[ArbeitervonWien]

Has anyone counted how many mistakes he made this season? I mean, there seems to be at least one really bad, dangerous pass per game plus the occasional fumbles and the lack of ability to command his box.

He's become such a liability, it's ridiculous.

 

[kafta]

He has to be replaced. Its costing us too many points and matches.

These mistakes put the whole team and manager under pressure, and now the whole season will be dissected for a week by the media and fans.

 

[TMDaines]

I wish the fax machine had worked back in 2015.

Biggest myth in football. It wasn’t a fax machine. It was Madrid coming to their senses.

 

[mintyred]

In the PL he has 19 errors leading to goals, 4 of which have come this season. Remember that’s just the PL.

Thank you for your service but it’s time to go.

Looking back on his United career I hate to say he’s nowhere near one of the best. He was amazing at his peak but it didn’t last long. He made many errors in the beginning and he’s making more now.

I hope to God even if we renew his contract we get a new GK.

 

[The Urban Goose]

It’s happened before hasn’t it? Feels like we were chasing top 4 a few years and De Gea fecked us over royally then as well. Was wondering if it was my imagination or based on facts

18-19, when Ole took over from Mourinho, we managed to get back into the top four then DDG went to pieces. That's when many of us thought it was time to get rid. Here we still are four years later...

 

[TMDaines]

Still maintain our CBs have been given a thankless task for years with no bonafide holding midfielders in front of them and this lemon behind them. Nigh on impossible to defend with assurance and confidence when you do not have a dependable colleague to rely on.

 

[Lentwood]

At his peak he was a fantastic shot stopper, I thought that was pretty much universally accepted? The guy has won us so many games and points in the past. These days he's got some gaffes in him, and he's a liability on the ball for sure. But he was once a very good goalkeeper.

Fergie wouldn't have stuck by him if he was such a monstrosity and he wouldn't have won our player of the year award so many times if he was as bad as you make out.

Did you even read the post? I said he hasnt been a good GK for four years...SAF left in 2013! That was ten years ago!

DDGs last good season was Jose's 2nd season. Since then, his reflexes have gone from "superhuman" to "good" and now to "average" and what is left, when you take away his one outstanding attribute, is a very poor goalkeeper

 

[soapythecat]

If he left us, where would he end up? I’m struggling to think where given his wages. And that’s the thing, if he was such a good, consistent keeper, there would be a string of clubs after him.
It will be criminal if he gets any kind of extension. It will be criminal if he starts next weekend, but we know he will.

 

[Lyng]

He needs to go in the summer. Its that simple really.

 

[arnie_ni]

Disaster yesterday. Hopefully he rebounds for the last 4 games

 

[Woodzy]

Disaster yesterday. Hopefully he rebounds for the last 4 games

I personally think his confidence is shot. He has always seemed mentally weak, but he’s never been in the firing line as much as he is now, even in the days where he couldn’t catch a ball from a corner.

Would not be surprised if we see another howler before the season is done.

 

[arnie_ni]

I personally think his confidence is shot. He has always seemed mentally weak, but he’s never been in the firing line as much as he is now, even in the days where he couldn’t catch a ball from a corner.

Would not be surprised if we see another howler before the season is done.

Well then we are in trouble because we'll do well to score 4 goals over the next 4 games let alone score 2 in one to compensate. We are even worse at the other end.

 

[mikeyt]

I'm really tired of watching Dave make mistake after mistake. People saying he's saved us so many points, I'd argue he really hasn't because a lot of those saves other decent keepers would make. He cost us a point yesterday and has cost us many this season. We simply cannot build a dominant team with him between the sticks. For the love of god please get rid.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

18-19, when Ole took over from Mourinho, we managed to get back into the top four then DDG went to pieces. That's when many of us thought it was time to get rid. Here we still are four years later...

And we wonder why standards are so low. We need new owner and badly.

 

[Chaky_Best]

It seems that the club already proposed him a new contract.

I am sure that if we had the budget, we would have gone for a number 1 and a number 2.

Nevertheless, I think that he will still be there next year.

 

[arthurka]

Yes it is on ETH. He had resources and bought the likes of Antony when we could've bought a proper striker. He took a massive gamble and lost. It happens.

It's not really, we have been lacking a RW since Valencia. The club left him shit attacking options.

 

[Unam333]

Has anyone counted how many mistakes he made this season? I mean, there seems to be at least one really bad, dangerous pass per game plus the occasional fumbles and the lack of ability to command his box.

He's become such a liability, it's ridiculous.

Well, hard to come up with hard facts, but it feels like he makes a (little) mistake every game.

 

[MadDogg]

If he left us, where would he end up? I’m struggling to think where given his wages. And that’s the thing, if he was such a good, consistent keeper, there would be a string of clubs after him.
It will be criminal if he gets any kind of extension. It will be criminal if he starts next weekend, but we know he will.

