Posted on Tuesday, 22nd January 2013 by Jay
Daily Express take the De Gea criticism a bit far
It Seems with the general media clamour to blame United’s young goalkeeper David De Gea for the draw against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, some of them are getting a tad carried away. I’m no mathematician but I’m pretty sure when your team scores the same amount of goals as the opposition in a Premier League game of association football then that’s classed as a draw and not a ‘defeat’.
I understand the fact that a defeat would be more dramatic but surely even the most ambitious journalist cannot expect United fans- or the general public – not to notice that the Reds didn’t actually lose. It seems the zeal to chastise De Gea has now gotten so great newspapers are willing to re-write history to do so. Not since the ‘We Won 1-1″ headline of the New York Post following the USA national sides draw with England can I remember such an erroneous headline.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 1:36 am
Even the Great Dane made mistakes during his early times @ Utd. The lad saved a couple to keep us in the game.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:05 am
It’s not entirely fair to just put the whole microscope on De Gea. When a goal is conceded, it’s a collective responsibility from the defense and the goalkeeper. It’s documented that De Gea is weak when it comes to catching crosses but if wasn’t for his shot stopping ability, we would be on the sorry side at Spurs on Sunday.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 6:21 am
I think he has the makings of a decent keeper but even if we excuse him for not punching the ball away properly vs Spurs and not clearing to safety vs Liverpool, he previously pushed the ball directly out to Michu at Swansea and did likewise the week after. he needs to sort it out and get a bit more assertive. keepers are pretty well protected these days so he really has no excuse.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 6:30 am
Why is this always happening to foreigners. De Gea made couple of saves during d match and actually punched d ball but unfortunately to a spurs player. English media is to harsh on dat boy, as if their young keepers are in anyway better. Whether u like it or not, he is still d best young goal keeper in premier league
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January 22nd, 2013 at 6:32 am
…..but yes, they really have got themseves in a bit of a lather over it and they’re on his case all the time whereas Reina, Hart and lesser keepers have been routinely making errors and of course, it never rates a mention. A bad news United story sells papers to the ABU nation.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 6:44 am
Media is a conglomeration of United bashers, so it’s no surprise they want to blame one measly mistake from a fantastic young keeper, without whom the score would be much more dramatic! This young man saved a double-deflected shot with his shin! WITH HIS SHIN, YOU SHYTES! I’ve seen Joe Hart, England’s beloved wall, let a goal go through his arm pits! MORE THAN ONCE INFACT! This kid is going to be great! It’s only a matter of time and patience! And it depends on which club is willing to give him this!
I’m more peeved with particular players out there who would’ve done better with their defensive duties! Cleverley, in particular was non-existent in both defence and attack! All he does these days is drift between markers where its’ impossible for him to receive a pass, and even if he gets the pass, he just passes it backwards, mainly because he has so many markers on him! He seems confused like he doesn’t know what his role IS in the squad! Games with Anderson average more goals per game ratio for the team than Cleverley’s!
Another player who’s just becoming surplus is Antonio Valencia! Never thought this day would come as soon as it did! United’s barely gotten two decent seasons out of this guy and already he’s worn out! Luckily we have Nani back and Young is fit again, and there’s always Giggs to save the day! If he’s tired, give him a week’s break to Dubai or something like Nani or Rooney or Hernandez when they were underperforming! It won’t be different from him actually being in the squad at this moment in time because the way he’s playing, he might at as well be on vacation!!
All in all, the final delivery on Sunday was league two type of play! A complete waste of chances! Why work so hard to get the ball into the opposition box then just give them back the possession!! It’s unfathomable! Sir Alex is doing a fantastic job unearthing diamonds, but they have to realize they ARE diamonds in the world BEST diamond mine, otherwise they’ll just be thrown out to the second rate diamond shops! There’s no space or place for complacency in Manchester United, if you can’t handle that pack up in go to the English Average League, this is the PREMIER LEAGUE! That actually means something!!
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January 22nd, 2013 at 8:34 am
De Gea is blameless! So stop all these trash
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January 22nd, 2013 at 8:51 am
Gary is a unt legend we all agree but for crying out loud,had it not been De Gea we could have lost against spurs..so why wont Gary shut the fuck up afterall both the great Dane and van dar Sar both made mistakes in the first and second seasons with utd.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 9:31 am
Did you notice Vidic going for the same ball and pushing DeGea then pushed by a Spurs forward stopping a clean punch. Vidic fault
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January 22nd, 2013 at 9:54 am
Neville was bang out of order.This de gea bashing is a joke.A caller on mutv last night even suggested it might be the colour of his jersey its too green.Hahahaha.One thing I will say is nobody seems to stop and think about the goalkeeper coach steele.I think the great dane should coach the keepers.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 10:15 am
We droped to very important points, so yes we lost the game thanks for the mistake we did when we signied a very young goalkeeper instead of an expirianced one.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 am
up until that goal DDG was possibly the MoM. and Vidic really didn’t do him any favours by blocking hes path to the ball. but DDG’s an easy target ‘lets blame the young keeper’ lets forget that Vidic blocked him and that Evra was out of position to stop the ball being played in.
