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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 12:30:58 GMT
Why did you want your dads autograph? Not surprised he saw through it I was only about 8 at the time, I wanted to increase pocket money and thought this was the best way  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 12:33:11 GMT
For an 8 year old, that's actually quite impressive tactics. I just stole from my mums purse.
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Post by ZlattackRed on Nov 25, 2014 11:32:26 GMT
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Post by karthy on Nov 25, 2014 11:36:31 GMT
I am sorry but what... De Gea is Far better than Casillas. That's just crap
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Post by Bestie on Nov 25, 2014 11:52:40 GMT
Apparently ter Stegen hasn't settled in Barcelona; he hasn't played a game for them yet. So of course we're going to sell De Gea to Real Madrid and sign ter Stegen ...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 13:21:45 GMT
i liked that for the sarcasm
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Post by grandpaTJ on Nov 26, 2014 0:48:38 GMT
I liked it for the confirmation of how fooking STUPID some of the so called "expert reporters" are. They ought to be rounded up and
thrown in a deep hole. Sitting there in the dark they would still be able to make print deadlines, most of the crap they spew daily
reads like they wrote it in a deep hole, with no view of the world anyhow.
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Post by karthy on Nov 26, 2014 5:53:41 GMT
Apparently ter Stegen hasn't settled in Barcelona; he hasn't played a game for them yet. So of course we're going to sell De Gea to Real Madrid and sign ter Stegen ... Well obviously we would need to sell De Gea Cos we will be bringing in Messi after paying 200M, so some players will have to go |
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Post by king nothing on Nov 29, 2014 10:48:48 GMT
By Gary Neville
2:33PM GMT 28 Nov 2014
From playing with Peter Schmeichel I learnt to appreciate value of a great goalkeeper and the Spaniard is turning into one at Old Trafford – they must not let him go
You could argue for hours about whether a great goalkeeper makes a great team or a great team helps a goalkeeper to become great - but if you look at the stats for David Seaman, Peter Schmeichel, Edwin van der Sar, Petr Cech and Jens Lehmann it is obvious that no team can be dominant without a world-class custodian.
The five I have mentioned are officially the Premier League’s finest, as measured by minutes-per-goals conceded. Schmeichel’s influence on Manchester United from 1991-99 was immense; Cech was the man in Jose Mourinho’s first title-winning Chelsea sides; Lehmann was in goal for Arsenal’s Invincibles; and Van der Sar was the last line of defence for Sir Alex Ferguson from 2005-2011.
Looking at the Premier League this weekend I see the best collection of keepers anywhere in Europe.
Joe Hart, Fraser Forster, David de Gea, Hugo Lloris, Thibaut Courtois, Cech and probably Tim Howard would all be on my list in a debate. Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich is the stand-out keeper in world football but the Premier League’s all-round collection cannot be matched. Hart, for example, is back on song this season - calmer, more reflective – and Lloris would be chased by a lot of the top clubs in Europe if Spurs allowed him to go.
Courtois has the talent to become the best goalkeeper in the world in the next 12 to 18 months. I believe he will go past Neuer. The player of the season so far, for me, is not Sergio Agüero but Chelsea’s new No1, who has brought a smile to my face. And not many goalkeepers make me smile.
In the Premier League, the ultimate test of physicality, it was almost a hallelujah moment to see how he dealt with crosses and set-pieces. My stance when a ball travels through the air into the box is that there has to be an excellent reason why it does not end up belonging to the keeper. Watch Courtois’ starting positions when the ball is crossed. As he steps out he has already anticipated where the crosser is aiming it and is standing there already when it arrives. It is a fantastic ability. I will always argue for catching over punching and Courtois destroys the myth that punching is always a better option.
De Gea is the player I would say Manchester United could least afford to sell. His improvement is enormous. In a Monday Night Football piece, a couple of years back, I pulled him up on his mistakes against Spurs, because I thought his errors would stop United winning the league. They had conceded 29 goals in 19 games.
I see speculation that Real Madrid want to buy him for £25m. He would be the last person I would sell, as Manchester United manager, for any amount of money. After that Spurs game people remembered the criticism but failed to recall that I also said he could go on to be one of the world’s best. He just needed to develop that physical maturity and decision making. Now, you wouldn’t sell him at any price, and Manchester United should be looking to lock him down for the next five to seven years. He is winning games for them now.
When Schmeichel left United in 1999, we still won the league for the next two years, but we never quite felt the same. For us there was an in-between period when we were without the two dominant goalkeepers of my time: Schmeichel and Van der Sar. In that hiatus we called on many decent keepers: Mark Bosnich, Fabien Barthez, Tim Howard, Roy Carroll and so on. But we were less stable as a club and a team.
