Fact is the guy improved starting from the second half of the season, but he never stopped looking like a disaster ready to happen at any moment and he kept on doing these silly mistakes.
You don't have to go far back. Quarter Final, second leg against City, start of the game, we need to relieve ourself as much as possible of the immense pressure City is obviously going to be putting us under in the first 20 mins of the game..Clear ''punt as hard as you can'' situation and what does he do? Guy gives the ball to a clearly already pressed VVD which leads to a goal 2 minutes into the game. VVD took the blame and it went under the radar. Just one of the countless times this guy pulled stupid moves like this one. Enough
He is just a very poor keeper.
I believe he was considered the second best in Germany (after Neuer), but confidence for keepers is a huge thing.
He doesn't seem to move if you look at a lot of the goals we concede. There is just no reaction and he is often caught on his heels.
How many good saves has he made for us? I recall one against West Ham I think, without sounding harsh.
You make a very good point about the City game which was glossed over but he had a horror show against Roma too. He was lucky that one shot from Kolarov managed to hit the bar in the first leg, he knew very little about it (very similar to Bale's second goal). In the second leg people forget him rushing out of the box and taking out Džeko, which probably should have been a red card. Down to 10 men against Roma and its a whole different game.
He is a very bad keeper and his punching/flapping is always causing problems. He flapped at a ball against City that bounced off Milner, Sane puts it in - but its disallowed, though it should have stood. Again, the kind of changes things, City being 2-0 up in the second leg before half-time.
He has been very lucky in this campaign but he got exposed in a very big way tonight. The Ronaldo header again, I thought he flapped at, giving it straight to Benzema who was offside. Don't forget, he did the same against Roma, flapped at a relatively easy shot, gave it straight to Džeko who scored.
He is fragile mentally and you can just tell the players don't trust him.
I still remember David James costing us the FA Cup, punching it straight to Cantona, but these 2 howlers are on another level. But none of us can sit here and say we didn't see this coming. In the last 2 games (City and Roma) he made many, many major mistakes that could have cost us massively.
Feel sorry for the guy but you can only put out the players you have. Our squad was thin. But there is no excuse now to invest heavily in a GK and CB.