Our LWB is our clearest weakest link.
Buy a good LWB, bench Dorgu (and Amass be made 3rd choice LWB), and sell Dalot is a must
Buy a good LWB, bench Dorgu (and Amass be made 3rd choice LWB), and sell Dalot is a must
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 22
- Clean sheets
- 3
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 2
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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood), Imran (@Annihilate Now!) & Jamie (@Vault Dweller) celebrate a fantastic victory as Manchester United won 2-0 in the Derby. They celebrate the changes Carrick has made, discuss our new coaching team and find time to play a Stupid Game. Enjoy!
Love his attitude, has a lot of fight in him and seems like a good teammate, is physical and all but…
Lacks the required quality in every possible aspect of the game apart from the above
Lacks the required quality in every possible aspect of the game apart from the above
Well, that was impressive, for Liverpool. That pass he made for Isak... wtf? worked hard and cancelled Salah out well enough, but he was an obvious weak spot in our team.
He needs 40 minutes before he really becomes focused in the game.
In the first 40 minutes, he didnt look like a player that should be playing in the PL.
In the first 40 minutes, he didnt look like a player that should be playing in the PL.
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Can't even control the ball, clearly out of his depth playing with much better technical players.
Yep but closing in rapidly.
Unfortunately his Portuguese link will give him some more game time before he's upgraded. But imagine having someone like Semenyo or Mendes instead of Dalot.
So frustrating to watch how much ore potential this team has if we upgrade Dalot/Dorgu (and obviously 2CMs).
So frustrating to watch how much ore potential this team has if we upgrade Dalot/Dorgu (and obviously 2CMs).
I've said it before but he's a much worse player on the left, he shouldn't be playing there. It's a false versatility.
Obviously we've got young Leon and Amass with potential but it still feels like we need a stop gap more senior LWB.
Obviously we've got young Leon and Amass with potential but it still feels like we need a stop gap more senior LWB.
Too dangerous for us and my health, sell please.
He's fecking awful.
With Onana and Hojlund gone, he's easily our worst regular starter.
He's always been shite at defending, and he's never been great going forward either. People just pretended he was because he's Portuguese.
Even his best performances are only a 6 out of 10, but he regularly churns out 2 or 3 out of 10s because he's shite at basically every aspect of football and can almost guarantee at least two or three infuriating moments of stupidity every time he plays.
That cross he tried to put in when he had acres of time just sums him up. It was easily blocked by the defender after he put no disguise or movement on the ball.
Casemiro got a yellow thanks to him preventing a dangerous counter by Salah.
We knew years ago when he buggered off to Milan on loan he was useless yet hes still here.
Casemiro got a yellow thanks to him preventing a dangerous counter by Salah.
We knew years ago when he buggered off to Milan on loan he was useless yet hes still here.
Should have been the time we cashed in on him to some Italian club or anyone really.
Should be backup at best before being moved in the summer.
Rate him to extent but should sell him next summer. And think we could/should get a decent fee for Dalot.
Mazraoui should be playing ahead of Dalot and it's not even a comparison. Dalot is rubbish and should be sold next summer. He's been trash the whole season.
Nah, he had a run of games last season (or perhaps the season before?) where he was genuinely excellent. One of our best performers and looking like he'd be an asset for any team. All those games were on the right flank.
He's been absolute muck this season, I agree. Such a frustrating player. Apart from the crappy passes and defensive brain farts he was even cocking up basic techniques yesterday. There was the airshot on a far post volley which really caught the eye but there was another one where Diallo (I think?) hit a gorgeous switch pass and Dalot's first touch was so bad the ball bounced five yards away from him. Embarrassing stuff, coming from a PL player.
He seems like a good lad and a great professional but he simply isn't good enough for us. Mazraoui is a much better player than Dalot and even Amad is more useful at RWB than Dalot. We should sell him next summer and try to invest in a proper wing back.
Ouf no more stop gaps please for the love of god
I can't say I remember him being excellent. I remember a run where he was a) one of our only reliably fit defenders and b) managed to got a stretch without doing anything too stupid, but I also don't recall any real high-points. I think it was during Ten Hag's last full season, during the injury crisis, because I remember thinking it was daft that we kept shunting Dalot to left-back while someone like Lindelof played right-back, and he was definitely markedly worse on the left than the right back then.
I don't think that's the case this season though. He's been equally abject on either flank, and as you say, hasn't even been able to do basic footballing things properly, so the excuse of "he's on the wrong side" doesn't really cut it. The fresh air kick and and the shite touch were two of about four or five things in fairly quick succession that allowed Liverpool to start an attack.
It was an indictment of how shite Salah was though, as Dalot did keep him fairly quiet, despite having a complete mare himself.
The funniest thing I’ve read all day is that Dalot has good technique
Constantly the weakest link and makes thr most stilid decisions amongst our players
It was with Ten Hag and Rangnick, been a couple of years but peak Dalot was the high fives with Varane era. So 21/22 and 22/23. I still think he has that in him, but he really doesn't suit wing back I don't think and switching sides constantly has hindered his form id say.
