He is supposed to be in his prime nowadays, instead, he is just terrible. Fraud

He peaked young. Lost his shot stopping ability and became mediocre because he has no other qualities

Didn’t Madrid almost sign him instead of Thibuu?

fucks sake

yep! We got saved by a fax machine.

You could put Thibaut in United's goal and they'd still get humiliated. Low effort scapegoating.

danyjr wrote:You could put Thibaut in United's goal and they'd still get humiliated. Low effort scapegoating.

Please don’t ever compare Thibu to this fraud. De Gea makes so many mistakes that leads to goals, it’s ridiculous. That’s what makes him a poor GK, specially when you get past his « style », you realize he is not good

The Demon of Carthage wrote:yep! We got saved by a fax machine.

That fax machine destroyed his career

Instead of winning 5 CL's, he's spent most of his prime fighting for EL spots with United instead

Thibu's had like 2.5 great seasons in his career

DDG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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The Demon of Carthage wrote:yep! We got saved by a fax machine.

That fax machine destroyed his career

Instead of winning 5 CL's, he's spent most of his prime fighting for EL spots with United instead

Sometimes I wonder if that incident was the prime catalyst to De Gea's downfall? Maybe when the transfer failed, his motivation went down and couldn't recover?

Because prior to that moment, he was an absolute elite goalkeeper, and he had been for a couple seasons prior. What factor can make a player's level plummet so fast and not recover? Other than psychological or injury, I can't think of any tbh.

This guy is pure garbagio. Madrid dodged a bullet.

De Gea is simply going through a hard time as he gets a lot of stick for burgling that Krispy Kreme donut, a direct reflection of the harsh times he is undertaking and ever since then he has not been the same.

Wasn't he SAF last cherry pick before he bounced? There seems to be a bit of sacrilege surrounding him on social media which i found to be weird.

Firenze wrote:Thibu's had like 2.5 great seasons in his career

DDG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

De Gea would probably suck dick to have that 2.5 great seasons right about now.

United suck at playing proactively because of someone like him. He’s glued to his line and offers nothing on the ball. Combine that with Maguire’s awful recovery pace and it’s no wonder they have such comical defending.

They’ve added a 5’7 CB to the mix now too LMAO.

Wtf they doing benching Varane for various new CBs? I really thought Varane should still have it, so young... but then pretty much same thing with all the Barca French CBs They tend to peak early?

Martinez from Ajax is a Ten Haag signing so he has to start him.  Maguire is an England international and team captain (i think)... so his benching is mostly politics.

That will end soon with all the awful defending.  They need Varane's pace.

Varane just needs to get games to find his rhythm and then, most importantly, stay healthy. Easily the best defender for United (not saying much grant you).

Tbf I don't mind him staying on bench. I don't want him starting in the WC.

Varane would not fix a damn thing Sports. The Varane for France/Madrid is not the Varane at Utd. I dare say, he's gotten worse.

Varane is finished, we dodged another bullet by letting him go

Mr Nick09 wrote:

danyjr wrote:You could put Thibaut in United's goal and they'd still get humiliated. Low effort scapegoating.

Please don’t ever compare Thibu to this fraud. De Gea makes so many mistakes that leads to goals, it’s ridiculous. That’s what makes him a poor GK, specially when you get past his « style », you realize he is not good

Nope, his mistakes don't make him a 'poor goalkeeper'.
The problem with De Gea is not his mistakes but his severe and horrible lack of aerial command and defensive leadership as well his utter lack of ability to sweep and his horribly inert positioning, combined with poor on the ball skills.

He's only a great and reliable shot stopper. Ultimately, that's not quite enough.

And the Balon'dor goes tooo.....the broken fax machine

his time is up

thank you to de gea for his services but its time to move him on

you say this every year

I just wanted to send this farewell message to all Manchester United supporters.

I would like to express my unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the love from the last 12 years. We’ve achieved a lot since my dear Sir Alex Ferguson brought me to this club. I took incredible… pic.twitter.com/6R7ezOEf1E

— David de Gea (@D_DeGea) July 8, 2023

end of an era, best in the world for a while, consistently great at times but definitely had issues

still, a club legend through and through

I have a hazy memory, was he really the best at one point or are you heavily biased? His ball distribution is hilariously pathetic

perhaps best shot stopper in the world during Courtois' down years, but that's about it