darchas wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 11:07 pm
Trader Pat wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 9:44 am
It was a really enjoyable game
Some great pens in the shoot out but it should never have got to 11-10, the Villareal goalie had his hands on a couple and couldn't keep them out. Felt a bit for De Gea having to play the villain. Biggest moment in Villarreal's history so it was nice there were some fans there to share it.
Highlight of the night for me was listening to those ex Utd players in the studio.. what a sour bunch. Was disappointed in Scholes, always thought he had a bit more about him as a pundit but he was as vinegar as the rest of them after the game.
If Utd want to be serious contenders then they should hire the newly available Conte, he'd sort them out. But they'll stick with Fergie's pet and won't win anything of note except maybe a domestic trophy.
Now if only Chelsea can beat City at the weekend then it would be the perfect end to the season
Amazingly I saw a stat that said De Gea has now conceded the last 36 penalties he's faced, last saving one back in April 2016. Would be a tough call to pull a goalie off and swap out for a penalty shoot out, but given managers plan the takers might have been one to consider. Tough one though for sure and I imagine a fair bit of variance in that sample size.
Apologies for dragging this thread back 5 pages but have only just seen this. That is an amazing stat and very revealing about his technique. It could be just sample size error but I would be certainly looking close at him if I was the United goalkeeping coach.
IMO given the huge advantage the taker has, a keeper has to gamble to optimise his strike rate or at the very least do research on the likely takers that you will be facing but that comes down to the coaching staff and in particular the analytical team.
I recall during the 1990 WC semi, Peter Shilton read every single penalty but was beaten every time simply because his reaction time couldn't match a well placed penalty. Some keepers don't want to appear stupid going the wrong way. In some cases if you know the taker doesn't always strike them cleanly then reading and delaying works. But in Italia 90 the Germans took exceptional pens and again in Euro 96.
But 36/36 is way off as he should have been saving 25% of them and if he's as good as people make out then he should be hitting 30%. With De Gea he always has this look about him that he's not happy and going through the motions