He obviously needs a lot of game time. Not sure we can give him that though
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If we strengthen our back 4 not to be so reliant on the goalkeeper, sure why not? Before his injury at Barcelona he was having arguably his best season performance wise.
Lindegaard is not better than Valdes, even if hes had a season out.
Proved he's still a very good shot stopper. Will need to get used to the more physical side of the game if De Gea does go.
As opposed to Lindegaard who isnt so much time sidelined?
Saying Lindegaard is better than Valdes is the most ridiculous thing I've read here all year.
He's always been dodgy with crosses so he'll have to work on that.
He's still got the shot stopping. That one save to his left was really brilliant.
He's still got the shot stopping. That one save to his left was really brilliant.
I was amazed too.It's not like de Gea is great at crosses. He only improved in a way that he waited and didn't try to catch a cross if he thought that it was difficult, Valdes can do that also.
He is shorter, which means that some balls he want be able to save, but his reflexes are really good.
On the other side, he is really comfortable with the ball, so it does ease a lot of pressure from our defenders.
Still don't know what to think, but if he would repeat performances like this, he would be good enough.
He is shorter, which means that some balls he want be able to save, but his reflexes are really good.
On the other side, he is really comfortable with the ball, so it does ease a lot of pressure from our defenders.
Still don't know what to think, but if he would repeat performances like this, he would be good enough.
Think if we get some proper defenders we could be ok with Valdes. It would give us some breathing space and we could have time to find De Gea's replacement. Seem's quite professional as well, I like him but it's difficult to judge him on less than 2 hours of play.
The blips aside it was a De Gea type performance. Two outstanding saves. Certainly has a great future at the club if he can iron out those mistakes and maintain his fitness. Hoping he try and catches more in future.
If the first one went in it would have been a keeper error. It was 2 feet in from the post
IF Ekeke. That's the operative word. It didn't. If my mother were our fathers an all that 
Should get another keeper.
IF Ekeke. That's the operative word. It didn't. If my mother were our fathers an all that
Didn't that happen to Chandler in Friends? His Father turned into a second mother.
People doubting Valdes never watched Barca regularly, or his last season at the club. In his last season he was pretty much a one man defense.
We'd be fine with him next season, its the rest of the team im shitting it about.
I don't know, but did people actually watch CL or La Liga last 10 years? Barca doesn't pump the ball to the penalty box, doesn't mean our opposition also doesn't try that. He won multiple CL titles, La Liga and hardly there is any keeper in EPL who has more 'big game' experience than him. People here talk as if Barca's opposition used to not play high balls out of sympathy for VV or some other weird logic. He had 5 Zamora throphy, most by any Spanish GK. For a team as attacking as Barca, that's not bad.
People always say Barca's defence is weak and he's bad in crosses etc., So how come he conceded less goals than most other goal keepers in the league/CL? And if he can play against Athletico Madrid, he can handle physicality of any EPL team as well. Few technical issues could be easily worked by the coaching stuff.
His financial planning is much worse than his handling of crosses.
People always say Barca's defence is weak and he's bad in crosses etc., So how come he conceded less goals than most other goal keepers in the league/CL? And if he can play against Athletico Madrid, he can handle physicality of any EPL team as well. Few technical issues could be easily worked by the coaching stuff.
His financial planning is much worse than his handling of crosses.
I'd be fine if we had him as number one. We have more pressing matters like midfield depth and scoring strikers
Seriously, great reflexes but the coaches need to work on him. Treat him like De Gea in the early days. He's not a kid, but he's also not played week after week for a while and playing for Barcelona at that time, it's different to what he will experience in England. The saves surprised me though. Very quick but needs to iron out the kinks and develop a toughness. Also needs to look to catch more going by his punches
Oooh what's he done?
I would be fine with him as our number one next season IF we get in a younger goalkeeper in there that will be his understudy and gets some game time too.
He was really really good that season. I had him down as one of the best around.
Wee bit rusty today and will take a while to get used to the way crowd scenes in the box are refereed so differently but encouraging performance all the same. Reflexes looked very sharp.
Valdes seems to struggle with crosses the same way DDG did, he can work on it close season.
If he's good enough for Barcelona, he's good enough for us. Was always a no-brainer for me. He's an outstanding goalkeeper and just needs to get his match sharpness back.
Going by his cat like reflexes there today I reckon once we bring in a top quality centre back to command the defence we'd be more than alright heading into next season with him as No. 1.
It was a shrewd move to get him in just in case De Gea left, he's a good keeper and we won't have to panic in the summer over a replacement in case it comes to that. I'd be fine with him in goal next season.
Probably the shrewdest bit of transfer business we've done in a very long time. At least we know he won't swan off to Real Madrid any time soon...
I hate to be that guy but.. Our current keeper used to play for a pretty hated rival of Real too. Doesn't seem to be a road block for him.
I wouldn't be totally outraged if we went into next season with him as first choice. He needs match practice of course, but if he can return to his peak levels then i'd be content to leave the keeper situation and move onto our other targets. Valdes at his best wasn't too much different from Cech post head injury or Lloris imo, and we'd only get stung by Levy anyway.
I dont remember DDG being unable to catch reguarly though, I remember his opening here more for the fact he was too timid to come off of his line, as the biggest issue with him in the air.
It's been a while though so perhaps my memory is playing tricks.
I remember that early DDG always seemed to punch it out or parry it (usually towards an opposition player who would bang it in).
Here are his percentages of catches to punches, quite amazing how much he improved in that respect.
I remember that early DDG always seemed to punch it out or parry it (usually towards an opposition player who would bang it in).
Here are his percentages of catches to punches, quite amazing how much he improved in that respect.
It really is, when you consider the fact he comes out to claim a lot of the 50/50's now, more than he's ever done in the past, it's so fecking annoying he's devolped into the perfect all round keeper and we're now going to lose him.
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Im a little concerned about his command of the area when dealing with crosses. He's late on in his career so he could be unlikely to change dramatically in his composure, unlike de Gea who was/is still learning. I mean the guy has a compilation dedicated to his flaps for barca - not many other "top class" keepers have one of those. Juries still out for me but I hope he instils the same confidence across the back 4 de Gea did if he is our number one next season. He did make some good saves aswell against Hull.
Was a bit surprised to see all positive comments in the post match thread. He made a couple of brilliant saves, but his fumbles could have easily resulted in goals if we'd been less lucky. Based only on this one match I'd be concerned. I never saw him enough to know whether it was uncharacteristic or not, but I didn't feel confident about him. Having said that I'd love to see him become solid for us
That's because they would have gotten a younger and better one already.
Yeah because they will have a player who is miles better and much younger.
He has the quality to be our GK.
Don't think this is very true, if coached he would be very willing to change especially with his close relationship to LvG and the staff. He's a top quality GKer and can learn.
Hang on, we're all missing the most important factor here...
Are de Gea and Valdes the two best looking keepers we've ever had?
Are they the best looking pair of keepers in PL history?
And which one is the best looking of the two?
Are de Gea and Valdes the two best looking keepers we've ever had?
Are they the best looking pair of keepers in PL history?
And which one is the best looking of the two?
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