David De Gea Appreciation Thread

[sebsheep]

They've seen what?

You're not exactly balanced in your opinions of the two are you?

De Gea let's in a soft goal in the FA cup final
Onana commits a feck up of great magnitude

 

[Kostov]

You're not exactly balanced in your opinions of the two are you?

De Gea let's in a soft goal in the FA cup final
Onana commits a feck up of great magnitude

Well if you even debate that those 2 goals and mistakes were the same then you are the one without a balanced opinion.

Last years second goal came from behind a player and basically through Varane bouncing over his leg, making it difficult to spot it earlier, and I still do think DDG should have saved it, marking it as a mistake despite the mitigating fa.

This years Doku goal was pure brain fart, Onana was watching Doku as he moved inside, followed him on the last replay clearly seeing when he was shooting, proceeded to make a meal out of a shot he clearly got on time to save. I don't think the mistakes were of similar magnitude as they had different circumstances.

 

[Dion]

He quite literally moves back like four yards from a second before Gundogan strikes the ball until he finally watches the ball go past him. At that time he no longer has the time to save the shot. If he had the position he ended up from the start, he would have had a good chance of saving the ball. He didn't, and from where he was it was a much harder shot to save.

He moves back 2-2.5 yards, then sets himself, then falls backwards another yard and a half in his non-save. From where he sets himself (pre-strike) it's still a routine save if he actually dives, which he didn't. He looks miles away from it because he's essentially sat down but he wasn't.

Are you trying to start an argument or something? You're being very confrontational,

I'm just pointing out it seems people here have forgotten just how good and how much of a legend he has been for us.

You asked for examples, of which there are many, and I gave you one, but apparently it wasn't good enough.

I'm asking you to explain the evidence you used to reach your assessment of "people" in this thread because it didn't really line up with anything I'd read, especially since the post was bumped. I don't think you can complain about someone being confrontational for asking you to show your working for a deliberately weird, passive aggressive, judgemental and unsubstantiated comment you made a point of posting in a thread.

And you did give me an example, I acknowledged my expectations were the issue as from your wording it seems like a topical observation based on multiple instances. It obviously wasn't based on the reply, which I accepted and offered no further comment. I think the point I made stands on it's own at this point.

 

[Dion]

Most people have probably seen you in the Onana thread

I liked his idea that I'm somehow hiding the footage from everyone and I'm the arbiter of who can watch the highlights of the 2023 FA Cup Final on Youtube, and not just posting still images instead of linking the video because we're referencing an objects position in specific moments in the video

 

[CoopersDream]

He moves back 2-2.5 yards, then sets himself, then falls backwards another yard and a half in his non-save. From where he sets himself (pre-strike) it's still a routine save if he actually dives, which he didn't. He looks miles away from it because he's essentially sat down but he wasn't.

I really don't agree that it would have been a routine save from the initial position but if you think so, fair enough. His movement backwards then makes it impossible for him to save it because the ball has already gotten to far at that point.

 

[Dion]

I really don't agree that it would have been a routine save from the initial position but if you think so, fair enough. His movement backwards then makes it impossible for him to save it because the ball has already gotten to far at that point.

This is the bit that doesn't line up with the video, I understand and disagree if you think it's a hard save from where he sets himself (which is about half a yard inside his 6 yard box), but by that point the ball hasn't even touched Gundogan's foot yet. All that backwards motion after that is just his weird not-dive. It's such a strange bit of footwork, I can only put it down to him being totally cold.

 

[CoopersDream]

This is the bit that doesn't line up with the video, I understand and disagree if you think it's a hard save from where he sets himself (which is about half a yard inside his 6 yard box), but by that point the ball hasn't even touched Gundogan's foot yet. All that backwards motion after that is just his weird not-dive. It's such a strange bit of footwork, I can only put it down to him being totally cold.

I'm saying that when he does the step backwards after you say he set himself up, then from there it's already too late.

 

[Dion]

I'm saying that when he does the step backwards after you say he set himself up, then from there it's already too late.

Yes, but that's just awful goalkeeping isn't it? Which was my initial point. You won't find me arguing the weird backwards crouch he did made the save easier, that's for sure! It's why I'd rather he'd just tried to move in the general direction of the ball

 

[CoopersDream]

Yes, but that's just awful goalkeeping isn't it? Which was my initial point. You won't find me arguing the weird backwards crouch he did made the save easier, that's for sure! It's why I'd rather he'd just tried to move in the general direction of the ball

It's not great, true, happens all the time though. Anyway, considering I really do not agree that it would be an easy save from the initial position it doesn't really matter.

 

[UTD_Since_1978]

I wonder if he'll be playing for someone in the 24/25 season.

 

[Red the Bear]

A sad end to a more than decent career, it was as if suddenly the game passed him by and he never caught up.