According to the Telegraph, Manchester United plan to 'cook up a plan to beef up their frail new goalkeeper David de Gea'. Its still early days and I think the quote about Schmeichel needs to be recalled. Let the lad develop, have him coached and lets remember he's just turned 20 years old!!!!!!
Dropping him for the Tottenham game may be a good idea, give him a bit more time to train with his team mates and learn English before he plays again, and Lindegaard looks like a good understudy.
Lindegaard is a good keeper and will play at some point. There is no way even if De Gea was playing out of his skin that he will feature in every league and cup game.
I agree. But do you think he is ready for the physical aspect of the EPL? He looks very weak to be honest, and by not dropping him could have worse effects than dropping him. It's a tricky one but surely the success of the team has to come first. I say you need to let him settle in and bulk up a bit then he'll be good to go
Agreed Skylarker. Despite costing what over £18 million, there is no certainty that De Gea must be number 1 right away. He has a long way to go in his development and I would not be disappointed to see Lindegaard get a run out.
Exactly. We have a similar situation with Henderson - he was bought in as we plan for the future, people think because we paid 16 mil he has to start. Absolute nonsense, you must do what is best for the club, long term De Gea will come good but by letting him play when he is clearly not ready is a dangerous strategy, not just for the team but for his personal development. Ive seen a fair bit of Lindegaard and to be fair he looks good enough to step in for the first 10-15, and possibly more if need be.
Its a delicate situation though, if we drop DDG we run the risk of shattering his confidence beyond repair but if he continues to make these mistakes every game its unfair to the impressive Lindegaard if we ignore him. Should SAF be as ruthless as he is with other positions and play the form player?It keeps the rest of the squad on their toesOr does he keep faith with the young stopper, knowing that he needs a couple of good performances under his belt before we can give him a rest without affecting his confidence?I think he will wait untill DDG has a few good games, then he can drop him and allow Lindegaard to fight for his place.
Yeah true. But, Ferguson is clearly an excellent manager so man management will be a huge asset of his. Therefore, making players feel comfortable with whatever decision he makes should be straight forward. You can't just play someone because of the price tag. At the end of the day, no player is bigger than the club, and risking playing players that are not ready is not a good idea. Fergie may truly believe he is ready and stick with him (after all we don't know how training etc is going). But im sure if it is agreed that he needs to develop to suit the premier league he will be fine with that. It is a very delicate situation though, agreed.
With the back four being now comprised of young players, now could be the time De Gea starts to waken up though he still needs to bulk up and harden up.
I doubt we'll shatter his confidence beyond repair! Provided it's handled correctly, dropping him could boost his confidence levels cos we could put a clear plan in place to help him address his weaknesses and stop them being targeted by the opposition week in week out. I can't remember a case of a goalkeeper having their confidence shot by being dropped, but can remember plenty of keepers who never recovered from a long spell in the side when they had an obvious weakness that showed up in every game.
I hope so, it would be the perfect time to impress.I think he will be unrecognisable next season, a weights programme and most importantly, a good shave and he will be sorted. Skylarker True, I am underestimating SAF`s man-management skills.I`m just slightly worried about the young Spaniard being swallowed up by the enormity of the situation he now finds himself in, though he does seam a confident lad and he will be given the best advice going.
Taibi never recovered, for us, after being dropped for his Southampton howler and that was after an outstanding debut display at Anfield.Though he returned to Italy and regained form.He done an interview with MUTV that was recently aired, I think it was on "When the floodlights fade", he still seams affected by being regarded as a bit of a Donkey in England, both him and his wife went to great lengths to explain that he was still highly regarded in Italy and that his reputation in England was totally undeserved! Bosnich was another keeper that never recovered after losing his OT place but I think that was more down to the back pass rule destroying his career rather than a United snub.
Strange that cause the exact same thing happened to Liverpool's ability to win titles around the same time the back pass rule was introduced. Spooky!!!
Taibi's actually the perfect example of what I'm talking about. He played great against Liverpool, but flapped at a free kick to allow them to score. Then had five put past him against Chelsea with more flapping, and then was kept in the side for Southampton by which point his confidence was completely shot and he couldn't even keep out a simple drive from Le Tissier. If he'd been dropped after the Chelsea match he might have had a chance to get his confidence back rather than having it damaged even more. After the Southampton game he never played for us again, and played pretty well for Reggina, so you can't say whether being dropped had a positive or negative impact. Bosnich's career never recovered cos his fitness was poor and he was fired by Chelsea for taking coke. And he wasn't just dropped for a game or two, he was outright replaced by Barthez. I'm not suggesting we should buy another keeper, just that maybe De Gea should be taken out of the firing line for a game or two rather than risk his slips becoming a full fledged crisis.
