You were camping in the DDG thread last year, can you offer your GK expertise of over analyzing every facet of Onana’s game?
Yeah because I was stood behind the bloke every week and he wound me up by not doing absolute basics of goalkeeping that people are taught to do as 7 year olds. And this isn't new stuff either, we're talking basic fundamentals that have been part of playing the position for 20+ years. I'm generally pretty positive towards United players and look for the best in them, but when you're the highest paid goalkeeper in the world and are
that bad at 75% of your job, it's a massive problem and likely why nobody wants him even now.
In fairness to Onana, he does do the basics that De Gea didn't, such as making himself an option for defenders in under pressure and dealing with balls behind the defence. The biggest issues with De Gea were him never dealing with crosses and him staying on his line when balls behind the defence were dropping either just outside or just inside the corners of the penalty area, Onana is two or three times more likely to deal with the crosses and he is very good at taking control of the balls coming into the area behind defenders. De Gea also wasn't happy with the ball at his feet and hid away from defenders being pressed, Onana doesn't do that but generally has to go long still due to the injuries and lack of press-resistant defenders available, which is due to our over reliance on Martinez and Shaw. He's also no worse than De Gea in terms of overall shot stopping despite what many would think, he doesn't make the incredible eye catching stops De Gea did but he's generally more consistent in stopping the shots you'd just expect him to stop - equally he has made some shocking errors this year, just like De Gea last year.
He's not the goalkeeper I would have signed, he's not even the goalkeeper from Milan I would have signed, but we've got far bigger problems than him and with a settled defence in front of him who give him the proper passing options ETH wants, and a midfield that doesn't get walked through every 5 seconds leading to 20-25 shots against him a game then he should be fine.