Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - See Mod Warning in OP, 09/11

Whatsisname wrote: »

Ah come on, someone needs to resurrect it!

Done.

Who was the poster that called young a disgrace because he saw him in a night club in London when young was injured?

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

I prefer this one B.C.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91402258&postcount=8669

I just did one of those snort laughs, in work....worth it though!

Jesus the delusion and denial becomes so strong at times

bangkok wrote: »

I actually follow most of la liga games the way I would premier league games so yes I have seen them play lots of times.

judging by that comment you have never seen him play or never even heard of him before the world cup

Levate were a solid defensive unit before he came, they have been a safety first team for years,the clean sheets are not solely down to him and his spectacular performance alone or anything though I do think he is a very good keeper.

Using his clean sheets as some sort of proof of his ability is a red herring though, without his defence he doesn't get those 15 clean sheets. It would have been better if you gave some examples of saves you saw him make, how he commanded his backline or his box, some situations where he took up excellent positioning to cut off angles and make the goal smaller etc

Course, the chances are you haven't really seen that much of him to be able to do that, just relying on his stats and the fact he won goalkeeper of the year, his only actual competition there was Courtois tbh and I am somewhat surprised he won it ahead of him, but not absolutely shocked or anything. Can't say I studied his game all that much last year, I do know he impressed me at times when I caught Levante games, but again, it is tempered by the fact that Levante defended very well as a unit.

He was part of the unit and I think he has a shot at taking over the number 1 spot at Madrid, but I don't think he has it in the bag just yet, he will get a chance to prove he is the man for the job though imo.

Players doing well at other clubs and then coming to Madrid, particularly players at other, smaller, Spanish clubs, don't always make the grade at Madrid, even very good players, like Illemarendi, Canales etc have shown just how good they are but had the career stalled by joining Madrid.

There is still hope for the former, but Canales was one hell of an exciting talent when he was signed by Madrid, now he is being linked with Aston Villa and playing for David Moyes

Or maybe he's right, and every single scout in Spain who sees him week in, week out, didn't think the BEST goalkeeper in Spain was worth a massive 10m.