Levy might be stupid enough to offer him a decent wage at a decent club. Lloris is one of the few keepers in the league who is clearly worse, and Levy might like the idea of bringing in a 'big name'. Will also probably depend on what manager Spurs get though.

 

[Jurgen Plopp]

It's not really, we have been lacking a RW since Valencia. The club left him shit attacking options.

The Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia who recommended Caicedo for 4 million to United , but they didn't bother because it was too difficult to do, and just left him for Brighton.

 

[Slevs]

If he left us, where would he end up? I’m struggling to think where given his wages. And that’s the thing, if he was such a good, consistent keeper, there would be a string of clubs after him.
It will be criminal if he gets any kind of extension. It will be criminal if he starts next weekend, but we know he will.

We know he will because its the only logical choice, there's nothing criminal about that. Heaton isn't playing a game and I don't think Butland is better than DDG.

It would be extremely stupid however if he got any kind of extension.

 

[NinjaZombie]

I'm really tired of watching Dave make mistake after mistake. People saying he's saved us so many points, I'd argue he really hasn't because a lot of those saves other decent keepers would make. He cost us a point yesterday and has cost us many this season. We simply cannot build a dominant team with him between the sticks. For the love of god please get rid.

Fabianski made a save at the end from a Martial shot. That's the kind of saves most goalkeepers make but De Gea's people will be singing his praises for, saying he's saved us 2 points and all that. To quote Roy Keane, "that's his job."

 

[johnnyteutonic]

The Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia who recommended Caicedo for 4 million to United , but they didn't bother because it was too difficult to do, and just left him for Brighton.

Yep, add that to the list of the multitude of transfer cock-ups this club has made under this awful ownership. Please dear god let's hope they sell and sell soon.

 

[johnnyteutonic]

Did anyone always prefer Romero?

I always thought we looked like a totally different team when he was our goalkeeper in cup competitions than De gea in the league.

Yep. I remember he was much better at sweeping.

I also thought we looked better when Henderson was keeper.

I know Hendo has burnt a lot of bridges but at this stage I think the keeper situation is that desperate that we should just give him an extended go next season.

 

[Danny]

We know he will because its the only logical choice, there's nothing criminal about that. Heaton isn't playing a game and I don't think Butland is better than DDG.

It would be extremely stupid however if he got any kind of extension.

Butland can't be any worse though at this stage. I'm sure he can pass a ball more accurately, too. What's the point in having a back up keeper if you aren't willing to play him when you need to?

 

[Devil81]

Not many people mentioning his teammates. I wonder how they are dealing with the situation.

Granted they didn't cover themselves in glory but he changed the whole flow of the game as he give the crowd a voice and lifted the whole West Ham team.

I'd love to have been fly on the wall as I can't imagine nobody hasn't ripped into him, I personally don't think I could hold back myself. If it was an isolated incident then fair enough but its literally 4 or 5 times a season.

 

[Devil81]

When you actually take in the number of top level mistakes in that clip it's a wonder he's actually got a club let alone our number 1.

I forgot about some there are that many!

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

And some utter donuts tried to claim he was as good as Schmeichel and VdS
He is a total bottle job. An absolute joke.

 

[pocco]

Did you even read the post? I said he hasnt been a good GK for four years...SAF left in 2013! That was ten years ago!

DDGs last good season was Jose's 2nd season. Since then, his reflexes have gone from "superhuman" to "good" and now to "average" and what is left, when you take away his one outstanding attribute, is a very poor goalkeeper

No, you quoted a post from four years ago, which said you'd been saying he's the worst keeper in the league for two years at that point. So for six years minimum you've thought he's the worst keeper in the league. It's laughable. Think he was golden gloves and team of the season in that time, and had just been out POTY for three years in a row. And I can think of some proper shit goalkeepers that have been in the league in that time.

Basically, you've had it out for him for a long time and now he's finally getting a bit past his best you're coming here saying "see, see, I was right all along".

 

[Lentwood]

No, you quoted a post from four years ago, which said you'd been saying he's the worst keeper in the league for two years at that point. So for six years minimum you've thought he's the worst keeper in the league. It's laughable. Think he was golden gloves and team of the season in that time, and had just been out POTY for three years in a row. And I can think of some proper shit goalkeepers that have been in the league in that time.

Basically, you've had it out for him for a long time and now he's finally getting a bit past his best you're coming here saying "see, see, I was right all along".

I am not going to argue about exact timeframes because you can go back through my posts and there are multiple examples were I say over and over again that DDG was a world-class goalkeeper until the end of Jose's second season. Since then, he's been an abonimation.

