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It's 100% an error. The way you can tell is that the ball connects with his fist. Not his hand, his fist. If you connect with an open palm you can try to direct the ball in a different direction. With the fist, the ball goes anywhere.
Just because it hits his fist doesn't mean it's an error
he's JUST moved his hands to get into a position where he's tracking the ball, then it hits his fist rather than his fist punching the ball.Surely you can appreciate the difference between saving a shot hit that hard with the palm and the fist? The former offers significantly greater control. Either he's made a conscious decision to connect with his fist (in which case it's a technical error for the reason above), or its an involuntary movement (ie a clenching of the fist reflexively as the shot comes towards him). Which is the kind of nerves you shouldn't expect from a high-level goalkeeper with the ball coming at you, given that saving balls travelling at them with pace is kind of in the job description. Either way, it's just not an error he makes 2-3 years ago. I've seen him save tons of shots like that with a different technique.Just because it hits his fist doesn't mean it's an error
I genuinely think some of you expect people to be super human? that shot was well over 60mph and the reaction times required would have been ridiculous.
On another day if he had flat palms could he have guided it away? maybe, but the same thing would have probably happened and it wouild have slipped over his head.
I guarantee you if that's Alisson not a word would have been said.
Very. This is why slow motion video shouldn't be used when judging something like that. The shot is an absolute rocket from 10 yards away.
If he could have done something differently that would have resulted in the shot being saved, then it is an error, literally by definition.
️I forgot to pick you up on Ederson and Alison “not needing a Matic to drop” that’s completely untrue. The majority of their passes are to deep CBs or CDMs like Rodri or Fabinho.
️Absolutely agree we need to start thinking about his succession plan.
I agree we’d end up losing an asset below his actual value which also doesn’t make sense either.
Context is key here. Nobody puts Schmeichel's performance in that Newcastle game as some text book example of a collection of saves. Its because he managed to keep an absolute onslaught of one-way attack to 0-0 at half time, in a must win game which completely changed the fortunes of the title race. Schmeichel's performance in terms of influence, instructions and doing the simple things well is what made that performance still remembered after 25 years.
A player that is so consistently that good for straight 5-6 years, it just doesn't make sense he suddenly making howlers after howlers nowadays. It's nothing to do with physical eg. injuries. Keepers doesn't affected much by physical, instead normally keepers becoming better as he ages.
Schmeichel was over-weight, feeling his injuries and was in his mid-30s. He needed a break because he was breaking down physically and couldnt play 60 matches a year anymore. And Schmeichel only missed 4 games. If we have to send a keeper on £300,000 a week out for a quarter of the season in his prime because he cant stop a weak shot going in from 25 years, he needs to take up bowling or something.
There is a young keeper in Sporting CP who I believe in 2,3 yeats will have all these abilities, Luis Maximiano.
There is a tough decision to be made here. Either we somehow convince Henderson to go on loan for one more year and stick with De Gea for another year, and hope that he won't make the same mistakes of last two years and somehow miraculously be back to his old self.
We won the league with him in the goal and completed at the highest level. Your statement is a cliche.
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He had plenty to do with the ball at his feet which is why the thread was bumped. To discuss what he did with the ball at his feet. What are you struggling to understand?
️Not true what a load of rubbish!
That is true. De gea the keeper is fantastic but he doesn't have an ounce of leadership quality. Not saying it's his fault for our defeat today but have never seen him organize the defense. You can agree to disagree.
️You haven’t watched enough games if you’ve never seen him organise the defence.
I have watched enough games of him playing for both United as well as spain and he doesn't do it for me on leadership front.
