How is this still a thing in 2022?
Which core competencies would they be then? Communicating with his defence? Commanding in claiming crosses? Physically dominating opposing forwards and being quick and aggressive off his line in a Schmeichel-like fashion? How you can possibly think that being good in possession is not a core competency is beyond me.
So going by your logic you think AWB is a better fit than Dalot because he`s a defend first full back which doesn`t fit your criteria for modern day players? Times change and dynamics evolve using what worked in a by gone era wont help you now when everyone is doing things differently and better than you
The last 5 golden glove awards have been won by either Ederson or Allison who fit that description so what on earth are you talking about?
Because De Gea has made countless of unforgiveable mistakes since 2018, completely dropped from The Spanish NT and stylistically not a fit for Ten Hag`s style. Shaw and Rashford attribute wise can fit the style but have a consistency issue. Being a "winner" is irrelevant Ronaldo is the biggest winner in the game but every man and his dog can see he`s a major major major issue on the pitch
Bad management how when he`s started in 90% of the games of all those managers? Under LVG specifically Frans Hoek one of the best GK coaches of all time in his book mentioned De Gea`s incapability and REFUSAL to adapt to a more all round style and that was when he was 24-26yrs old so no it`s also not bad coaching either because he intentionally chose not to improve his all round game. Asking him to play like a modern day GK now is demanding he completely abandons and changes what has served him in over a decade at 32yrs old much easier said than done and no he hasn`t been any different this season so far compared to previous 4yrs shot stopping and nothing else
A CF and GK are equal priorities not one or the other. Ten Hag`s style of football needs an all round GK to be successful just like Pep`s or Klopp`s
LVG was handicapped in the market as much as Moyes and Jose though if he got players he wanted instead of players forced on him he`d have fared better here. He also broke our Post Fergie Era trophy drought doubt some of his aspects as you want but he had a plan which could have worked in a better run club
Let`s be blatantly honest De Gea is here because of a faulty fax machine and Woodward`s panic tactics of offering him stupid wages he`d never get elsewhere not necessarily because he "loves" the club even though I do think he`s more settled at Utd now than 7yrs ago.
"Specialist in failure" as if De Gea`s mistakes didn`t cost us top 4 in 18/19, an FA Cup Final place in 19/20, a knock out place in the 20/21 CL or the EL Final in 2021? Let`s not get into last season where he wasn`t even amongst the best GKs in the league statistically. He`s been as directly responsible for our failures as the shit in front of him(which also needs replacing) and at his age on his wages he`s become a big liability if he isn`t heading that direction. He`s not the present or the future
Quite baffling that people can watch us play and come to this conclusion. We've just spent about 80m on Malacia and Lisandro who are fantastic ball players and have Varane and Dalot who can also play from the back yet we punt the ball long from 90% of goalkicks just because of de Gea's inability to play football. His weaknesses are crippling and a massive reason we can't control games with the ball. We never will be able to until he's been replaced and thankfully Ten Hag seems aware of this given the pursuits of keepers like Sommer and Trapp who have some ability to pass the ball.
He was more of a detriment than a positive contributor in that season
. We conceded 43 goals that season and he was dropped for fecking Lindegaard. Using it as some proof of his quality is laughable.I`m not calling him a specialist in failure either just pointing out that he`s not free from justifiable criticism and he`s as culpable as the rest in our failures recently despite his past(emphasis on PAST not current or future) achievements and we`re moving towards a style that makes him an Achilles Heel in our team that urgently needs replacing
He was more of a detriment than a positive contributor in that season
What signs of improvement were there against Brighton, Brentford or Sociedad? Even in games we won he didn`t do anything different to what we`re used to seeing
Do you have statistical data to back this up or just assumption? Because I watch a lot of TIFO analytical videos amongst others and read articles and I can tell you for a fact statistically you couldn`t be any more wrong about this statement. Even Newcastle of all teams have improved massively at playing out from the back when they signed Nick Pope, Brighton also improved when they signed Sanchez to replace Matt Ryan and Brentford also improved here when they signed David Raya so this negates your point about needing top class outfield players to play out from the back when you have a static GK in the posts if Mid Table clubs can pull it off. Going beyond De Gea Courtois was a very similar GK to De Gea at Chelsea and in his early Madrid days but massively improved on the ball and at sweeping under Ancelotti you can see how well he`s doing now and how it`s improved a once imbalanced Madrid defence
No!
I make you wrong.
Cannot comprehend the level of stupidity behind this post.
What he did afterwards isn't particularly relevant since we're talking about his ability to play in a title winning team. I'm not really fussed about awards like PFA TOTS, a keeper making it after being dropped for over a quarter of the season just says it all
All of that and he's also the best paid goalkeeper in the world by a margin. Two of our most average performers are our two highest earners on silly money.
