Maarten Stekelenburg

Georgie Best said:
Well that is true, De Gea does have that EURO League win. He/Atletico Madrid did not perform the following year though, they are already out. He did not blow me away against Rosenborg

Lindegaard is a good goalkeeper with a capital G. If the battle becomes between him and De Gea, I am not sure De Gea will be the winner. I want continuity from day one (hopefylly) Scholes and Giggs are both considering retirement after next season. They have the Spain and England is also too very different leagues, The English game is more physical, more pressure in the box, for example Stoke and Newcastle - in such games I think De Gea might struggle. Even though the Norwigian league is a lot weaker than the Spanish, that is something England and Norway have in common, and that Lindegaard handles well. How good is De Gea there? Damn few knows, Spanish clubs keep it in their feet as much as possible. He might not not speak English well, and his statements is that he is happy on Atletico Madrid, and to be quite honest, with him having 20 years left of his career, if I were him I would be staying put.

Who is the best English speaker is also relevant. Communication is very important for a goalie. Experience is more vital to a goalkeeper than any other position, so I disagree with you, number of matches are actually damn important.

And hey, both Stekelenburg, Lloris and Akinfeev has more matching than the Germans, I still perfer them.
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Akinfeev is vastly inferior to the German keepers.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
Yes. He plays just like Edwin. All though he isn't as talented
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One thing is for sure, the new united keeper shiuld be very good with his feet - considering the amount of backpasses vds receives. And that's an area where maybe sketelenburg is better than the others
 
I believe that we are lengthening the odds on the one we are truly interested by when such statements are coming...

De Gea would be my guess for our choice...
 
Van der Sar has personnally recommended SAF to get Stekelenburg to replace him, that is basically what Meulensteen said on Dutch radio.
 
Shay Given £5million experienced and proven quality plus cheap and just as good as any mentioned in this thread.
 
Just no Howard vs Carrol again, it was horrible and we lost many games due to GK mistakes.

Good GK's aren't easy to come by, look at Le'Arse, who knows what could have happened if they didn't keep that shit Almunia as No.1 for so long.

I'm with Buffon all the way...

Not that prospect GK's aren't nice, but I feel that we should go for experience-wise GK's and VDS has proven to be great for us, even at the age of 34.
 
I've not seen huge amounts of Stekelenburg but I've never really understood the hype that surrounds him. he seems like a decent international standard keeper but you need alot more than that to make it at United.
 
gambit28 said:
I wouldn't say overrated, just his best years are behind him.
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I think he's a great shot stopper but other than that he seems average to me. Poor in coming to collect crosses, poor organization of defense. And plus City would never sell to us anyway :p
 
Conspiracy alert!

I wonder Meulensteen, and Edwin are trying to get Stekelenburg a better contract at Ajax. ;)
 
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MrK said:
No matter what way you dress it up, it was still a game against Fulham. No disrespect or anything, but it's probably fair to say it's a lesser game than say a world cup quarter or semi final.
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The opponent in such a huge game isn't important, weather you are against Barcelona or Burton Albion you have the same challenge, keep your head, and he did that admirably.
 
Stekelnburg always seemed a bit error prone to me. Have to admit though, I thought the same of Van der Sar at Fulham.

I wouldn't mind him, simply because looking at all the other possible names, I'm not sure which one is the best. There are question marks surrounding all of them (except Akinfeev, he's just not good enough).
 
Amir said:
Stekelnburg always seemed a bit error prone to me. Have to admit though, I thought the same of Van der Sar at Fulham.

I wouldn't mind him, simply because looking at all the other possible names, I'm not sure which one is the best. There are question marks surrounding all of them (except Akinfeev, he's just not good enough).
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I was gonna that point I remember VDS getting similar comments when he sign from Fulham. From what I saw at the world cup Stekelnburg looked good but Iv not seen any games for Ajax
 
If Torres (even in the summer) goes I could see Reina following suit

I can't see Liverpool wanting to sell to us but who would we be competing with?

Inter, Madrid, Barca, Chelsea, City and even spurs are all happy (you would think) with their first choice goalkeepers

Arsenal perhaps?

At the same time though I think we can do better than Reina who flaps at crosses and doesnt really dominate his area
 
Doubt it.