Defending for us felt different. Our anxiety levels rose. The stadium atmosphere changed. We no longer had the policeman guarding the door. In that period we never felt consistently safe. So I look for a goalkeeper to be a pillar of the team, to take the pressure off you, to dominate in all situations in and around the box. With set-pieces, Peter and Edwin didn’t just concentrate on their own jobs. They manhandled you into your position as well. They made it their responsibility to know every player’s job at a set-piece because they knew a corner or free-kick was a moment of vulnerability. They performed an incredible leadership role.
When Van der Sar came in, we felt we were back in the Schmeichel mode of unquestioned dominance. In my television job I’m seen as giving keepers a hard time. De Gea, in his early years, and Simon Mignolet at Liverpool are among those I have turned the critical spotlight on, as well as Joe Hart, last season, after the mistakes he made in the Champions League.
For an explanation look no further than my own experiences of playing. A top keeper can carry a team, hold their fate in his hands. A nervy goalkeeper who flaps or skews a kick early in a game changes the whole dynamic inside a stadium, and certainly in his own team.
Although I am hard on goalkeepers, I am also respectful of the fact that it is the toughest job of the lot. It is the position that can cause the most disruption to a club. If a keeper is having a bad time then it runs right the way through the club, the fans and even the opposition fans.
I saw that in my own career. When I first came into United’s senior side the first goalkeeper I stood in front of was the Great Dane himself. Schmeichel was one of the most demanding characters ever to put boots on. He thought a mistake was if the ball went through a defender’s legs, or took a deflection off his shin. An incident that no pundit would classify as an error would be seen by Schmeichel as a defensive mistake.
He hated goals that went through a defender’s legs. And he refused to believe deflections were just bad luck. His idea was: "If there’s a shot from 25-yards, let the shot go past you. Don’t stick your leg out." I’ve been conditioned to see many deflections as products of panic, a lack of composure. Peter Schmeichel demanded that those goals were not to be tolerated. We reached the point where he was a kind of defensive coach in the penalty box.
You can bring a whole season down to points where you need your goalkeeper to save a huge one-on-one. I’m thinking for example of Demba Ba bearing down on Simon Mignolet for Chelsea against Liverpool in that vital game in April after the Steven Gerrard slip. You’ll need him to control that situation, leave no gaps for the striker to see. So often in the last four or five matches of a campaign you see those defining confrontations.
The top keeper also needs to maintain the highest concentration level when he’s not involved in the game. A good team may leave him with nothing to do for five, six minutes. Acrobatic shot-stopping isn’t what impresses me. It is making a great judgment after a period of inactivity. If Van der Sar came off having barely touched the ball he would consider it a good performance at his end. He had no ego urging him to be involved.
If you are a fan this weekend, get after the opposition goalkeeper. If you can break the other team’s goalkeeper you break their team. One dodgy kick in the first five minutes can spread anxiety. Unsettling the goalkeeper is the key to the door. Fans, you can play your part. Make his life miserable. If you crack him, you crack the lock.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 13:36:10 GMT
It seems a foregone conclusion that he leaves us for Real, but I reckon he's in it for the long haul
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Post by CaajScot on Dec 3, 2014 19:48:07 GMT
David De Gea is idolised and lionised by United's support, and so it was no surprise he sent Twitter into a bit of a frenzy on Tuesday night when he conjured another set of saves - this time against Stoke City - to not only save the day but add to his already impressive showreel of stunning stops.
He wasn't among United's Man of the Match nominees, and the fact he was called into action was a source of frustration to Louis van Gaal - simply because he felt his team should have killed the game off sooner. But a brilliant double save sparked shock, awe, songs and praise from fans. Here's how Twitter reacted to De Gea's heroics...www.manutd.com/en/MatchTrackerSeasons/2014-15/Feature-blogs/Fans-react-to-David-De-Gea-Stoke-heroics-on-Twitter.aspx
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Post by JamBritRed on Dec 3, 2014 20:16:53 GMT
It seems a foregone conclusion that he leaves us for Real, but I reckon he's in it for the long haul i'd believe it more if they said he was off to Barca. i just cant imagine him going to Real considering his close ties to Atletico. either way i think this is the usual work of a experienced agent needing to get the word out there that a client's contract needs to be renewed. it would be madness for us to have gone through the teething pains we did with DDG to go and sell him (at the weakest negotiating point in his contracted tenure) now he's showing his undoubted world class talents. ps. phuk that fifa list of the top 5 keepers. if Casillas can make it onto that list considering his form over the last 18 months then it ain't worth paying attention to. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 11:10:00 GMT
De Gea missed the World Cup, United played shit last season. That'll be their reasoning. He's been amazing for us and will get the recognition soon
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Post by _ on Dec 4, 2014 11:18:13 GMT
I'd say Shaggy and Neuer are top two by a mile at the moment I read that his GF was still in Spain a while back - hope that is resolved now and she's over here because that is a big reason he'd move  He certainly knows he's loved by the fans |
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