One was planned and the other was a panic buy. We can make the first, a planned transition, with Dean taking over De Gea.
Why make a thread if you can't handle posters having different opinions?
I mean how do you even begin to argue with this level of delusion?
Sanchez levels of bad decision making
He has made a howler due to being lackadaisical, otherwise he made 3 fantastic saves today. So I'm not sure how you're going to argue that one.
That was known, even back then. The talent and mentality was there, so not that surprising. He is on the unstoppable rise for years now. Of course you have to perform, but the ingredients were all in place and he has worked his way up in fairytale style. The only thing lacking is experience, which everyone lacks in the beginning. People always belittle him by saying that was only league two and that was only league one, he is only playing in the championship and is now only playing for Sheffield etc.. I can only shake my head. Bold decisions are there to be made and every transfer/decision is a risk to an extent.
He had an appalling World Cup then was very poor last season and has made the joint most errors leading to goals this season, how can this thread be considered knee jerk? I actually got the club extending his deal, he was so good for years and you could convince yourself that his struggles last year were down to the contract talk distracting him, but he's been poor again this season and now you look at it and we've got a goalkeeper who won't move off his line, who is poor with the ball at his feet compared to other keepers and who is very reliant on his reflexes and is approaching 30 and he's on absolutely astronomical wages.
I'm not really one for criticizing our own players, but this has been said about DDG for more almost an year now. I've stated it multiple times here that there are fundamental flaws in his game which he hasn't improved upon in his 9 years here and his strengths mostly rely on his quickness on the line and his reflexes which will both decline as he ages.
For keeper, unlike outfielder player, experience is really important. You don't see many clubs starting potential young keeper out of nowhere in the league, they all rely on experience. For club at our size, I think young keeper should have proven himself somewhere else at top level for at least a year, to be considered good enough to start for us. Examples is Courtois, before starting for Chelsea, he has established himself as top young keeper at Athletico for 3 years.
Allison definitely shouldbe cut after yesterday. VVD as well.
I agree. End their contracts early.Allison definitely shouldbe cut after yesterday. VVD as well.
Yeah, let's categorize shot stopping (90% of his job) as one thing, because that's how it works...
Yeah, let's categorize shot stopping (90% of his job) as one thing, because that's how it works...
Messi is world class? He's good at attacking, what else?
feck sake.Hindsight today saying Henderson is ready, I doubt ANY of us would stick his neck out and say we have someone ready in the club and he is not Romero. Had DDG left last summer, good bet is that we spend 40-50m in the market for a replacement, Pickford being 1 candidate.
Pretty sure i said that last summer, i was saying don't give De Gea a contract and give Dean the no 1 spot. I was convinced De Gea was on a decline and won't be the same. And i still believe so.
Laugh face? That'll work!
Well I obviously meant that we can realistically get...
Nah it's just a ridiculous post that I couldn't take seriously.
Good for you. Hyperbole is hard for some. I understand.
You seem confused. In football the goalie’s job is to stop shots from scoring goals.What makes him a top goalkeeper? Shot stopping. What else?
Delusional.
Oh dear.
It's not 'just' stopping shots though is it?
The goalkeeper's job has been about more than just shot-stopping for a long time, certainly before the fairly recent insistence that they're good with their feet. He doesn't command his 6 yard box and is very reluctant to come off his line. He's been about purely reflexes for a very long time.
It is stopping shots. Everything else is irrelevant if the goalie can’t stop shots. When choosing between two goalies with equal shot stopping, you can consider things like playing from the back and such. Just as a striker who can defend is nice, provided they score a lot of goals.
There aren't that many, that's exactly the problem.
This. I don't see us getting a keeper that's a lot better than De Gea. I assume his contract was because he's an asset who we can't afford to lose in our current situation.
