Mixture of brilliance and a mistake in a few minutes. From what I've seen of him over the years, it seems fairly typical
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I fairness to Valdes, he has no right getting to that. That's quite great.
very worrying that we would end up with Valdes or Cillesen as no1 goalkeepers, there is certainly some chance it can happen.. this would be nighmtare
I like him. He's rusty, and will improve. whoever we get to replace de gea should he leave will feel like a step down. at least with Valdes we know he has the experience to deal with being the no.1 at a big club and we dont have to spend 30m to get someone maybe a tiny bit better than him.
Why do people think van Gaal fancies Cillessen? He wasn't even first choice for the national team, he only played because Vermeer hadn't played a match in months leading up to the worldcup.
Valdes is class. 2nd game in 15 months, of course he'll need time to get up to speed.
Sense.
Dropped an easy catch, but the save he made from El-Mohammady was superb.
I miss De Gea already.
No just no please
Really, really shaky.
Yeah, not a United first choice keeper.
I'm not watching us go back to a flapping keeper - especially one in his 30s.
I hope he stays as back-up, but this guy isn't solid enough to push a title challenge in the PL.
I'm not watching us go back to a flapping keeper - especially one in his 30s.
I hope he stays as back-up, but this guy isn't solid enough to push a title challenge in the PL.
We're seeing why he's not a viable option here. Sadly in LVG's mind there are probably more pressing concerns in the squad.
It's his first start in over a year in a new league. That too when the team has pretty much checked out for the year. What do you expect?
Remember how shaky De Gea was when he came from Spain.
Remember how shaky De Gea was when he came from Spain.
Didn't LvG mention that we had picked a replacement if DDG leaves?
As a kid, yeah. Not a seasoned veteran coming off the back off an injury.
He's never been good in aerial battles.
Erm he's coming to a new league where it's a lot more physical and the game is a lot more aerial. What age he comes at doesn't matter.
It does matter. It doesn't make sense to start investing in a 33 year old hoping that he hopefully improves that part of his game in a year or two. Also he is 183 cm tall.
Jesus, his reactions are great.
fantastic saves from him today
Wicked save.....
Yeah, his name is Victor Valdes.
as he fancies Blind, Depay, RvP...
Total agree , he has made a couple of high quality saves
Great shot stopper, always has being.
He is playing like DDG in his first year. Pulled off the odd wonder save, but was awful at crosses.
Has a lot to work on in his aerial play, but on the line he's still phenomenal.
Too good to be an understudy, but I'm still not sure if I'm willing to trust him as the #1. He gets the benefit of the doubt for now, considering how long he's been out injured.
Too good to be an understudy, but I'm still not sure if I'm willing to trust him as the #1. He gets the benefit of the doubt for now, considering how long he's been out injured.
Couple of fantastic saves and a couple of dodgy moments. It is his first full game for over a year, so he'll only get better.
Good first game.
Good first game.
The polar reactions on here today have been brilliant.He's never been strong on corners, and he hasn't played in 15 months, so he will have rusty moments and not be strong in punching away.
De Gea was dreadful when he first came, which led our goalkeeping coaches to focus heavily on bulking him up and strengthening him in that area.
He has looked good today bar a couple of shaky moments which I expected. Then again, I don't make rash judgements.
Two saves today were sublime.
Ideally we should be fixing the midfield and defence this summer to the extent that our goal keeper is not troubled as much, and mainly needs to keep his concentration. Valdes is probably good enough for that. We're never going to get a like-for-like replacement for DDG.
Very much de Gea in his first season.
A real Jekyll and Hyde performance. He should surely know his limitations by now?
Couple of good saves. Really good saves. Don't want him to be #1 though, his aerial ability is obviously not brilliant and will cost us goals regularly in the league.
Needs to get used to the physicality of the league which is normal I guess, pulled off some excellent saves.
Good reflexes for the save - but awful in the air and especially corners. Still got himself a clean sheet though.
We would have lost today if not for his saves. We should be looking at our lack of penetration up front if we want to lam-blast anything today.
A couple of decent stops, but looked as dodgy and error prone coming from crosses and making judgements as Mignolet
Good shot stopping, shite at crosses. Can we afford to keep him and get him to work on his crosses next season?
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