Damn.. Love the guy, but it was the worst Gk performance in passing, I've ever seen in my life.
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Maybe a bit harsh but i unfortunately have a hard time seeing us winning the league or the CL with De Gea, he just gives the ball away too easily even against a mediocre opponent such as Betis, Against better teams that press even better he panics often and goes long and gives the ball away all the time. Lets be real here now days you're not winning the PL or the CL by relying on countering footboll which is what we're pretty much doing against most good teams at the moment. i'm seriously nervous every time he has the ball at his feet and planning to go short, because you just know he is gonna feck it up somehow.
It's clear as day that Ten Hag wants to play possession football and play out from the back against most teams. I just can't see us doing that anytime soon unless De Gea massively improves somehow. Like yeah he is a good shot stopper probably up there among the best right now, but that's just isn't enough now days and you need the whole package if you wanna win the big trophies. For me he is a legend of the club but he is unfortunately very flawed, so if he is still here next season i hope he can prove me wrong.
It's clear as day that Ten Hag wants to play possession football and play out from the back against most teams. I just can't see us doing that anytime soon unless De Gea massively improves somehow. Like yeah he is a good shot stopper probably up there among the best right now, but that's just isn't enough now days and you need the whole package if you wanna win the big trophies. For me he is a legend of the club but he is unfortunately very flawed, so if he is still here next season i hope he can prove me wrong.
You can't win leagues with a keeper who can't find his own teammates with his passes. Cups yes, leagues no.
Not sure if it was the Liverpool gane effect but boy does he panic when pressed. Over the season I thought he was getting better at passing when opponents press and then he drops this performance. If Maguire was next to him yesterday, we would have conceded a
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Surely now is the time to give a run of games to either Heaton or Butland?
You really do wonder why he has these passing brainfarts
His kicking is shocking and his shot stopping is average but his general cowardice is what annoys me the most. He is always rooted to his line and never makes it easy for his defenders. I caught a bit of the arsenal sporting game and during a corner the arsenal keeper was near the halfway line. Similar situation in our game and Varane had to sprint back cause de gea was in his box. Appreciate the service but it's time to move him on this summer. Absolutely no way he should start for us next season.
I know I was wankered on Sunday but even I have no idea what I was trying to say here.
Never warmed up to him like i did with Schmeichel and Edwin but he has given a decade of his career to our great football club and had two peak seasons with us when he was undoubtedly the best goalkeeper in the world. Had his fair share of feck ups and will continue to do so. Needs a wage reduction in his contract though if he wants to stay
Even when he isn’t giving it away he’s either playing to safe or our players are having to do all the work to retain the ball.
I just hope ETH values a keeper who can pass. What kind did he have Ajax??!
Clearly you were that it was an absolutely performance. I completely agree.
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Again it’s not his composure. He is afraid to take a second touch to turn around and change sides. He simply can’t kick the ball, it’s as simple as that.
His passing ability is atrocious, and his shot stopping capability is above average at best these days.
He is currently on 350k a week with talks of him getting 250k a week. I say he won’t get any other team to pay him 150k a week and for good reasons.
We need to let him go!!
Yup. You can’t have a player on big money who is a hinderance to playing the way you want to play. There may be teething problems but the sooner we make the change the better
I think you have to accept him being here with his contract. There is no way De Gea agrees to a move so any incoming transfer will just be to bench him, which can be easily justified.
I swear, there was a 10 min period where he wasn't even close to passing to anyone. In such cases, you would safeguard that by booting it up far up the field to someone, but kicking it only 10-30 yards is unbelievable. Looked like he was sabotaging the side.
His contract is coming to an end this season and United won’t take the 12 month extension.
There are talks of him being offered 200k a week contract with max being 250k a week if he plays half of the 60 games a season….
This is the best time to let him go for free…. Yes he has been a great servant but heck he also made 100m in gross income in these 5 years….. I think club has done their part as well….
Thank him for his services but time to move on..!!
Oh, if that's the case then it's all good.
His team-mates didn't need to give him the ball much in the 2nd half because there wasn't a need to. It's not De Gea's strength to build up play nor was there any incessant pressure from Betis.
He did what he could much better in the 2nd half. Keeping things simple and not fecking up traditional goalkeeping stuff. Yes, sweeping up, closing angles and kicking accuracy are traditional goalkeeping skills.
No , just no OK I can accept we need a new No1 but it's not these two, mot even close.
When does his contract run down?
End of this season. Team has an option to extend for another year but no chance they do it on his current wages.
Wasnt there a report he'd be ready to take smaller wage?
Oh my.
He either passes is to the 1st defender who's under pressure or boots it up pitch to nobody.
He literally had feck all to do in the second half.
They just completely ignored him when the ball was back there for most of the second half. It was obvious.
And that bolded bit is a big reason why he just had to go.
All I've been saying is - considering the 1st half where other keepers would crumble he did well to recover no matter how simple his tasks were. I'm not talking about the wider topic of whether he should stay or go or the rest of his deficiencies which I and others (yourself included) have beaten to death.
First thing he did second half was to put Martinez on a horse, passing to him surrounded by 3 Betis players in close vicinity. I think he did this so that Lisandro could show off with his technique, but any other player and there's a high chance of losing the ball on the edge of the box.
From that moment he was not doing anything, the team passed the ball to him as little as possible. I am pretty sure he has not recovered at all.
You what?
De Gea would have never lasted as long as he has at a Fergie managed United, he'd have been shipped out a long, long time ago.
We can't go into next season with him as our first choice GK otherwise nothing is going to improve at the back. He completely loses his head far too often, no wonder he can't get anywhere near the Spain team.
We can't go into next season with him as our first choice GK otherwise nothing is going to improve at the back. He completely loses his head far too often, no wonder he can't get anywhere near the Spain team.
I don’t consider him a legend. I think legend gets thrown around far too easily. I’ll explain it in an FM way, I think there’s 3 tiers
Legend
Icon
Cult hero
I’d say DDG falls into the icon section. Legends are the likes of Charlton, Cantona etc
He's not a legend. Just because you managed to pull a decent 20 games a season while everything else is on fire doesn't make you a legend. In fact, whenever he's had the opportunity to make legend status he's had a shocker.
I mean. I find it difficult naming anyone who’s been a mainstay during the banter decade of the club a legend but whatever
Almost looked intentional his kicking was that bad
It's when he has a simple pass but chooses to kick it long that infuriates me the most.
He has the record for clean sheets as a Man Utd player. He won player of the season three times in a row, albeit when we were shite. He has produced some of the best goalkeeping performances seen in England. Yeah he's not suited to playing out from the back, but he is a club legend and is loved by match goers.
From the last decade he’s the only one who has a shout to being an iconic / legendary United player. For me personally he’s one of those who is an all time great for us but not a legend.
Haven't Real won loads of Champions leagues with Thibaut Courtois? Isn't he renowned for being poor with his feet?
Makes up for it by being a lot more commanding than De Gea.
Because he's had zero competition for his place in an era where United have been dogshit. Someone has to play in net during that time and United have only ever gone out and got goalies on a free since money needed to be spent on the rest of the squad more urgently. He's got away with playing this team for years despite not being up to it.
But this idea that you need Beckham back there to win things is tripe
Neither an all time great nor a legend for me. Rashford has a bigger shout, but he has a way to go yet.
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