Dropping your #1 is perhaps the most rarest replacement seen in football. It is a huge statement and vote of no confidence, more likely to create unfixable rifts than not.
However, De Gea alone, before the CB's in front of him are even considered, has the potential to cost us a CL qualification, again (some might say), so the stakes, relative to our predicament, couldn't be any higher.
Ole hasn't made this kind of decision yet - one where the damage could be irreparable if not managed and handled correctly, so my question revolves around whether he will for the supposed greater good, or whether he stands by our #1 who, one would assume, has hit rock bottom in terms of confidence and self-belief.
Putting aside emotional fallout, what do you believe that Ole will do? Further, what should he do? De Gea may well rebound and give two performances for the ages, or perhaps he compounds matters and has another disasterclass or two.
Romero tends to be very good most of the time, but putting him into two games of such magnitude, with all the potential miscommunication and disruption to his CB's, is far from a sure thing or a call that couldn't spectacularly backfire.
However, De Gea alone, before the CB's in front of him are even considered, has the potential to cost us a CL qualification, again (some might say), so the stakes, relative to our predicament, couldn't be any higher.
Ole hasn't made this kind of decision yet - one where the damage could be irreparable if not managed and handled correctly, so my question revolves around whether he will for the supposed greater good, or whether he stands by our #1 who, one would assume, has hit rock bottom in terms of confidence and self-belief.
Putting aside emotional fallout, what do you believe that Ole will do? Further, what should he do? De Gea may well rebound and give two performances for the ages, or perhaps he compounds matters and has another disasterclass or two.
Romero tends to be very good most of the time, but putting him into two games of such magnitude, with all the potential miscommunication and disruption to his CB's, is far from a sure thing or a call that couldn't spectacularly backfire.