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Gonna defend De Gea on that first one.
Anyone that plays cricket will know about late swing; Neville is wrong and Carra is right.

Terrible on that Pen and you could see why. Aubamayang does him with the eyes and De Gea knows it. Should have waited and had a n easy save
Kicking needs to improve. Been shaky of late.
 
For the amount of pens we get against us I don't care that his record is poor with them. He maybe made a mistake with his footing for their goal but the ball moved like a flyaway. And at the risk of sounding like Klopp, the conditions were also about as bad as it gets for a keeper.
 
I'm not one of the crazy De Gea fans on here who put him as best keeper ever but I don't blame him for the first goal. Those things happen sometimes. It curved away very awkwardly in the last few yards.

His distribution was bad though.
 
Harry190 said:
Can't blame a GK for a pen unless it's really, really, really bad. His saves during the game matter for more. His clearances however need to be looked at.

Pens are almost entirely down to luck. Some keepers out there very good at them but can't handle a straight ball to save their asses. E.g: Caballero.
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Well it wasn't exactly a great one to be fair. So many players seem to be going down the centre these days.

He's looked a bit shaky for a few weeks but even the best have periods of bad form. Hope his contract situation is resolved soon.
 
Andycoleno9 said:
And? It was logical to think that he will shoot in other side. De gea thought like that also
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That's the problem with him right not the best at anticipating it which way striker is shooting. Other keepers save much more than him.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
Does he even ever go the right way with penalties?

Feels like he always dives the wrong way.
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He almost always go low and to his right. For Spain against Russia he went the same way for all 4 of their penalties. Also, all the penalties that I remember he saved for us where to his right (RVP, Baines, Lukaku).

And usually takers go to his left. Not today, though.
So, yeah, not the best record even when we talk about choosing the right side.
 
He's been shit for a month now, he's getting too big for his boots.

  • Burnley's second goal, lofted cross into the 6 yard area he's rooted on the spot
  • PSG's first goal, he needs to fecking claim that
  • Southampton's Valery goal - beaten at his near post from 30 yards!
  • PSG - return match: that punch at the end which is being discussed in another thread
  • Arsenal - diving away from Xhaka shot

Come on son, I love de Gea as much as anyone here, but he needs to warm the bench for a game or two.
 
He is in very poor form at the moment. Strange that Ole seem to have given most players a boost, but not De gea. Initially we didn't need him much under Ole, but he has not done well when called upon recently in big games. He had a very bad world cup for Spain too and ended last season in worse form like the rest of our team. Magical during the first half of last season (particular against Arsenal away) when we didn't concede much.

Come on De Gea turn it around!
 
DoubleRevv said:
Think this requires an asterix. I'll get slaughtered for saying this but I'm not David's biggest fan.

This ia something I've said before and even made as my status.


I like a goalkeeper who commands his area and organises the defence....van der Sar for instance. David lacks this and I've never really taken to him.

Now that his performances are shaky think Romero deserves to start
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Yeah I think people have overrated him overall based on making great saves and having great reflexes. Now we have not even seen that enough recently.
He is still a great keeper, but I wouldn't mind too much if we sold him given his high wages.

Anyway let us just hope he turns it around and hit top form soon! Ole has turned players form around so far and maybe De gea just take a bit longer to find his feet again.
 
He's really bad at penalties. He has terrific reflexes, so why not wait them out? So many penalties are poor that if you wait them out, you save a fair few.

Also,his distribution is arguably more of a concern than Smalling's lack of ball playing abilities.

Great goalie though. Poor for the shot, but he usually saves our day, so not holding that against him.
 
I'm a big fan, but he's been uncharacteristically unreliable for a month or so.
 
He is an incredibly limited goalkeeper. Excellent shot stopping, but that's it really.
 
His mistakes are getting annoying. We always hold him to high standard but his commanding of the box, distribution is also very bad. It doesn't make up for his shotstopping.
 
This might be heresy and I will accept any slagging off I get.

The bloke is a great reflex keeper. He's been fantastic the last few years.

