It would be a huge mistake to replace De Gea now. Ole is not going to do that. No chance! He doesn't deserve to be dropped either. He still makes some incredible saves which no other keeper in the PL can match. He'll still have Ole's backing and for what it's worth mine too.
Does Ole have it in him to drop De Gea for the last 2 PL games?
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Looks like Ole has common sense.
It would have been insane to drop him now.
Fingers crossed.
The right choice. It's up to De Gea now. I don't want to hear a single "Should have gone with Romero" wisdom-Billy if De Gea fumbles one in.
Should have been dropped 12 months ago, it's far too late now.
Ridiculous decision
Still not sure about the decision to keep him in. I would've probably dropped him but with two games of the season left, it's a difficult one. His clangers last season cost us against Barcelona in the Champions League and also cost us a top 4 spot. If he does the same again in the next few weeks, it's Ole's head on the chopping board. He's at best the 5th or 6th best keeper in the league now and we need to move him on if we can.
Gosh some of you really don’t like him.
Pretty much this. That's not to say Ole wont make changes for next season. Saying that I feel sorry for Romero aswell, he usually gets the nod for the cup games and missed out on Sunday, plus other players usually get a chance when the person they are competing with doesnt perform.
If I was Romero I'd hand in a transfer request in the morning, what on earth does he have to do to get a start?
I've never known such a poor performing keeper still hold his place in the team for so long. If Romero was crap I'd understand but he's a brilliant keeper.
I've never known such a poor performing keeper still hold his place in the team for so long. If Romero was crap I'd understand but he's a brilliant keeper.
Will he f*ck it up today?
Why not? For the record I was in favour of dropping De Gea just to send out a message that no one would be allowed to get away with poor performances. Ole obviously has better info to make the call but if De Gea costs us more points then questions will be asked of the manager too.
what a ridiculous statement. If De Gea drops a clanger, they both shouldn't be here next season. Of course Romero would deserve to start. Starting De Gea is actually madness and a massive gamble
Romero is not brilliant. He’s an excellent no 2, who has been at Utd for 5 years and is clearly happy with his role.
It’s the right thing to do to stick with DDG in this match, and reassess at the end of the season.
He's more than good enough to get us through these last few games.
It's all about opinions but I think he should have been dropped, not only because of his poor performances but because of his state of mind. Bad call, in my opinion, the second goal on Sunday was when his credits for his past performances run out I'm afraid.
If it’s a case of “sending a message” he should have subbed him when we went 3-0 down against Chelsea, it was game over anyway and message would have been sent loud and clear.
All this thread tells me is that a lot of people on here overrate Romero’s ability.
De Gea is going to repay us for that broken fax machine. Why isn’t he dropped.
A lot of people on here really don't understand management, do they? Not even talking about football management, but basic man management.
Always going to happen. Dropping Dave end's his career.
Tried to express this myself when decisions have been made but it appears a lot of our fellow members have very little management experience.
I love Ole but if DDG makes another mistake tonight resulting in us not winning, then it's on Ole if we miss out on a CL spot.
I feel for Romero, what does DDG have to do for him to get a chance??
I feel for Romero, what does DDG have to do for him to get a chance??
Agreed people make mistakes I worry about the childhoods of some posters with the attitudes they have to anything less than perfection
I can see both sides here. The timing wouldn't be ideal, dropping him for the last two games. That said, what if he makes another series of errors costing us CL qualification?
What if he doesn’t?
You are exaggerating this though that's why I'm deliberately "missing the point "
Then Ole made the right decision. That's not the question I'm asking though, is it?
Guess Romero would have saved that then gone on to score 
Romero definitely has more chance of saving any penalty.Guess Romero would have saved that then gone on to score
Guess Romero would have saved that then gone on to score
Give over....De gea is complete rubbish on pens. If an opponent gets a pen its basically a guaranteed goal.
Can’t tell if you’re joking...
There’s clearly a correlation between age and management experience on here.
Teach him a lesson, send him a message. Sub him off at Chelsea, send him on holiday. All completely ridiculous. With time and experience, these people will start to understand how to deal with people.
That’s the case with every single penalty
There’s a few in that XI who need dropping, never mind singling out De Gea. Win a few games and the egos are back out in full swing again. Absolute divs, I swear.
A penalty is absolutely not a guaranteed goal. Players will score more often than not, but keepers are expected to make saves once in a while. De Gea's penalty record is abysmal.
DDG has saved 11 out of 58 penalties total . Romero has saved 10 out of 34 total. Last time DDG saved a pen was in 2016. Four fecking years ago.
And you can't tell if I am joking...
Casually forgetting the goal Romero allowed against Norwich in his most recent start then. Romero isn't infallable. His most recent game showed that.
If this absolute shambles of a season from De Gea still isn't enough to make people see how overrated he is then nothing will.
I'm done arguing about it.