He’s young and still learning he’s trade and gonna make mistakes but i think he’s got the makings of a truly world class keeper.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Why is it always like this?we do not count on their successes but we always dwell on their faults,for me and some of my Man.Utd’fans in Nigeria,DE GEA is the best keeper right now in the EPL,seconded by Lindingard,these Lads are too much,our problem is not keeper, but lack of focus and concentration of our defenders.SAF should strengthen his defence in order tn expect good results from his Keepers.Every EPL fan is aware that Man utd does not have keeper’s problem,because our keepers presently are doing us proud. Up Man Utd forever.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 2:47 pm
it’s really funny to blame degea,d lad was the reason we even got the draw.why cant we notice that valencia is now as good as nothing and his inclussion realy caused tenssion on our defence which vida and co couldnt handle.i think the idea of bringing on valencia cost us,fergie lost it at that point.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Not De Gea bashing here. Just commenting on the use of language.
The word ‘defeat’ is used figuratively. He probably meant that the goal resulted in such devastating impact that it is like a defeat. Similarly, the word ‘won’ as quoted from New York Post has the same meaning, that a draw in the eyes of the USA team is a huge result against England, hence they ‘won’. Either that, or events in the game had seen the USA team ‘won’ England in certain aspect, despite the result being a draw.
I’m sure a lot of readers know this, so why the need to use it to create a story?
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January 22nd, 2013 at 3:16 pm
Less see dis as nonsense k de gea is a wonderful goal stopper nt even a keeper so let us see him as a gud goal keeper we er forcing him 2 live d club if he is nt a gud keeper y wil big clubs wnt him like Madrid, Barcelona
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January 22nd, 2013 at 5:10 pm
shut up Gary, that boy save the Manchester ass in that game
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January 22nd, 2013 at 8:11 pm
If Hart of late, was under the same level of scrutiny he would have been plying his trade at Bolton. He has come for and mishandled a number of crosses in the past few months – Vorm never leaves his line for a cross and yet we only hear good things about him.. ABUT
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January 22nd, 2013 at 11:45 pm
This whole De Gea things is so blown out of proportion. He’s only young, we as humans all make mistakes, the game was a team effort where was the team?
I mean come on.
Right look at his shot stopping ability, its incredible and especially for his age! He stops shots with a maturity like Casillias or Neuer.
He has a long way to go, and a lot of time to do so, yes he failed to punch it out, but all this hype isnt needed.
Papers go on about his singular faults but look at the shots he stopped in the Spurs match. Look at how the papers went on about his punch, but i didn’t see much about Joe Hart’s incredible header outside of the box that lead to Ibrahemovics goal against England,and that was the stupidest thing i’ve ever seen! Joe hart must have thought he was a defender, and de gea gets criticised for a failed punch? Wtf?! I’m sure every goalkeeper has failed to punch it or grab it at pivotal points in games leading to goals. Just get off his back.
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January 22nd, 2013 at 11:55 pm
Spurs won 1-1
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January 23rd, 2013 at 12:34 am
Exactly! We controlled them while Cleverley was around. Fergie made a mistake replacing him with Valencia
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January 23rd, 2013 at 2:03 pm
As a red we always keep our finger on the pulse…after reading what gary neville had wrote about how De Gea is to blame all i can say to Gary is …Shaun Goater vs. United, 9/11/2002 …remember Gary ? the time you lost it on the dead ball line, when all you had to do was leave it. i remeber it Gary very well.
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January 23rd, 2013 at 6:03 pm
I think with De Gea everyone misses the point Neville may be trying to get across. Do fans really see him in the sticks for the next 20 years? I certainly don’t. His future lies in Spain with Barca or Madrid. He may be with us for 5 more season max but how many will be good? 2/3? I would much rather have signed a player who would stay for a long time if we’re going to develop them!!?? With this in mind and the fact it’s his second season (which he’s improved alot from last) then I presonally would get rid and buy someone who’ll stay with the club for a long time. On the same point I found it astounding that Evra managed to avoid any stick!! He jumped with Vidic and the keeper leaving Lennon in acres to pick a pass. Evra was never going to beat De Gea or Vidic in the air!!
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