The World cup/Spain form broke him. He is not regaining his form any time soon, maybe not at United at all.
The first cracks appeared and while still good at United at the beginning, the consistency disappeared and mistakes were creeping in
Lack of quality in certain areas - De Gea
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The first cracks appeared and while still good at United at the beginning, the consistency disappeared and mistakes were creeping in
De Gea was cooked toward the end of last season, Fergie would have moved him on if he was still in charge.
Turning into Joe Hart.
Sometimes, people just lose it. And it looks like he’s lost it.
People like to say ‘form is temporary, class is permanent’... it sounds profound, but it’s not always true.
Loaned out the wrong keeper
Seemed impossible to think just 2 years ago, but given his big contract and his terrible decline over the last 18 months, it looks like we might be stuck with him. Nobody is going to pay his wages. Last thing we need is another Rooney situation, especially when we have a promising young keeper in Henderson who is likely to leave.
Didn't van der sar go through a midcareer crisis as well?
DDG needs to be dropped
He cost us top 4 last season with a string of abysmal performances and he’s regressing to that level again this year. We’re stuck with him for a while.
How long is his contract? Can’t see any clubs being in for him.
Is he doing a Jose? Trying his best to get sacked?
Given the wages he's on now, we'd have few suitors even at his best. Let alone now. Better fecking hope he gets back to his old level.
We fecked it up by giving him that massive new contract, specially since we had Henderson. Now we are stucked with him and will surely loose Henderson.
The best chance of that happening is if we drop him. He needs to go away and figure out what the hell is going on in his head.
Needs to be dropped for a good month, feel 5x more confident with Romero in net at this point. No player should be untouchable, I don't care if we're wasting money on his contract
He's always been weak in many of the key traits for a goalkeeper and his fragile confidence epitomises the way things have been going for the squad.
Exceptional shot stopper (most of the time...) but he's pretty much a liability in all other areas. Wouldn't be surprised for all the points he saves us he also loses in other games by not taking pressure off defenders at set pieces etc. etc. (and that's without mentioning his clear mistakes).
Exceptional shot stopper (most of the time...) but he's pretty much a liability in all other areas. Wouldn't be surprised for all the points he saves us he also loses in other games by not taking pressure off defenders at set pieces etc. etc. (and that's without mentioning his clear mistakes).
I’d rather Romero played. De Gea doesn’t produce special saves anymore and other aspects of his game are poor.
I think he’ll eventually get phased out by Henderson, and he’ll leave for somewhere like Inter to get some playing time.
He is so mentally fragile. Spain rightly dropped him after multiple howlers in Euro/World Cup and we may need to do the same as well.
The problem underlying what this thread is getting at is Woodward/Judge. Good idea not to lose sight of that.
Ole didn't drop him last season when he was costing us games left and right. He won't have the balls to drop him now.
Yes we're stuck with his high wages. ... not sure what we're going to do.
Man is finished. Romero in please ASAP until we can addres the position properly
Currently the worst goalkeeper in the league
People slating De Gea. Clowns
Could quote more but come into 2019 and realise he’s declining. Other than shot stopping (which is on the decline) he isn’t good enough anymore.
What do they have to do with De Gea being shite? It's always someone else's fault, never Dave's. No wonder he's never tried to improve the weak parts of his game.
Honestly, I was not a fan of him signing such a massive contract. I felt with Henderson, we should not have been so desperate to tie him down. He is a great goalkeeper, but I think it is clear that he is on the decline.
I think we are stuck with him now, and I think it will cost us Henderson. Henderson will not want to wait around after having a taste of being the first-team goalkeeper for a club that is currently above us. He will attract quite a bit of interest, I think.
I think we are stuck with him now, and I think it will cost us Henderson. Henderson will not want to wait around after having a taste of being the first-team goalkeeper for a club that is currently above us. He will attract quite a bit of interest, I think.
The writing was on the wall when we gave him this contract after his poor form for over a year.
I'm afraid decisions like this will continue until the management team is changed, in their mind they are only interested in 'protecting' their assets by not allowing the players leave on a free
I'm afraid decisions like this will continue until the management team is changed, in their mind they are only interested in 'protecting' their assets by not allowing the players leave on a free
The person who started the thread specifically highlighted how we're stuck with him due to the contract?
But he gave a very heartfelt and sad interview. How could people doesn't believe in him??
3-4 years ago he was probably the best goalkeeper in the world, but at the moment he is one of the worst in the PL. He got lucky in the first half as the goal from the corner should have stood as well.
Absolute rubbish.
Absolute rubbish.
These howlers are becoming a regular occurrence from him now, not been the same since the World Cup. Now we’ve got him on a new bumper 5yr contract and he’s potentially past his best, another poor decision in a long list of them from Ed Woodward? Most likely stuck with him now and probably lose a promising up and coming keeper in Henderson who if handled correctly could’ve simply slotted into De Geas place in the summer. 
Me too. I have a much better feeling with Romero in goal these days. At least I know that we aren't in danger of conceding with every corner the opposition gets.
I used to feel sorry for De Gea when we were crap, but he's had such a hand in so many terrible moments this year, I don't feel any pity these days. His feck ups aren't a shock anymore.
Spain doesn't have to pay his wages every week...
The point of having DDG is because Dean is still such a young goalkeeper and will make few mistakes that could cost us points, we have seen Dean made that mistake against Liverpool this season.
The issue here is that DDG himself is now making the same amount mistake as Dean this season which the manager now should start thinking about making Dean as our regular goalkeeper next season.
If experienced GK with crazy wages like DDG is making mistake and if mistake is allowed then we should just give it to the young one for future Dean.
The issue here is that DDG himself is now making the same amount mistake as Dean this season which the manager now should start thinking about making Dean as our regular goalkeeper next season.
If experienced GK with crazy wages like DDG is making mistake and if mistake is allowed then we should just give it to the young one for future Dean.
The poor performances up the field have finally trickled down to him now, it was always going to happen unfortunately. He's been a magnificent keeper but it's time to move on to a new one.
It's strange but there's an argument that Henderson is a better keeper than DDG right now. Sadly DDG looks to be in a bad decline.
Not the last 5 seasons. He was terrible last season and not so great season before either.
I've watched all of Sheffield United's games this season, and you're bang wrong.
Except for the one blunder against Liverpool, Dean Henderson has not made any other mistakes.
So what you're saying is factually incorrect. De Gea has made 6 clear errors (plus even more counting crosses he should have collected), and Deano has only made 1.
The writing's on the wall: Dean's wages are a steal, and he's already performing better than De Gea.