Lindegaard vs De Gea

The inevitability of the barrage of negative press aimed at David De Gea after his costly Blackburn blunder at the weekend was about as likely as it was surprising that United lost the said match. Typically, despite steadying the ship since his early United career wobbles the first glimpse of an error led to, once…

Analysis: De Gea or Lindegaard?

Tweet I think it’s safe at this stage to say that Ferguson has managed to get two very capable goalkeepers at United now, to replace the legend of Edwin Van Der Sar. Anders Lindegaard and David De Gea probably cannot decide between them who&#8217…

Kuszczak’s Rant’s That Of A Frustrated Man

Few Manchester United fans would have imagined after the weekend’s victory over Sunderland which came on the eve of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25th anniversary of taking over the club, that they would be speaking about our Polish goalkeeper this w…

The Man Who Sir Alex Searched The Whole World For

Following a slightly hysterical baptism-by-tabloid, David de Gea has removed all doubt about his ability and potential. He is still only twenty, of course, and has lessons to learn, but after each performance, hacks like James Ducker of the Times and P…

Why Those Doubting De Gea Should Now Be Eating Their Words

It’s amazing how someone can change perspectives and opinions in such a short space of time. Journalists in particular. It seems like only yesterday that the pitchforks were out for De Gea with every little slip. Every minor error or uncertainty …

Flappyhandski considering Arsenal future

Speaking to Polish sports newspaper Przeglądem Sportowym, Lukasz Fabianski has admitted that he may be forced to move clubs in January in search of more regular first-team football. Fabianski has fallen down the Arsenal pecking order, having made ma…

The Boy That’s Improving De Gea by De Gea

The 20 year-old Spanish keeper was dealt a tough introduction to English football and immediately gained his critics. Many believed that De Gea’s signing was a huge risk by Ferguson, not only due to the Spaniards inexperience but because of the s…

Has David de Gea Met The Challenge Of Anders Lindegaard?

After watching Anders Lindegaard produce a man of the match performance in Manchester United’s draw against Benfica last week, David de Gea knew he had to at least equal that display against Chelsea.

de Gea looks down at Torres following his miss
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So The Manchester United PIG Has Finally Squealed (Repost)

Ahead of Manchester United’s UEFA Champions League encounter with SL Benefica, their out-of-favor goalkeeper, Tomasz Kuszczak, has admitted he is angry about not being able to pursue his career elsewhere.

He’s been reaping the rewards of United
Th…

Anders Lindegaard: "I’m Not Here To Pick My Nose"

After his very good performance on his UEFA Champions League debut for Manchester United, Anders Lindegaard confidently stated his intent for being the club's first-choice goalkeeper.

Anders Lindegaard has his eyes on the prize
The words that …

All Time Best XI Series: Goalkeeper

This summer Manchester United faced a challenge in the transfer market that had similar connotations to 1999 when the great Dane Peter Schmeichel announced he would be leaving for pastures new. Back then, it was felt that the decision on his replaceme…

PICTURE: Edwin keeping a close eye on De Gea!

Tweet Last night when United overcame Tottenham Hotspur 3-0, it signalled De Gea’s first clean sheet in competitive games which will give him such a massive confidence boost for the next match with Arsenal. But he had such a tough task to follow …

Why De Gea’s settling in is now even more difficult

Tweet With a fully fit squad of players in good form with a big game coming up, Ferguson would surely have De Gea in goal now with Rio and Vidic in front of him. However, due to two unfortunate injuries to the defensive duo, De Gea will have to try and…

How Ben Foster Could Help David de Gea Settle In At United

In his first Barclays Premier League appearance for Manchester United, David de Gea made a glaring error, which has seen him disgustingly blasted by everyone – including his own fans.

de Gea & Foster On A Common Ground
Funnily enough, the youn…

De Gea Is The Real Deal

Moments after Shane Long’s shot squirmed under the 6ft 4 frame of new Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, during the West Brom game I was bombarded with text messages and tweets from people writing him off!

De Gea Faces a Very United Problem

There is an old saying that great teams are built upon the foundations of a formidable goalkeeper. Can you imagine, for example, the Manchester United of old being as successful without the presence of Peter Schmeichel or more latterly, Edwin Van Der S…

Speaking Of Spanish Goalies, Do You Remember Ricardo?

Obviously at the moment, there is a lot of talk and speculation surrounding our newest goalkeeper at the moment – David De Gea – and whether or not he will be good enough to succeed in England long-term.

Why We Should Believe In De Gea

This summer of course saw lots of speculation about which keeper Manchester United would bring in to replace Edwin Van der Sar. While David De Gea alway seemed to be the obvious choice for Sir Alex Ferguson to buy, there has been talk of him …

Szczesny – Arsenal’s No 1?

With the season fast approaching and yet another summer passing without the departure of Almunia and without the arrival of the much craved experienced custodian I thought it would be a good time to assess our current goalkeeping line up against the rest of the top four wannabes. So let’s look at our current crop [...]

Stars Of The Future – Defence

As we all know United are world famous for nurturing young talent. The United youth system has produced some of the clubs greatest players including Bobby Charlton, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville so I decided I would look at some of the young talent that …

Lindegaard Ready To Challenge

Anders Lindegaard is aiming to challenge David de Gea to be Manchester United’s first choice goalkeeper over the coming season. 

Ferguson missed chance to sign Cech

Tweet Reading the various articles out in the media today after United’s impressive second half performance in Chicago last night in their 3-1 win over Chicago Fire, and when asked about the potential language barrier with David De Gea, Ferguson …

Museé United: The Antics Of Fabien Barthez

Some called him eccentric, some called him looney, others called him an enigma. One thing is for sure Fabien Barthez was certainly one of our most characteristic goalkeepers that Manchester United have had in our long history.

Gazidis on transfers

Sky Sports News brought an exclusive interview with Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis today. Several important quotes need to be read by Gooners:”We don’t conduct our business in public.”It needs reminding now and then! This practice, while sensible for busines…

Neck out, head in noose

Last summer, in the first Silly Season of this blog, I attempted to analyse what really went on. As this blog is about Arsenal transfer rumours, the idea was to contrast all the short-sighted frenzy with more reasoned thought. As if. Second guessing Ar…