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Your End of Season Review
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12-05-2012 4:30pm#1
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Player of the season: Robin Van Persie
Signing of the season: Papiss Cisse
Worst player of the season: Roger Johnson
Worst signing of the season: Downing
Manager of the season: Paul Lambert
Goal of the season: Cisse's 2nd vs Chelsea
Save of the season: De Gea from Mata's free kick
Game of the season: Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal
Performance of the season: Man city @ Old Trafford
Overachievers: Norwich
Underachievers: Liverpool
Shock of the season: Steve Kean surviving the season as B'burn manager.0 -
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Probably is because they did alright in Europe but their league form suffered which is why I put them in there. I think they could put out 2 PL standard starting 11s so with the squad they have I honestly think they should be finishing better than 14th. I thought they'd push on this year but they haven't really progressed IMO.
Have been on the beach in recent weeks though. Here's hoping they capitulate enough tomorrow to allow Bolton to stay up
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Not really, going on cleen sheets De Gea sits joint 6th with Pepe Reina, who any Liverpool fan will tell you, had a terrible season.No it's not. De Gea has been far more consistent this season that Carroll or Torres, no matter what way you spin it.
He had a dodgy start and was poor in his first few games. He was then very good for the next 3 months, up until Christmas he excelled in difficult away games like Stoke and Liverpool. He was then poor against Blackburn and Liverpool in the FA cup but has been very good since then. He has bailed us out on several occasions this season.
To even mention de Gea's season in the same breath as Carroll's or Torres', is an absolute joke.
That puts him behind Joe Hart, Tim Krul, Szczesny, Vorm, Friedel and level with Reina and Tim Howard.
If you are happy with that and think he is World/Top Class after such a season then fair enough.
I know he has improved, and I accept that, but Carroll has improved. Hell Carroll bailed us out in a few games, but that doesn't make him Top Class.
Of course De Gea was going to improve after such a terrible start, It would be hard not to, but what I am saying is that while the improvement has been great, it doesn't make him the Top Quality player that you have convinced yourself that he is.
Anyway, this is not a Liverpool/United pissing contest, I just wanted to put my point of view across. I understand everyone has an opinion and I respect yours!
EDIT: Just for argument's sake these are De Gea's stats up to the 4th of January (just before the 3-0 loss to Newcastle where Lindegaard started).
He started 14 more games (so its the halfway point of his season). Has 7 more clean sheets, so improved by 2 clean sheets. 44 more saves, so 12 less then the first half of the season. His current stats are coming from here:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/108482/david-de-gea?cc=5739
I don't know, on the pitch it looks like he's improved 10 fold, and I suppose thats all that matters. What was so worrying to so many people was his demeanor on the field, especially against Liverpool where he got bullied. He now looks like he belongs out there, and as I said, I believe he will be a good goalkeeper. Just not as good as people currently believe.0 -
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