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We indulged him for too long where he was afforded the luxury of having his own goal keeping coach for several years. And ten Hag will demand him to do things which the likes of LVG, Mourinho and Ole didn't due to a difference in approach to the game and that should improve him somewhat. But I think if we're honest, he isn't good enough in comparison to keepers at other top clubs and i'm hoping once we're in a position to bring in a proactive keeper with a well rounded skillset, he will be phased out so we can then evolve as a football team. Luis Enrique the Spain head coach identified him as a weak link and moved him on pretty quickly due to him not being a fit for the way Luis Enrique wants his team to play.Well there you go. He really wasn’t much better under Van Gaal.
Obviously way too early to conclude that ETH can fix what has always been broken. Still, though, I’m liking what I’ve seen in the last two games. The really stand out difference to me has been how much more willing he is to keep the ball on the deck. Makes such a difference to our ability to play the ball out from the back. Lofted passes are slower and harder to control. So even if they’re accurate (and his often aren’t) the receiver is fighting an uphill battle as soon as they touch the ball.
Yeah, this is basically what I remember. De Gea has always been absolutely terrible when it comes to cross claiming and distribution. His sweeping was a little better under LVG.
Assuming he plays every league game that will leave him on 529 by my count. Stepney has 539. So will De Gea get another 11 apperances from all cup competitions?Is it possible for him to break the appearance record for a United keeper this season? If so, hopefully he does it - then he can get swiftly moved on.
Always been a massive pet peeve of mine. He always apologises after hanging onto the ball for the 30th time in the game.His slow distribution costs us many counter attack chances.
He has all the flaws you mention and I'd say even his shot stopping is over rated now. Take the chance Joelintion had yesterday where he hit the bar then the post. Look at de geas reaction to the second shot. He's just not good enough.I can accept his slow distribution but his inability to pick a considered pass when faced with a high pressing line is shocking. He often opts to belt it with the hope that it reaches a United player further forward.
This means that our formation is constantly being stretched to adapt and we struggle to cohesively counter.
I hope we don’t extend his contract. He is a great shot stopper but that isn’t enough on modern football.
I saw statistics that in terms of shot-saving ability, he was just around the average among the 20 EPL starting goalkeepers.He has all the flaws you mention and I'd say even his shot stopping is over rated now. Take the chance Joelintion had yesterday where he hit the bar then the post. Look at de geas reaction to the second shot. He's just not good enough.
For Ronaldo to fluff or Rashford to miss?His slow distribution costs us many counter attack chances.
Seems unfair to ask him to be the ony player to "earn" a new deal.Board use your brains and make him earn a new deal,need to see significant improvement in distribution and command of area
We have problems all over the pitch, but this is De Gea's thread. The weaknesses of De Gea are damaging to the team, but he is obviously not the only issue. We're going to discuss his weaknesses in his thread.It seems to some people that all our troubles are because DeGea cannot catch a cross and he can't pass from the box to save his life.
It's BS. Most of our outfield players can't hold the ball and cannot string three passes and our strikers can't hit a barn door.
I like that he’s not pandering to the player, gives me some hope. I’m 100% against the renewal unless he plays out of his skin from now on or it’s like a 1 year deal because our top target isn’t available.
That's interesting to watch in isolation and shows our intent/ETH's instructions. The pass at 53 secs is obviously the most startling one because of how we lost it but both Varane and Martinez go jogging forwards immediately after the first pass and not wide (to give an easy passing option). De Gea then plays that pass that hospital ball to Fred. He's done it before with Brentford for Eriksen (although I think Eriksen was to blame as well). Either he's being told to play those vertical passes to bypass the press or he's making the decision to not go long because it's an extremely high risk one when both his centre backs are not in optimal receiving spaces themselves.
