We bought Onana and Bayindir with big money to downgrade from DDG and Henderson. This is what a non existent football structure and a no experience DOF do the club.
Fairly mainstream opinion : Onana isn’t Fabrice Ondoa, or very good
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Agreed mate. Like no matter how much mistakes Onana may make, or the fact that I am not sure if he is it right now, nothing makes me miss DDG or think that he is the answer to anything going on in the team right now. Onana may be a problem, but so was DDG and he was definitely not a solution to anything.
De Gea’s mentality was in the toilet and he showed no sign of sorting himself out. He'd either fallen out of love with football or his confidence was shattered, maybe both.
The fact he still doesn't have a club in 2024 nor has any serious links speaks volumes. It wouldn’t surprise me if he never played again.
PS. Onana is dreadful. The biggest mistake was not having a back up we have any faith in in case he turned out to be a disaster, which he has.
The fact he still doesn't have a club in 2024 nor has any serious links speaks volumes. It wouldn’t surprise me if he never played again.
PS. Onana is dreadful. The biggest mistake was not having a back up we have any faith in in case he turned out to be a disaster, which he has.
"Expected goals" is not a statistic and this post is complete nonsense.
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I’d take DeGea back.
The only reason why he's first choice right now is because Ten Hag has no confidence in Bayindir and Heaton, which is like him keeping faith in Hojlund because his other options are Martial and Joe Hugill.
If we still had a reserve keeper like Henderson or Romero it would be easy for Ten Hag to give one of them a run, but we have somehow managed to lumber ourselves with a reserve keeper who we have no confidence in at all.
If we still had a reserve keeper like Henderson or Romero it would be easy for Ten Hag to give one of them a run, but we have somehow managed to lumber ourselves with a reserve keeper who we have no confidence in at all.
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Will Bayandir actually play if/when Onana goes to the AFCON?
Serious question.
Serious question.
They are going to fly Onana back and forth in between games
it wouldn't surprise me if they did
I think we need a proof of life video for Bayandir
It’ll either be him or Heaton. You really have to start asking questions if it’s the latter.
If Bayandir is playing against Spurs and, potentially, the next round of the FA Cup, then it makes no sense not to play him against Wigan. It'll be better to have a game under his belt before we have a league fixture.
He is bobbins but the way fans are so quick to jump on him for every goal is ridiculous. Never thought he was to blame for both goals against Forest and I just watched Ben Foster share the same opinion.
That's because he's bobbins.
We don't really expect him to save any shot that isn't right at him or within arms reach without diving.
The opposition players know that if they basically just get the shot on target outside his "falling down" zone, it's a goal.
Who is Bayandir?
Our goalkeepers will struggle no matter who we get. We don’t get goals so midfielders break the organization and push forward which results in free shots at the goal. If we reduce shots on goal, our keepers will concede fewer goals. It’s not so complicated.
It's because we're toxic.
You serious? He's our new back up goalkeeper.
A number of reports saying that Onana will be able to stay until the Spurs game, even though Cameroon play the day after?
David De Gea conceded 0.7 more goals than expected.
Similar to Barthez, world class but you still get nervous when he's near the ball.
Probably, then a lot of the fans will call him bobbins, blame him for every goal we conceeded, and start comparing him to De Gea
Bayindir was first choice for Fenebache last year.... he should be good enough to cover for Onana at AFCON. Without us needing to go cap in hand to Cameroon asking to keep in for an extra game
And not world class.
Exactly this. Noone comments on the fact that the summer before Onana was available on a FREE!!! I think we would be less upset as a free signing we could move on, probably less pressure on him too. It was obvious for a while that DDG didnt suit playing out from the back and once his freakish shot stopping faded and his mistakes crept up, we should have been scouting replacements. Still think Raya was a better shout even with his shaky start, he showed at Brentford he was a top keeper.
Onana wasnt available to us on a free the summer before, this is something that has been posted a few times and is incorrect.
Becoming clear now that Cameroon will not allow him to play Vs Spurs AND start the first AFCON game (which is only normal since they are 24hrs apart) so I guess it's his choice on which is the priority
This clip is entitled great save, but it's not a save, it a block and it leaves the ball in a dangerous area. If he had held on to the ball, or pushed it off the pitch, fair enough, but it just pushes the ball back into play.
It's a poor block.
https://youtube.com/shorts/JVRbIhC0dIw?si=xvg68NnSs-VtQc5T
It's a poor block.
https://youtube.com/shorts/JVRbIhC0dIw?si=xvg68NnSs-VtQc5T
You're joking I assume?
He always does this or punches. I’m not sure I’ve seen him catch a ball. He causes his own problems, and it’s basic goalkeeping.
About what
Nah that's a good save (not getting into semantics of save/block) given the speed of the play and almost point blank range
He still makes me nervous but credit when it's due
If he pushes it back at the player who originally made the shot and effectively gives him a 2nd chance, how is that good?
in a nutshell. On the other hand we paid 450k pw to DDG and Henderson. I'm sure we are saving at least half of that with new goalkeepers.
It's good because he stopped what looked likely to be a goal - not saying it's a world class save or anything
Christ he is fighting a losing battle with opinions like these
What are you suggesting he should have done in this situation?I'm not saying people should rate him as he's clearly had a shaky season but that clip is nothing other than really good, proactive goalkeeping to block a clear goalscoring opportunity from 7 yards out! ... "A poor block" FFS
Absolute horsheshit. Look where the ball ends up, "leaves the ball in a dangerous area", my arse. Plus you do realise that a goalkeeper often doesn't have any chance to direct a save into a specific area of the pitch? Like, for example, when they have to sprint across the goal and dive at someone's feet to block a far post tap in...Nah, there are definitely examples of times where he's displayed questionable saving technique, but this is absolutely not one of them.
It's just a good save
Let me guess, Inter are rubbish now Onana has left, they can’t play out from the back and are struggling. nah they are top of the league and have conceded less goals than last year..
Are you dropping a bombshell here that Yann Sommer is actually a good goalkeeper? Who knew?!? He's also 35 years old and Inter will be looking for a replacement shortly.
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