It’s not necessarily a physical thing, more a psychological. Like a heavyweight champion boxer who gets knocked out by a young no-body.Can anyone explain from a sports perspective, why a goalkeeper may start to decline at the age of 28?
The likes of Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton, VDS played perfectly at their 40s even.
Not sure if it's physical or mental, but De Gea was always likely to decline relatively early compared to some other top keepers who can stay at the top of their game until their mid-to-late 30's (or even VDS having probably his best ever season at the age of 40 in his final year). De Gea has always relied incredibly strongly on his pure reactions and shot-stopping ability. Those kinds of physical gifts will decline earlier than most other aspects.Can anyone explain from a sports perspective, why a goalkeeper may start to decline at the age of 28?
The likes of Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton, VDS played perfectly at their 40s even.
Many have failed to realise the reason Sanchez was given this contract was 100% down to his exceptional performances and seasons he had before he left Arsenal.@Red_toad he deserves more money than Sanchez that's for sure
Pretty irrelevant as we’re not renewing Sanchez’s contract. Club can’t renegotiate contracts so players who don’t perform agree to take less. Going forward club needs to base contracts on where a play is at, not where he was 18 months ago.@Red_toad he deserves more money than Sanchez that's for sure
I think it is when there is not a clear world class keeper available in the marketMany have failed to realise the reason Sanchez was given this contract was 100% down to his exceptional performances and seasons he had before he left Arsenal.
Whereas with De Gea's case, is it justified giving him this contract when he's been off form for this length of time?
His potential contract is probably as high as all four of them put together.We renewed Jones, Mata, Darmian, Rojo's contracts but we shouldn't offer DDG one. That makes sense.
Romero isn't good enough to be starting regularly, people seem to forget that as we hardly ever see him play many games in a row, but he's not that great, certainly a big step below De Gea, even in his current form.I don't think he should be the first name on the team sheet anymore. It's time to give him some competition and give Romero minutes. I don't think Ole has the balls to do that.
I love how the fact he made a mistake at the weekend is being attributed to this so called ongoing decline rather than treating it as just one of those things
As far as I'm concerned De Gea had (by his standards) a bad world cup, a pretty meh majority of the season (again by his standards) and an unquestionable catastrophic end where he like all the players needed it to end. Starting from pre-season he should have been given a clean slate
If starting with the Southampton game he looks completely shot of confidence again then we can start talking but I think the talk is pretty premature right now
OMG, are you some fan of the Leicester strategy path to middle of the EPL table?No. If he doesnt want to sign, let him go and play Henderson next year.
Utter rubbish on multiple countsThe ball came straight at him. De Gea from 2 seasons ago doesn't let that in. It is symptomatic of a decline. He's been dodgy since the PSG game. He'll occasionally pull the top save once in a while but the frequency has dropped. He's not in the top 3 in the PL anymore.
Think we'll go Henderson or Dommarumma.
Top 3 in the worldUtter rubbish on multiple counts
1- you write like De Gea never let a 'soft' one in prior to last season
2- not in the top 3? Name 3 that are better?
3- replace him with Donnarumma? What's that based on? If you think De Gea is prone to letting soft goals go in actually watch some of the goals that lad has let in
Yes, I am a Leicester fan who has said we need to buy Longstaff and Chilwell.OMG, are you some fan of the Leicester strategy path to middle of the EPL table?
Henderson
Wan Bissaka Maguire Lindelöf Chilwell
Sean Longstaff McTominay
Gomes
Sancho Greenwood Rashford
I'm not sure how much of Donnarumma you have watched lately but if you think he's much better than even last year De Gea you will be in for a surprise.Think we'll go Henderson or Dommarumma.
On current form Hugo Lloris is better than De Gea.Top 3 in the world
Jan Oblak, Alisson Becker, David De Gea
Romero only ever gets a sniff in cups because DDG was an unstoppable force for the better part of 6 years for us. DDG has either become complacent and feels he won't be dropped or he's battling some other issue such as injury or mental. DDG is no longer the best keeper in the league. Perhaps he's lost motivation.Romero isn't good enough to be starting regularly, people seem to forget that as we hardly ever see him play many games in a row, but he's not that great, certainly a big step below De Gea, even in his current form.
What honestly makes you think you're qualified to make accusations like this?Romero only ever gets a sniff in cups because DDG was an unstoppable force for the better part of 6 years for us. DDG has either become complacent and feels he won't be dropped or he's battling some other issue such as injury or mental. DDG is no longer the best keeper in the league. Perhaps he's lost motivation.
