Loads of teams have started doing this now, it's not about his kicking, it's just a way of evading the pressure teams are putting on short goal kicks.
You can sod your tippy tappy goalkeepers. Give me a Donna everyday of the week.
He was as important as Haalands goals today. What a presence he is inthe box.
Ehhh psg done it all last season mate and won the European cupNo one with a good keeper is doing this, and given it completely undermines the entire reason for the keeper playing with his feet, I would be amazed if Pep is doing it in 6 months time. It screamed “don’t make him uncomfortable on debut” to me, and I expect they’ll be getting him up to speed with his feet from here on, but time will tell, if Dias is taking goal kicks in April I’ll be amazed.
Lol you must not watch a lot of modern football pal because a lot of teams do it these days to evade pressure, nothing to do with how good or bad someone is with their feet, and don't worry we know he's no Ederson with his feet, no one is so we'll appreciate the positives.Good debut, but it was pretty shocking seeing the CB take short goal kicks for him.
Clearly Pep doesn’t rate him with his feet if he’s not trusted to play it short, I hope the fanboys stick with him when he gets given that responsibility and looks shaky for 6 months, because it will take time.
YawnNot convinced he's the one for us long term but didn't cause any problems. Made saves that you expect a keeper to make! Maybe it will work but I still think Trafford is a better fit long term for our play style.
Yeah PSG was utter shite with him last season doing that stuff, won fuck all didn't they ? watch some football and stop with the nonsense, he didn't fuck up like you wanted him too just to say "I told you so" so now you're bringing up trivial stuff to take a swipe at him.No one with a good keeper is doing this, and given it completely undermines the entire reason for Pep having his keeper playing with his feet, I would be amazed if he is doing it in 6 months time.
It screamed “don’t make him uncomfortable on debut” to me, and I expect they’ll be getting him up to speed with his feet from here on, but time will tell, if Dias is taking goal kicks in April I’ll be amazed.
Amazing how little it takes for fans to slag off the keeper we just won 18 trophies with.
Nobody is slagging Eddie off, but Donna is a big presence in goal and we don't have Eddie anymore he left .Amazing how little it takes for fans to slag off the keeper we just won 18 trophies with.
Ehhh psg done it all last season mate and won the European cup
Nobody is slagging Eddie off, but Donna is a big presence in goal and we don't have Eddie anymore he left .
No one with a good keeper is doing this, and given it completely undermines the entire reason for Pep having his keeper playing with his feet, I would be amazed if he is doing it in 6 months time.
It screamed “don’t make him uncomfortable on debut” to me, and I expect they’ll be getting him up to speed with his feet from here on, but time will tell, if Dias is taking goal kicks in April I’ll be amazed.
You were shocked to see us do something we have already done this season?Good debut, but it was pretty shocking seeing the CB take short goal kicks for him.
Clearly Pep doesn’t rate him with his feet if he’s not trusted to play it short, I hope the fanboys stick with him when he gets given that responsibility and looks shaky for 6 months, because it will take time.
I remember our CB's taking goal kicks plenty of times in the last 10 years, it didn't strike me as something new or unusual in any way?No one with a good keeper is doing this, and given it completely undermines the entire reason for Pep having his keeper playing with his feet, I would be amazed if he is doing it in 6 months time.
It screamed “don’t make him uncomfortable on debut” to me, and I expect they’ll be getting him up to speed with his feet from here on, but time will tell, if Dias is taking goal kicks in April I’ll be amazed.
That's just not true at all. Arsenal, Tottenham and Brighton all do it regularly. On average over 40% of Arsenal's goal kicks aren't taken by Raya, they're taken by Gabriel.
It's purely tactical and has zero to do with kicking ability. As explained here:
Look mate like I said we know he ain't no Ederson with his feet but no one in the world is, Donna with his feet is OK, not great but not bad either, that Turkish clown in the rag net though, that's what you call bad with the ball at his feet.What kind of logic is this? They did it for 4 seasons before and didn’t win a European cup while we did.
I haven’t even criticised donnarumma, just mentioned that there’s going to be an uncomfortable period ahead of us when he does get asked to do both sides of the game and I hope the support is still there when he’s made a few mistakes too.
Raya is pretty good actually.Raya is not a goalkeeper any city fan is jealous of Arsenal having.