I have had it out for him for a long time, you are right about that, because not only is he crap, he is the biggest bottler in our squad. I have never seen such a cowardly goalkeeper, ducking challenges, frightened of colliding with his posts, bullied by CFs, flapping at set-pieces, avoiding collisions and generally being an absolute melt.

 

[Marwood]

No, you quoted a post from four years ago, which said you'd been saying he's the worst keeper in the league for two years at that point. So for six years minimum you've thought he's the worst keeper in the league. It's laughable. Think he was golden gloves and team of the season in that time, and had just been out POTY for three years in a row. And I can think of some proper shit goalkeepers that have been in the league in that time.

Basically, you've had it out for him for a long time and now he's finally getting a bit past his best you're coming here saying "see, see, I was right all along".

"Finally a bit past it"

He's been way past it for years.

He singlehandedly cost us top 4 years ago.

 

[Lentwood]

When you actually take in the number of top level mistakes in that clip it's a wonder he's actually got a club let alone our number 1.

I forgot about some there are that many!

At least three of those mistakes are a result of him being frightened of colliding with the post...it really is completely unacceptable on every level

 

[Leftback99]

No, you quoted a post from four years ago, which said you'd been saying he's the worst keeper in the league for two years at that point. So for six years minimum you've thought he's the worst keeper in the league. It's laughable. Think he was golden gloves and team of the season in that time, and had just been out POTY for three years in a row. And I can think of some proper shit goalkeepers that have been in the league in that time.

Basically, you've had it out for him for a long time and now he's finally getting a bit past his best you're coming here saying "see, see, I was right all along".

I was also saying he was one of the worst in the league at least two years ago. This isn't a new thing that he's looking past his best.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Becoming more and more imperative that he has to go isn't it? Sad, but we need to move on.

 

[Nou_Camp99]

We need a new keeper, new ST, new RW, new CB, new CM and probably an attacking right back too.

Absolutely pathetic given all the money we've spent over the last 5-6 seasons.

DDG had to go though. He's no longer a top Keeper.

 

[Licha M]

What's with the constant high fives between him and his teammates whenever he makes a save that the other 19 keepers in the league routinely make every week?

Is he that fragile he needs constant encouragement, recognition and reassurance by everyone around him?

He's so weak of mind and body it's embarrassing, the Antonio incident is De Gea in a nutshell. There was another where it looks like he was ducking out of the way of the ball heading towards goal, only for it to deflect and go out for a corner.

His display against Leipzig away back in 2020 was the final straw for me. One of the most cowardice displays from a goalkeeper I've ever seen.

This is what £350,000 a week gets you though, apparently.

 

[DavelinaJolie]

I personally think his confidence is shot. He has always seemed mentally weak, but he’s never been in the firing line as much as he is now, even in the days where he couldn’t catch a ball from a corner.

Would not be surprised if we see another howler before the season is done.

West ham just stationed three plays on or around the edge of the area when he had the ball, and he struggled to break through it, leading to repeated possession give aways from short or long balls. He invited pressure on and it's not the first time it has been that glaring either. Teams are going to keep doing this because they know he isn't able to distribute quickly and effectively.

We can't go into next season with him in goal, it's too big a problem.

 

[ArbeitervonWien]

Well, hard to come up with hard facts, but it feels like he makes a (little) mistake every game.

Ecxatcly, at least with his passing you feel he'll make a mistake sooner rather than later (and most games or at least in many he does).

That's certainly not reassuring for the lads in front of him. Psychologically this is clearly not ideal.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I personally think his confidence is shot. He has always seemed mentally weak, but he’s never been in the firing line as much as he is now, even in the days where he couldn’t catch a ball from a corner.

Would not be surprised if we see another howler before the season is done.

I mentioned elsewhere that quite often goalkeepers have to a nutjob or have very high arrogance. David always seems rather quiet and reserved which are not great qualities as a goalkeeper. You have to dominate you defence and your penalty area.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Still maintain our CBs have been given a thankless task for years with no bonafide holding midfielders in front of them and this lemon behind them. Nigh on impossible to defend with assurance and confidence when you do not have a dependable colleague to rely on.

This really can't be stressed enough.

It's no coincidence that Maguire looks much less of a liability in an England shirt or Smalling moves to a team with a more commanding goalkeeper and immediately looks like twice the player. Playing in central defence for Manchester United is immediately an uphill battle when you're trying to compensate for a goalkeeper who can't or won't command his box, is poor at sweeping, hesitant and inaccurate with the bal at his feet and nowhere near vocal enough. That's a perfect storm to make any centre back look a pale shadow of his usual self. And it's also shows how great Varane and Martinez (and, to a lesser extent, Shaw and Lindelof) could potentially be to somehow look decent despite all of the above.

The declining ability in terms of shot stopping and increasing number of howlers is really just a side issue.

 

[FootyGirl88]