Dean Henderson has to be our #1 next season? Poll added

Who should be our first choice GK next season?


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hmchan

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No - this indicates he didn't have a player capable doing a better job at the time.

Have you been living under a rock over the past 12 months with the players he's got rid of?
Romero is more than capable of doing a better job than an out-of-form de Gea.
 

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Exactly.

Lukaku, Darmian, Fellaini, Sanchez, Young, Valencia (Rojo and Smalling on loan) all say hi.

I’m sure there are others, that’s just off the top of my head, but that’s a hell of a cull in 18 months. Granted, I’d keep Smalling, but none of them are missed one bit.

OGS is ruthless - and about bloody time.
Yep, how anyone can still question this is beyond me.
 

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Romero is more than capable of doing a better job than an out-of-form de Gea.
Romero is also capable of making mistakes as we have seen already.

Ole perhaps could have dropped DDG for Romero after the restart but he's made the correct call in the end.
 

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Exactly.

Lukaku, Darmian, Fellaini, Sanchez, Young, Valencia (Rojo and Smalling on loan) all say hi.

I’m sure there are others, that’s just off the top of my head, but that’s a hell of a cull in 18 months. Granted, I’d keep Smalling, but none of them are missed one bit.

OGS is ruthless - and about bloody time.
It's convenient for Ole to get rid of these players as they were signed by previous managers. de Gea, however, was given the ridiculous contract under Ole's reign. It was Ole's decision to offer him a 375k-per-week contract despite his repeated errors. It'd take some doings for him to admit he's wrong. I hope he'd do it but I simply don't see it coming.
 

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I will be so laughing when at least half of you change your vote and give it to DDG at some point during the season.
Something similar to thread about Ole being sacked
 

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I will be so laughing when at least half of you change your vote and give it to DDG at some point during the season.
Something similar to thread about Ole being sacked
Actually 80% of the votes were in favor of de Gea before his recent howlers. I've already had a big laugh.
 

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With the rumours of us supposedly agreeing a fee for Cakir, I will now be stepping off the Henderson bandwagon ;) Good luck to him, whatever Man Utd decide to do with him he will be a top keeper.
 

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Let's do it pure meritocracy.

If Deano is better at the moment, he should play.

Whatever wage DDG is on is irrelevant.

We should be glad that we don't have to spend 70 mil on another GK.
 

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How highly rated is Kovar, is he somebody who has attributes to play as a sweeper keeper and command his box well because unfortunately whatever little I have seen of Henderson he hasn't shown those qualities though lack of showcasing sweeping ability could be byproduct of how Sheffield wants to setup but command of the box is something I am wary of.
 

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How highly rated is Kovar, is he somebody who has attributes to play as a sweeper keeper and command his box well because unfortunately whatever little I have seen of Henderson he hasn't shown those qualities though lack of showcasing sweeping ability could be byproduct of how Sheffield wants to setup but command of the box is something I am wary of.
Funny to see this after Henderson winning a header against Giroud.
 

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I will be so laughing when at least half of you change your vote and give it to DDG at some point during the season.
Something similar to thread about Ole being sacked
People are just judging him on his performances. If De Gea gets his old form back, great. Not sure what there is to crow about there.
 

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I've seen highlights of Henderson's shot stopping but the little I've watched him play his distribution on the ground was not impressive. Given we are looking to be dominant on the ball, it would be pointless of benching/replacing DDG with another great shot stopper with similar weaknesses. Perhaps loan Henderson to a team who plays on the front foot to see how his distribution and reading of the game is
 

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I've seen highlights of Henderson's shot stopping but the little I've watched him play his distribution on the ground was not impressive. Given we are looking to be dominant on the ball, it would be pointless of benching/replacing DDG with another great shot stopper with similar weaknesses. Perhaps loan Henderson to a team who plays on the front foot to see how his distribution and reading of the game is
What makes you think we are looking for a keeper with good distribution?
 

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Voted Dean Henderson. I watched a video last night of how we fared since Bruno came in and again got reminded of De Geas shocking mistakes over the season. I really think Deano deserves a chance in this side and De Gea needs to have that extra edge in competition that Romero doesn't provide.

Hopefully we can give Romero the sending off he deserves.
 

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Romero is also capable of making mistakes as we have seen already.

Ole perhaps could have dropped DDG for Romero after the restart but he's made the correct call in the end.

Every keeper is capable of making mistakes .

Romero has been a lot more reliable than anything else
 

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Genuinely can't remember Romero making any mistakes. I'm sure he has done but in my mind he's been absolutely solid and more than reliable as a back up. Doesn't mean that would translate over a full season of starts, mind
 

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If DDG doesn't have instict to catch the ball on set pieces then he is done. A keeper cannot be just shot-stopper, he needs to command the area near goal post. I am not expecting sweeper-keeper but at least a solid performance on set pieces should be minimum. For me the last straw was the equalizer against s'ton.

Here is the first image of the ball trajectory. The ball was flying hardly a yard away from DDG. There was no pressure on him. He had empty space in front of him. Any other keeper would have easily collected the ball. But as usual, as so many other occassions before, he decided to leave it to the defender.


Now keep an eye on the trajectory. Here is second frame. He is just watching the ball as if it is a running train.


And the ball landed just a yard away from him. Still watching keenly, feet nailed to the ground.

Horrible goalkeeping. If this was just one off incidents or not a repeat offense then it shouldn't matter. But he keeps doing this all the time. He needs a competition. Dean should get at least a chance to challenge for no. 1.
 

