It looks like he may have found a new club
David De Gea Appreciation Thread
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I don’t think you understand the word awful. Onana is awful, Bruno and Rashford this season are awful, Fred and Lindelof have been awful. DDG did make some awful mistakes, but even last season I wouldn’t describe him as awful.
Onana has made a few big mistakes but he isnt awful, his stats this season show you that.
A few? How about a lot? His actions also show me that he is crap, keep your stats. The stats also showed Golden Gloves for DDG last season, and this guy described him as really awful.
6 months, no top club for DDG…
We made it.
I'm surprised he hasn't gone anywhere still. Maybe he's enjoying being out of football
Loves the club and is one of the best we've seen in nets for us. Love him.
Wonder if we could tempt him back on a far lower deal?
Could probably dislodge Onana from the No.1 spot quite easily.
Could probably dislodge Onana from the No.1 spot quite easily.
Are you wumming?
Last year with Dave in the net, we lost the FA Final to City. This year with Onana (And a much worse team), we beat City.
If that’s not enough of an indication, I don’t know what is.
I love Dave he's a Utd legend, but this desperate attempt to pretend he wasn't shite in the last few years is embarrassing. Onana has been a massive upgrade on that version of De Gea, even with the mistakes. Like last season, we wouldn't have won that game today with De Gea.
There are more than two goalkeepers in football
He really, really hasn't. Yet, let's see how his second season goes.
I just think it's all being looked at through a romantic revisionist lens. Last year, De Gea cost us any chance of winning the FA Cup; this year, Onana was a massive part of us winning it. The jury is still out on his long-term capabilities, but he's just far better than the version of De Gea we had left.
You must be on some spectacular gear, I’m jealous as feck. Mail me some, I’ll pay handsomely
De Gea literally lost us to the cup final last year. He was that bad. Its just revisionism at its finest. Onana is a good keeper, yes he's made mistakes but unlike some 'fans' I'm actually willing to be patient with players new to the team and league.
De Gea was making pretty similar Blunders to Onana last season. West Ham away for one
Your patience is admirable. I’d like him to succeed, he seems a decent fella as well. I think he’s too error prone though
He was also a massive part of us being knocked out of the CL and his blunder in the FA cup final let City back in the game.
I wanted De Gea out, however, that is an indication that cup matches are all about luck. Onana had a howler vs Doku but we still won.
To be fair, Onana also made 3-4 saves which were considerably harder than the ones De Gea let in vs City, while also being proactive and aggressive coming out to dominate the box and knowing how to use his feet.
We don't win that final yesterday with De Gea in goal. That's not even that high a praise for Onana either.
Love this from de Gea. While I think we were right to move on from him, he'd have every right to be bitter about the manner of his departure from the club.
While I'm not convinced about Onana, people are looking at David's latter seasons with us with rose tinted glasses. His last few seasons were littered with howlers (including one in the FA Cup final) plus the defenders were scared shitless to pass the ball back to him.
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Love the guy. Last summer was the right time to move on from him as a player but once he officially retires then I hope we bring him back in some capacity. If coaching isn't the right career move for him, then stick the beautiful bastard on MUTV.
To be fair to De Gea, Onana didn't. They both let in a goal they shouldn't have, quite similar also. Onana obviously made some good saves also so on the balance he was better. Nothing I wouldn't fancy De Gea to save, though.
Onana was also far more proactive with crosses yesterday than De Gea has ever been.
I don't doubt that at all. He's clearly good in that regard and has gotten better during the season.
Really like the relationship the Spanish trio (DDG, Herrera, Mata) still have with the club even if the manner of De Gea's and Herrera's exit didn't look ideal.
De Gea was probably one of the best keepers in football in 2013-2018 football but on obvious decline since and the fact almost a year since becoming free agent he's still got no club says enough. Think we should've sold him 2-3 years before and same goes for Mata, while Herrera actually could've stayed few more years.
De Gea was probably one of the best keepers in football in 2013-2018 football but on obvious decline since and the fact almost a year since becoming free agent he's still got no club says enough. Think we should've sold him 2-3 years before and same goes for Mata, while Herrera actually could've stayed few more years.
As well as being more proactive he’s also a million miles better on the ball. He’s a big reason why we don’t just crap the bed in possession constantly. That final last year was one of the worst examples in recent history of a keeper inviting pressure through shocking ball playing ability. You don’t get away with it at this level anymore.
I agree. We shouldn’t get him back. But you can’t compare the keepers by the FA cup final. We won this year because ETH got his tactics spot on and city last year was never gonna lose, they had the right mentality and was chasing a treble. The only few shots city had at us and he let 1 in by a mistake yesterday.
Some weird posts in this thread, we rightly moved on, nothing wrong with enjoying Daves post either.
Do we expect him to be back playing next season? Wonder how much interest he has had, has he been turning down approaches or has it been a dead zone. Got to think at only 33 he could still be starting at some level if he really wanted to.
Official retirement coming?
Official retirement coming?
My personal opinion. He probably has had options but held out for a CL team and it backfired. There was the rumour of RM, then they went for someone else. That probably just gave him more belief that another 20 European club would come in for him.
Very strange that he took the whole year off. Tbf the wages we paid him means he never has to play ever again.
I mean this just isn't true. I think you need to go back and watch De Gea's performance in the last FA Cup final, including a shot he stood and watched go in rather than trying to save.
We need to move forward, not go back to past failures. De Gea's time is over.
He was stinking up the place the last 3 years before his departure, and people were still backing him. So Onana deserves some time as well
He was stinking up the place the last 3 years before his departure, and people were still backing him. So Onana deserves some time as well