i think your find ETH would ideally like to replace D De Gea if he could but thought he could do it next summer, if he still here Xmas it will be his main priority.Yep.
Fortunately De Gea's contract is up next summer. Less fortunately for us is the fact that the club have the option for an additional year, which they will no doubt activate in an attempt to 'protect the asset'.
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Probably was following instructions, which de Gea didn't do yesterday. neither tick for Deano.
He isn't good enough, nor is De Gea.
Proveably untrue
So, what happened then, seeing as the man who should know what he needs, must (or should) have been briefed on him and still kept DDG.
That's fair, and that plays to his strengths. Short passing is not his strength.
Untrue. Henderson left way before ETH was confirmed.
Hendo ran away before ETH could see him, and ETH refused to talk to Rangnick who might have been able to tell him 'De Gea is a bit shit'.
Henderson might have gone anyway, bit ETH didn't have a good enough grasp of his squad early enough to realise he had better options than De Gea.
Don’t distort reality. Ralf said the only department doesn’t need reinforcement is goalkeepers.
I heard DDG is our player of the year last season? There must be a lot of clowns making it happen.
I hope not. He is a leaker and terrible with his feet
He’s smacking so many peoples faces. And these people won’t just admit and deserve some more.
Yeah. 3 of Ralfs assessments were De Gea is world class, McTominay is a future United captain, and Elanga is a great talent. Let's not go overboard with Ralf here.
I feel so 'smacked' by a bottom half level keeper having a half decent game and saving a shit penalty. I can't believe I didn't think he was good enough for Manchester United.
I've been an advocate for Henderson to play more but based on these highlights, apart from the great penalty save, the handling and flapping at shots doesn't look great...
However, my point and many others has always been even an average Henderson is miles ahead of what we get in De Gea, who is just frustratingly bad at almost everything nowadays.
Don't think thats what Rangnick thought considering he left Henderson to rot on the bench despite the fact our form was terrible and we couldn't stop conceding goals.
I suspect in fact it was the treatment of Henderson by rangnick that ultimately convinced him to push for a loan again this season. Why would he risk another season wasted on the bench behind one of the worst starting GK in the league who lives on past performance and the odd hollywood save but neglects every other important piece of the role. There is a world cup in 3 months, de gea may have started as number 1 in decent form and kept Henderson at bay at the start of the season long enough to see Henderson definitely overlooked for the world cup. That will be his reasoning.
He played well today did the basics well was brave and proactive, good accurate long distribution which was vital for Forest getting forward and a decent penalty save along with a clean sheet to boot. Cant ask for much more.
Difficult to judge his short distribution with the clear instruction to go direct for forest today, but he looked willing and comfortable taking the ball from his defenders and happy to take charge which is a good sign.
Anyone know if we put a recall clause in?
People bitch about wanting a top quality modern keeper then keep harping on bringing back an average at best keeper in Henderson. Replace ddg fine but not with yet another not good enough player
DDG is on £375k a week and impossible to sell. That’s all I can think of.
Yeah, watching all the highlights together and calling it a half decent game from him was probably being too kind. Chucks a shot into an oncoming attacker, waves at a shot that's slap bang in the middle of the goal that hits the underside of the bar, has a nice sit down and lets the striker pass it into the corner for the 1v1 that was disallowed for a foul, free kick he doesn't even dive for hits the underside of the bar again.
Less luck and he concedes four, even if he still saves the shit penalty.
De Gea is fine. Hendo ain't the answer. Sell Slabhead to Newcastle, he'll be the king of that town. Start Bailly or Veron and give our back 4 time to gel. Then, buy 6 more players in the midfield and up front. For now, start Donny, Garner and Garincho and hope it improves. We couldn't do worse than ZERO POINTS against 2 shit teams. No offense meant. OK, I did mean it. If nothing else, you use what these parasitic and inept owners and prior management have given you and reveal the scam they've been running even more.
Like he did last week when he messed up?
This is what this thread will be all season.