And on the point of kicking, yes VDS is asked to play the ball a lot. But if we had a new number 1 we could adapt and have our defenders clear the ball more often instead of giving it back to VDS. We play the way we do because its one of the strengths of Edwin, not because our defenders cant clear things up or play good balls forward. In fact both Vidic and Rio have shown an ability to play good balls down the middle. We just see Edwin's kicking as a better option much of the time.

If our next keeper isnt exceptional with his feet, we'll train him to improve that area but we'll also ask much less of him than we do VDS in that aspect.
 
Hes not as "flappy" as people are making out. I think he would improve a helluva a lot by coming to us even though hes already like 28 which would mean he would have like 10 years left. I also think with a solid defence in front of him and working with our coaches would be ideal.

Every keeper has had a moment or two. Its more about how they react to it. I think Stekelenburg has a bit of coolness about him. Oh and hes dutch.
 
I think that having played for Ajax for so long Stek will be used to the kind of job he'd have to do at utd, namely being inactive for most of the match but remaining aware for the one or two crucial saves he'll have to make.
 
Ekeke said:
Doubt it.

And on the point of kicking, yes VDS is asked to play the ball a lot. But if we had a new number 1 we could adapt and have our defenders clear the ball more often instead of giving it back to VDS. We play the way we do because its one of the strengths of Edwin, not because our defenders cant clear things up or play good balls forward. In fact both Vidic and Rio have shown an ability to play good balls down the middle. We just see Edwin's kicking as a better option much of the time.

If our next keeper isnt exceptional with his feet, we'll train him to improve that area but we'll also ask much less of him than we do VDS in that aspect.
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:lol: that's laughable nonsense, it really is.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Nonsense following nonsense.

Whenever Rio and Vidic have enough time and space to pass the ball forwards, they pass the ball forwards.

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Incorrect. If they were so good that 100% of the time when they had space to play the ball forwards, they did so, they'd be playing in midfield.

They play the ball forward when they feel its safe and the best idea to do so. And when they dont feel that retaining the ball passing it around in our own half is the right idea. They will play the ball forwards nowhere near as often as it is possible to do so. Because football isnt about continually playing the ball forwards and risking loss of possession. Especially for defenders who in doing so, will leave their team short of oppertunities to recover from the mistake
 
United confirm interest in Stekelenburg

Manchester United have put Netherlands international Maarten Stekelenburg at the top of their list to replace retiring goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

A dependable presence in South Africa last summer for the World Cup finalists, the Ajax goalkeeper is highly rated across the continent. And now United coach Rene Meulensteen has confirmed the 28-year-old - who only has a year left on his current deal with the Eredivisie club - has attracted Sir Alex Ferguson's interest.

"Stekelenburg is indeed the 'keeper who is at the top of our wanted list," Meulensteen said. "We naturally talk a lot among ourselves about who should replace Van der Sar. Alex Ferguson has spoken about Stekelenburg with Edwin and that does not seem strange to me at all."

United's goalkeeping coach Eric Steele acknowledged earlier in the week that the club had three targets in mind who could potentially succeed Van der Sar, who will retire at the end of the current campaign, with assistant manager Mike Phelan suggesting on Thursday that Sporting Lisbon's Rui Patricio is also someone of interest to the Old Trafford hierarchy.

"He's a young keeper with enormous potential - we've known Rui Patricio for a long time and we've also played against him a few times," Phelan said of the 22-year-old. "The only thing I can confirm is that we haven't made any offer."

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Ekeke said:
Incorrect. If they were so good that 100% of the time when they had space to play the ball forwards, they did so, they'd be playing in midfield.

They play the ball forward when they feel its safe and the best idea to do so. And when they dont feel that retaining the ball passing it around in our own half is the right idea. They will play the ball forwards nowhere near as often as it is possible to do so. Because football isnt about continually playing the ball forwards and risking loss of possession. Especially for defenders who in doing so, will leave their team short of oppertunities to recover from the mistake
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:wenger:
 
I think I'd want to know what exactly Rene meant.

Did he mean that Stekelenburg is a "'keeper who is at the top of our wanted list" with two other targets? Or, did he mean that he is the guy at the top i.e. the number one target?

He's a solid choice in my opinion, and if he has only one year left on his contract then he'll be easier to get and at a cheaper price than some other possibilities.

But I think VDS and Schmeichel have taught us the importance of having a great goalkeeper at United. It may be worth spending the extra money in order to secure the best goalkeeper out there whether that is Neuer or Adler or Lloris.
 
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