Woods improved him when he coached him. Only decent thing of the Moyes era. Dunno who's coaching him now, but obviously working on other areas.
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Woods improved him when he coached him. Only decent thing of the Moyes era. Dunno who's coaching him now, but obviously working on other areas.
Didn't really have anything to do, distribution on a couple of occasions was a tad sloppy.
Man Utd 3:2 Newcastle
First half, not his usual sharp form. Improve from then on. Solid Second.
There's been talk about him leaving in the summer, but if he was to leave where will he realistically go to? I mean Madrid have just signed Courtois so they won't sign him. I can't actually think which club he would go to at the moment.
PSG.
If a shiny new toy like DDG is available, then they ll dump Buffon instantly
Barcelona? Juve? PSG?
De Gea's distribution from the back really needs a lot to work with.
I just can't see this happening with the system we're playing.
His passing skill is actually that good, and yet..
I just can't see this happening with the system we're playing.
His passing skill is actually that good, and yet..
Chelsea 2:2 Man Utd
He looks slower in his reactions this season.
Made a good save in the first half from Kante and the save from the header that led to their equalizer was fantastic reflexes, unlucky to have conceded two.
Should've tried to stop the ball before it hit the post at least?
Not sure why but De Gea's always overconfident with 50/50 ball like these and barely try. He seems to have this weird habit.
Not sure why but De Gea's always overconfident with 50/50 ball like these and barely try. He seems to have this weird habit.
Not in his best form at the moment. After what, 4 years of superman like saves and a consistency only matched by the two demi-gods of football. About time we pulled a little for him.
We have bigger issues to deal with than de Gea - but I have a little feeling that either he needs to become a goal keeper who commands the area.
We can't purely rely on him to be a reflex goalkeeper all the time.
If he does end up deciding to leave United - I wouldn't be particularly worried; I think our defence will improve a level if we had an extra man who commands his area.
We can't purely rely on him to be a reflex goalkeeper all the time.
If he does end up deciding to leave United - I wouldn't be particularly worried; I think our defence will improve a level if we had an extra man who commands his area.
Every touch is a hoof. He is the Smalling of goalkeepers, and that's harsh on Smalling.
Exactly. A lesser shop stopper but a better all rounder will be of much help to our defense. A passive goalkeeper makes a defence look much worse than it actually is.
He's still making fantastic saves game in game out.
His kicking used to be brilliant when he first arrived
It was very good under Van Gaal too. Seems clear that Mourinho doesn't want De Gea going short.
Miss his consistent crisp kicking. 
His passing has been slowly but surely deteriorating during his time here. Not just under Mourinho, although maybe the fall has sped up.
The same thing happened with VDS. He was fantastic with the ball at his feet when he first got here, but in his last couple of seasons he'd dropped a level or two. I presume we've had completely different goalkeeper coaches over that time so we can't point the finger at anybody in particular, but it is annoying.
The same thing happened with VDS. He was fantastic with the ball at his feet when he first got here, but in his last couple of seasons he'd dropped a level or two. I presume we've had completely different goalkeeper coaches over that time so we can't point the finger at anybody in particular, but it is annoying.
Agenda poster of the year
The first one does not count as it was a reference of De gea making the team and Courtois winning the best. You only accuse me of having an agenda because De gea is treated like a bloody god in here. I have not seen anybody that have had all his posts in a thread highlighted because he thinks or repeatedly state that we'd be better off with a more technical striker than Lukaku or a better passer than Smalling whilst being accused of having an agenda.Agenda poster of the year
De Gea is treated like a god here, because he has been a god for us. Our only consistent world class performer post-SAF. He is having a bit of a blip this season, like all world class goalkeepers do at some point of their career. He is not Ederson or Allison with the ball, but he is not awful aswell imo. De Gea is the last of our problems.
In a supposed blip, he still managed to produce two world class saves (one from Kante and the rebound off the post). Don't know what people want from DDG. Imagine DDG passing to Smalling under pressure. Nope not going to work here.
Agenda poster of the year
He's got a point though. He's a fantastic goalkeeper but he's still after all this time a bit hesitant and it would make our defenders lives a lot easier if he would direct them more. He's got the best view on the pitch.
Think back to how commanding of the back line VDS and Schmeichel were. Even Barthez in his own crazy way.
I'm his biggest fan together with most on here, but those saves are pretty much routine. The first one is straight at him, easy save. The second is also straight at him and he does a routine reflex save. Any of those in the back of the net and it's a gaffe.
He was fine with the ball playing short and spraying it to full backs/wingers under LvG. I doubt he's just suddenly gotten worse at kicking. Seems like he is instructed to whack it rather than pick a player out, especially as none of the back four come and show for the ball when he has it, unlike under LvG, when the centre backs would split and go wide of the penalty area to recieve a short pass. He doesn't have those options, so he lashes it forward.
He might not be like Ederson dribbling in his own penalty, and I'd prefer him not to be either. You get guys like Lloris who think they're shit hot on the ball and are made to look silly time and time again. If there's one player on the pitch who I want to keep it safe, it's the goalkeeper.
He might not be like Ederson dribbling in his own penalty, and I'd prefer him not to be either. You get guys like Lloris who think they're shit hot on the ball and are made to look silly time and time again. If there's one player on the pitch who I want to keep it safe, it's the goalkeeper.
He’s been pretty poor with his feet for Spain too, so we can’t blame this all on Mourinho. IMO his supposed brilliance with his feet earlier in his career was grossly exaggerated. He is well capable of pinging a beautiful 60 yard pass but, in general, his short/medium range passing with the ball on the floor is fairly erratic and always has been.
Both still good saves IMO. If a shot is straight at a goalkeeper, they've still got to do something with the ball, either getting down to gather it, or making sure it's pushed away from goal and not straight to an opposition player. From close range, they're still difficult to deal with even if they're close to the body.
The second one is very good, it's a bullet header downwards from close range, they are tough to anticipate, both the direction and the bounce. He still has to get to his left and make sure he gets enough on it to keep it away from an attacking player, and get back up for the follow up. A lot of close range headers go in despite being close to the goalkeeper, because they're so difficult to react to. He deserves credit for the 2nd one especially.
De Gea not leaving his line is a problem but apart from that, no he doesn't have any point. Just more agenda nonsense. Saying he will make even Rio and Vida look shit, or he is making defense look shit right now is all just nonsense.
Seen in other threads that De Gea is already considered an all time great. Is this the popular view or do people still believe he has a LONG way to go before he can be mentioned alongside the Likes of yashin, schmeichel, zoff etc
Hes not there yet. Mainly due to his international record and being stuck at an underperforming club
Seems to have lost the superhuman aura that was surrounding him. Still makes routine saves and can't be questioned for the goals conceded but he feels like .. a human again. No wonder saves around. Problem this is exposing the defense in front of him.
Man Utd 0:1 Juventus
He was incredible.
Definitely not tonight.
Usual performance from De Gea. Need this type of performance from him, if we want that 6th place in the league.
He looks a bit fed up in my opinion now, he's been pretty patient but we were dominated tonight by a team he would walk into.
That save from Ronaldo. Not many would save that, but we're just used to it by now.
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