8 - Ryan Giggs & Juan Mata have joined Antonio Valencia on eight assists, joint-second behind David Silva.

montelik:

Does anyone know how I can "codedly" get in touch with Howard Webb? Lets me give his share of my winnings for a job well done.

Also Rooney, Thanks for shutting me up. After questioning his pk's, he came good with 2 pressure conversions. Please accept my apologies.

~Sauron~:

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Mata is a cracking player, FFS. . . .
Look at where he was aiming at. . . .He intended to paralyse David De Gea.

Valencia didn't jump to block the free-kick but he jumped after De Gea saved.
What a clown!

ritchboy:

Nothing special about the save per se, De Gea had already ANTICIPATED were Mata would place it.

Look at the second gif, he's almost in the middle of the goal by the time Mata strikes the ball instead of covering the other side of the wall.

Kudos to him for his anticipation, though if Mata had gone far-post he coulda ended up red-faced.

ritchboy:

Nothing special about the save per se, De Gea had already ANTICIPATED were Mata would place it.

Look at the second gif, he's almost in the middle of the goal by the time Mata strikes the ball instead of covering the other side of the wall.

Kudos to him for his anticipation, though if Mata had gone far-post he coulda ended up red-faced.

~Sauron~:

Give credits where it's due. . . . .De Gea has always had good feet to shuttle quickly.
Look at his starting position from the 1st gif. . .

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My only regret is that this is not enough to convince Starboard that DDG is good enough
He praised him ooo but. . . . . . .he's such a hard task master

Emperoh:

My only regret is that this is not enough to convince Starboard that DDG is good enough
He praised him ooo but. . . . . . .he's such a hard task master

ritchboy:

^^ Mr Man, you're on minimum wage so betting your salary won't impress anyone.

ritchboy:

Who said anything about Arsenal goalies But while we're on the subject I can "bet my lunch" De Gea is easily the worst #1 keeper in the top-six!

I coulda sworn I gave him kudos for anticipating the flight of the ball. . . I don't know why more goalies don't take the gamble when they know from that distance the kicker will go for the near-post 90% of the time.

ritchboy:

^^ Mr Man, you're on minimum wage so betting your salary won't impress anyone.

Who said anything about Arsenal goalies But while we're on the subject I can "bet my lunch" De Gea is easily the worst #1 keeper in the top-six!

I coulda sworn I gave him kudos for anticipating the flight of the ball. . . I don't know why more goalies don't take the gamble when they know from that distance the kicker will go for the near-post 90% of the time.

Dayokanu press has information that Xherdan Shaqiri is in Bayern for medicals already.

Shaqiri for 9m to Munich thats what I call a coup

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~Sauron~:

Then you would lose your bet cos De Gea is actually the youngest and the newest in the league. . . .
That said, he's a better shot stopper than any in the top-six, he has the best distribution as well. The only flaw of De Gea is when the box is crowded and he would get better at dealing with that when he beefs up his svelte physique.

dayokanu:

Coogar in case you are interested

ritchboy:

Gomes is the best shot-stopper in the top-six but he sits his arse on Tottenham's bench cos shot-stopping is one of the least crucial parts of goal-keeping especially for a top side.

AjanleKoko:

^^
Welcome back.
So you finally found this handle where you lost it

~Sauron~:

Gomes is not better than David De Gea in shot-stopping. No one is in the top 6.

If you think the age of a goalkeeper bears no relevance then you should hang your head in shame.
The older they get, the better they become.

I think De Gea has coped very well and has made less mistakes this season than Hart, Szczesny, Cech, Friedel, Reina, etc. But United players get more X-rayed than their counterparts in the league.

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ritchboy:

Gomes' reflexes are rivaled only by Shay Given in England.

Of course it bears no relevance because we are talking about current ability and not potential. Should we start comparing Shaqiri to CR7 simply because he is younger?

You can't play the age card when comparing players, if/when he fulfills his potential then you can begin your comparison.

"Oxlade-Chamberlain is the best player in the world" - "No, Messi is" - "But Chamberlain is 6 years younger and will improve"

Where's my jar of cookies when i need em. . .

montelik:

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Why d hell is Giggs breaking away from d wall before a freekick again, after he cost us a goal at kkklanfield. If he doesn't have d discipline to stay in d wall, he better let someone else line up in it.

afrodoc:

somtyms i doubt if dis football teams have a background video room staff d way they hav in American sports! nd if they do they surely dont carry out post-game analysis lyk d NBA n NFL teams.d number of tyms football teams repeat d same mistakes is alarming e.g d Giggs error dt Montelik picked up n errors by Evans,Evra,Carrick (our most notorious repeat offenders).
P.S dt DE GEA save was world class

Emperoh:

Bros how far?

You no try for me oo.
Didn't even reply to any of my mails.

How body?

AjanleKoko:

Shyt. No vex.
I was out of town for a long while in January, and have been somewhat busy.
How we go do am?