betiko wrote:tough question I have to say... De Gea did a lot of mistakes lately so it's easy to charge against him now, but I think he has a good potential.
Ochoa is not bad, he is unconventional for an european goalie. he makes some crazy saves, but I don't think he alwys has the best placement choices and he definitely never grabs a ball! punching away the ball gives a new ocasion half of the times to your oponent..
Nevertheless, I think there are very few good goal keepers in england, and very rarely good goalkeepers in the english national team. I don't know why is that, but england always had a weak spot with its goalies, maybe that's why they don't win anything since such a long time.
Thing is, De Gea might well lose a lot of confidence because he's making mistakes relatively frequently. He's a good goalkeeper, but Manchester United isn't somewhere to go to become the best if you're a goalkeeper. It's somewhere you go if you
are the best (eg Schmeichel in his prime).
Think the lack of good English goalkeepers recently has a lot to do with good, promising ones (Kirkland is the first that springs to mind) going to big clubs early on, rather than staying put until they're a bit older. Goalkeepers aren't generally at the top of their game until they're in their 30s anyway, there's no point going for Champions League football when you're 21 - there's another 7 or 8 years before you'll be even coming up to your prime, may as well get regular games in an environment where your every slight mistake isn't being scrutinised.
