He recently faced one of the best pressing teams in the league/world and had no issues. But yeah, he will shat in his pants by playing against Fulham, Wolves and Everton and their master pressing.
André Onana | signed for United | On a flight to NYC
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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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He recently faced one of the best pressing teams in the league/world and had no issues. But yeah, he will shat in his pants by playing against Fulham, Wolves and Everton and their master pressing.
With Dave confirmed gone this is probably wrapped up.
Their crazy playing style.
This is honestly not as anxiety inducing as watching De Gea and Maguire try to play it out from the backOh lord
Watching United at times next season
Just joking btw. He'll more than fine I'm sure of it
But... But.... Physical, fast, strong. Like, so so fast. Barry Allen with the suit fast.
That makes me rather nervous than anything else
Another vid that showcases his goalkeeping style. I can see OT cheering for him when he's in the middle of the pitch
Must be the new “preparing a bid” or “monitoring the situation” stage
Big day today
Can't wait to watch this guy play for United!
It's some upgrade to go from De Gea to this guy in terms of a confident ball playing GK. Can't wait to see how it improves our build up play.
I personally think he will be a massive hit!
Big personality, gregarious, plays with a smile in his face - courageous, brave, decisive and a good keeper to boot.
He'll make people forget about De Gea in 3-months
Big personality, gregarious, plays with a smile in his face - courageous, brave, decisive and a good keeper to boot.
He'll make people forget about De Gea in 3-months
He seems to be great but I hope he waits a bit with that stuff until we are settled
Your probably right, stats suggest his shot stopping is on the decline though.
But let's say he's the greatest shot stopper in the world.
The other glaring holes in his game directly contribute to our lack of control of games, games where we desperately needed more possession and he would pass it straight back with the slightest pressure on him.
It keeps getting repeated, but it's true, the game has moved on to the point where DeGea can't get away with his terrible footballing ability.
Every team now press like maniacs, and if your goalkeeper deals with this by hoofing it straight to the opposition, then your going to spend alot of the game on the back foot.
Is he our only problem?
Absolutely NOT.
But possession football starts at the back in the modern game.
Absolutely this.
It was at the point I would physically tense up when it was played back to DeGea and he had runners on him.
Seriously, mate ?
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Fair enough. More damning of the club then to not be proactive in moving on from obvious deadwood at a more financially opportune time.
Yeah but sure the club was an utter mess until ten Hag took over so that’s hardly surprising
There’s a difference between a goal keeping error and a blunder from what some people will describ as faffing about.
All I’m saying is Onana will make those mistakes as Allison and Ederson especially do. Our fans need to be ready for that.
Some reports saying this is done already?
Inter must be loving this to bits. Picked him up on a free last season (where was our knucklehead transfer guru) and selling him for 50-60 million barely a year later. All profit in their coffers
We knew De Gea's time was coming to a close, and Onana was the starting keeper for ETH at Ajax. Couldn't someone put two and two together last year, or is it too much to expect any forward fücking thinking from our knucklehead transfer gurus.
We knew De Gea's time was coming to a close, and Onana was the starting keeper for ETH at Ajax. Couldn't someone put two and two together last year, or is it too much to expect any forward fücking thinking from our knucklehead transfer gurus.
Agree completely. On his passing ability: he did improve on it this season, but it is not enough. His sweeping and cross claiming are almost non-existent.
Good we moved on.
He did not want to go here and we did not want him. He came off a suspension and was in terrible form.
Can anyone provide any save or shot stopping and also distribution stats between onana vs ddg? I'm curious
He had a respectible clean sheet record while at Ajax. Granted that is also due to the defense but it's something to make note of.
We will have our very own ‘Monk’ from Mean machine this year boys. At least two mini heart attacks per game watching him.
Transfer agreed before ETH took charge of United so wasn’t on the radar for us. Would’ve been better getting him for free but here we are.
Funny you mention knuckleheads eh...
De gea will never be forgotten. He goes down as a legend at our club. We signed him as a young lad and he grew into a man here. He needs to be respected. Although I agree with your first line… Onana will be a hit and improve our style of play.
It's very worrying to me how much he continually parries the ball back into the danger area instead of either holding onto it or clearing it.
Opposing strikers are going to totally capitalize on that
Opposing strikers are going to totally capitalize on that
Feck me, can people get thread banned for moaning why we didn’t get him on a free. It’s been explained 50 times at least.
I second this, same folk asking about afcon page after page.
To be fair, it's been explained why Ten Hag didn't get him on a free, but the club still missed a trick. Asking why we're signing him for so much when Inter got him for free only a year ago is a legitimate question.
Well I'd reckon if Onana the 3rd man in defense up the field, then our fullbacks can tuck in into midfield position alongside Casemiro and help maintain ball possession.
With that settled, Mount and Bruno can lurk on the final third more effectively and our wingers will essentially becomes the striker.
This is exciting.
With that settled, Mount and Bruno can lurk on the final third more effectively and our wingers will essentially becomes the striker.
This is exciting.
You want to sign somebody fresh off of a 1 years drugs ban?
Where’s the missed trick?
There are only two good strikers in EPL (Haaland and Kane) - others are not world class
What does this mean? Wait one year for the drugs to clear his system?
I have a genuine question - how is Onana like when dealing with crosses?
No, he had a long time out from football and displayed attitude problems by falling out with Ajax at the same time. I remember him being dropped by Ten Hag for the CL second round tie that they lost.
To sign him after that would have been madness and to say otherwise is using a stupid amount of hindsight.
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