David de Gea image 1

David de Gea Spain flag

2016-17 Performances


View full 2016-17 profile

6.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
45
Clean sheets
16
Goals
0
Assists
0
Yellow cards
2
Status
Not open for further replies.

3KDré

Full Member
Joined
Feb 24, 2015
Messages
6,607
I'm gonna post what's likely to be an extremely unpopular opinion...

De Gea is too inconsistent to be truly world class. Does it not feel like every shot on target against us is a goal? Every time, it's "he can't be faulted there" or "de Gea takes no blame for that one" but it's almost as if every time a team has a shot, they score. The Liverpool match aside (those saves were truly world class), sometimes I wonder if another keeper might have saved what de Gea makes look an 'unsaveable' shot.

But maybe that's just me.

I felt he had a good game EVENTUALLY the other night but I still feel like he looked a bit like he knew he should have done better with the first goal.

It was a total fecking fluke and all and 99 times out of a hundred that goes into the stands but IDK, felt like Dave didn't put his hand 'out' to try to save it, he looked like he thought it was going wide to me. I need to see it again.
 

ryan cook

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Nov 25, 2013
Messages
995
Location
RIP Phil Hughes
I'm gonna post what's likely to be an extremely unpopular opinion...

De Gea is too inconsistent to be truly world class. Does it not feel like every shot on target against us is a goal? Every time, it's "he can't be faulted there" or "de Gea takes no blame for that one" but it's almost as if every time a team has a shot, they score. The Liverpool match aside (those saves were truly world class), sometimes I wonder if another keeper might have saved what de Gea makes look an 'unsaveable' shot.

But maybe that's just me.

I felt he had a good game EVENTUALLY the other night but I still feel like he looked a bit like he knew he should have done better with the first goal.

It was a total fecking fluke and all and 99 times out of a hundred that goes into the stands but IDK, felt like Dave didn't put his hand 'out' to try to save it, he looked like he thought it was going wide to me. I need to see it again.
David De Gea is not inconsistent and is definitely world class. I think you are literally the only person that holds that opinion.
 

Escobar

Shameless Musketeer
Joined
Jun 8, 2004
Messages
30,225
Location
La-La-Land
Has not been as amazing as in the past years so far. Maybe we just have extremely high expectations
 

Bwuk

Full Member
Joined
Feb 29, 2012
Messages
17,345
It's all well and good him having that buyout, he'd only leave for Barca or Real imo, and we'd more than match the wages they or anyone else would offer.
 

Adam-Utd

Part of first caf team to complete Destiny raid
Joined
Sep 10, 2010
Messages
39,954
No spanish club are paying that for a keeper anyway, so nothing to see.
 

mintsnake4

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Jan 25, 2014
Messages
229
Location
Gary Megson's Fishslice
SportsWitness put up an article earlier stating that Marca revealed a few months ago that De Gea's 'clause' was 40million euros, so this is most likely a nothing story.
 

clarkydaz

Full Member
Joined
Oct 25, 2013
Messages
13,435
Location
manchester
Established his place in the spanish team for the coming years and already has a PL trophy under the legendary Sir Alex. Not a lot of goalies can state the same at 26.
he could very well expect more by now considering the level he has been playing at. Last year he would have lifted the champions league if not for a fax machine
 

Bojan11

Full Member
Joined
May 16, 2010
Messages
33,115
Not been his best this season and that mistake is not somebody of his quality should be making.
 

LouisDanGaal

Full Member
Joined
Dec 3, 2014
Messages
2,728
Only consolation is for the first time in four years our player of the season won't the keeper this year.
 

JoaquinJoaquin

Full Member
Joined
Aug 7, 2014
Messages
8,600
His form this season has been concerning. Quite a few mistakes now he has made and doesn't seem the same imposing presence he was last season.

Still a class act though and does deserve to have a blip.
 

Dir Wangem

New Member
Joined
Sep 12, 2015
Messages
1,518
Location
Norway
Calm your tits. He's made 2-3 errors this season, but he's also made a couple of world class saves. Sure, he's not been as good as in previous years, but he's still fecking solid.

I hate it when people immediately start criticizing great players after just a few mistakes.
 

ha_rooney

Correctly predicted France to win World Cup 2018
Joined
Dec 13, 2008
Messages
38,841
He's not been at his sensational best this season, making the odd mistake like today. I'm sure he'll perform better as the season goes on. Still a great GK.
 

BlueCelery

New Member
Joined
Mar 16, 2011
Messages
2,224
Supports
Chelsea
He's been trash since the Euros. A season where the team isn't constantly under pressure for 90 minutes & he immediately wilts. Should consider dropping him for a game or two considering Romero's form.
 

whatwha

Sniffs Erricksson’s diarrhea
Joined
Oct 18, 2007
Messages
7,612
Location
Norway
When was the last time the supposed best/2nd best goalkeeper in the world made a super save? Or a string of very good saves?
 

DWelbz19

Correctly predicted Portugal to win Euro 2016
Joined
Oct 31, 2012
Messages
34,053
He's been trash since the Euros. A season where the team isn't constantly under pressure for 90 minutes & he immediately wilts. Should consider dropping him for a game or two considering Romero's form.
Dropping him in the league would do nothing but stir trouble. Romero had been playing the cup games up until this point I'm sure, and should've continued to do so.
 

Catt

Ole's at the wheel!
Joined
Mar 10, 2013
Messages
27,894
Location
Norway
He's been trash since the Euros. A season where the team isn't constantly under pressure for 90 minutes & he immediately wilts. Should consider dropping him for a game or two considering Romero's form.
To say he's been trash is nonsense.
 

100

binary bot
Joined
Jul 14, 2010
Messages
10,992
Location
HELLO
Calling for his head after a mistake or two is fecking pathetic.
 

Steven Seagull

Full Member
Joined
Aug 31, 2010
Messages
9,207
Location
The Clockwork Orange tulip technician.
He's been trash since the Euros. A season where the team isn't constantly under pressure for 90 minutes & he immediately wilts. Should consider dropping him for a game or two considering Romero's form.
He wasn't constantly under pressure under Van Gaals boreball either but still performed admirably. An otherwise spectacular post though.
 

ottosec

Full Member
Joined
Nov 14, 2012
Messages
6,550
Its like the opposition GKs are stealing his talent every game at OT this season.
 

Dir Wangem

New Member
Joined
Sep 12, 2015
Messages
1,518
Location
Norway
He's been trash since the Euros. A season where the team isn't constantly under pressure for 90 minutes & he immediately wilts. Should consider dropping him for a game or two considering Romero's form.
Can I nominate this for worst post of the year? There are some strong contenders in the Zlatan-thread, but I think this just edges all of them.
 

J-Stander

Correctly predicted Portugal to win Euro 2016
Joined
Sep 30, 2013
Messages
5,748
How many is that now? He's having a bit of a shitter this season.
 

Eddy_JukeZ

Full Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2012
Messages
17,130
Has let some soft goals in unfortunately.

Hopefully, he'll be back to his best soon.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.