He makes a mistake people will say he is rubbish thank God he is away
He makes one save people will say bring him back immediately this is what we need.
None of which will take when he did play for us what he did best was yell how he good he was before then showing he wasn't really that good
Honestly
I feel so 'smacked' by a bottom half level keeper having a half decent game and saving a shit penalty. I can't believe I didn't think he was good enough for Manchester United.
he also managed to again get caught dead on his feet at the near post from that free kick. Very lucky the post was there to save him
Had a feeling Henderson would have a decent game today and then all the reports coming out saying united should of kept him or chose to back the wrong keeper especially after de gea shocker yesterday. Get rid of de gea next season and give Henderson number 1 spot. When he’s been out on loan he’s always impressed… de gea is getting first team based on his name and being good a few years ago.
Honestly
he also managed to again get caught dead on his feet at the near post from that free kick. Very lucky the post was there to save him
Wasn't even a good penalty it was awful by Rice but let's ignore that.
Very harsh - kept a clean sheet, made some good saves and saved a pen - job done, which is more than i can say for De Gea.
Henderson could easily be the difference in staying up for them.
I agree fans don’t want him but the club will think this is how they save £50m on a GK
Yeah worryingly you might be right.
He started ddg every single game except for 2 out of 31.
To be clear I'm not saying that's what Rangnick would have said, I'm saying that's what might have been said had a meeting taken place. Or rather more to the point that's what anyone could have worked out if they'd assessed our squad with this style of football in mind. But ETH wanted to give everyone a new chance and that didn't fit with players like Henderson who would have to have been convinced within days of ETH starting the job.
Apparently we want Illan Meslier from Leeds as our future goalie, how does he compare to Henderson?
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I think he's fundamentally flawed.
Both as a goalkeeper and a human being.
Hopefully he plays well and we get a big transfer fee for him but we need better.
Both as a goalkeeper and a human being.
Hopefully he plays well and we get a big transfer fee for him but we need better.
If we want to implement Ten Hag's style, then this guy is not it. Similar trajectory to Pickford, decent top flight keeper, but nout special.
Pretty much this, nothing else needs saying does it.
I'd say Hendo is more reliable than De Gea and a better all round goalkeeper. I'd rather we had him this year than De Gea and said that before ETH arrived however he isn't the long term solution to our problem in goal.
Hopefully Hendo has a great season, goes to the World Cup and comes back with us able to cash in for £40million!
Hopefully Hendo has a great season, goes to the World Cup and comes back with us able to cash in for £40million!
Yeah he's good but he's playing for Forrest. Put him in a team fudther down the table and we'll see how good he really is.
Henderson is more all rounded that De Gea.
People who don’t see that then don’t understand football.
Stats even showed that it led to less goals as well.
Just because he may not be our future number 1 doesn’t change the fact that neither should be De Gea and that Henderson is better than him.
Every corner and free kick im biting my nails because we literally do not have a goalkeeper whilst everyone else does.
Spain managers realized how much of a difference that De Gea makes to the whole team play - otherwise they would have still use his reflexes but it is not worth it.
People who don’t see that then don’t understand football.
Stats even showed that it led to less goals as well.
Just because he may not be our future number 1 doesn’t change the fact that neither should be De Gea and that Henderson is better than him.
Every corner and free kick im biting my nails because we literally do not have a goalkeeper whilst everyone else does.
Spain managers realized how much of a difference that De Gea makes to the whole team play - otherwise they would have still use his reflexes but it is not worth it.
Going from bad keeper to top level doesn't have to be done straight away.
Liverpool and city both had a year or so with the replacement being better but not good enough.
Us sticking with ddg is worse than not trying to at least try with a keeper that has some basics down
Liverpool and city both had a year or so with the replacement being better but not good enough.
Us sticking with ddg is worse than not trying to at least try with a keeper that has some basics down
Hah, nice
He is shite, worse than Henderson. Typical United though. Sell a better keeper with character and keep 2 shitty mentality midgets. Then complain.
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