He was supposed to be accomplishing what a wingback is supposed to accomplish. Obviously.
Now those stats do prove he was less involved than Ashley Young in the same position(ish) but the positive involvements I mentioned (that you’re determined to ignore) show why Ole wanted to give him a crack in that position. I’m ok with watching young players learn on the job, without throwing my toys out the pram if/when they don’t perform as well as a more experienced player might have in their place. Same reason I didn’t follow your lead in consistently shitting on last night’s goalscorer since his very first appearance for the first team.
You’re someone who has always had a keen interest in the reserves/academy. Now it looks like few years without our usual stellar success means you can no longer be bothered with showing a bit of patience for younger players that are still learning the game. And the tactics jibe indicates you’re losing patience with new managers even more quickly.
The post Fergie era has been bringing out the worst in loads of United fans so you’re not alone there. A pity but there you go.
He didn't accomplish what a wingback does though. A wingback gets up and down the line which he didn't. He stood on the touchline doing nothing which isn't the role of a wingback. A wingback gets up the field and provides the wide threat on their side, something we know Dalot is capable of but seemingly refused to do against Wolves so clearly he wasn't accomplishing what a wingback does.
The positive involvement you mention was one take on and one cross. Which you seem determined to use to excuse 83 minutes of doing absolutely nothing. That position, that is the problem he didn't play a real position and did nothing. If Ole wanted him to play as a wingback and bomb down the field and show his attacking attribute which we've seen are good then of course that makes perfect sense. Except he didn't do that. He barely got involved and did the exact opposite of what he'd been doing in his previous impressive cameos. When he plays the complete opposite of how he's previously looked good at then it should be questioned.
I'm perfectly fine with young players learning on the job. That doesn't make them immune from criticism and it certainly doesn't mean they should be our starting RB like so many people like to claim. When people claim he should be starting every game then he'll be judged accordingly, and when he goes up against Wolves and hides for 80+ minutes he'll rightly get criticised when people are claiming that deserves to be our starting RB.
I have loads of patience for our younger players and I am perfectly fine with them learning as they go. When people start claiming they should be starting every game then no I will not agree and I'll call out why they definitely shouldn't be starters. I've said before Dalot should be playing every cup game and against bottom table teams and even used as a RW sub to get extra game time because he needs to get as much time as possible. But no he shouldn't be our starting RB and no having him doesn't mean we can go into next season without a new RB. Just like I'll have patience for Greenwood but when people claim he should be starting over Lukaku then that is quite clearly ridiculous. Just as are claims for Chong etc to be starters for us. I'd love for loads of our academy lads to get more playing time. I don't go around claiming they should be starters though.
And nor is Ole immune to criticism and questioning. The tactics against Wolves were dreadful, how can you possibly deny that? When he decides to play with a false RB, no width and one forward who is completely isolated then he should be questioned. Just because he is Ole we don't just sit here happy as Larry when he plays two players in one position and they do feck all the entire game. Did I claim he should be sacked for it? No, of course I didn't.