I'm reading that he's asked his agent to find a Saudi club. Take it with a grain of salt. But would be amazing news
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Sauce? I want to believe.
Hipster United. Just buy a big German guy in his late 30s. Infinity more reliable. "But he's not very good playing out from the back" - well he'll fit in just fine here then.
Supposedly bought a new housein Altrincham during April so I doubt he is looking to go anywhere. Of course it is not all his decision but the indications are he wants to stay for the long term and I do think the profile of keepers we are looking at suggests we are planning to upgrade Altay rather than Onana for next season.
He’s better than Onana, and quite significantly. However, he’s not the player we should be going after and at £25m I don’t think that’s good value.
Onana is so bad, that the keeper for the PL’s worst ever side (potentially) would be an improvement.
Of course he wants to stay. Fat contract, and he knows the reality is that is reputation is so far in the gutter that’s he’s got no chance of signing for a top club.
Having bought a house means nothing. He will just sell it on to another footballer.
I think it is the right thing to do as long as we are ruthless enough to keep Onana as the backup keeper. We aren't selling him for enough so he can at least do that job.That would be alarming.
He absolutely isnt better than Onana
He really is though.
He isnt, he is terrible
He's just not very good. Onana is terrible.
Onana is worse.
I don’t want either of them at United, but would prefer to have Ramsdale.
Even if you think Onana is a better player, you must admit that the fact there are people who think he’s worse, shows how bad a keeper he is.
Onana is a much better keeper than Ramsdale
I disagree but it feels like we're going around in circles here.
Your profound love of onana has been nothing if not consistent, which is odd given how poor he's been for us.
The people in here who think Ramsdale is better than Onana would get a very, very nasty shock if Ramsdale was ever our goalkeeper.
Ramsdale is even more gaffe-prone. You just don't see anyone talking about him this season because Southampton are shite anyway and nobody expects anything from them.
Further, people complain in here about Onana's distribution (which I honestly think is unfair) but it's a damn sight better than Ramsdale's.
I can well understand people wanting Onana replaced but the fact that anyone is suggesting Aaron fecking Ramsdale as his replacement is mind-blowing to me.
Ramsdale is even more gaffe-prone. You just don't see anyone talking about him this season because Southampton are shite anyway and nobody expects anything from them.
Further, people complain in here about Onana's distribution (which I honestly think is unfair) but it's a damn sight better than Ramsdale's.
I can well understand people wanting Onana replaced but the fact that anyone is suggesting Aaron fecking Ramsdale as his replacement is mind-blowing to me.
I find your profound love of Aaron Ramsdale a bit odd too, given how poor he's been throughout his career.
What annoys me with him is if he feels like his attempt won't save the goal, he'd just be staring at the ball. And sometimes they're saveable too if he reacted quickly...
People seriously suggesting Ramsdale as a replacement option is a true sign of desperation.
As I say, I well understand wanting Onana replaced but people totally lose me when they suggest Ramsdale as the replacement. He has literally all of the same problems we've been having with Onana. About the only benefit with him would be that he contributes to our homegrown criteria.
I am not suggesting we buy Ramsdale (far from it), and I don’t think @Pickle85 is either.
Stating Ramsdale is a better keeper than Onana, as are the vast majority of keepers in the PL doesn’t mean we should be signing him.
Stating Ramsdale is a better keeper than Onana, as are the vast majority of keepers in the PL doesn’t mean we should be signing him.
Onana is a good GK, his issue is that his confidence is kinda down due to the number of howlers he had during his time here, even WC GKs might not save saveable shots sometimes, but those aren't howlers, Onana's howlers are so bad and happen so often during his time here that we all think he is terrible, he wasn't this bad with Inter or with Ajax, he might have had the odd howler here and there pre United, but with United, it happened far too many times.
I don't have any love from him. If you read up I even said he's not very good. He's just better than Onana. Not much in it, mind. For what it's worth, Whoscored has his average PL rating marginally higher than Onana this season.
