1 | James Trafford - 2025/26

117 M34 said:
Donarumma is 27.
He has probably got another 10 years at the top of his game.
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I get that but we will know a lot more about Donnas long-term future after 3 seasons here. When you have managed to get the most promising homegrown keeper in England on your books you protect that asset. If he makes the necessary steps in that time you reevaluate, you might even be ruthless and decide Trafford is the future despite Donnarumma not droppikg off or wanting to stay (add to this players, even keepers that debut early tends to decline at an earlier age)
 
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Kippax Kidd said:
He wasnt great during the week. He put a lot of pressure on himself with his interviews.
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I thought he was great. Distribution was spot on and helped us attack quickly and made no mistakes. There was the unusualy volleyball move but Hart explained exactly why that was the right decision.
 
117 M34 said:
Donarumma is 27.
He has probably got another 10 years at the top of his game.
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Donnarumma might not age that well because he's very big, and it takes a lot of agility for him to get down to make low saves. Not a problem now, but after 30, when he'll have played 750+ games?

Not all top keepers make it to their late 30's.

It's not really relevant to Trafford because he's not going to wait more than another year or 2, and Donnarumma will still be an elite keeper then, so he's going to go.
 
domalino said:
I thought he was great. Distribution was spot on and helped us attack quickly and made no mistakes. There was the unusualy volleyball move but Hart explained exactly why that was the right decision.
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He hoofed long ball after long ball. Joe Hart GK union it was Sunday league stuff.
 
That spell of 15 mins to begin the second half the ball went back to Trafford half a dozen times an every single time he passed it back out first time, to the right player and kept the attacks going and pinned Arsenal back in their half giving them no rest.

Donnarumma just doesn’t do that. Every time the ball goes back to him he’s tentative, takes 3/4 touches and slows the game down. You’d think he can learn it but right now it’s a point of difference and it let us pin them back time after time until they broke.
 
domalino said:
That spell of 15 mins to begin the second half the ball went back to Trafford half a dozen times an every single time he passed it back out first time, to the right player and kept the attacks going and pinned Arsenal back in their half giving them no rest.

Donnarumma just doesn’t do that. Every time the ball goes back to him he’s tentative, takes 3/4 touches and slows the game down. You’d think he can learn it but right now it’s a point of difference and it let us pin them back time after time until they broke.
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He won't learn it if he hasn't learnt at PSG with two years under Enrique.
 
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