25 | Gianluigi Donnarumma - 2025/26

HolisticJim said:
I remember Hart repeatedly fucking up in the CL. Parrying crosses into the on-brushing strikers. There was Madrid too where we threw the game away in the dying minutes.

Happened a lot. He was great for us, but let's not forget the errors too
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I swear people completely blank out every game Joe Hart played for us except Spurs away and the CL games against Barca and Dortmund.

He got dropped for both Pantilimon and Caballero for a reason.
Pep saw about 5 minutes of him before getting rid for a reason.
He wasn't a success anywhere he played after City for a reason.
 
rice10 said:
So apparently Donnarumma has the third worst shot save percentage in the premier league this season so far…

Make of that what you will. Hopefully it gets better.
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How many routine shots does he face? I'd say next to none. Ya have to dig a little deeper. How about his save percentage on high quality shots? Make of that what you will.
 
JewelZee said:
Clown^
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Can’t you have a proper discussion?

The post you replied to is right. There is no point playing Haaland way into the opposition half because Donnarumma can’t kick it that far. Donnarumma has tried to find Haaland a number of times with long passes this season and they nearly always go nowhere near him because Donna either hasn’t been able to kick it far enough to reach him and it’s fallen short or he’s tried so hard to reach him that he’s lost all direction in his kick and it’s gone miles away from him.

He wasn’t taking the piss out of Donnarumma, he was stating a fact and discussing a tactical point.

It would be better to have Haaland drop deeper and have runners go beyond him to make it easier for Donnarumma to reach Haaland.
 
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Bentheblue said:
His punching is often poor, no-one knows where the ball will go and very often he does not get good contact.
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The thing with his punching is that he’s poor at catching crosses but finds it easier to punch them, and is often successful at reaching the ball to punch it, so that’s the option he will nearly always choos.

However, as you say, goalkeeper punching the ball has unpredictable direction and distance. The ball is spherical but a fist has about forty different points and edges so could go anywhere. The timing of the punch is important too, sometimes a strong connection timed well can see it fly twenty yards, but time it slightly wrong and it drops to soneone on the edge of the box.
 
.db. said:
The thing with his punching is that he’s poor at catching crosses but finds it easier to punch them, and is often successful at reaching the ball to punch it, so that’s the option he will nearly always choos.

However, as you say, goalkeeper punching the ball has unpredictable direction and distance. The ball is spherical but a fist has about forty different points and edges so could go anywhere. The timing of the punch is important too, sometimes a strong connection timed well can see it fly twenty yards, but time it slightly wrong and it drops to soneone on the edge of the box.
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Needs to try catching the ball occasionally, after all he’s a big unit
 
Not as good as Trafford on crosses, not as good playing out, is his keeping that much better not sure myself.
 
.db. said:
Can’t you have a proper discussion?

The post you replied to is right. There is no point playing Haaland way into the opposition half because Donnarumma can’t kick it that far. Donnarumma has tried to find Haaland a number of times with long passes this season and they nearly always go nowhere near him because Donna either hasn’t been able to kick it far enough to reach him and it’s fallen short or he’s tried so hard to reach him that he’s lost all direction in his kick and it’s gone miles away from him.

He wasn’t taking the piss out of Donnarumma, he was stating a fact and discussing a tactical point.

It would be better to have Haaland drop deeper and have runners go beyond him to make it easier for Donnarumma to reach Haaland.
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I'll have plenty of proper discussions when warranted. Trying to tell me Donnarumma's inability to play Haaland 80 yards up the pitch is somehow anywhere near a major concern among our various other issues is silly. How can we possibly be competitive with Donnarumma not hitting 75/80 yard balls? We're ruined...
 
JewelZee said:
I'll have plenty of proper discussions when warranted. Trying to tell me Donnarumma's inability to play Haaland 80 yards up the pitch is somehow anywhere near a major concern among our various other issues is silly. How can we possibly be competitive with Donnarumma not hitting 75/80 yard balls? We're ruined...
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No, because his shorter passing is no better, and we concede a lot of possesion leading to chasing the ball and chaotic football. We are not a team that thrives off chaos, just the opposite.
 
blueparrot said:
No, because his shorter passing is no better, and we concede a lot of possesion leading to chasing the ball and chaotic football. We are not a team that thrives off chaos, just the opposite.
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Because Ederson was not in goal during last season's shit show right? The most chaotic football we've ever played under Pep with Ederson himself smack dab in the middle of it.

Ederson had Rodri as his main release target, one of the best ever at doing that. Donnarumma hasn't had that luxary has he? Last season without Rodri Ederson's overall performance dropped dramatically.

I'll save anyone who wants to discredit Donnarumma on here the trouble. You're not coming across as some sort of nuanced expert. More like somebody reaching really hard to promote their own agendas.

Saka wept...
 
JewelZee said:
Because Ederson was not in goal during last season's shit show right? The most chaotic football we've ever played under Pep with Ederson himself smack dab in the middle of it.

Ederson had Rodri as his main release target, one of the best ever at doing that. Donnarumma hasn't had that luxary has he? Last season without Rodri Ederson's overall performance dropped dramatically.

I'll save anyone who wants to discredit Donnarumma on here the trouble. You're not coming across as some sort of nuanced expert. More like somebody reaching really hard to promote their own agendas.

Saka wept...
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What Ederson did or didn't do last season has no relevance to the present. I have no agenda other than City winning. My opinion your, opinion anyones opinion again irrelevant. I don't know if Trafford is the answer, I'm also not convinced yet Donnarumma is either.
However if anyone that has watched City for the last 10 years, doesn't think Pep who has always wanted controlled possesion, who has always wanted a keeper comfortable with passing out hasn't weighed up the the pros of Donarumma against his obvious weaknesses then I think they are wrong,time will tell.Not all our sloppy passing and possesion issues are down to Donarumma,some are though.
WTF does Saka have to do with anything?
 
.db. said:
Can’t you have a proper discussion?

The post you replied to is right. There is no point playing Haaland way into the opposition half because Donnarumma can’t kick it that far. Donnarumma has tried to find Haaland a number of times with long passes this season and they nearly always go nowhere near him because Donna either hasn’t been able to kick it far enough to reach him and it’s fallen short or he’s tried so hard to reach him that he’s lost all direction in his kick and it’s gone miles away from him.

He wasn’t taking the piss out of Donnarumma, he was stating a fact and discussing a tactical point.

It would be better to have Haaland drop deeper and have runners go beyond him to make it easier for Donnarumma to reach Haaland.
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Thankyou for seeing what to me was a valid point in the post
 
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