Season before last he was excellent I agree but that was as a fullback in a back 4 where all he had to do was mark a winger. He offered very good recovery pace and regularly bailed out his centre half, he also offered a reasonable amount going forward in tandem with whoever we had on the wing. In this system he's a bit lost. Often he's too deep (as a fullback would play) and he hasn't the offensive game to run a flank by himself, though he did play exceptionally well in this fixture last year in the same position on the left.
Last season we seemed to be constantly fecking about switching him between left and right due to injuries and he seems to have lost all consistency and likely confidence since. He can probably sense all the groans when he gets the ball
I wonder if he’s just unusually thick? The clues are the brain dead decisions and unnecessary high fives. Learning a new position - how to play as a wingback - might just be beyond his intellectual capacity.
Dalots regression has to be studied. It's hard to understand why someone who has all the physical tools has suddenly lost so much footballing IQ and technique.
The other issue I thought he had was burnout. I think he played even more football than Bruno last season (and with a shortened pre season after euros) and he was covering a ridiculous amount of ground under both Ten Hag and Amorim. I put the bad decision making down to burnout but I'm realising now like many that he might be just thick.
The high fives never bothered me as he just seems to be someone obsessed with football and winning. Don't think I've ever been as certain about somone staying involved in the game after they retire.
Dalot on paper is valuable. Can play both sides and is fit a lot. Problem is, his Football IQ is piss poor. Just doesn't make great plays going forward. He's got the technique but no the brain of an attacker. So he makes high risk plays and that often leaves us in trouble.
I think he's a player who's been failed by a system of ever changing coaches. He never really developed apart from being defensively better. Never realized his outstanding potential as a flying RB or Wingback.
I think he's a player who's been failed by a system of ever changing coaches. He never really developed apart from being defensively better. Never realized his outstanding potential as a flying RB or Wingback.
It's becoming really grating seeing him in the team at this point. I feel like he used to be inconsistent but also tolerable and capable of having a good game on a fairly regular basis.
Now, as has been said above, he's a constant weak link and sticks out like a sore thumb. He's one of those players who have just stuck around far too long and is inexplicably still starting.
He should definitely be sold in the summer and he should also be turned into as much of a fringe player as feasibly possible until then.
Now, as has been said above, he's a constant weak link and sticks out like a sore thumb. He's one of those players who have just stuck around far too long and is inexplicably still starting.
He should definitely be sold in the summer and he should also be turned into as much of a fringe player as feasibly possible until then.
I hate seeing him starting games for us, especially at LWB.
Can't defend, can't attack = always looks to go backwards.
Mental how he starts.
Surely just play Dorgu there who is an actual LWB and looks much better suited to the role. Let Dorgu play and improve, the last 6 years we've endured Dalot being Dalot = he is never getting better
Can't defend, can't attack = always looks to go backwards.
Mental how he starts.
Surely just play Dorgu there who is an actual LWB and looks much better suited to the role. Let Dorgu play and improve, the last 6 years we've endured Dalot being Dalot = he is never getting better
The only one in defence who seemed to be panicking, everyone else was composed and calm, nearly giving pool chances by hitting the panic button anytime he had to defend, I dont know how anyone can defend him now, he should be the next out the door
Man Utd 4:2 Brighton
Can see why he plays at this point.
Positionally better, stronger, and more reliable than Dorgu.
That's not saying much, but Dorgu is far off it by comparison.
Positionally better, stronger, and more reliable than Dorgu.
That's not saying much, but Dorgu is far off it by comparison.
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Dorgu makes Dalot look like Cafu in comparison.
Dalot is the weak point of the starting 11, but he'll rightfully keep his spot for now as Dorgu has been atrocious lately.
Dalot's form started improving in the latter part of last season so I was hoping that he'd turned the corner and would continue being fairly good. That hasn't happened unfortunately as he's gone back to being mostly poor. To be fair to him that improvement happened when he started playing almost exclusively on the right instead of constantly moving from side to side, but that's not going to happen now seeing as Amad will clearly remain first choice on the right. It also feels like Dalot has lost some speed, as it was only two years ago he was up there with Rashford and Hojlund as the fastest players in the squad but he doesn't seem to have that speed to recover like he used to.
As I said though, he'll remain first choice for now due to how bad Dorgu has been recently.
Dalot's form started improving in the latter part of last season so I was hoping that he'd turned the corner and would continue being fairly good. That hasn't happened unfortunately as he's gone back to being mostly poor. To be fair to him that improvement happened when he started playing almost exclusively on the right instead of constantly moving from side to side, but that's not going to happen now seeing as Amad will clearly remain first choice on the right. It also feels like Dalot has lost some speed, as it was only two years ago he was up there with Rashford and Hojlund as the fastest players in the squad but he doesn't seem to have that speed to recover like he used to.
As I said though, he'll remain first choice for now due to how bad Dorgu has been recently.
Maybe we should try Malacia at LWB? 
Flipping ETH and whoever agreed the Alvaro sale really messed up.Maybe we should try Malacia at LWB?
Amass loan recall incoming?Maybe we should try Malacia at LWB?
Yeah he's looked great for Real.
I'd be willing to give it a go at this stage. We desperately need not even a top Left back, just a competent one that can ping a cross in.
It's not Diogo's fault he's overpromoted.
Never seems fully in control of the football and often leaves the recipient of his passes in a bit of bother.