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2024-25 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
50
Clean sheets
11
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0
Assists
0
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Adam McNeill said:
I was watching MUTF the other night and it had the Man Utd v Ajax EL final from 2017, lo and behold, Onana was in goal for them (didn't know he played for them so it was a surprise).

Even back then, he looked like a flappy bird, a calamity waiting to happen!

FYI we had Romero in goal for that game, I would take Romero back over this clown!
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the opening goal he conceded against pogba is a very typical goal conceded by Onana isn't it?
" it is deflected so blame is not on the goalkeeper, but you know like of ederson allison Dea Gea courtois would have saved it"
 
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It's funny because it isn't, but Onana and Højlund are mirrors of one another. Højlund is always wrongly positioned, mostly half a second too late and then bad anticipation to get to the ball.. Onana tends to be wrongly positioned, and then has poor technique to actually get to the ball. Højlund looks big and strong, but he loses every duel, and he was supposed to be fast but looks slower with every game. Onana was supposed to be good at commanding the box and great at playing out from the back, but he looks worse with every game.

Paradoxically, basically no winning teams have poor strikers or goalies. So what do we expect?
 
Rossa said:
It's funny because it isn't, but Onana and Højlund are mirrors of one another. Højlund is always wrongly positioned, mostly half a second too late and then bad anticipation to get to the ball.. Onana tends to be wrongly positioned, and then has poor technique to actually get to the ball. Højlund looks big and strong, but he loses every duel, and he was supposed to be fast but looks slower with every game. Onana was supposed to be good at commanding the box and great at playing out from the back, but he looks worse with every game.

Paradoxically, basically no winning teams have poor strikers or goalies. So what do we expect?
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Reminds me of this from Conte.

 
Some twitter aggregators reporting he has been told to leave. Delighted if that is the case. I will never forgive ETH for spending 50m on this clown.
 
The brutality starts. We need to be smart in replacing him. I think we need to go after Espanyol number 1. Very solid keeper and would be fairly cheap
 
We have people who still believe the goalkeeper position doesn't warrant an immediate replacement. How many times should the club put up with average players and yet we demand the highest level of performance?

Some might quickly point out to the fact that he was with Inter in the finals with Man City, that's good. But the same Inter is back in another final. It would be hard for anyone to claim he was solely responsible for Inter's stellar performances having seen what could be achieved without him.

He needs to be replaced, and the backup even is not suitable for our aspirations. The only saving grace I can remember about Bayindir was that game with Arsenal.
 
It seems that Onana isn't happy with the 25% salary decrease he gets for the team failing to qualify for the CL. If only he channeled that frustration in actually saving a couple of shots instead.
 
devilish said:
It seems that Onana isn't happy with the 25% salary decrease he gets for the team failing to qualify for the CL. If only he channeled that frustration in actually saving a couple of shots instead.
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We weren't in the CL this season. Are they getting another 25% cut?
 
sebsheep said:
We weren't in the CL this season. Are they getting another 25% cut?
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Nah, he's probably just unhappy with having to endure the 25% cut salary for another year, which would make it 2/3 years he's been with us in the coming year.

I just hope the 'he'd be happy with Saudi offers' are true, because then we should at least be able to cover costs/amortisation at the very least.
 
There’s a handful of players that performed well, and should be annoyed with the 25% wage cut, Bruno being the first to come to mind.

Onana wasn’t the sole reason, but he was one of the biggest culprits with the amount of mistakes he made leading to goals on the second half of the season. He really has no right to complain
 
devilish said:
It seems that Onana isn't happy with the 25% salary decrease he gets for the team failing to qualify for the CL. If only he channeled that frustration in actually saving a couple of shots instead.
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It's the media so it may not be true but if it is, he has zero reasons to feel aggrieved. He is one of the bigger reasons why we had such a terrible season in the first place. Needs replacing.
 
This season has been atrocious and he was an important part of that… There is no coming back from this for him. I hope he is sold as soon as possible…
 
Golden Nugget said:
There’s a handful of players that performed well, and should be annoyed with the 25% wage cut, Bruno being the first to come to mind.

Onana wasn’t the sole reason, but he was one of the biggest culprits with the amount of mistakes he made leading to goals on the second half of the season. He really has no right to complain
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He also borderline single handedly dumped us out of the CL last season. It was impressive.
 
I’ll renew my faith in Amorim if he manages to get Onana out of this club. I’ll always remember Onana as the keeper who played the game in slow-motion. Always a second or 2 off the line to make a save and when he does do an occasionally impressive save I start wondering if the next howler is around the corner.

