Patience is the key as far as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 is concerned – English Premier League
Fame is a cruel thing and so is responsibility, there are a few positions in football that are as unforgiving as a goalkeeper’s position. The team looks towards their goalkeepers for confidence and even inspiration when the going gets tough. The spine of a certain team depends on their goalkeeper as all good work can be laid to waste by an error in between the goal sticks.
In English football, good goalkeepers are a rare commodity. Obviously there is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Almunia-c23386 and co. are capable of.
However at Manchester United things are starting to look just as bleak as they have been at the Emirates stadium. Obviously not in terms of trophies but in terms of goalkeeping errors at the back, Manchester United now find themselves pondering with regard to their new goalkeeper David De Gea. Two games and two wins so far including their Community Shield comeback against Manchester City but fans are still not happy with David De Gea.
If his slow reflexes against City while dealing with the Edin Dzeko belter were anything to worry about, today’s nervous display against West Bromwich Albion by the former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper is just as worrying. He was once again slow to react to a Shane Long shot which sneaked in underneath him into the Manchester United goal. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 out of action as well with their respective fitness issues, De Gea will be under the spotlight even more so in the next few matches.
Next week, United host Tottenham Hotspur and De Gea might in all probability make his Old Trafford debut against Harry Redknapp’s men. Nonetheless the fans need to realize that goalkeepers are a different breed to other outfield players. They operate differently and with the pressure that is currently piled up on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 De Gea, things are not going to get better for him as far as the English media is concerned.
Fans should take note that goalkeepers work on confidence, as a 20 year old first choice starter for Manchester United; their new goalkeeper is obviously someone who begs a lot of attention as well as expectations. Fans are unforgiving as they are but more disturbing is the fact that both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903 and Johnny Evans were having a go at David De Gea in today’s encounter against West Bromwich, something that was not required by any stretch of imagination. Ferguson would’ve hopefully spotted the two young centre backs and their antics and will have a word with him but in general patience needs to be practiced as far as De Gea is concerned.
There are positives already from his performances. He is good with the ball at his feet which cannot be said of many goalkeepers in today’s football, his ability to stand up to players in one-on-one situations is another thing to appreciate. With time, confidence will allow De Gea to rise up to the occasion up till then he needs all the support he can get from his team mates as well as the fans. Right now there will be 19 teams in the Premier League who will be telling De Gea along with their fans that he is worthless, what the newcomer doesn’t need is that number to turn to 20.
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