring for a Top 3-5 club in football (which translates to playing in the high-pressure latter stages of the Champions League and frequently making big saves), and being a dominant presence in the national team - and once his reputation was built as an in-vogue sweeper keeper who won the World Cup and the Treble with Germany and Bayern, any incumbent had to challenge him on all fronts (and De Gea hasn't, unfortunately). Once David does that, you will start seeing him in Ballon D'Or lists and FIFA/UEFA XIs (instead of just the PFA Team of the Year) because Neuer's spot as the best goalkeeper in the world is there for the taking.
Reckon he has a solid chance of ending up as a Top 10 goalkeeper of all time, maybe even make a push for the Top 5 if he wins big titles with Spain and United. Certainly has the talent for it - about time he started padding his collective resume, too.
He has a much lower ratio than Van der Sar (who played behind a defense that was probably the best in the world through the second part of the last decade), and Schmeichel, as things stand. But finally, you get the sense that he has the defensive guru at United to design a robust program around him and rack up clean sheets (as opposed to watching his superhuman efforts go in vain with individual errors and defensive lapses), and go from someone who's perceived by a lot of people as the standout keeper in the league to the best in the world - an argument that will hold even greater weight with a reinvigorated Spain.
Those are some of the things Neuer has consistently had over De Gea even while dropping a clanger from time to time - starring for a Top 3-5 club in football (which translates to playing in the high-pressure latter stages of the Champions League and frequently making big saves), and being a dominant presence in the national team - and once his reputation was built as an in-vogue sweeper keeper who won the World Cup and the Treble with Germany and Bayern, any incumbent had to challenge him on all fronts (and De Gea hasn't, unfortunately). Once David does that, you will start seeing him in Ballon D'Or lists and FIFA/UEFA XIs (instead of just the PFA Team of the Year) because Neuer's spot as the best goalkeeper in the world is there for the taking.
Reckon he has a solid chance of ending up as a Top 10 goalkeeper of all time, maybe even make a push for the Top 5 if he wins big titles with Spain and United. Certainly has the talent for it - about time he started padding his collective resume, too.
I feel he's not always getting the recocnition he should get. IMO he's the best GK
True, there are some that he probably could have claimed but didn't. I think that goes for every goalkeeper though. I meant more in the way that he's not attempting to claim a cross and getting easily outmuscled or flapping at the ball, like what happened quite frequently in those first few months. When he does come to claim it, it's spot on.
I'd certainly like to see him come off his line a bit more. Not to the extent of being a sweeper, but cleaning up through balls, balls over the top and such. He's still very hesitant in that area.
I forgot the 100 clean sheets stat was Premier League only. My 300+ games was based on playing ~50 games a season. It makes his record even more impressive.
Southampton 0:1 Man Utd
Some class handling today, he offers a sense of calm under pressure.
This moment was cool as feck. Peak de Gea.
Best player in the league.
He was really good today. The last 2 seasons he has not been that great. Not sure if it was due to the Real Madrid move or just the fact that we played terrible and with low confidence in general. Now he looks to be back at the world class level De Gea we know he has in him. Didn't have to make any fantastic saves, but I do think he did really well today with what he had to do. Just brought us some calmness as well. Overall this season he has been excellent so far. Keep it up!
Thought the same but for the last season only ( he was great in LVG last season IMO, him, Martial and Rashford were the only bright thing during this terrible period ) but I was underwhelmed by him last season, even though he wasn't in direct fault for nearly any goals but he raised the expectations for him so much that I though some goals we conceded he could have saved them as he saved harder than them before. This season he's back to his usual self with the same raised expectations.
I think Madrid move was the thing affecting his mind but he seems settled here now and hopefully he won't think of moving to Spain again any soon.
I know what it looks like but I’d like to see the play that led to that if anyone gets it.
He was good 2 years ago. It was last season where he didn't perform as well as the prior years.
I don’t think that it’s a case of him not being good, more that he didn’t have to be as good last year as he had in previous seasons. At times he’s been too overworked. Some games embarrassing the amount of work he’s had to do.
Spot on imo a few seasons ago he had a lot of shots in and around the box to deal with. Apart from the Stoke and Swansea game no team has really had much of a sniff. I still feel our defence is not quite right for him to really excel. We need a bit more height as DDG doesn't like coming off his line, in the La liga he would be outstanding.
He was ridiculously good in LvG's 2nd season.
Only Delaney tweeting about it so far so I didn't think it was worth it's own thread:
Hope for once, Delaney is spot on.
Hope so, because honestly I'll be devistated if he was to ever leave.
yes, just sign new contract please! hopefully Jose and Ed manage to convince him to stay longer with us.
I think it merits its own thread, de Gea's contract issues. It's an ongoing discussion. Positive article
That was such a good moment. The man is a superstar! It's a terrifying thought so try not to dwell on it, but imagine having a goalkeeper situation like at Liverpool? Never leave Davy.
More talented than Giggs?
I'd like there to be a new contract but Delaney is a terrible journalist so i'll wait and see.
He is majestic, what a truly fantastic keeper he is growing into.
That one handed take needs the photoshop treatment. Slam dunks etc.
Signing a new contract wouldn’t mean anything in terms of whether he’ll leave in the summer if Real come back in for him however I’m uncomfortable with any of our players who only have 2 years left on their deals so yes protect our asset and get him signed up
Surprised no one criticising about his positioning during the Southampton game. More than a few times, where he should have been off his line and collected or clear balls towards the edge of the penalty box, he was nowhere to be seen.
He's probably not comfortable doing it but that's not an excuse because it meant having Jones and Bailly facing bringing the ball towards their own goal with someone breathing down their neck.
He's not a sweeper keeper but he can't be sticking to his line because that pegs us back 5-10 yards and leaves all the decisions on the centre backs when he's in prime position to deal with them.
Still De God but yeh.
He's probably not comfortable doing it but that's not an excuse because it meant having Jones and Bailly facing bringing the ball towards their own goal with someone breathing down their neck.
He's not a sweeper keeper but he can't be sticking to his line because that pegs us back 5-10 yards and leaves all the decisions on the centre backs when he's in prime position to deal with them.
Still De God but yeh.
Would be great to see him sign a new contract, even if it is just further delaying the inevitable.
I think that was probably what he was told to do. Bailly was playing deeper than Jones I think to combat the likelihood of long/through balls from Southampton. He was the one tasked with sweeping up instead of De Gea.
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