Exactly. I certainly don't want to sign Ramsdale. I just think he's marginally better than the disaster we currently have in nets.
But like, Ramsdale isn't a better keeper than Onana.
I think Onana's been pretty horrendous but there's no need to exaggerate. If Ramsdale were playing for United and not Southampton his performances would be scrutinized far more closely, and I am fairly confident he would not be regarded as better.
This is like arguing if its better to get punched in your left eye or your right eye.
Is a good analogy!
They are both crap.
How bad Onana is is grossly exaggerated. This is what happens when football fans hate-bandwagon and just seek out confirmation bias. It’s an ugly echo chamber snowball.
It wasn’t long ago the consensus on here was Baynidir was the obvious better choice - then we saw him play a couple.
It wasn’t long ago the consensus on here was Baynidir was the obvious better choice - then we saw him play a couple.
For the sake of everyone, the best would be if he went to Saudi this summer. Everyone happy.
Agreed... he needs to leave. I dont understand why this club struggles to find a keeper that can save and pass the ball.
We dont play this exciting football out the back anyway... so its not like we need an elite ball playing keeper.
I very much doubt the consensus was that Baynidir was a better keeper. However, he did need to play to take Onana out of the team. Onana should have been dropped a long time ago - and then perhaps he would have bucked up his ideas.
His attitude is as big a problem as his clangers. He needs a massive dose of humility.
Not really. He is just really bad. Or at least has been since coming here, bar a decent half season or so. Even then he dropped a clanger or two along the way.
And maintain that he is........
Nonsense. Never seen such a consistent level of glaring errors from a goalkeeper.
Correct, we have absolutely no need to be looking to replace him this summer when there are other positions that should be a higher priority.
I dont think its exaggerated... if a keeper is making multiple mistakes every season.. its not a fans hate bandwagon.
His kicking this season has been poor.. most of his goal kicks / hoofs go out of play or surrenders possession to the other team.
His shot stopping is relatively poor in comparison to other keepers in the league, for many reasons.
1. His anticipation is poor, which means he doesn't get to shots that other keepers get to.
2. He parries the ball back into the 6 yard box for tap ins
3. He lets in easy easy goals quite regularly in a season.
I wouldn't say they were consistent.
He made a lot in his first few months at the club and he's made a lot in his last few months. In between he didn't really make that many, or at least no more than many keepers do. Indeed for a few months at the start of this season he was one of the best performing keepers in the league. So he's been a bit all over the place and it's really just those two periods bookending his time here (so far) that he's been really poor. In saying that he seems to be improving again in his last few games, although that may just be that he's had less to do.
If he could consistently stay at the level that he was at in between roughly November 2023 and December 2024 I'd say he was low on the list that needed to be replaced. I wouldn't be confident that he'd be our long term keeper or anything like that, but he'd easily be able to do the job for another year or two while we focus on other areas. But having two such poor periods in less than two seasons (and only being 'ok' for most of the remaining) means he probably does have to be fairly high up on the list.
Ironically we supposedly brought him for his "excellent ball playing skills" that I have yet to see
Ironically we supposedly brought him for his "excellent ball playing skills" that I have yet to see
This is a classic example of mis sold something.
He can pass short but its not like its amazing... he passes the ball to our full backs on the wrong foot, inviting a press...
When we pass out the back, alot of times the ball goes to him and he clears it.. because I definitely wont call it a pass.
How many times have we seen him kick and the ball goes out for a throw in... I wish there was a stat showing that.
Get rid and replace with Joan Garcia from La Liga.
Issue with Onana is the very basis of having a goalkeeper which fundamentally is shot stopping. He's absolutely horrendous at this due to his inability to correctly parry the ball.
Watched Joan Garcia in some fixtures and he's one of the standout replacements for me.
Issue with Onana is the very basis of having a goalkeeper which fundamentally is shot stopping. He's absolutely horrendous at this due to his inability to correctly parry the ball.
Watched Joan Garcia in some fixtures and he's one of the standout replacements for me.
I think he’s going to get man of the match tonight. Just not sure for which team at this stage.