But I want a more allround goalie. Someone who can control the box. Someone who can pass as opposed to kicking it long to the center forward.

And some one who doesn't demand 350k a week.

Sorry.
 
Haddock said:
Neville is deluded when it comes to goalkeeping, probably still blames Schmeichel for getting lobbed by Fowler after he was barged off the ball in 1995. But this wasn't late swing. He reacted too soon and was caught out.

Agree with this except Valery's shot. It's too good, almost as good as Schar's. The fact he even got near it was down to his excellence. But he's looking very shaky. All players go through a rough patch and for keepers it always looks worse. I just hope someone has a word with him.
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Reacted too soon? Uu wot m8? He's not gone flying to his left!
He stays straight, assesses the correct trajectory with no deflection worry as no players involved, makes a move in the right direction (His left, where the ball would end up without that banana swing as the ball wasn't curling either) AND THEN the ball really does swing late

I actually disagree with you on Valery's shot; He should be saving that 9/10. Near post, nowhere else the ball can go in that little gap and it;s his near post and he isn't having to make up any ground. The speed and ferocity does him and he's beaten. No shame in that but he really should save it as a top top goalie.
Agreed on the shaky-ness. All goalies have gone through it but I think he hasn't really been the same since his pasting for Spain at the WC.
 
I know this place is fickle at the best of times but you'd think De Gea would have built up sufficient good will to make an error or two without calls for him being dropped and sold. Really boggles the mind. This is a man who has been the one consistent (and high at that) performer throughout years of dross. People weren't complaining as recently as last Wednesday when he stopped Mbappe on that one on one; or a few weeks ago when he single-handedly earn us points against Spur; or the countless brilliant saves that have just become accepted as routine.
 
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The Cat said:
This might be heresy and I will accept any slagging off I get.

The bloke is a great reflex keeper. He's been fantastic the last few years.

But I want a more allround goalie. Someone who can control the box. Someone who can pass as opposed to kicking it long to the center forward.

And some one who doesn't demand 350k a week.

Sorry.
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Yeah I think City got Ederson and Liverpool Allison who seem to offer a bit more overall.
 
Look-a-Hill said:
I know this place is fickle at the best of times but you'd think De Gea would have built up sufficient good will to make an error or two without calls for him being dropped and sold. Really boggles the mind. This is a man who has been the one consistent (and high at that) performer throughout years of dross. People weren't complaining as recently as last Wednesday when he stopped Mbappe on that one on one; or a few weeks ago when he single-handedly earn us points against Spur; or the countless brilliant saves that have just become accepted as routine.
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I don't think most people want him sold, but his form over almost a year has not been as good as before. In other teams we have seen Ederson and Allison do really well. Lloris also won a world cup and have done well for Spurs this season.

Many hold de gea as a top 5 goalkeeper in the world and he has been far from one the last year. Poor form doesn't make a poor player though. Hopefully he can turn it around and step up when we need him the most.
 
It was a mistake and cost a goal. That much is true. But look back over the years since SAF left and all the games where United scraped wins and draws thanks mainly to DDG. Wasn't that long ago he had that incredible display against Spurs at Wembley. Maybe he sets such high standards he almost makes a rod for his own back and people are shocked when he costs United a goal.
No player is exempt from criticism, but DDG has more than a bit of leeway when it comes to major errors, surely ?
If a player deserves a break, it's De Gea.
 
There's no way he should be sold. As good as he is and has been for us though, nobody should be undroppable if they're out of form, including DDG. We have the luxury of having a more than capable backup in Romero.
 
My theory about the last bad DeGea matches:

He's blackmailing Ed to accept his 600.000/week deal. He will keep on playing bad games until he gets his deal.
How about that!
 
kundalini said:
I don't understand how he managed to be wrong-footed by a shot that started off centrally then swerved fairly late, it was never going in the direction De Gea initially went. From the way Xhaka struck the ball, he should have expected the possibility of a swerve in the direction that occurred. A terrible error.
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Yeah I watched the replay tons of times. I have no idea why he leaned so far to the opposite side.

