And what's your issue with the both sources' statement?
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What makes you think I have an issue with them?
I said in one of my lasts posts that I have no doubt that Dalot will be staying if AWB is leaving (as has been widely reported).
I thought you had issue with what Portugese Newspape O Jogo stated as it was shown in your first replied. But it's all good then since you had no issue with it, I guess there is nothing to discuss about it.
He is clearly not a top qualify full back at the moment but I have no issues with him staying. He can cover for either FB position and seems like a good lad. He wasn’t also very expensive and his fitness issues seem to have become better over the last couple of years.
Crystal Palace 1:0 Man Utd
Terrible player
Get rid
That was all kinds of bad. Looked completely lost.
A timely reminder that while he may be favoured over AWB, he himself is still shite.
Awful take
If you want someone who is going to come out on top one vs one against a player like Zaha consistently getting the ball in a position to run at you towards the box, we have AWB who would be the best in the league at that in the form from his first 2 seasons here.
The majority of posters here dont want a player who is good at that.
Dalot is no worse at it than any of City or Liverpool's fullbacks. So even if we signed fullbacks like them which provide extra wingplay quality going forward thats better than Dalot and AWB, they'd still get destroyed in that situation defensively.
They'd probably be involved in us scoring a goal going forward on top though.
Poor lad is going to wake up in the middle of the night having nightmares about Zaha.
In general terms, Dalot is one of the worst defenders to ever play for the club in modern times. He’s that bad.
The bold is just silly. Every poster here would love a defender who is good at that. They just don't want them to come with the crippling flaws AWB brings in other areas.
And the key thing with the Liverpool and City fullbacks is that, as you point out, they offer far more going forward than Dalot does.
Which brings us back to Dalot being shite.
and so people prefer him to AWB- I don’t get it
He offers nothing
He offers nothing
Give it a week and people will change their minds on him.
He's been appalling this year whenever he's featured. Lucky for him he's not alone.
He's been appalling this year whenever he's featured. Lucky for him he's not alone.
The good defenders dont attack like wingers. Your choice is the winger not the good defender who wont get beaten
Should be amongst the first out of the door.
No, people just don't want players who're just shit at either. There's plenty of players who're able to contribute positively on both ends of the field, there's no reason why we should accept such mediocrity.
Dalot is just utter shit at being a footballer. Total fraud who's somehow supposed to be 'good' offensively when he has 1 good cross/pass a game and just offers nothing for the rest of it. Elanga's a better right back than Dalot is. That's how low Dalot's level is when he's played for us.
Might be one of the worst to have played for us.
Like who?
City and Liverpool's fullbacks make mistakes for the majority of the goals they concede. They're crap defending, they just arent playing next to Lindelof and Maguire making individual mistakes
He is worse than Liverpool's or city's
No goals and no assists despite being first choice for most of the season.
God I am pleased we stopped playing a half decent defender to move to an attacking full back.
God I am pleased we stopped playing a half decent defender to move to an attacking full back.
A fullback like Robertson is both a better all round defender and a better all round attacker than both Dalot and AWB. The idea that it's one or the other for no apparent reason is nonsensical. The ability to defend to a decent standard doesn't magically preclude the ability to attack to a decent standard as well.
Him and Telles make me want to gouge my own eyes out.
Utterly grim.
Utterly grim.
Utterly clueless in defense. Toothless in attack.
I think he’s as average as they come but he wasn’t even the worst fullback who played for us today.
Bang average, hopefully we move on the waste of space quickly.
Robertson makes mistakes defensively all the time. He'd be torn to shreds in the same situations Dalot had to deal with in this match same as Dalot was.
Likewise playing for Liverpool Dalot's mistakes wouldnt be brought up anywhere near as much because they're successful
He's worse than average.
Did not have a clue against Zaha. Reminded me of that performance against Danjuma.
How is he surviving the cut? I really doubt ETH watched his performance today and said "yeah we can keep him"
Man ,Zaha really skinned him. He would be having nightmares for weeks .
ETH straight on the phone after to tell AWB he may yet be needed
Sad thing is AWB's better going forward as well which isn't saying much I know but Dalot really is a mediocre footballer in every department.
I can understand why Rangnick picked Dalot over AWB during his reign. But if the manager had been able to swallow his pride and pick a RB who's actually done okay for us the last couple of seasons, I think United would have been a good few points better off this season.
I struggle to see what Dalot has offered us going forward that was enough to make up for how awful he's been going backwards. Every single game he's played, we've been noticeably targetted at our RCB and RB positions. And every single game, that's where we've been shipping the most goals.
Not good enough in Serie A and not good enough in the Premier League.
I struggle to see what Dalot has offered us going forward that was enough to make up for how awful he's been going backwards. Every single game he's played, we've been noticeably targetted at our RCB and RB positions. And every single game, that's where we've been shipping the most goals.
Not good enough in Serie A and not good enough in the Premier League.
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Yup, it is one of the strangest decisions made by RR. His offence play was non-existent, but he did not seem to be interested in how to tighten up the defence either by playing those awful fullbacks.
Lack of alternatives.
ETH's system depends heavily on its defenders having a high level of technique and being able to pass the ball progressively as they play out from the back under pressure. Of the two right-backs we have, AWB is the one most likely to be further exposed in that set-up. As we are unlikely to be able to replace both, Dalot stays.
It isn't an endorsement of Dalot. It's just a matter of which bad option suits the style of play less terribly.
Still think a good manager could make a useful player out of him. But he has been as bad as anyone lately.
I thought yesterday he was our second worst player (after McTominay), and it's been a pretty consistent picture with him. He just can't cut it defensively - he's a downright liability. Every game there are multiple situations where gets taken for a spin, doesn't prevent crosses, makes bad outlet passes. He doesn't seem able to judge when to get stuck in and when to stand off, doesn't close off options, doesn't protect space, gets dribbled past. Defensively there's about two embarrassments for every situation where he does something positive that isn't routine. Offensively he does a little bit more good than bad, but there's just way too little of it to outweigh the defensive liability.
He's young and has excellent athleticism and some good skills so maybe something can be made of him, but right now he's got no business playing regularly in the PL in my view.
He's young and has excellent athleticism and some good skills so maybe something can be made of him, but right now he's got no business playing regularly in the PL in my view.
No.
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