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2015-16 Performances

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6.9 Season Average Rating
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49
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19
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His kicking was a bit off but besides that he was just brilliant again. Him and Neuer must be the two best goalkeeper by a mile
 
I might just be bias but how can people say Courtois is better than De Gea? He's definitely the best in the Premier League and for me the second best in the world after Neuer of course. Don't get me wrong I do think Courtois is class but he's not quite as good as De Gea.

Having a world class goalkeeper is so important, he very rarely makes a mistake and quite often wins points for us on his own. The save from Fonte was out of this world.
 
He has single handedly won us more points than any other player these past 28 months or so.
 
At what point does our reliance on him run out become a worry? If it wasn't for his heroics we'd have been either drawing or losing seeing 66% of our goals came from

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If you guys haven't in a while, go back and watch the Ferguson last season review, Moyes season review and the Van Gaal season review just gone. (You can find filthy pigs who have uploaded torrents of all three so you can report them)
A homage of all of his best saves in every game, just absolutely outrageous this lad. Love him to death.
 
Man Utd 3:0 Ipswich
He was a captain after Rooney went out? :lol:
 
Šjor Bepo said:
He was a captain after Rooney went out? :lol:
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Was he? Smalling went off too and there was no Carrick so he could have been. BFS should really have got it though if that's the case
 
Šjor Bepo said:
He was a captain after Rooney went out? :lol:
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To be fair, only Rooney, Carrick and Valencia have played more matches for us than him. If he had signed the contract last season, I think that he would have been chosen as third captain, ahead of Smalling.

Happy to see him getting the armband though. Although it was clear that armband or not, BFS was the leader on the pitch.
 
Revan said:
To be fair, only Rooney, Carrick and Valencia have played more matches for us than him. If he had signed the contract last season, I think that he would have been chosen as third captain, ahead of Smalling.

Happy to see him getting the armband though. Although it was clear that armband or not, BFS was the leader on the pitch.
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If he signed last season, but he didnt and he wanted to leave the club in the last transfer period which ended few weeks ago! He wasnt able to play from the start of the season because his head wasnt in the right place and now he is the captain of the club, its a joke.
 
Šjor Bepo said:
If he signed last season, but he didnt and he wanted to leave the club in the last transfer period which ended few weeks ago! He wasnt able to play from the start of the season because his head wasnt in the right place and now he is the captain of the club, its a joke.
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Šjor Bepo said:
If he signed last season, but he didnt and he wanted to leave the club in the last transfer period which ended few weeks ago! He wasnt able to play from the start of the season because his head wasnt in the right place and now he is the captain of the club, its a joke.
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Šjor Bepo said:
If he signed last season, but he didnt and he wanted to leave the club in the last transfer period which ended few weeks ago! He wasnt able to play from the start of the season because his head wasnt in the right place and now he is the captain of the club, its a joke.
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I have no doubt a lot of the other players look up to him ability wise. Let's be honest, he is our best player ability wise in the squad. He is also one of the most senior players and has probably helped many of the Spanish speaking players settle into the squad. I have no problem making him 4th choice captain.
 
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Basti buttering up DDG for us there, making him feel respected, hopefully so that he stays after summer. LVG's agent. :P

Smart on Basti's end, I'd say. He's probably LVG's inside man in the club, the most trusted one, not Rooney.
All this talk about Rooney being consulted for team selections and cuisine and being made captain and undroppable is to make sure LVG has control over the squad, since they all look upto Rooney. It's a tactical decision.

Basti's the alpha male there.
 
Šjor Bepo said:
If he signed last season, but he didnt and he wanted to leave the club in the last transfer period which ended few weeks ago! He wasnt able to play from the start of the season because his head wasnt in the right place and now he is the captain of the club, its a joke.
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Acole9 said:
I might just be bias but how can people say Courtois is better than De Gea? He's definitely the best in the Premier League and for me the second best in the world after Neuer of course. Don't get me wrong I do think Courtois is class but he's not quite as good as De Gea.

Having a world class goalkeeper is so important, he very rarely makes a mistake and quite often wins points for us on his own. The save from Fonte was out of this world.
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In terms of reflex, kicks, and sweeping, Courtois is no where near De Gea. But in terms of dominating the box Courtois is better, arguably even better than Neuer.
 
ThePlaymaker said:
In terms of reflex, kicks, and sweeping, Courtois is no where near De Gea. But in terms of dominating the box Courtois is better, arguably even better than Neuer.
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Courtois is just a massive guy in general, so he is going to outshine both of them. Like you said in terms of those other skills, he is no where near them.
 
ThePlaymaker said:
In terms of reflex, kicks, and sweeping, Courtois is no where near De Gea. But in terms of dominating the box Courtois is better, arguably even better than Neuer.
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Is he? I wouldn't say so, he is prone to coning out for balls that he will never get. I recall the two Thiago Silva headers against Chelsea last season where Courtios got lucky on the first for being in no man's land and then was punished for the second occasion by a goal.
 
I know that everybody thinks that they have the best looking wife, but I truly believe we have the best GK in the World, in DDG.
I said this during the Summer saga and no doubt Madrid believed this as well.
 
I have watched almost every Neuer game in the past 12 month and Imo, he isn't better than De Gea.
 
He has been at the club since 2011 so I think he should be considered a senior player though he's only 24. Times flies!
 
Adisa said:
I have watched almost every Neuer game in the past 12 month and Imo, he isn't better than De Gea.
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Agreed. He's the 'cool' goalkeeper to like because he does come out for mad balls and sweeping where no other keeper would risk, that's the only reason people mention him being better than De Gea when in fact he's not as good.

Anytime you see Neuer pop up on a facebook page its because he's up at the half way line dribbling past a player whereas De Gea is in the newsfeed for an impossible save. That's the difference.
 
Man Utd 3:0 Sunderland
I'm sure the question's been asked and answered before but have there been many other keepers in history that save the ball as often with their feet? I find it genuinely ridiculous how good he is at it. It feels like he's uniquely good at it.
 
Brwned said:
I'm sure the question's been asked and answered before but have there been many other keepers in history that save the ball as often with their feet? I find it genuinely ridiculous how good he is at it. It feels like he's uniquely good at it.
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You stole my post. :(
 
Nice clean sheet for him, never looked like letting in a goal.
 
Brwned said:
I'm sure the question's been asked and answered before but have there been many other keepers in history that save the ball as often with their feet? I find it genuinely ridiculous how good he is at it. It feels like he's uniquely good at it.
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Ive always wondered why keepers ignored using their feet. There are goals like the Swansea winner where I reckon id save simply because im not a keeper and would favor using my feet more.

Trizy said:
Agreed. He's the 'cool' goalkeeper to like because he does come out for mad balls and sweeping where no other keeper would risk, that's the only reason people mention him being better than De Gea when in fact he's not as good.

Anytime you see Neuer pop up on a facebook page its because he's up at the half way line dribbling past a player whereas De Gea is in the newsfeed for an impossible save. That's the difference.
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Yep, when it come to goalkeeping stuff, De Gea has Neuer beat for me.
 
Man Utd 2:1 Wolfsburg
He just gives us that extra confidence boost at the back that comes from being world class.
 
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