Err. No.
Honestly, for all the talk of how good De Bruyne has been (which he, of course, has been), it's Sané that allows us to stretch defences and pull teams apart. Full-backs we face have no choice but to sit deep and hope that he doesn't connect with a through ball from Silva on that inside left channel. It's a little signature move he's making for himself, weirdly, where he runs onto a through ball inside the full-back, latches onto it just inside the penalty area, and sweeps an out-swinging shot into the far corner. I think we'd do okay without Sané if we were to replace him with Sterling, put De Bruyne out wide on the right and replace De Bruyne's central role with either Bernardo or Gundogan, but it's Sané's role in this team that's perhaps the most underappreciated, so I'm glad you've pointed this out. For all the talk of us going after Sanchez in January, I think we'd be best getting someone like Sané: frighteningly fast, very direct, and utterly clinical. Sanchez is a fantastic player, and I wouldn't exactly turn my nose up at him, but an out-and-out left winger he is not.
If the reason for you wanting Ederson over anyone else is that you have a soft spot for him, I understand that. I wrongly assumed that you wanted him over De Gea because you thought he was better.
Can't help but think how much of wum namco would've been, everyone on here keeps on referring to him. Hopefully gone for good
its higher up, having read the post properly it was a misunderstanding
it was misunderstood by another poster, i caught a glimpse when 'skimming; through thread as posted.
Thats also nuts, depending what way you are trading
If you watch City's games and their high line it's not that nuts though. Of course, we don't even know how good of a 'sweeper' De Gea is as it was never really requested from him; I'd even guess he would do well, but we sort of know for a fact that Ederson indeed does it well. Even though his actions yesterday were borderline red cards, he somehow managed to get done everything and those were no easy tasks.
didnt see yesterday, what did he do? For pure goalkeeping, which is what i personally would look for, id not swap at all. Im not a fan of keepers playing short passes & stuff though
... depends if you’re Taking the piss or not. It’s hard to tell with 2D text.
There couldn't be any truer words
But how can we possibly know that De Gea was better than Ederson is now? With respect, De Gea was your player of the season three years in a row. A Pep goalkeeper will probably never win that accolade because they're rarely in a position to earn their team points on their own. City have faced so few shots on target this year, it's too early to just assume that Ederson isn't that good just because we're not hearing much about him.