I’d have prime Barthez over Onana any day of the week
 
Worse keeper this club has had, taking the finances and blunders into account.

He was also meant to be a ball playing keeper, couldn't even do that.
 
Insane to think how much money we wasted getting rid of De Gea for this clown.

45m transfer fee. Probably about 15m in wages/bonuses/signing on fee.

Sickening.
 
Bwuk said:
Insane to think how much money we wasted getting rid of De Gea for this clown.

45m transfer fee. Probably about 15m in wages/bonuses/signing on fee.

Sickening.
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I let myself forget that we paid 45m for this fella. There's times I can't believe we actually thought it was reasonable, off one performance?!
 
Bwuk said:
Insane to think how much money we wasted getting rid of De Gea for this clown.

45m transfer fee. Probably about 15m in wages/bonuses/signing on fee.

Sickening.
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What makes it worse is that we could have gotten him a season earlier, when Inter took him from Ajax on a free transfer.
 
Amorim is bound to absolutely hate him. Making an already incredibly difficult job even more difficult with terrible goalkeeping. There were actually many games this season that we were playing ok in until a shit opening goal was conceded where usually he could have done better with and mental fragilities kicked in and it turned into complete shit shows
 
Cutch said:
Amorim is bound to absolutely hate him. Making an already incredibly difficult job even more difficult with terrible goalkeeping. There were actually many games this season that we were playing ok in until a shit opening goal was conceded where usually he could have done better with and mental fragilities kicked in and it turned into complete shit shows
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Yeah. It makes absolutely no sense to keep him on, I'm sure the manager can't stand the sight of the guy.
 
Cutch said:
Amorim is bound to absolutely hate him. Making an already incredibly difficult job even more difficult with terrible goalkeeping. There were actually many games this season that we were playing ok in until a shit opening goal was conceded where usually he could have done better with and mental fragilities kicked in and it turned into complete shit shows
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What was the keeper like at his previous club? Was he better at passing it round the back? That’s been my biggest disappointment with Onana. Obviously the soft goals are a nightmare but I assumed he’d be class with the ball at his feet. Turns out he’s anything but. If Amorim is used to having a keeper who is a decisive quality passer of the ball that must make the crap shot stopping even more insufferable.
 
Fr. Todd Unctious said:
Getting rid of De Gea..........

De Gea moving on was absolutely the correct decision. Onana being sh*t doesn't negate that
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The timing of moving him on was absolutely not the correct decision.

I said it at the time and would say it again for an eternity, there was no reason to spunk 50m on a new keeper that summer when the team still had glaring needs, and the then starting keeper despite blunders in cup comps still won the golden glove in the PL. It was much more logical and financially prudent to renew De Gea on something like a 2+1 contract with reduced wage, and bring in a cheap promising understudy, or use that time to lay the groundwork for a bona fide top keeper in a year or two. People got irrationally heated after the FAC final and was just glad to be rid of him, despite the replacement having plenty of question marks himself, buried by the gloss of a great CL campaign.
 
I still want to know why he plays like does with the ball at his feet so differently to how he did at Inter, it's clearly instructed and intentional but I don't get why? His only strength, his only one, and it's seemingly been nullified.

Technically it's staggering how shit he is as a goalkeeper.
 
Fr. Todd Unctious said:
Getting rid of De Gea..........

De Gea moving on was absolutely the correct decision. Onana being sh*t doesn't negate that
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Exactly. No idea why people bring up keeping de Gea, he wasn't exactly at his best anymore when he left us either. Still, Onana was another transfer flop in a long line of transfer flops. So we need to look for a new one.
 
His performances this season only confirmed what we thought after first one. Going into 3rd season with him as starting GK again would definitely not feel great.
 
Absolutely must be one of the top priorities to bin

A GK who's a liability and a striker who cant score is a shocking combination, and while not the only reason, is a big part of why we are where we are. You could maybe at a push just about get away with one but the both is the recipe for the perfect storm

Let's not forget he almost single handedly cost us the CL last season

The defenders must be so nervous in front of him, he doesn't inspire any confidence, is too slow to get down, palms the ball into the danger zone. And what's more he acts like he's some world class untouchable, by riling up the opposition fans in the Lyon game, before almost immediately conceding. Think he should have saved Tottenhams goal as well

Get rid. Altay can go too.

Remember the days we had DDG and Romero as back up...
 
Without Europe, there aren't enough games to warrant a 'cup' goalkeeper. Onana competing for the no.1 with another goalkeeper is understandable, but just puts pressure on someone new coming in. If Onana had a prolonged run of games, he'll only mess up before long and we're having the same conversations again.

Must be moved on this summer. Matic said it how it is.
 
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