So you’re basing your opinion on some out of context, decade old photographs from the Czech league and how bad you perceive and easily top 6/7 keeper in the league to be?I'll be honest I am basing my optimism off this
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And how bad DDG is. : shrugs: what can I say
Yeah maybe wishful thinking.So you’re basing your opinion on some out of context, decade old photographs from the Czech league and how bad you perceive and easily top 6/7 keeper in the league to be?
Sounds about right. It’s not even like Dubravka is coming from somewhere unknown, he’s been average for Newcastle.
Yup. Hard to see us dominating possession against any half decent team that presses high, so long as that continues.Us conceding a lot of ball possession had a lot to do with Dave kicking everything out anywhere and make our % look worse than it should.
Not trying to ruin your optimism, but if they're resorting to images from 2014-2018, then I'd much rather have the version of De Gea from 2014-2018 as well. But, De Gea is no longer that keeper, and Dubravka was recently displaced by Nick Pope at Newcastle.I'll be honest I am basing my optimism off this
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And how bad DDG is. : shrugs: what can I say
Couple of good saves, mistake for the goal. Never claimed a cross all afternoon, and the Usual either very short and simple or hoof it and hope distribution.
It was very noticeable in comparison to Ramsdale who started countless Arsenal attacks with good distribution (short and long) and De Gea started nothing, also very noticeable how Ramsdales sweeping behind the defensive line allows Arsenal to push up and compress the space in midifled.
The only question in my eyes is how long ETH puts up with a lead weight in the GK posisition dragging the team down.
Yep. We couldn't press them at all cuz they would just give it to Ramsdale and he would loft it nicely on to either full back.The difference between him and Ramsdale was very noticeable. Arsenal were comfortably by-passing our first lines of pressure due to Ramsdale, and hence were progressing the play really well.
I hope to see Dubravka given a chance soon, because De Gea is nowhere near good enough for a team harbouring ambitions of controlling both the offensive and defensive transitions.
Between the lack of a leading the line no.9 and a blindly hoofing GK, I don't see how we become a possession based team.Yup. Hard to see us dominating possession against any half decent team that presses high, so long as that continues.
Tbf we rarely have ball possession against Arsenal even during the Fergie era. Our plan was always to be physical with them, transition fast and score.Us conceding a lot of ball possession had a lot to do with Dave kicking everything out anywhere and make our % look worse than it should.
I am not sure what you are trying to respond to.Tbf we rarely have ball possession against Arsenal even during the Fergie era. Our plan was always to be physical with them, transition fast and score.
The only time we had so much possession against them was the FA Cup final where we played well, had like 70% of the possession and yet lost the final. Wenger had intentionally parked the bus.
It was one of the biggest injustices in modern-day football.
But that was probably how Gooners feel every time they lose to United. They feel they had played well against us and yet seem to lose the match. Playing well and having possession doesn't always equate to wins. Its not a fashion show.
I wanted to respond to your first paragraph because it's absolutely correct.The supposedly 'amazing' saves that he's made the last couple of games have actually been fairly normal saves that you'd consider to be a goalkeeper mistake if they didn't make it, but the one this match actually was a great save. Thought for a moment that it was in.
However twice in the first half he refused to come out and deal with balls that he definitely should have, and they ended up resulting in a corner and (if I remember correctly) a free kick just outside the area. His refusal to claim crosses or sweep just gives oppositions so many more chances than they should get.
Yep. Think he will get through this season, and then hopefully we are already looking for a long term replacement for next season (and have started that search)Standard enough De Gea game, for good and bad. Though he has at least shrugged off his Brentford nightmare as well as you'd hope someone with his experience would.
Classic Woodward. I'd cut the cord and let him go. We would really benefit from a more rounded keeper. He's still a good shot stopper, but if we can find someone who can give us a bit of that, with improved distribution, commanding presence and a generally more proactive approach, it would be a nice upgrade. I'd be happy enough with him staying as a number 2 if he took a massive paycut.His contract expires next summer but I'd trigger that +1 year extension so he doesn't leave as free agent
In the first half there was one cross that he definitely should have come out to claim, and one through-ball that he definitely should have come out and cleared. Him not doing so resulted in Arsenal winning a corner and (if I remember correctly) a free kick near the edge of the box. I didn't notice any instances in the second half. At first I wondered if he could have done better with coming out for the goal, but I think that would be very harsh to blame on him.Didn't notice any crosses that he should have come out for, but it's possible I missed them, stream wasn't great.
Who do you think would buy him? He wouldn't get an offer from an other Premier League club, especially on those wages. He's one of the poorest first choice keepers in the division.His contract expires next summer but I'd trigger that +1 year extension so he doesn't leave as free agent and we earn some money from his sale, though it would be perhaps difficult for any club to pay the fee + huwge wages. I'm still sure we'd be able to get some 20M euros for him though.
Will be odd when De Gea leaves really, he's only player that has been there for more than a decade, every or almost every week in the starting 11 for all those years. We have to replace him, of course, but I'll be sad anyways.
You are living in cuckoo land if you think any club is paying £20m for him, let alone any club that could then afford (and be completely insane enough) to pay him £375k a week.His contract expires next summer but I'd trigger that +1 year extension so he doesn't leave as free agent and we earn some money from his sale, though it would be perhaps difficult for any club to pay the fee + huwge wages. I'm still sure we'd be able to get some 20M euros for him though.
How do people still fail to realize that no other club in world football will take De Gea on 375k/week. We'd have to pay him off to go elsewhere if he's under contract. No top club would rate him to sign him anyway.His contract expires next summer but I'd trigger that +1 year extension so he doesn't leave as free agent and we earn some money from his sale, though it would be perhaps difficult for any club to pay the fee + huwge wages. I'm still sure we'd be able to get some 20M euros for him though.
Will be odd when De Gea leaves really, he's only player that has been there for more than a decade, every or almost every week in the starting 11 for all those years. We have to replace him, of course, but I'll be sad anyways.
Hopefully his shot stopping from will be good this season, and he leaves on a high next summer.Will be odd when De Gea leaves really, he's only player that has been there for more than a decade, every or almost every week in the starting 11 for all those years. We have to replace him, of course, but I'll be sad anyways.
I think there are clubs all over Europe's top leagues that would take De Gea. He's not the GK he was 4 or 5 years ago, but still is good GK, with same flaws he always had though. Maybe I'm being too optimistic thinking that someone would pay fee for him + big wages (though perhaps he'd accept less money elsewhere for playing time), but I'm sure there'd be interested clubs in him anyways. He's not become terrible keeper overnight and saves like that from Martinelli's header yesterday prove that.Who do you think would buy him? He wouldn't get an offer from an other Premier League club, especially on those wages. He's one of the poorest first choice keepers in the division.
Swap both keepers and we win the game emphatically by controlling both the offensive and defensive transitions.Yep. We couldn't press them at all cuz they would just give it to Ramsdale and he would loft it nicely on to either full back.
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What clubs?I think there are clubs all over Europe's top leagues that would take De Gea. He's not the GK he was 4 or 5 years ago, but still is good GK, with same flaws he always had though. Maybe I'm being too optimistic thinking that someone would pay fee for him + big wages (though perhaps he'd accept less money elsewhere for playing time), but I'm sure there'd be interested clubs in him anyways. He's not become terrible keeper overnight and saves like that from Martinelli's header yesterday prove that.