Andre Onana will travel to Africa Cup of Nations after Man Utd v Spurs on Jan 14. Goalkeeper available for Cameroon v Guinea on Jan 15. Amicable agreement reached between all parties to maximise club and country game time
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No wonder Onana performs so badly. He knows that whatever happens, ETH will not bench him and use Bayindir. It doesn't matter if Bayindir isn't good enough, the fact that Onana gets this level of treatment gives absolutely no incentive for him to improve. What was the f-ing point of buying Bayindir? If Ten Hag had played Bayandir in the cup games or given him a chance in some of the "easier" PL games, then it would have pushed Onana to be better, and likely we could have had some better results. He's conceded 45 goals in just 28 games
Instead, we beg Camaroon to let him play the Spurs game, and Onana has to play 2 games in 24hours, across 2 continents. WTF.
Eric Ten Hag is digging his own grave.
posted on 4/1/24
comment by Frank van Eijs (U1734)
posted 6 hours, 31 minutes ago
That's like a darts player playing two matches in 24 hours like they are tonight. It's not the same as outfield players.
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This.
Furthermore, he’s not exactly the second coming of Edwin Van der Schmeichel; we’ve got way bigger problems.
posted on 4/1/24
Sorry I think I misinterpreted the OP.
Good or bad he is our number one keeper so why shouldn’t ETH play him? We pay him, he originally wasn’t going to play in the AFCON.
Fair deal.
posted on 4/1/24
Why was he not gonna play AFCON? Was it a condition for United buying him?
posted on 4/1/24
He fell out with the manager during the WC and left the squad because he wanted Onana to play it long which he refused to do. They’ve since made up which is why he’s back in the team.
posted on 4/1/24
Good or bad he is our number one keeper so why shouldn’t ETH play him?
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Cos he’s crap?! ETH is well within his right to do this, it’s daft, but it’s up to him, Onana and Cameroon.
posted on 4/1/24
This will all end up with Onana picking up some freak injury...........which might not disappoint some............
posted on 4/1/24
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
He fell out with the manager during the WC and left the squad because he wanted Onana to play it long which he refused to do. They’ve since made up which is why he’s back in the team.
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Wow. So Onana is not just a crap keeper he's also a caaant
posted on 4/1/24
When I look at the way Onana plays, I don't see a goalkeeper who's off form or lost confidence. I see a goalkeeper who just doesn't seem to have the technical goalkeeping skills. When he makes semi-spectacular saves, it's usually because he was in the wrong position to start with. He doesn't control his box well. His diving seems clumsy and even his distribution isn't all that good. It's mind blowing how he's ever been thought of as a strong keeper.
posted on 4/1/24
I don’t think he’s that bad at controlling his box, Tbf. The rest is certainly debatable though, he certainly is very unorthodox and often does look out of position.
posted on 4/1/24
I know these days most goalies tend to parry or punch, but Onana doesn't seem capable of catching the simplest of balls. His technical positioning is also iffy. Sure, his distribution is decent, but first and foremost, I want our goalie to be strong at what the job implies