Ish
Lights on for Luke
Bloody hell. I don't know if I should laugh or cry
g = window.googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; window.googletag = googletag; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var interstitialSlot = googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/17085479/redcafe_gam_interstitial', googletag.enums.OutOfPageFormat.INTERSTITIAL); if (interstitialSlot) { interstitialSlot.addService(googletag.pubads()); } });
Bloody hell. I don't know if I should laugh or cry
Who is the first-pick for the English national team again? Pickford is good shotstopper and a nutcase, Henderson is a nobody. Perhaps time to get a loan in the Championship to save his career. Right now there are probably no Premier League-clubs that would swap theirs for Henderson and really benefiting, if at all. Let’s stop pretending every youth player at United is great, from Elanga to Laird, odds are they will never play a lot in the Premier League, they’re most likely at Brandon Williams’ level. Where’s Blackett these days?Absolutely. The post claiming Henderson is worse than Pickford is insane.
For me Henderson is one of those traditional keepers that tend to get better with age and experience.I know over the time they’ve both been in the team DeGea has probably had more clangers but to be honest I feel safe with DeGea and last game he was coming out, claiming things and taking control of his area. Something he certainly needs to build on.
However when I watch Henderson he looks like an accident waiting to happen so calamitous when he comes charging out. Like he is trying to do too much or is overly keen to be sweeper keeper. I just don’t have the trust or faith in him.
You don't know this for certain. Solskjaer himself seemed very undecided and it seems he was stringing Henderson along IMO.Yes, Hendo would have started this season if not for his post-COVID effects... pure bad luck for him!
I feel Pickford has suffered the same fate.He shouldn't. He's the new Joe Hart. Ego so big, and so much self belief that others begin to believe they are actually good goalkeepers. You can fool a lot of people being incredibly confident.
As with Joe Hart, he managed to fool people for quite a few years but then got found out. The same will happen with Henderson. I maintained Hart was crap even when he was playing for City and England and it baffled me how he managed to get to that level being an average keeper. With Henderson, I rate him over Hart at the same age but still think Henderson is average and should be at a mid/bottom half of the prem team.
Tbf even last season he didn't make as many glaring mistakes as the previous two, where he had periods of shots slipping through his hands and so on. He had largely cut out the howlers, he just more generally wasn't all that good.Can't help but feel that De Gea looks better this season because of our abysmal defending. He suffers a little bit when we're on the front foot and he has little to do for long stretches. He's certainly not making as much mistakes this season as he was the past 3 seasons.
It's a fundamental case of people looking at Henderson and seeing half a dozen glaring weaknesses in his game and recognising he isn't good enough to be no.1 at a top club.I can’t tell if it’s basically all based on the Pool game or if it’s because there’s a fundamental lack of seeing the bigger picture when looking at a football game: DDG makes great saves therefore he’s a great keeper, Maguire is great on the air and strong in the tackle, he must be a top CB, Bruno gets loss of assists therefore let’s compare him to KBD…
Cant' blame him, his nick is De God after allIt's a fundamental case of people looking at Henderson and seeing half a dozen glaring weaknesses in his game and recognising he isn't good enough to be no.1 at a top club.
De Gea is weak coming for crosses and not the best with the ball at his feet. Henderson is equally weak on crosses and marginally better with the ball at his feet. Doesn't make up for the rest of his game. Can guarantee you Ralf will keep De Gea as his no.1 while he's performing as he has been, regardless of the system. His successor will as well, whenever he arrives.
Then we won’t really make much progress as a team. De Gea has been a huge weakness for this side for years. He invites so much pressure on our defence by sticking to his line. I really feel for Maguire and Lindelof who take all the brunt of it when 90% of the errors are avoided by a decent keeper.It's a fundamental case of people looking at Henderson and seeing half a dozen glaring weaknesses in his game and recognising he isn't good enough to be no.1 at a top club.
De Gea is weak coming for crosses and not the best with the ball at his feet. Henderson is equally weak on crosses and marginally better with the ball at his feet. Doesn't make up for the rest of his game. Can guarantee you Ralf will keep De Gea as his no.1 while he's performing as he has been, regardless of the system. His successor will as well, whenever he arrives.
I kind of agree even the last game against Norwich his only one good save against Kabak that situation could have been prevented had he been braver and not got stuck on the line as usual but now the narrative is how he is back to his best but the truth is he still the keeper with major deficiencies whose presence would hold this team from evolving .Then we won’t really make much progress as a team. De Gea has been a huge weakness for this side for years. He invites so much pressure on our defence by sticking to his line. I really feel for Maguire and Lindelof who take all the brunt of it when 90% of the errors are avoided by a decent keeper.
Exactly. Look I’m not doubting that he’s a top class shot stopper and fortunately for us he’s been back to his best in that department this season. But I’ll tell you what, other top keepers don’t get as many man of the matches as De Gea and that’s because they have stopped the chance before it even develops. When I watch Mendy I don’t see a brilliant shot stopper, I see a keeper who is proactive at claiming crosses and coming out when needed. Equally with Ederson and Alison who both sense data far better than De Gea too. I’d happily trade some of De Geas shot stopping for an improvement in other areas. I’m still not 100% sure that’s Henderson, but I know he at least has the ingredients.I kind of agree even the last game against Norwich his only one good save against Kabak that situation could have been prevented had he been braver and not got stuck on the line as usual but now the narrative is how he is back to his best but the truth is he still the keeper with major deficiencies whose presence would hold this team from evolving .
