[Vidooq]

He is a Premier League player, and some of stupid things he does are mind blowing. In the first half, he turned and passed the ball from 5 yards out to Bournemouth player, like he was passing to his teammate. No pressure, nothing. Taking that shot. Dear me.

 

[Oranges038]

He'll never change.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

He’s a 7/10 player with a bozo gene. Is what it is for now. We have other issues to deal with.

Although that ball into Bruno in the first half was world class.

 

[klayton88]

For every pretty good thing he does (a cross or a nice bit of link up play), he does two really shit things. Right now we need two positives.

 

[Olecurls99]

Beautiful cross for Bruno. Bruno should have buried it.

 

[LARulz]

Would rather Dalot play as starter going forward

 

[flameinthesun]

Would rather Dalot play as starter going forward

That's been evident for ages. Hes a decent fullback who at the very least is good enough to be part of our squad moving forward. Compared to Mazraoui he deserves to start, he offers so much more than Mazraoui.

 

[LARulz]

That's been evident for ages. Hes a decent fullback who at the very least is good enough to be part of our squad moving forward. Compared to Mazraoui he deserves to start, he offers so much more than Mazraoui.

I agree, I never got the constant hate for Dalot. Yes we should try get the best but there is genuinely a lack of quality full backs in the world and he is almost always available and generally reliable

There are problems in the team and players we need to buy, but a right back is after midfielders (several), a left back and another striker

 

[bosnian_red]

He was rubbish under Amorim (not a wing back) and has been back to being reliable and good under Carrick as a normal RB.

He's not world class, but he's a solid top 6 PL level right back. I also like Mazraoui but he just hasn't had a good season, but that's also down to not having game time and not being in form at all.

 

[IRN-BRUno]

That shot right at the start of injury time, absolute madness. Then again, Mazraoui had a similar one in the first half so maybe there's something about that position which affects the brain.

 

[Alex99]

He was rubbish under Amorim (not a wing back) and has been back to being reliable and good under Carrick as a normal RB.

He's not world class, but he's a solid top 6 PL level right back. I also like Mazraoui but he just hasn't had a good season, but that's also down to not having game time and not being in form at all.

No he fecking isn't.

 

[Frank White]

Post Amorim he had 2 or 3 games where he looked dare I say good but he's slowly reverted back to default. He's a player that's been given way too many chances for his actual ability. Is a shame that we will probably be stuck with him for the foreseeable because of how much we actually need but a serious club shouldn't be starting Shaw and Dalot in 2026.

 

[Alex99]

That shot right at the start of injury time, absolute madness. Then again, Mazraoui had a similar one in the first half so maybe there's something about that position which affects the brain.

Dalot does that sort of stuff every single game.

It's like he's incapable of entering the final third without attempting something impossibly ambitious. Or, if the opportunity to try and volley one in from 30-yards doesn't present itself, just aimlessly send the ball somewhere vaguely near the goal and call it a cross.

 

[jesperjaap]

I agree, I never got the constant hate for Dalot. Yes we should try get the best but there is genuinely a lack of quality full backs in the world and he is almost always available and generally reliable

There are problems in the team and players we need to buy, but a right back is after midfielders (several), a left back and another striker

Disagree, yes he is nearly always available. To be fair he has been decent under Carrick and yes he got player of the year in a season everybody was absolutely dreadful....but I would stop there. Everybody talking about us needing a new left back.....SHaw is better than DAlot, so is Dorgu at LB....we have some decent youngsters....I think its RB needs upgrading more though personally I actually think DOrgu would be good there.

But Dalot has been here for a long time now, majority of it he has been poor. Even in the good spells, you can almost guarantee there will be 2/3 instances he does something really poor in a game giving the ball away in a poor area, not tracking a runner etc etc...and this is his good spells. Fans have backed far too many really average players the last decade, Dalot for me is very much in the same ball park as Lindelof.....and the most important factor is I think we would get good money for him too with a sale

 

[Mike Smalling]

That shot right at the start of injury time, absolute madness. Then again, Mazraoui had a similar one in the first half so maybe there's something about that position which affects the brain.

We need to impose a fine on him everytime he shoots from outside the box. Yes, he has managed one or two goals like that, but how many time has he given the ball away by blasting it into Row Z? It's totally braindead. Mazraoui actually did something similar yesterday as well, but he is not a repeat offender like Dalot.

 

[bosnian_red]

No he fecking isn't.

It probably says more about full back quality around but aside from Timber and Reece James, who actually is better than Dalot in the prem as a right back? City use Nunes and he is in no way a better right back. Liverpool have Frimpong who is a winger more than a full back who hasn't adapted to the league.

Livramento and Kayode are decent-good but I'm not sure they'd actually start regularly ahead of Dalot at this stage, similar level (but yes have the potential) for me. Who else? Cash? Porro? They aren't ahead of Dalot.

Which goes back to what I regularly say for right back... You need to spend serious money to actually upgrade, and there's no actual good option that is worth spending that money on to actually improve the position.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

his defending was absolutely hilarious on what i think was that header that thankfully went straight to the GK. Pretty sure i saw him on the clip look and realize his man was wide, say nah feck it, watch the slowest cross come in to said open player, decide not only to not challenge but i believe take a couple steps away from the player. Was honestly pretty hilarious to see such a lack of defensive effort from someone who didnt even have to start and shouldve been fresh.

