de Gea at his best was limited to 0 or 1 mistakes leading to a goal, a season. All while making world class saves. Other players are better in other areas, but it didn't materialize itself in a better season than de Gea. Neuer for example was better in more areas, but because he made 5-6 mistakes a season it meant he wasn't as good as de Gea.
You are right, though many won't admit it.
One can never say that for sure, but it sure is linked to his attitude and contract problem. Also his mate Herrera has left and Mata who will leave soon.
Neuer at his best was better than DDG at his best. However Neuer had one or two seasons where his form dropped off and DDG overtook him.
Neuer at his best was the best keeper I'd ever seen. His command of his box and distribution was worth extra points for both Bayern & Germany culminating in winning many top honours. Neuer did it in the big games for club and country.
Buffon
It really is. One difficult season seems to have addled people's brains. It's mental.
Buffon was a great keeper too, but Neuer edges it for me.
Exactly.
We could have extended his contract before we signed Sanchez.
I believe the Castle narrative on this one which has been pretty consistent over the course of many months. Namely, that de Gea has been wanting a new deal for ages and we've left it late. That's our MO as well.
Feb 2018,
Smalling, Jones and Lindelof would likely look better with a goalkeeper like Allison in goal.
Cheers. I can't read the Times article, but they're from January and February 2018 both (?) claiming that we're in contract negotiations with de Gea whilst having just wrapped up the Sanchez deal. My guess is the Sanchez deal complicated these talks..
Mate at what point are you going to stop saying that I’m remembering this wrong and accept we have a difference of opinion on this?
No they wont.
Of course they wouldn’t. They’d have to play the ball a lot more and they wouldn’t have a superhuman shot stopper like Dave behind them to mop up when they make their inevitable mistakes.
Welcome to a discussion forum, a forum where people discuss things. If you're going to get upset when people disagree with you, this ain't the place for you.
They'd likely benefit from having a goalkeeper that does a few things which doesn't involve standing on the goalline and expecting the defenders to do everything.
A keeper who puts the onus on him to pass his way out of pressure would be Smalling's worst nightmare.
Allison won't be the one managing the team, nor will he be the one to decide how the team plays the ball out from defence.
He's the goalkeeper so yes he does.
The manager sets the template. Allison could easily hoof it with every touch like De gea does.
Why buy a horse to do a donkey's job?
If the horse can do a horse's job as well as a donkey's job, then it would be worth with it. I was not actually referring to Allison's distribution, more about his comfort off his goalline.
Meret? He plays for Napoli.
My mistake. Completely missed that he left Udinese.
