Where is the official announcement? He doesn’t need a visa, why the delay?
Martin Dubravka | signs for United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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I bet you are also the guy that comments "first!" on youtube videos.
Will he copy the same story of VDS for us
Who cares?! Are you really that worried or anticipating an official announcement for this bloke?!
Definitely on another level to de Gea in terms of composure on the ball and making those short passes. That’s exciting…
Pardon?
So is he coming or not?
Yes he's coming it's just United doing United thing's an announcement scheduled for later..
Yeah I figured
Gotta let Antony announce harvest likes first on SoMe
Gotta let Antony announce harvest likes first on SoMe
Most likely. But it's not a good day to announce signing, when NYSE is on red.
Definitely going to be unveiled on the pitch at the King Power tonight
He does need a visa, his employment is changing and need ratifying.
We only do that for former Real Madrid players.Definitely going to be unveiled on the pitch at the King Power tonight
The marquee signing to end the window 
I am quite thrilled about this signing. Very cheap and he is very good at the things De Gea is bad at.
Being a goalkeeper?
That would make him very good at what Dean Henderson is poor at
Hope he gets a run at some point. I’d love to see how we look not being a man short when we’re in possession in our own half.
Although Deano is VERY good at being a bellend
is this done yet?
is he good with the ball though, I seem to recall he's a very good shot stopper but not great with the ball.
Rafa originally purchased him for his ability to sweep and in the buildup.
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He must be or we wouldn't have let Hendo go, as I say, my experience of seeing him is very limited, about 3 games. Like we are doing though, Rafa signed him on loan first before committing to the buy.
Have a suspicion he'll be our number one sooner rather than later. Has the attributes EtH wants in a keeper.
Officially a United player now.
Debut against sociedad?
Time for a player performance thread @MyOnlySolskjaer
Might turn out to be a surprising signing that exceeds expectations
Newcastle have a recall option according to Sky Sports News.
Why are Newcastle so happy to let him leave?
Cheers, it's up.Time for a player performance thread @MyOnlySolskjaer
Yeah, we should try him at centre-forward.
Great bit of business by the club when you consider the appearance clause is only applicable to PL games. Would imagine we'll see Dubravka against Sociedad next Thursday
Strange signing, but could be a good one if ETH has the courage to actually play him. The whole issue with De Gea is that he's so high profile and so well paid that it's almost become impossible to drop him, it's a total circus every time there's so much as a debate over whether he should play. Based on ability there are tonnes of keepers in Europe and its very hard to make the argument that De Gea should be first choice at United based on merit alone. And yet somehow a combination of his contract situation and his reputation as a shot stopper manages to keep him in that role.
If our GK were just some random we bought 2 years ago who was pushing the exact same stats De Gea was, we would totally bring in someone like Dubravka to replace them. Not because Dubravka is s-tier keeper, just because they're better than what we have. And yet I just can't imagine that Newcastle's second choice keeper will be given a chance ahead of him.
I get the feeling that we're going to end up with a better keeper on the bench all season. However ETH has already shown himself to be pretty ruthless with Maguire, Shaw and Ronaldo, so maybe he'll be the one to finally do what Ole never could and just bench the De Gea and go with the other guy, even if its just til next summer when we can get a long term alternative.
If our GK were just some random we bought 2 years ago who was pushing the exact same stats De Gea was, we would totally bring in someone like Dubravka to replace them. Not because Dubravka is s-tier keeper, just because they're better than what we have. And yet I just can't imagine that Newcastle's second choice keeper will be given a chance ahead of him.
I get the feeling that we're going to end up with a better keeper on the bench all season. However ETH has already shown himself to be pretty ruthless with Maguire, Shaw and Ronaldo, so maybe he'll be the one to finally do what Ole never could and just bench the De Gea and go with the other guy, even if its just til next summer when we can get a long term alternative.
I think that hes been brought in to replace de gea. Isnt de geas contract up end of the season? Are Utd going to give him a new one by paying him even more than the 375k a week hes on now? Would they offer him another contract for a lot less and would he accept it?
For me the next bad game and de gea will be dropped.
Pope is a better goalkeeper - second keeper can be pretty much anyone, so he is not needed.
I'm slightly confused as to why Newcastle even wanted to replace him,, I always thought he was pretty highly-rated as a shot stopper and assumed it was because they wanted a more modern style GK. But it turns out he's fairly decent with the ball at his feet and they replaced him with Nick Pope who isn't.
If ETH has conviction then he should get a chance to start fairly soon and he might have a bigger impact on United's style of play/form than realised. Other than the fact DDG can't pass or come off his line, it can't be great for your composure as a CB when you know your GK is prone to giving cheap goals away.
If ETH has conviction then he should get a chance to start fairly soon and he might have a bigger impact on United's style of play/form than realised. Other than the fact DDG can't pass or come off his line, it can't be great for your composure as a CB when you know your GK is prone to giving cheap goals away.
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