Nah, the goalkeeper discussion is going to be completely unbearable here for a while. Onana will be blamed for everything that goes wrong by De Gea fanboys. Every goal against will be entirely Onana's fault, if the team fails to score they'll blame Onana because "people blamed De Gea for the same thing", Onana is causing climate change, etc.
To be honest it'll be intolerable from both perspectives. Like it will be nice to have a goalkeeper who can claim crosses and pass a ball, but it'll be relentlessly repeated.
Realistically I want the people at the helm to be proactive on this front and unearth players for the long-term. I would have favoured Evan Ferguson over Kane myself, but that's even more unlikely than Kane now he's signed a new deal. It's hard to say if reports are close to accurate but the money involved to get in a young striker who has a lot of development yet to go through seems to be quite excessive. Maybe those reports are off. If Atalanta do want MG on loan (and he himself to go there) that would surely sweeten the deal quite a lot. People talk as if his time out of football means he's no longer a top player, which he surely is.
Another area where fans will need to be forgiving as he could take time to adjust to the league. It's always tough with a goalkeeper as whilst all new signings are under scrutiny no other position gets as much heat from a mistake as a goalie.
I think my bigger concern given the profile of the club is that the errors get magnified and the things he did right (like subtly improving the build up play) will be ignored. This place is going to be calling for his head the moment he attempts a dribble, gives the ball away and concedes a goal. Ignoring the 1000 other times this exact action resulted in a counter attack / ball progressing up the field.
So, it’s a bit like their achievement against their “expected saves”. What is Raya looking like on that, out of interest, because I’d think he would be pretty good on this, and another one we’ve been linked with.
Raya is +4.2 over his two seasons so far in the PL. Over the last five years (so taking into account his seasons in the Championship) he's pretty much dead on the average point at -0.2.
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Thanks. Onana is pretty decent then
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Hearing that Murtough has glued himself to Piero Ausilio.
That seems a bit of a sticky situation
Well the way Romano and co made it seem last night it was basically only an announcement that was left to do today but that’s clearly not the case. I’m hoping we’ll see an agreement reached by tonight.
Escape room negotiations in full effect.
The tap in merchant has missed from a yard out
Is it the club though or is it the incessant reporting of every micromovement this club makes because these reporters know they get the most engagement when they do it?
According to some sites, he is a Christian, so yes.
I definitely agree with you here, Utd related news gets the clicks and as a fan you actively seek out any news related to your club. It’s the main reason why everyone thinks other clubs get their business done in a swift and efficient manner but that’s just because they’re not following the news of that transfer on a daily basis so only see the announcement at the end. I definitely think Utd are slower than most though and that’s not just when it comes to transfers, we all know the Glazers are notorious ditherers and take an absolute age to mull over decisions as is blatantly evident in this whole club sale process.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/a-l...ons-and-replacing-de-gea.477122/post-30669245
I've been edging for the past 3 hours
You mean like Arsenal who only just officialized Timber, a month after the first tweets? Or Declan Rice which isn’t even finalised yet? Or Bayern who took 3 weeks to get a player with a release clause ? Or Liverpool who is supposedly monitoring Lavia since June ?
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I gave them a like, is that OK?
I’m well aware other clubs aren’t blitzing through the market and will refer you to a reply I made to another poster literally just after I made that comment…
I see thanks for the insights.
Problem is that they've glued themselves back to back so they keep turning around to try to see eye to eye on this issue.
If I knew I can trigger mod actions, I'd have used that card earlier :d
Ok, seems he looked after himself like most players do.
Good. He hasn’t been for 5 years mate. Half a decade. He’s been an average keeper since the 2018 World Cup.Electrifying situation
Haha apologies mate, didn’t mean to come across as disrespectful, it’s just that I’ve read so many posts blaming the club for everything and it’s opposite…
