lex talionis
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“Bobbins”, no. Onana is not crap, but he’s certainly not exceptional in the PL. Not yet at least. What I see the problem with Onana is that he’s struggling to live up to the hype that brought him to OT. Every mistake, and there admittedly been far more mistakes than most of us expected, are scrutinized and magnified. Like yesterday..,neither of the two goals were his fault, but it’s also not unreasonable to have asked for a better reaction on both. He’s not now nor ever will be the shot stopper that De Gea was, but very few keepers ever will be.
But the valid criticism of Onana has to do with the expectations that his footwork were going to somehow have a “transformational” impact on our attacking play. His footwork is fine, and without any question an upgrade on De Gea. But his footwork not only has had nothing like a transformational impact on our attacking play, we’re clearly weaker in attack now than we were last season, which in no way is Onana’s fault. But it was always fukking delusional to believe the “transformational” hype in the first place.
But no, Onana is not crap…or “bobbins”. If he’s given another 2-3 seasons I have no doubt he’ll adapt to the hot lights of Old Trafford. But so far, holy shit.
But the valid criticism of Onana has to do with the expectations that his footwork were going to somehow have a “transformational” impact on our attacking play. His footwork is fine, and without any question an upgrade on De Gea. But his footwork not only has had nothing like a transformational impact on our attacking play, we’re clearly weaker in attack now than we were last season, which in no way is Onana’s fault. But it was always fukking delusional to believe the “transformational” hype in the first place.
But no, Onana is not crap…or “bobbins”. If he’s given another 2-3 seasons I have no doubt he’ll adapt to the hot lights of Old Trafford. But so far, holy shit.