 

[RomfordRed75]

His attempted stepovers remind me of Phil Neville, it just looks so awkward.

 

[Alex99]

It probably says more about full back quality around but aside from Timber and Reece James, who actually is better than Dalot in the prem as a right back? City use Nunes and he is in no way a better right back. Liverpool have Frimpong who is a winger more than a full back who hasn't adapted to the league.

Livramento and Kayode are decent-good but I'm not sure they'd actually start regularly ahead of Dalot at this stage, similar level (but yes have the potential) for me. Who else? Cash? Porro? They aren't ahead of Dalot.

Which goes back to what I regularly say for right back... You need to spend serious money to actually upgrade, and there's no actual good option that is worth spending that money on to actually improve the position.

I honestly see this as an Onana to Lammens upgrade.

We don't need anyone expensive or special, just someone that's not completely braindead.

 

[Jericho]

That shot right at the start of injury time, absolute madness. Then again, Mazraoui had a similar one in the first half so maybe there's something about that position which affects the brain.

But there's a big difference between doing it in the first half and doing it in second half injury time.

 

[bosnian_red]

I honestly see this as an Onana to Lammens upgrade.

We don't need anyone expensive or special, just someone that's not completely braindead.

Mazraoui is a decent right back but I rate Dalot higher due to his physicality that he brings. Yeah he's brain dead in both boxes sadly but I really don't see options out there. Even Kayode I feel like would cost stupid money.

 

[Alex99]

Mazraoui is a decent right back but I rate Dalot higher due to his physicality that he brings. Yeah he's brain dead in both boxes sadly but I really don't see options out there. Even Kayode I feel like would cost stupid money.

I don't particularly rate Mazraoui either. Both of them basically peak at "okay squad player".

I can't see anything happening with our defense this summer, but it is in need of major improvement, pretty much across the entire back-line.

I also don't watch anywhere near enough football to be commenting on who could be an improvement, but I just struggle to see how Diogo Dalot is one of the better right-backs around when he's clearly so bad at so many aspects of the game.

 

[Isotope]

It probably says more about full back quality around but aside from Timber and Reece James, who actually is better than Dalot in the prem as a right back? City use Nunes and he is in no way a better right back. Liverpool have Frimpong who is a winger more than a full back who hasn't adapted to the league.

Livramento and Kayode are decent-good but I'm not sure they'd actually start regularly ahead of Dalot at this stage, similar level (but yes have the potential) for me. Who else? Cash? Porro? They aren't ahead of Dalot.

Which goes back to what I regularly say for right back... You need to spend serious money to actually upgrade, and there's no actual good option that is worth spending that money on to actually improve the position.

I’d take Porro over Dalot n Maz.

 

[Big Ron’s Coat]

Dalot does that sort of stuff every single game.

It's like he's incapable of entering the final third without attempting something impossibly ambitious. Or, if the opportunity to try and volley one in from 30-yards doesn't present itself, just aimlessly send the ball somewhere vaguely near the goal and call it a cross.

His shot-crosses he whistles past the back post from good positions are far more infuriating than his token speculative long-ranger into the stratosphere. Such a frustrating player as he’s actually quite good at getting into those positions.

 

[Alex99]

His shot-crosses he whistles past the back post from good positions are far more infuriating than his token speculative long-ranger into the stratosphere. Such a frustrating player as he’s actually quite good at getting into those positions.

The fact he'll have been at the club 10 years by the time his contract is up, and that we're still going "we have bigger issues to solve" to justify keeping him, is a testament to how fecking badly the squad has been managed.

 

[bosnian_red]

I don't particularly rate Mazraoui either. Both of them basically peak at "okay squad player".

I can't see anything happening with our defense this summer, but it is in need of major improvement, pretty much across the entire back-line.

I also don't watch anywhere near enough football to be commenting on who could be an improvement, but I just struggle to see how Diogo Dalot is one of the better right-backs around when he's clearly so bad at so many aspects of the game.

Way I see it is City have had many years to replace Nunes/Rico Lewis as a right back, and there just hasn't been anyone good. And I rate Dalot far above either of those 2 at right back... Just think it's a lack of options thing

 

[Big Ron’s Coat]

The fact he'll have been at the club 10 years by the time his contract is up, and that we're still going "we have bigger issues to solve" to justify keeping him, is a testament to how fecking badly the squad has been managed.

Truly. And the supposed uptick in our recruitment since INEOS took over is well overblown.

 

[Alex99]

Way I see it is City have had many years to replace Nunes/Rico Lewis as a right back, and there just hasn't been anyone good. And I rate Dalot far above either of those 2 at right back... Just think it's a lack of options thing

Nunes signed in 2023 and didn't start playing at right-back for them until the second half of last season. Rico Lewis is 21-years-old.

Diogo Dalot has been with us since 2018, has never improved beyond "mediocre", and his stand out contribution is one season where he was the only defender to not get injured.

 

[klayton88]

I’d take Porro over Dalot n Maz.

I'd take a bowl of porridge over Dalot.

 

[Waynne]

That shot right at the start of injury time, absolute madness. Then again, Mazraoui had a similar one in the first half so maybe there's something about that position which affects the brain.

Didn't watch the game but let me guess the ball ended up in the parking lot ?

No one does it better than Dalot.