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Seems a bit harsh to slate the guy. We all knew this thread bump was coming.

It's the club that needs looking at for faffing about on this all summer. There's 3 better keepers sat next to each other watching our games from the stands. Ridiculous that this hasn't been sorted sooner.
 
Johnstone is better than him, should play from now on.
 
Fiskey said:
Johnstone is better than him, should play from now on.
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This is not the solution. Romero was brought in as our number 2 and he has a wealth of experience. The DDG bullshit needs to be sorted and I guess it will be by the passage of time. September 1 is almost upon us. DDG should be given back his position
 
Yeah the second goal was a bit of a cock up.

Of course, no one should be surprised that he's not the keeper De Gea is. We're not going to get bailed out as frequently as DDG did for us, simple matter of fact.
 
He'll cost is goals, and points all season.

Not good enough - simple as that.
 
marjen said:
Yeah the second goal was a bit of a cock up.

Of course, no one should be surprised that he's not the keeper De Gea is. We're not going to get bailed out as frequently as DDG did for us, simple matter of fact.
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Never mind De Gea, I personally don't think he's as good as the 4 goalkeepers we have in reserves.
 
Don't see need to criticise him, he is and always has been a backup expecting anything more was always stupid. at the end of the day he was a reserve at a midtable serie a side and by his own admission no one wanted him even on a free transfer.

We meter should have got to stage where he was our number one.
 
I certainly think he's better than, say, Lindegaard for example, and he's not an awful keeper by any means, but yeah, he's not good enough to be our number 1 and certainly is a massive downgrade on De Gea.

Providing DDG hangs around for another season, he'll likely be in goal in a few weeks and will be back to being our main goalkeeper for the season. Romero will get some games here and there, but if De Gea's here then he'll be playing ahead of him.
 
Enigma_87 said:
It's normal to want him to come good, if you haven't seen him all that much, although he had his fair share of blunders at national level as well. I fully expect him to make even bigger mistakes after he's put to pressure by some of the top teams in Prem.

Next week we play against Pool and after that against Soton. I fully expect him to do something stupid in one of those games.
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2 weeks. September 12
 
Sultan said:
Never mind De Gea, I personally don't think he's as good as the 4 goalkeepers we have in reserves.
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That's pretty heavy. I'm not saying you're wrong, but do consider that Romero is a seasoned international who represented Argentina at the last World Cup.
 
17 Van der Gouw said:
That's pretty heavy. I'm not saying you're wrong, but do consider that Romero is a seasoned international who represented Argentina at the last World Cup.
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Kleberson represented Brazil in two World Cups, winning one of them and starting in the final. He was nowhere near good enough for United.
 
Raoul said:
So we deliberately bought a dodgy keeper to sabotage our club. Brilliant logic.
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Still waiting for your response Raoul....

I never said that at all and it makes me look a tit because I never said that!!

I said once we signed him, along with other people on here, he wasn't good enough to be number 1........And we gave examples.

Anyone who has seen him elsewhere knows he wasn't good enough to be our number 1...Number 2, maybe but not a number one.

As per your original post, I never even suggested that

Seriously, for a man of your knowledge, how can you even type that?

And for the record, I have watched him long before the 2014 WC....He was shit on a stick!
I ain't judging him on his United career, I judged him before and was shocked when he became number one

For someone of your intellect of the game, that was an abysmal post and I'm quite surprised
 
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today against a competent opposition has proven to a degree that we really can't afford head into the season with this guy as our no.1.
 
Raoul said:
Feck the reputation. Judge him by his performances and those of the players around him, who today were quite poor.
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We've seen his dilly-dallying on the ball (every. single. time.), dodgy positioning, and baffling decision-making in every game. By some miracle, it hasn't cost us until today. It looks like his reputation is well deserved.
 
dsch said:
We've seen his dilly-dallying on the ball (every. single. time.), dodgy positioning, and baffling decision-making in every game. By some miracle, it hasn't cost us until today. It looks like his reputation is well deserved.
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This so called reputation is a self-reinforcing narrative. He has by all accounts had a good start to his United career and will likely be our #2. Constant moaning about every miskick or positioning error is not going to help anything.
 
He's clearly shit. We've done well to get three matches in without him conceding but there are always errors in him, just like there is for most #2 or #3 'keepers. I won't be too harsh on the first goal (although I genuinely think De Gea would save it because he is world class), but he was all over the place for their second.

This De Gea situation needs to be sorted ASAP.
 
I'd tolerate him if he can be solid keeper, even if he makes me nervous when the ball is at his feet, but that second goal we conceded was terrible.
 
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This so called reputation is a self-reinforcing narrative. He has by all accounts had a good start to his United career and will likely be our #2. Constant moaning about every miskick or positioning error is not going to help anything.
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If we can all admit that DDG had a bad start to his United career, let's not mince words with Romero.

Moaning about his mistakes doesn't help anything except forming an accurate assessment of his performances.
 
dsch said:
If we can all admit that DDG had a bad start to his United career, let's not mince words with Romero.

Moaning about his mistakes doesn't help anything except forming an accurate assessment of his performances.
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Moaning doesn't even help form an accurate assessment, it merely reinforces neverending negativity.
 
Meh. This guy is our sub goalkeeper, how much were ye really expecting from him?

Everything we knew about him before he ever signed indicated that he wasn't good enough to be our first choice goalkeeper, so it's hardly surprising if he turns out to be a big downgrade on DDG. This is a temporary situation though, if DDG goes then we will almost certainly sign someone better, in which case it's hardly a major worry.
 
