Called up to the Spain squad for the first time. Richly deserved for a brilliant debut season. Better than the much wanked over Pepe Reina who weekly mistakes seem to be ignored by the press.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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That is brilliant. No Valdes in the squad, is he injured or as he been that much out of form?
The goalkeepers in Spain's provisional squad are: Casillas, Reina, De Gea.
Excellent, deserves to go.
Will be a great experience for him. Delighted.
It a squad for the next couple of friendlies. Not quite the Euro squad so others can still be called up.
Can only assume Valdes is injured? If de Gea has got into the squad ahead of him it'd be some achievement. Deserved anyway, he'll be Spain's numero uno for years to come, great experience for him, delighted for him.
From the sounds of it none of the Barca players are in the squad so when the final squad is announced they'll probably come back into the fold and the likes of De Gea and some others will be dropped.
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Yeah just read there's no Barcelona, Chelsea or Bilbao players in the squad as of yet. Valdes will take de Gea's place for the tournament.
Good too see.
Hopefully De Gea will take Reina's place, no point sending Reina to not play when you can give a young GK the experience.
Just don't want him at the Olympics
Just don't want him at the Olympics
He'll miss the start of next season because of the Olympics right?
Don't see him going to the Euros. From Spain's pov it wouldn't make sense not to take him to the Olympics.
Don't see him going to the Euros. From Spain's pov it wouldn't make sense not to take him to the Olympics.
Olympics ends one week before our first game in the league.
It means he wouldn't miss the start of next season, as Olympics would actually be his pre-season, but I still hope he'll go to Poland.
They might consider at the moment a young keeper been part of successful U21 and Olympic sides to be more of a experience than been 3rd choice and not playing at all
I would love for him to play in the Olympics actually. Should be another good experience for him
That and well, there will be minimal travelling involved.
I don't particularly want him to go to the Euros. It would be a nice experience to travel with the squad for him, but chances are it'll be a bit of a waste of time and he won't get anywhere near the starting lineup.
How much rest do keepers actually need in the off season?
I'd rather he played in the Olympics than sat on the bench for the Euros.
It only makes sense for Spain to bring him as he'll be their No.1 at some stage & the experience of being involved a big tournament like that would do him good. He could get a game or two as well if Spain rap up the group with two wins in their first two games.
Delighted for him to be called up, hopefully he'll get a game or 2 in the friendlies, hes better then Reina
depends how many need games, as long as he doesn't get injured one would do.
Maybe it's Del Bosque making sense.
Exactly, what good is it for him to go to the Euros to sit on the bench a whole month? Better get some game time at the Olympics instead.
The Olympics overlaps with the actual season though.
It's probably a mental thing if anything. As much as I'm sure he loves football, training and playing for two years straight must be pretty mentally tiring. Everyone needs a break every now and then to ensure you are fresh for the next campaign.
No they don't. The Gold Medal game is the day before the Community Shield.
This.
Fergie probably could give the Olympics lads a couple of weeks rest however like he has done in the past.
Which we won't play in this year
We should launch a campaign to have the rules changed so we can defend our trophy/shieldWhich we won't play in this year
This
Has this been posted? I have a vague feeling I've seen it before. Deserves to be posted again anyway.
From here; http://www.marca.com/2012/07/08/en/football/national_teams/1341734676.html
Haven't heard anything about the club trying to stop De Gea from going to the olympics before this. Suggests Dave wont start the season as our number one either.
I wonder if Fergie is unhappy with him.
He was at this best last year when he had continuity in the no. 1 spot, disappointing he's giving that up.
What a nothing story.
Choosing a nothing tourney (in footballing terms) over his 1st team spot? Bit of a story tbf.
The olympics end a week before the season starts. It's not a nothing tourney for some
Yup. People need their head checked if they think Lindegaard will start when DDG is available. For anyone that thought they were close in ability they must surely see now who the superior goalkeeper is.
That third para is absurd.
Bollocks. Playing competitive games in this country is meant to be more of a hinderance than travelling 1000's of miles around the world, to play 45 minutes against a bunch of no marks? Ok.
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