The_Midfielder
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Onana will have a howler game tomorrow for sure
Shout out to Matic. Went from hated on here when he was player at United to now being praised for saying the goalkeeper of this club is shite.
2x PL winner and FA cup winner for Chelsea, and at least helped Manchester United finish 2nd in their peak league seasons.Who the feck is he to belittle Onana like that. Onana said the obvious thing as they are fifth in much weaker league. No class.
I think what it shows is that he quite dislikes Onana individually. It was quite an overreaction but nothing was said against the club.Loyalty lads. I believe Matic having the courage to take things that far reflects his lack of regard for the club. In my opinion.
Where's the statistics? Where is the facts?I don’t think Matic has disrespected the club. Onana opened his mouth when he didn’t need to and said irrelevant things when he didn’t need to. Matic has hit back with a statistical fact on the player who opened their mouth.
Since when was this a topic of loyaltyOnana is stupid for bringing unneeded spice to this match but we still shouldn't be siding with fecking Matic over him. That waster did nothing here to warrant any long term loyalty to him.
The stats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwy00kn1pmeo
Not to mention he has the lowest clean sheet percentage at 26% too.
I’m not saying that Onana is our worst keeper, however based on stats it’s not a lie from Matic. Onana has made some great saves but he also cost us massively in last seasons champions league. He needs to shut up and start performing on a more consistent basis.
So Matic the player can not criticize how Onana is crap, but Matic the United fan can point out that Onana is crap?I don't care who started it. Professional athletes should not be talking about each other's abilities.
Whether Onana is or is not the worst keeper in recent United history is a matter for pundits and fans to debate. And we've debated it here since his his calamitous performances right out of the gate for us. We expected a wobbly start as the lights are hot for any keeper at Old Trafford, but there was a point in time this season -- a 2-3 month stretch I think it was -- where Onana significantly raised his game. But he's regressed back to his norm and criticism of him is warranted, but not from other players or coaches.
Some of those stats aren't just reliant on the goalkeeper though.The stats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwy00kn1pmeo
Not to mention he has the lowest clean sheet percentage at 26% too.
I’m not saying that Onana is our worst keeper, however based on stats it’s not a lie from Matic. Onana has made some great saves but he also cost us massively in last seasons champions league. He needs to shut up and start performing on a more consistent basis.
Think it's obvious that Onana aimed to big-up his team. He went about it the wrong way, but you could say he's more deluded about United's current level than him being disrespectful or anything else.Importantly though, he wouldn't have chosen to put Onana down if the latter wasn't an saying daft and disrespectful things addressed to an entire squad of players.
Thing is he's going to be (rightly) put under scrutiny on what he says rather than what he means. He was very careless with his words and had to take his medicine.Think it's obvious that Onana aimed to big-up his team. He went about it the wrong way, but you could say he's more deluded about United's current level than him being disrespectful or anything else.
The stats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwy00kn1pmeo
Not to mention he has the lowest clean sheet percentage at 26% too.
I’m not saying that Onana is our worst keeper, however based on stats it’s not a lie from Matic. Onana has made some great saves but he also cost us massively in last seasons champions league. He needs to shut up and start performing on a more consistent basis.
Bit like his goalkeeping then.Thing is he's going to be (rightly) put under scrutiny on what he says rather than what he means. He was very careless with his words and had to take his medicine.
The stats are poor.The stats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwy00kn1pmeo
Not to mention he has the lowest clean sheet percentage at 26% too.
I’m not saying that Onana is our worst keeper, however based on stats it’s not a lie from Matic. Onana has made some great saves but he also cost us massively in last seasons champions league. He needs to shut up and start performing on a more consistent basis.
Has he ever been incredible? He’s made some good saves - as all keepers do. I think he’s either going to be awful, or average.He's going to be absolutely awful or utterly incredible tonight. No in-between.
Yes he's had some great games in his time here.Has he ever been incredible? He’s made some good saves - as all keepers do. I think he’s either going to be awful, or average.
The stats are poor.
I would even prefer Bosnich and Howard to Onana. Obviously different times, so those two wouldn’t be good in the modern game as goalkeeping has changed.
However, it’s hard to argue he’s not the worst no 1 we have had in the PL era. I am not going to count the likes of Tiabi or other keepers who weren’t a nailed on no 1.
When you look at Bosnich, Howard or Barthez (second season), when they has troubles, and it was clear it wasn’t going to work - they got binned off and replaced quickly. That’s exactly what we need to do with Onana (and the reality is it should have already happened - esp. after the CL last season).
There's a difference between Matic saying something like "A player who has struggled and made a lot of mistakes since joining Utd should worry about his own performances before talking down about others" (which I'd be fine with), and straight up calling him the worst goalkeeper in the clubs history. There's a line, and Matic clearly stepped over it.So Matic the player can not criticize how Onana is crap, but Matic the United fan can point out that Onana is crap?
Too much focus on him now. I fear the result of it.He's going to be absolutely awful or utterly incredible tonight. No in-between.
I agree.
He's our worst keeper in the PL.
People will sometimes slap you with the truth. When you sit on 13th place and have a negative goal difference, only managed to beat Ipswich and Leicester in the PL in the months of February, March and now April, you should maybe have a bit of common sense and not talk crap about who is better. Onana clearly has no touch with reality and comes up as a very stupid individual, and stupid people get embarrassed sometimes. If anything this current lot don't get embarrassed enough and called up in public in this manner.There's a difference between Matic saying something like "A player who has struggled and made a lot of mistakes since joining Utd should worry about his own performances before talking down about others" (which I'd be fine with), and straight up calling him the worst goalkeeper in the clubs history. There's a line, and Matic clearly stepped over it.
Onana's original comments were a bit stupid, the response from Matic was uncalled for and quite frankly made him look like a prick, and Onana's later response to that was quite funny.
He wasn't but OKFunny because Matic was also awful at United.
Yeah I find it annoying how some fans seem to be gleefully saying that Matic humiliated Onana (Adam from FUTV being a prime example.)Where's the statistics? Where is the facts?
Matic can eat shit for all I care, he's an opponent and we should support Onana.
So you are saying in his time here, he has had a good run of form for 10 games. That’s over 2 seasons. Goalkeeping coaches are important - but you put far too much emphasis on this.This isnt correct, yes he had an up and down first season but the goalkeeper coach worked hard with him and he found his form resulting in him being statistically the best goalkeeper in the league for the first 10 or 11 games of this season under ETH but then ETH was sacked and Amorim made the stupid decision to sack that goalkeeping coach and bring his own in which has destroyed his form and made him look poor again.
Hopefully Matic is eating humble pie later tonightYeah I find it annoying how some fans seem to be gleefully saying that Matic humiliated Onana (Adam from FUTV being a prime example.)
The way some of our fans are sticking the boot into Onana is disappointing but not surprising. I can almost guarantee that Onana didn't intend to be offensive. His wording may have been clumsy but he was trying to emphasise the strength of our team, not the lack of quality in Lyon. Talk of him needing to 'be humbled' from so called united fans is really weird and the type of drivel I'd expect from Souness.