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Genuinely can't remember Romero making any mistakes. I'm sure he has done but in my mind he's been absolutely solid and more than reliable as a back up. Doesn't mean that would translate over a full season of starts, mind
My grudge with Romero is, he is so good yet he hasn't shown the apetite to challenge for the spot. He seems just happy to be a backup goalkeeper. That competitive fire is missing it seems. Just my personal opinion though...
 

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Someone who can command the box is what we need. If we had someone like that our CBs won't be under that much pressure. Yes DeGea is a top shot stopper but I think we need a lot more with the CBs we have. With Vidic and Rio we got away with it.
 

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What makes you think we are looking for a keeper with good distribution?
From watching the games. Haven't you seen the feeble attempts at keeping the ball and build up play we get from our triumvirate of keeper and CB partnership? It's a mockery of a team that wants to dominate the ball, and it all starts from the keeper.
 

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From watching the games. Haven't you seen the feeble attempts at keeping the ball and build up play we get from our triumvirate of keeper and CB partnership? It's a mockery of a team that wants to dominate the ball, and it all starts from the keeper.
Well considering after Ederson we probably have the second best keeper in the league with the ball at his feet in Romero. I beg to differ it’s that important.
 

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It makes me laugh this Henderson chat. What would fans say if United signed Pickford? Because Henderson is no better than Pickford so I don't know where people see him as a saviour. Let's not get carried away here and follow the media narrative which will always promote the English players. If we are replacing De Gea, only Oblak can fill his boots. I also think De Gea deserves more respect from United fans.I am genuinely convinced that if it wasn't for De Gea, United would have been relegated at least once in the past 7 years.
I don’t see us buying Oblak. He is extremely expensive.

Onana can be an interesting choice if we decide to get rid of De Gea. Not sure how I feel about Deano, he is alright, but we can aim higher.
 

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How about Spanish keepers? They look good for a bit and suddenly fall off a cliff. Cassilas, DDG and Kepa all did that. If nationality is a valid way to judge an individual, that proves De Gea needs to be moved on.
Kepa never looked good, Casillas dropped in form when he was 30 or so. He has arguably been better than any English keeper ever (only Banks make this arguably).

Try harder.
 

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I'd say bring Henderson back next season and then sell Romero. Let's DDG and Henderson fight for the first team place. If Dean does well then he retains his place. If not then we sell DDG and we buy a goalkeeper on the cheap as cover
 

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Kepa never looked good, Casillas dropped in form when he was 30 or so. He has arguably been better than any English keeper ever (only Banks make this arguably).

Try harder.
30 is no age for a keeper to fall away to be fair.
 

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30 is no age for a keeper to fall away to be fair.
true.

However confidence is everything for a goalkeeper. The slightest doubt can be the difference between a world class save and a blunder. DDG has lost his confidence and for some strange reason he's not recovering from it.
 

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Well considering after Ederson we probably have the second best keeper in the league with the ball at his feet in Romero. I beg to differ it’s that important.
People are exaggerating the importance of ball playing ability in our keepers, just like they do with our defenders. In our current setup, de Gea is just playing simple short passes to the defenders in front of him every time he gets the ball. Basically every keeper can do the same. This is totally different from what Ederson is offering - composure to retain the ball under pressure, spot the space and pick pinpoint long passes - these are the real ball playing ability.
 

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Kepa never looked good, Casillas dropped in form when he was 30 or so. He has arguably been better than any English keeper ever (only Banks make this arguably).

Try harder.
de Gea is turning 30 soon. Try harder.
 

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There’s a lot of talk about us signing faster CB’s and this, that and the other, but the reality is both Lindelöf and Maguire have been pretty solid this season. They would both massively benefit from having a more assured and dominant keeper in behind them.

Just reading those Vidic and Ferdinand interviews and they both mentioned the massive impact VDS had in that defence line, I really don’t get the impression that DDG will be doing the same. Even in his pomp he’s never had that presence of our past greats. Now I haven’t seen enough Henderson to know if he’s really the answer . He’s clearly a talented keeper and I reckon he will be a talker (most English GKs are) but I still think he’s abit small and perhaps a little weak on to ball for Utd.
 

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I'd say bring Henderson back next season and then sell Romero. Let's DDG and Henderson fight for the first team place. If Dean does well then he retains his place. If not then we sell DDG and we buy a goalkeeper on the cheap as cover
That doesn't make sense surely if Henderson fails and DeGea continues to be poor then we need a starting keeper not a cover.
 

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David De Gea wanted to leave for Real Madrid when Van Gaal became manager and who wouldn't want that but since the transfer fell through he's been nothing but professional. I wouldn't let go of De Gea even if he made critical mistakes that cost us matches because he has been a part of so so many matches where we weren't even close to scoring goals and he was targeted left right and center. He will always be my favorite and will continue to be. I know he's aging and might be viable to a few errors but i cannot believe some people when they say he's not world class. Even some of the best of keepers make silly mistakes and De Gea has not given up at all. He made a simple mistake twice but in those same games he's made some unbelievable saves. It is so sad that keepers are always remembered for their mistakes. Yes yes keepers are supposed to keep out whatever is thrown at them but come on. He is incredible at what he does and we need to keep him. He's very young in goal keeper years and has a butt load of experience. Henderson might be good now but who knows if he got into the United squad and made a few mistakes the first season and everything will seem a mistake then. De Gea has made huge gains in terms of adjusting his stance and moving around the box, my only complain would be his distribution but i think he can always improve that. I will always want De Gea to be part of this club until he retires. Make of it what you will!