Been good this season so has enough credit in the bank for me overlook that. Needs to cut that out though. Very odd.
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Nope, his blunder against Messi at Nou Camp will never be surpassed
I thought the matchday thread was from the 2018/19 season the way people were going on as if this was the latest in a string of howlers.
He had a bad game but no need to overstate it. He's been good lately so hopefully this was just a blip.
He had a bad game but no need to overstate it. He's been good lately so hopefully this was just a blip.
And even after the error his reaction is so weird. Just freezes. Rabbit in the headlights.
Mind you, this error is in a similar position on the WTF scale.
Nah he's done a few of those (literally this season at Brentford) - and so do many keepers at some point - and again, you can tell what he is trying to do, drop low, get there body behind it and save it comfortably, but it just squirms under him.
I may just be De Gea's biggest critic, but this goal today didn't bother me. Let me see if I can explain myself right as to why I'm not concerned about it. As a former employer once told me, "if you're going to feck up, feck up big because it's the little mistakes that drive me nuts". This was in reference to working in a restaurant. My boss would rather I dumped a tray of drinks on a table then forget to punch in "no onions" when a guess doesn't want onions. Today De Gea dumped a tray of drinks on a table and I doubt it will happen again...
Butland’s signing has him rattled.
Yeah that ones one of his worst ones (certainly more then the Messi one) but again you can see what he's thinking - he wants to catch the ball and just fecks it up.
Here, I don't get it... he's not trying to put the ball behind, he's body isn't even in a position where he's expecting the ball to come to him (which in itself is weird)... and when it does come to him, i'm not entirely sure he's even trying to save it!
He’s always been prone to howlers like this now and again. Hopefully just a one off and he gets it out of his mind quickly, he’s been in great form of late.
Not his first this season.
My heads messed up with him, I'm 50/50 which isn't good.
My heads messed up with him, I'm 50/50 which isn't good.
I just hope we don't get that thing where he goes on to make errors every week for a while now.
He's been good this season overall I'd say but I still would love to have a new keeper more suited for ETH.
He's been good this season overall I'd say but I still would love to have a new keeper more suited for ETH.
If this thread his taught me one thing, it's that I will discourage my kid from becoming a goalkeeper.
It was like he was posing for a pic 
Or had a drunken night out on Saturday and playing on an early Sunday, trying to keep his balance .
Bizarre. Even if he expected the ball to go out of play it was weird what he did. Thankfully didn't cost us
Or had a drunken night out on Saturday and playing on an early Sunday, trying to keep his balance .
Bizarre. Even if he expected the ball to go out of play it was weird what he did. Thankfully didn't cost us
Big Dave doing the Charleston at the front post was a true highlight.
He loses competition for one day (Dubravka) and he goes back to being cack!
I think that one tops the lot though. Will be in all the keeper calamities highlights.
Just a howler. Not even sure what he was trying to do. It's actually that unusually bad I'm not worried.
If he dropped a cross for someone to score a tap in it would be one of those that can accumulate into a few errors in back to back games.
This one should just be wiped clean it's thay unusual.
If he dropped a cross for someone to score a tap in it would be one of those that can accumulate into a few errors in back to back games.
This one should just be wiped clean it's thay unusual.
Shit show of a performance
Why and how has he deserved enough respect to negate criticism for an error like that?
I’ve disliked his character and performances for 3 years now as they have been way below the wages he engineered. Isn’t he the highest paid goalkeeper in the world? It’s a disgrace.
He is a coward and a charlatan and I for one won’t be fooled by the odd last minute ‘straight at him’ save like at Molineux.
Somebody needs to check if Dave has been placing a few bets on his own matches - Ivan Toney style.
11+ years, 500+ appearances, four times player of the year.
It takes a minimal amount of respect not to call a long-serving player who has never actually done anything remotely cnutish a cnut, unless you yourself are a cnut.
Ok didn't claim shit, didn't sweep, fault for both the goals but got bailed out due to some fine margins for their second. It's time to look for a new keeper asap.
I will shamelessly make excuses for him. He was protecting his near post and completely forgets to close the massive gap between his legs. On almost every other day, balls hits him and harmlessly goes out for a corner. Also, that error looks far worse in slow motion.
He just gets complacent. Strikers miss chances and keepers make the odd howler. I'd rather De Gea in goal than the majority of keepers out there. We'll be in for a shock when he leaves
I love De Gea, but today he made an embarrassing error.
Still a great goalkeeper. These threads are too reactionary.
Laughable suggestion. He is top class. Every GK makes an error.
Cheer the boys on. We're doing good
Poor day at the office and we should eventually move to a more 'modern' keeper but we have far bigger priorities to address first (CF, CM, RB)
I love De Gea but that might have been the worst piece of goalkeeping I’ve ever seen. For a keeper who excels at saving with his feet it was incredibly weird.
How was he at fault for the disallowed goal? Hell of a stretch.
Some of you lot need to watch a highlight reel of Neuers flops. Comical mistake today. But based on his season so far it's nothing to worry about.
He has been pretty solid recently in fairness, and he has improved his sweeping. But he definitely has some sort of mental issue when working round his posts. The amount of complete brain farts he has when he is close to his posts is remarkable. I think he forgets about goalkeeping and gets distracted by not hurting himself on the post.
He has improved his sweeping fair enough, but he still has too many glaring flaws for my liking it's a priority alongside a CF IMO.
He has improved his sweeping fair enough, but he still has too many glaring flaws for my liking it's a priority alongside a CF IMO.
Well, everyone makes mistakes. Had we lost this, I'd have given him a hard time, but he's been great this season, so he gets a pass this time.
I said after the last game he's made up for the mistakes against Brentford. Well now we're back to de gea of the past few seasons. His sweeping has improved but he's still garbage at dealing with crosses. He's just not a brave, proactive keeper. His instinct is to stand back and rely on his reflexes. Nice guy and legend but I'd lean towards moving him on in the summer at this point .
He made same mistake twice in a game, one saved by VAR.
Can't fathom what he tried to do there.
@GifLord highlight at 73' please
Can't fathom what he tried to do there.
@GifLord highlight at 73' please
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Incredible over reaction to his mistake. Mistakes happen and everyone makes them. It's when it becomes a pattern or a regular occurrence that we should worry and, so far this season, that's not been the case.
You got that right, it's time to stop moaning and enjoy it.
Wait so after the last game you were perfectly happy, but based on last night the entire POV has changed and De Gea is back to his worst?
Seems a perfectly logical take!
We all have off days, fortunately he had an extremely efficient back four in front of him last night. No doubt he’ll look back on the one mistake he made and move on accordingly.
To be honest, if this was a lower league in a different country, I would have thought he did that on purpose. His reaction was so bizarre, even more so after the ball rolled passed him.
I think what @Kag means is that De Gea performs well when he has to be called upon often. He will make save upon save in that kind of situation. However, he is prone to mistakes when the opposition chances are few and far between. He's prone to lapses in concentration like that.
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