Welcome Donnarumma!

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Crazy he is only 26, feels like his name has been in football forever.

I don't watch PSG much so I've no concept of how good his kicking is, but he was immense in the Italy Euro win. Felt like nothing would get past him in goal, incredible shot stopper.
 
Top drawer signing. Big presence. Arguably a marquee signing and good that someone of his status was willing to come. We have one of the best GKs, a balon d'Or winner DM and the best striker in the world. Hopefully will come good when the other new arrivals bed in. A top class RB and winger still needed.
 
We’re far from our best but with this signing we have a good spine.
Donnarumma
Rodri
Haaland.

If Gvardiol can become the player we know he can be it’s a great platform to build off.
Maybe 2 or 3 signings off being able to challenge again.

Great signing.
In my opinion he’s the best keeper in the world currently.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
100% agree.

Trafford fits our system - very capable on the ball and an excellent shot stopper. He fits our system.

But now we've signed Donnarumma who is average on the ball, and is, on his day, the best or second best at stopping goals.
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Fucking hell. Heard it all now.

He's regarded as one of the best stoppers in the world and since 2021 his save to shot ratio is the highest of ANY keeper in Europe.

Also over the past 2 seasons his pass completion is higher than Raya, Sanchez and Alisson. Make of that what you will.

The lad is world class and will undoubtedly improve the team
 
Eaststander1 said:
Trafford will have expected Ederson to leave, but he wouldn't have expected a keeper like Donnarumma to sign .... this keeper is a big name, and a major stumbling block to Traffords progress here, and he'll immediately take precedence for the keepers position.
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Trafford will still get enough game time to improve and prove himself, working with a keeper like Donnarumma every day will only help his improvement as well. If he can improve to the extent he gets towards Donnarumma's level he'll get plenty more games and potentially displace him, if he doesn't get to that level then frankly it'll mean he's not good enough to be our full-time number 1 anyway.

We won 100 points, a domestic treble and the treble with a host of world-class players. That is THE level required to be considered a key player at this club, academy product or not.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Fucking hell. Heard it all now.

He's regarded as one of the best stoppers in the world and since 2021 his save to shot ratio is the highest of ANY keeper in Europe.

Also over the past 2 seasons his pass completion is higher than Raya, Sanchez and Alisson. Make of that what you will.

The lad is world class and will undoubtedly improve the team
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Well said mate.

It’s actually scary how powerful the media is in warping peoples perspectives.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Fucking hell. Heard it all now.

He's regarded as one of the best stoppers in the world and since 2021 his save to shot ratio is the highest of ANY keeper in Europe.

Also over the past 2 seasons his pass completion is higher than Raya, Sanchez and Alisson. Make of that what you will.

The lad is world class and will undoubtedly improve the team
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OK OK OK !!!

But does he fucking track back?
 
stan bowles said:
We've bought him to raise the standard. A winner who's not going to take any of this flaky, half-arsed shit we've been serving up for the last year and a half. I hope he upsets a few in the dressing room if it's necessary.
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Upon reflection this really is a top signing with succession planning. People clambering to hang on to Eddie for another year made no sense when we would need to address the GK next year with potentially an even narrower GK market. Plus, it was clear as day Eddie wanted out as he made no indications of wanting to sign a new contract.

Like Trafford as a signing but you can't tell me everyone is super confident with him as a our starter going into the big matches such as Real Madrid away. He's still young & has a lot to learn. Hope we keep our claws in him when he too turns 26 & is at his peak similar to what Donnarumma is now.

From a fan's perspective, I think we're a lot more confident with Donnarumma's leadership & big match experience qualities & potentially saving some pens for us. Who knows if he would have saved Milner's penalty over the weekend & earnt us a draw - fine margins & all that.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Fucking hell. Heard it all now.

He's regarded as one of the best stoppers in the world and since 2021 his save to shot ratio is the highest of ANY keeper in Europe.

Also over the past 2 seasons his pass completion is higher than Raya, Sanchez and Alisson. Make of that what you will.

The lad is world class and will undoubtedly improve the team
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He for sure is a world class shot stopper.

But his pass completion percentage is due to PSG coping for his inability on the ball. PSG have world class CBs and left/right backs - and PSG play from the back with the keeper passing to someone actually able to pass. They've been carrying Donnarumma in this regard.

Now that we've signed Donnarumma on huge wages - he's very likely to start.

But unlike PSG we don't have the backfield to carry Donnarumma's average passing ability... at all.

It's going to be a disaster.
 
Fantastic signing! Best keeper in the world, CL winner, just the level of signing we should be getting.
 
Welcome to Manchester. A good enough replacement for Eddy fingers crossed he can settle quickly.
 
domalino said:
Trafford is not going to do any developing as second choice. He'll be gone next summer if Donnarumma comes in and plays every game.

There's absolutely no chance he's signed up to be stuck behind a Donnarumma for 5+ years. Newcastle will probably make a bid in January.
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Yep, totally agree ...... he will only wait so long.
 
Coming into his peak, 10 years experience under his belt, won everything plus a number of individual awards, fucking quality at keeping the ball out of the net and excellent at saving penalties.

26m for him, is outrageous business by Viana.

With him and the very promising Trafford we are boxed off at goalkeeper for years. Trafford will learn a lot from him.
 
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