Fairly mainstream opinion : Onana isn’t Fabrice Ondoa, or very good

El Jefe

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Awful ‘goalkeeper’. We would have qualified today if not for all his errors through the group phase.
 

Pirlo'sBeard

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De Gea was hounded out and replaced by a far worse keeper. This guy struggles to do the basics. Infuriating.
 

FerociousCorgis

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league form is getting better but holy hell ive never seen a keeper cost us more in the group stages cost us more.
 

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Can we not find a single decent goalkeeper that actually saves shots and can pass the ball out of back while commanding his box?
 

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That is factually what has happened. Are you seriously arguing that he hasn’t made a worrying amount of mistakes?
He has, but it was not "4 months of mistakes" that is hilariously over the top and untrue in usual Caf manner, and then he settled in and was fine for many games, then one bad game and the usual knee jerk squad is on it again.
 

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Did he save low shots at his previous club? Surely our scouts would have noticed this terrible weakness in his game.

He's an absolute fecking donkey.
 

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Just awful and he's barely doing anything with the ball at his feet
 

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All I wanted was a steady eddie who was decent with his feet and at commanding his area. This guy is not it.
 

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Question marks over the first goal, may have been unsighted, maybe.
Second goal, feck off with that, awful mistake, basically an o.g.
 

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I thought he was poor but he's proven me wrong. He's incredibly, laughably, depressingly, comically terrible
 

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It was this guy! It’s his fault! :wenger:
I never started the thread BUT in theory, if someone started it now, it could work by actually making him good again maybe?

On a serious note, I really dislike an unreliable GK. Loved Van Der Sar above everyone else because he was just so reliable. You never had to worry about him
 

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Are you for real? He has been completely and totally shit beyond reprieve since he signed for us. He might still come good but make no doubt about it, he has been shit.
Onana's been statistically the best keeper in the league according to the 'whoscored' metrics, for what it's worth. He had some terrible moments today but he's been pretty good the last few matches when we needed to grind results out (as well as the halfway line turns). The bigger issue is with how the manager sets up in terms of approach and personnel, as opposed to laying it on one player - for instance, I don't want McT starting any games anytime soon unless it's an emergency, but wouldn't blame the lack of midfield control entirely on him either.
 

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Onana did great last year. Not so much this year. Very disappointing so far and unexpected for me.

Hope he can recover, but it’s not looking good at the moment.
 

ErikElevenHag

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Lord have mercy.

Just when you thought he'd turned it around. Truly woeful, not against replacing De Gea, but swapping him for this walking mistake is a serious misstep on our part.
 

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He's made more embarrassing errors in a single match than De Gea did over a season. He's wank. No ifs or buts, he's wank.
 

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Onana's been statistically the best keeper in the league according to the 'whoscored' metrics, for what it's worth. He had some terrible moments today but he's been pretty good the last few matches when we needed to grind results out (as well as the halfway line turns). The bigger issue is with how the manager sets up in terms of approach and personnel, as opposed to laying it on one player - for instance, I don't want McT starting any games anytime soon unless it's an emergency, but wouldn't blame the lack of midfield control entirely on him either.
I've given the guy a chance but despite what whoscored says he is comfortably the worst keeper in the top 6, potentially top 10. This is one of the most expensive keepers in the world. Its not just the mistakes but that they come from his poor goalkeeping technique. Its one thing losing concentration and making mistakes that way but his mistakes are almost all coming from his appaling goalkeeping technique. You could pretty much blame not getting out of the group on him....one of the most expensive goalkeepers.
 

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Needs to be sold on, take the loss of money. He is a disaster waiting to happen.
 

Sgreddevil

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We need a Van Der Sar in our goal. He is really the gold standard in relability. I hardly remember him making amateurish mistakes. We don't need a ball playing goalkeeper that can save a worldie once in a blue moon.
Not sure if Bayindir belongs to that category. If no we should start sourcing for one soon. Onana is never going to be in the reliability category
 

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What are you even on about
I am on about the simple fact when someone says "he was making blunders constantly over 4 months" when that isn't even remotely true, he had great games over that time, decent games, bad games, terrible games. It is not as straightforward as that. I am done with clownish extremes people post just for the sake of it.

People think "Oh you are defending him, saying he is not that bad". No, he was terrible this game, I am not blind, I am just against stupid extremes, knee jerk posts, our own player childish name calling and abuse etc. You can call him being terrible without childish abuse. Simple as that.