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2023-24 Performances

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5.5 Season Average Rating
Appearances
50
Clean sheets
12
Goals
3
Assists
5
Yellow cards
7
Red cards
1
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How can Dalot get MOTM. Mainoo is by far the best player on the pitch by a country mile.
 
Borussia Teeth said:
One of our strongest players both physically and technically. He can be brainless at times but I think he's on the verge of putting it all together.
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He's a strange player - he's really good in that middle of the pitch section. So strong and fast that he brings the ball forward really well - how Shaw in his absolute prime would do it - but then he is also so prone to brainfarts defensively, and mostly his end product in attack is lacking, even if he has great technique and a fairly decent cross - strange player. Great goal yesterday!
 
Totally under valued player, he can play right or left and sometimes he’s actually better on the left, plus he will only get better, he’s not one of our problems far from it?
 
Woziak said:
Totally under valued player, he can play right or left and sometimes he’s actually better on the left, plus he will only get better, he’s not one of our problems far from it?
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Are you asking us?
 
I think he's getting better at inverting into midfield, and the Dalot - Mainoo double pivot has potential. And if Dalot can improve a little bit more then the box midfield has real potential. I hope to see Mason Mount back soon and hopefully he's given a opportunity as the central attacking midfielder because from what he showed at Chelsea, he has the intelligence to play that role centrally and is also good at receiving passes on the half-turn.

Dalot is the key to making it click imo and contrary to what many are saying, ten Hag isn't playing Mainoo alone in midfield but rather has Dalot inverting in-field to make it a two with Bruno and McTominay further forward.
 
Irwin99 said:
He's the new Fred, it's been said many times. Yesterday the good one turned up. He has massively improved in the last two seasons but he can be infuriating still at times, as demonstrated .
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Fred was 29 when he left us. This guy is just entering his peak and this inconsistent play is very natural. I mean, what's the whole point if we can't give our young players a chancw.
 
Woziak said:
I think most genuine United fans fan think of at least 9 or 10 players that need removing before Dalot.
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He's not one of our biggest problems no. But he's not particualrly great either, he's a back up RB at best and he would be if we had a top Right Back.
 
Think this could be his first full match for us where he didn't commit a serious brain fart error. Long may that continue because otherwise he's actually a decent 6-7 fullback.
 
Often gets a lot of undeserved stick. If you see where the opposition usually attack, it's almost always the opposite side of Dalot. The reason is that he is really hard to go through due to his physical and speed traits.

Awb, who people often rate higher defensively, often ends up in awkward positions, gives too much space and ends up with last minute recoveries
 
bond19821982 said:
Fred was 29 when he left us. This guy is just entering his peak and this inconsistent play is very natural. I mean, what's the whole point if we can't give our young players a chancw.
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I agree but sometimes there comes a point when you ask yourself is it really going to work for a young player and Dalot, I think, is in his 6th season here. He did arrive very young but I honestly can't recall too many times where I saw a real talent in his early years.

It felt like Ralf Rangnick was the first manager to give him an extended run in the side.
 
Irwin99 said:
I agree but sometimes there comes a point when you ask yourself is it really going to work for a young player and Dalot, I think, is in his 6th season here. He did arrive very young but I honestly can't recall too many times where I saw a real talent in his early years.

It felt like Ralf Rangnick was the first manager to give him an extended run in the side.
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Well, I remember his first game under Jose. It’s obvious to see he has huge potential. But he didn’t play much after it.
 
The Substitute said:
Often gets a lot of undeserved stick. If you see where the opposition usually attack, it's almost always the opposite side of Dalot. The reason is that he is really hard to go through due to his physical and speed traits.

Awb, who people often rate higher defensively, often ends up in awkward positions, gives too much space and ends up with last minute recoveries
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This is quite obvious. There aren’t many fullbacks in the world I would trust to close down a dangerous attacker than him. None for me in the EPL.

His recovery pace is too invaluable.
 
Another in a long line of confusing footballers at this club. Has games and moments where you think, yep this guy can turn into a proper top full back for us. Then has terrible games/moments that leave you questioning as whether he’ll ever be good enough consistently to remain a player for a top club.
Feels like a familiar story.
 
stevoc said:
He's not one of our biggest problems no. But he's not particualrly great either, he's a back up RB at best and he would be if we had a top Right Back.
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The fact that he can play left or right back makes him a huge advantage, if we sold AWB, bought Jeremie Frimpong, sold Malacia and maybe Alvero Fernandez then bought Theo Hernandez. I would be very happy with Dalot as our utility FB, his height and running power are underestimated and he’s still getting better, put him in an elite squad with a great manager and when he’s 25-27 in the next few seasons your see how good he is?
 