Yeh every centre back we have ever tried is the weakness. Don’t worry it will be Varane soon when he gets beaten on his own goal line like the others have done. You simply can’t win every challenge in your own six yard box no matter how good you are, in most circumstances you rely on a proactive keeper to come and help you out. De Gea has hung our defenders out to dry multiple times this season. I’m not saying they are without flaw because Maguire has had a poor season but I think back to the Atalanta(?) game where Maguire got pelters for his mistake playing them onside, but that goal is 100% on de Gea as he’s stuck on his line.I can't believe there are people who think that DDG is the greatest weakness of our defense and not Maguire, Lindelof, Smalling, Rojo all the others who played after Rio and Vida retired, not to mention the fact that at certain point our FBs were actually Valencia and Young...
His shot stopping is better for sure. But he ranks almost bottom of the table for other stuff, like collecting crosses and sweeping. I think it depends how you define best. If you still think the stopping shots is all that a keeper should do, DDG is the best in the league right now. If you think there’s more to it than that, not so much.De Gea is the best shot-stopper I've ever seen. Most of the premier league goalies are all going to be able to save most of the routine shots, they are mostly going to be able to distribute the ball fairly well, and it is small margins that separate them. But for those at the top, what separates an exceptional keeper from a world class one (in my view) is their ability to make saves that seem impossible when you see them in real time, like your brain has already ruled that the shot is a goal -- when suddenly it's not. You see the replay and somehow De Gea has contorted himself and gotten a fingertip or a toe to something that looked all but certain to score.
I don't think anyone makes as many of those types of saves as he does, and when they replay the saves, De Gea has good positioning to start with, so it's not that he was in a bad position and had to react to save his own mistake; he's generally great at positioning and still manages to make these insane saves. He is all quite good with his distribution and good with the ball at his feet.
Henderson is also a very good keeper but he's a rung or two below De Gea. Barthez, Howard, Carroll, were also good but not great (enough) keepers who made some great saves and were mostly well-liked. Even Howard was player of the season before being dropped, so I guess that speaks to people's preference for certain playing styles over others.
DeGea's form dipped but he has corrected whatever was affecting him and I think he's back to his best. His best is beyond what Henderson can do or will do, so DeGea stays #1.
Pretty much how I've felt for a good few years to be honest. He looks his best when we're at our lowest constantly with our backs against the wall.Can't help but feel that De Gea looks better this season because of our abysmal defending. He suffers a little bit when we're on the front foot and he has little to do for long stretches. He's certainly not making as much mistakes this season as he was the past 3 seasons.
I don’t mind if people don’t rate him but what are those 6 glaring weaknesses? We have two bodies of work to draw on, his time at SHU and when he had a good run of games for us. I get SHU is a different animal but from his stint where he played in place of DDG, what did he not do well?It's a fundamental case of people looking at Henderson and seeing half a dozen glaring weaknesses in his game and recognising he isn't good enough to be no.1 at a top club.
De Gea is weak coming for crosses and not the best with the ball at his feet. Henderson is equally weak on crosses and marginally better with the ball at his feet. Doesn't make up for the rest of his game. Can guarantee you Ralf will keep De Gea as his no.1 while he's performing as he has been, regardless of the system. His successor will as well, whenever he arrives.
1. Handling, spills all his saves back into the 6 yard box. 2. Size. 3. Lack of agility. 4. Mediocre reactions. 5. Weak in the air, no better at catching/punching than De Gea. 6. Average touch and dodgy kicking.I don’t mind if people don’t rate him but what are those 6 glaring weaknesses? We have two bodies of work to draw on, his time at SHU and when he had a good run of games for us. I get SHU is a different animal but from his stint where he played in place of DDG, what did he not do well?
@Dante comparison with AWB is a good one. DDG is a specialist shot stopper - arguably the best - but that alone doesn’t make someone a top player, you have to see the big picture here. Even if Henderson is an average PL keeper, his style is better overall for the team and we already have the proof of this from when he replaced DDG looking at the underlying stats.
Bad example IMO. Shot-stopping is by far the most important trait in a keeper, tackling is not even the most important (let alone by far) trait for a RB. Positioning for example is more important than tackling when it comes to defending. AWB is actually terrible at defending outside of his tackling and 1 to 1 defending. And when it comes to non-defending part of the game, he is dogshit.If De Gea is a world class goalkeeper because of his shot-stopping, then Aaron Wan-Bissaka is a world class rightback because of his tackling.
I don't think either is true.
But like Dalot usurping AWB due to his better rounded skillset, I'd be on board with Henderson doing the same to DDG. I have doubts that both Dalot and Henderson are good enough long term, mind you.
DDG hasn’t been on any top 5 GK list since the WC. That was in ‘18…This season he’s been better but this is a stylistic question, let’s just assume this is peak DDG and even then I don’t get it.1. Handling, spills all his saves back into the 6 yard box. 2. Size. 3. Lack of agility. 4. Mediocre reactions. 5. Weak in the air, no better at catching/punching than De Gea. 6. Average touch and dodgy kicking.
The comparison of De Gea with AWB is an awful one. Comparing one of the top 5 keepers of the last decade with England's 180th choice right-back. Being good at slide tackling doesn't make up for being terrible at every other aspect of defending. Being the best shot-stopper in the world does make up for being average at other aspects of keeping.
It's quite amusing to read. Goalkeepers are one of those areas where fans tend to be pretty clueless though.I'm seriously starting to wonder about the sanity of anyone who thinks Henderson a very very average keeper should be our number one instead of De Gea.
Thankfully I am certain that Rangnick is not as crazy as those people and world never entertain that idea.
Its a combination of the young english hype/tax combined with the over belief in our youth players. The sort of narrative that sees Ben White sold for £55m .Why are people saying Dean Henderson should be our number one . Even after De Gea goes I wouldn't give him the number one spot, I'd be looking for a new keeper.