It needs remembering that De Gea cost us a number of goals in his first season. I dont think Romero is really good enough to be our number 1 but a lot of people have been waiting for this thread bump. If it becomes a weekly occurrence then we have real cause for concern, but until then he's the best option we have.
 
Raoul said:
This so called reputation is a self-reinforcing narrative. He has by all accounts had a good start to his United career and will likely be our #2. Constant moaning about every miskick or positioning error is not going to help anything.
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Our number 2?

And when De Gea goes tomorrow or on Tuesday, and we've only got him and Paint, what then?!

It's a football forum mate. It's for discussions based on what we've seen.
What are we supposed to say?! "Oh he cost us a goal and cost us the match but he wore those short sleeves well. That's a plus!"

Myself and others have seen him prior to the WC in 2014.....He's always been dodgy. And that's being polite. Unless LvG signed him for a number 2 basis, which is clearly not the case, I've no idea what he's doing here!

Take today out of it, and we won 1-0, I'd still say he's not good enough! Myself and others were baffled by this signing before he'd even had a scarf shot my friend

And it's not a "sage" post or a patronising post (Sorry if it comes across like that) but I've no idea what's he doing here, unless he's a number 2, which he's clearly not
 
11101 said:
It needs remembering that De Gea cost us a number of goals in his first season. I dont think Romero is really good enough to be our number 1 but a lot of people have been waiting for this thread bump. If it becomes a weekly occurrence then we have real cause for concern, but until then he's the best option we have.
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While this is true, De Gea was just a teenager moving to one of the biggest clubs in the world. He was one of the most promising young keepers in the world but had a long road ahead of him.

Romero is 28 with dodgy record, a lot of games for Argentina which is baffling for many football fans since they deserve a much better keeper. His blunders and comical plays are nothing new and I see no reason to expect him to improve greatly. He will be decent as long as our defenders are solid.
 
Mali_Zeus said:
That 2nd goal was attrocious, you can't concede a goal in your angle.
Keep DDG and play him.
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I think he should have done better for the first too, but obviously I'm used to DDG saving those kind of shots and have now come to expect those standards. That second goal though.....wow.
 
Summit said:
I think he should have done better for the first too, but obviously I'm used to DDG saving those kind of shots and have now come to expect those standards. That second goal though.....wow.
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I hate myself when I concede in my angle, can't imagine what professional keepers think.
 
He just doesn't look like a keeper, looks all awkward and shit. Slow tortoise like foot movement, slow motion reflexes and shite kicking. Heck he even looks awkward for a footballer let alone be a first choice for United.
 
He has done something weird or questionable in every game so far


Seriously though his effort on their 2nd was hilarious. I never see the funny side of utd losing but when I watched the replays of that goal I did find myself laughing
 
I know nothing at all about him, never seen him play before he joined.

Up to yesterday the only thing he had to do was kick the ball out, and I thought he looked decent with the ball at his feet and his distribution looked good.

Had a mare yesterday though, dodgy kicking and the second goal was a howler from a keepers perspective.

Can't see us letting DDG go and reyling on him. I'd imagine someone will come in should DDG go.
 
He's not that bad, had a howler yesterday on the second and isn't using his feet enough. Obviously not at DDG's level but he's basically had a season out, will improve.
 
Randall Flagg said:
He has done something weird or questionable in every game so far


Seriously though his effort on their 2nd was hilarious. I never see the funny side of utd losing but when I watched the replays of that goal I did find myself laughing
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Plays the game in slow mo. Always seems to take an age to make up his mind. I have my heart in my mouth whenever he's closed down quickly.
 
The second goal was fairly bad, no respectable keeper should be getting beat at his near post. De Gea would have slapped it away with his pimp leg and feline reflexes.
 
Raoul said:
This so called reputation is a self-reinforcing narrative. He has by all accounts had a good start to his United career and will likely be our #2. Constant moaning about every miskick or positioning error is not going to help anything.
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All accounts?

Praising him unconditionally on an internet forum doesn't accomplish anything either. I never got the whole 'what does this accomplish?' thing when we're all basically guys talking about football on the internet.
 
This is why the shit guy was 3rd fecking choice at Sampdoria. Those at club the club responsible for this signing are absolute buffoons for getting this fraud of a player
 
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He's not that bad, had a howler yesterday on the second and isn't using his feet enough. Obviously not at DDG's level but he's basically had a season out, will improve.
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We don't have time to let him improve, we need a world class goalkeeper not an average journeyman.
 
Uzz said:
Gomis' goal should have been saved, but I think he's done very well in his time with us.

Tbh, I wouldn't have a huge problem with him being our #1 for the season.
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He's had almost nothing to do.

When he has had something to do he has looked shaky. Shocking on the ball for a start.

Look up that youtube video which is a magnificent collection of his many clangers over the years.
 
Dans said:
He's had almost nothing to do.

When he has had something to do he has looked shaky. Shocking on the ball for a start.

Look up that youtube video which is a magnificent collection of his many clangers over the years.
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I've watched pretty much every game so far in the season, and from my viewings I haven't felt jittery at all with him between the sticks.

He could have done better with both goals against Swansea, but I'd say the defence was to blame more than anything. Gomis' shot was tame, but if he had connected properly it would have been a goal regardless, so blaming him for that goal isn't fair.

I haven't seen the video but will watch it at home.

Also, he played well v Spurs, and had a great 1 on 1 save recently (was it against Brugge?). He's not as bad as people are making out.
 
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