The swerve in general was nowhere near that big either. Commentators on NBC were defending De Gea, but he should be making the save every time.
 
The fickle nature of some fans will always baffle me. He is the best goalkeeper in the game. Period. Made a mistake today the same way other world class defenders and strikers do as well. He is allowed that.

Get over it. It happens. In a month or two, the song will change after he makes outstanding save upon outstanding save in the UCL or EPL and the same fans will be like 'I love Dave more than I love my own Child'.....
 
Been off the boil for a few weeks. Thought he might have done more with the pen but he moved first and that's always to the advantage of the taker. All goalies go through a patch of poor form so perhaps its just that and nothing do do with any negotiations as some have suggested.
 
Kemizee said:
He is the best goalkeeper in the game. Period. Made a mistake today the same way other world class defenders and strikers do as well. He is allowed that.
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He clearly isn't and if he is then the mistakes should be even more concerning. The trouble is you make out like it's a rare mistake, it's not, this has been going on for a year now, the woeful goalkeeping for the Willian goal v Chelsea and he screwed us at home to Sevilla in the CL and he's not played particularly well since.
 
The guy makes a couple of mistakes after saving our asses for seven seasons and suddenly he's just a "reflex" keeper. Get a grip.
 
Overreaction here is amazing. We are counting now goals that he didn't save? Bloody hell. Are we like Real Madrid fans now?
 
Andycoleno9 said:
Overreaction here is amazing. We are counting now goals that he didn't save? Bloody hell. Are we like Real Madrid fans now?
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People say far worse things for many of our players. I think people have been quite blinded by De Gea and seeing only the good thing he does. It was the same with Rooney when he played poorly and many fans would claim he is a world class striker. Both have been brilliant for us, but we should not let the past blind us for the present. Same thing some will say players are shit and not change the minds even when they play well.
 
stepic said:
:wenger:

Some diabolical posts in this thread. Not just this one.
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it's quite accurate. Ddg has been our best performer in the last 3/4 years and only a fool will deny it but he's not as untouchable as people want to make out. His commanding of the box is poor and distribution is suspect as hell. If you took away his shot stopping and reflexes nothing else stands out. And no-one is undroppable with bad form. I certainly wouldn't be against introducing Romero back if ddg keeps making mistakes.
 
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stepic said:
:wenger:

Some diabolical posts in this thread. Not just this one.
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I'm not convinced it's that controversial a take, is it? Although the wording of the first half is needlessly bellicose.

He's an excellent shot stopper and has very, very good positioning, but there's not a lot else that he's really world class at, is there? He's certainly not the most commanding goalkeeper you've ever seen, he's not great in the air, and his distribution is middling if not out right bad. There's plenty of ways to skin a cat and I think all of De Gea's faults are more than compensated for when he is in form, but he doesn't have a huge amount of goalkeeping fundamentals to fall back on.
 
This guy was about to leave for Madrid if it wasnt for a fax machine. He is now running his contract down again making a joke out the club. Remember when Pogba didn't even do anything but people wanted him out because he was 'making a mockery out the club'. The same people support this guy. Keep the nonsense about him 'saving us for 3 seasons in a row'. And what? United signed him to be a GK. He is paid to make saves. The fans backed him when he was fumbling shots into his own net. That is what counts. Not the fact he came good and became world class. That was a result of the support of the fans and the club. This guy gets away with everything and people act like he loves the club more than Pogba does. What a joke. If the club had decision makers with any sense they would give him a deadline to make up his mind or take the contract off the table and ship him off in the summer. This is Man United, not some joke of a club where players can wait out contracts. What message does it send to the rest of the squad? This would never happen under Sir Alex. A 100% dedicated GK is better than a half arsed one who runs his contract down twice.
 
If only his kicking was better, his catching and his penalty stopping. He's kinda very poor at all of them.

Obviously his shot stopping is probably the greatest ever seen but my god the rest of his game is average.
 
Nobody doubts his shot stopping and reflexes, but he's not the best goalkeeper in the world. His distribution and command of his area are two glaring weaknesses.
 
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