I really like him, he is probably the most athletic player we have in the squad. I actually never thought RB is anywhere close to our priority signing last summer.
 
Dalot is one of the very few players in this team for whom I think some degree patience is warranted.
 
A ok performance against a league 1 side isnt going to change my opinion that he's merely a substandard fullback who's going to have more brainfarts than not.
 
Woziak said:
The fact that he can play left or right back makes him a huge advantage, if we sold AWB, bought Jeremie Frimpong, sold Malacia and maybe Alvero Fernandez then bought Theo Hernandez. I would be very happy with Dalot as our utility FB, his height and running power are underestimated and he’s still getting better,
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So can Wan Bissaka. Though I don't think he is Dalot are particularly good at LB.

put him in an elite squad with a great manager and when he’s 25-27 in the next few seasons your see how good he is?
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There's always hope but I doubt it. His biggest problem is he's thick as feck.
 
jem said:
Dalot is one of the very few players in this team for whom I think some degree patience is warranted.
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Yeah, hes one of the few who's reputation has possibly improved this season or at least held steady. Take out those who are just starting out in the game like Garnacho and Mainoo and those who've been too injured to be criticised like Martinez, Casemiro and Shaw its a short list. Bruno and some fringe players. I'm not sure McTominay's repuation is improved despite a pretty strong season for him. Maybe people will look on it more favourably in hindsight.
 
stevoc said:
So can Wan Bissaka. Though I don't think he is Dalot are particularly good at LB.



There's always hope but I doubt it. His biggest problem is he's thick as feck.
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And you know that how, in another life the boy might have a PHD, he speaks 4 languages pretty fluently that doesn’t sound thick as feck now does it ?
 
Dalot is a funny player, when he's bad he's awful but he also has a lot of good to very good games. There seems to be this opinion online that that he is absolutely useless, almost like it's cool to call him shit, even though he frequently has games that debunk this.
 
stevoc said:
So can Wan Bissaka. Though I don't think he is Dalot are particularly good at LB.



There's always hope but I doubt it. His biggest problem is he's thick as feck.
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I just don't understand why people write shit like this. Does he have brain farts? Yes. Does that make him "thick as feck"? Absolutely not. Expand your vocabulary.
 
Woziak said:
And you know that how, in another life the boy might have a PHD, he speaks 4 languages pretty fluently that doesn’t sound thick as feck now does it ?
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Not really, he doesn't have a PHD and speaking multiple languages isn't necessarily a marker for intelligence.

He's thick in terms of football intelligence, when he joined in 2018 he couldn't cross, it's now 2024 and he still can't cross. An intelligent player would have rectified that by now especially if he plays in a position where it's a very important aspect of that position.

And there's no need to get offended on the behalf of someone you've never met mate.
 
Raven said:
I just don't understand why people write shit like this. Does he have brain farts? Yes. Does that make him "thick as feck"? Absolutely not. Expand your vocabulary.
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He is indubitably a thick footballer.
 
Raven said:
You'll have to work on coherency but it's a start.
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How pithy.

What a confluence of ideas this thread is as always. It's a very granular discussion with the usual chevaliers engaging in an effervescent defence of young Diogo. And while some aspects of his game are certainly resplendent, there persists an assemblage of us who have become despondent with his progression. For me namely the calibre of the attacking side of his game. And I'm not pusillanimous to share that opinion for fear of being subjected to a vitriolic diatribe from his sycophants.

I guess I'm just very pervicacious in this opinion.
 
As some have said, he is prone to the odd mistake but I have always liked him and I am looking forward to seeing him link up with Amad as I think they will work well together.
 
Snow said:
It's a full back. How many footballers do you know that can do both?
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Top fullbacks should be able to do both. To be honest I'd be happy enough if we had a right back who could so one or the other to a high level.
 
Always liked Dalot, I think he has a lot to offer, his crossing ability is fantastic and he shows some fight and passion.
 
mjstokes85 said:
Always liked Dalot, I think he has a lot to offer, his crossing ability is fantastic and he shows some fight and passion.
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Wait, what? The bolded made me think you were being sarcastic, but the rest of what you say is legit.

Dalot's crossing is probably his worst attribute. It's strange because he's quite good at playing similar strength balls through the lines from back to front, and also finding players on the other side of the field who are in space. But once he gets around the box his crossing is almost always significantly overhit. Because of his ability to make those other passes it wouldn't surprise me if he does improve and become a good crosser in the future (and I think we've seen a slight improvement this season), but he certainly isn't fantastic at the moment.
 
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