He's the embodiment of what might be with this system. Lot's of mistakes tonight but man, we created loads today and he was central to nearly all of it. Imagine the same on the other side?
Patrick Dorgu | 2024/25 Performances
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Made a point of looking at the difference in starting positions when we had the ball between Dorgu and Dalot.
Dorgu pushed high and always provided an easy ball to our CBs whereas dalot was deep and still playing like an extra defender.
Dorgu does the simple things of wingplay well and looks to get beyond his defender and makes a massive difference to the balance of the system.
Hopefully we can replace Dalot on the other side and have 2 effective wingbacks.
Dorgu pushed high and always provided an easy ball to our CBs whereas dalot was deep and still playing like an extra defender.
Dorgu does the simple things of wingplay well and looks to get beyond his defender and makes a massive difference to the balance of the system.
Hopefully we can replace Dalot on the other side and have 2 effective wingbacks.
That's a good shout.
Wasn't sure about him but he's putting in some good performances, hope he can keep it up.
It's impressive he's managed to come in and fairly quickly bed into the team and look fairly comfortable with his team mates. He's strong, got a brillliant engine and has pace. He's perfect for the PL, just needs to work on his technique a bit more but that will come. Brilliant game today, was such a handful.
Amad
Reminds me of a sort of hybrid between Keenan and Kel.
Proper wing back. The whole team functioned through him on that side.
Impressed with him tonight.
Yeah. Citing him for his pace and power is just downplaying his other good sides: finding space, positioning, knowing when to attack and defend; those make him a good attacking outlet while not leaving a gapping hole defensively.
Get another of him at RWB and we're in business imo.
The lad is like a breath of fresh air. Felt like he was everywhere tonight.
His stamina levels are insane. Would be interesting to see how many sprints he completed that game.
If you look at the penalty, he was in control of the play. I didn't see much wrong with it.
If you look at the penalty, he was in control of the play. I didn't see much wrong with it.
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Wasn’t that impressed in the first half but excellent in the second. Fantastic engine and some nice touches. Final ball/shot appears a bit of a weakness but that’s something that can be developed.
His physicality and athleticism is something we correctly identified we were sorely lacking, I like him so far.
Could have gone 4-5 years ago in my opinion. That run of form once upon a time hasn't been worth all these wages and lack of availability regardless if we had Dorgu or not.
Absolutely. As much as I have been asking for a shift towards technical playmaking qualities, the physicality and mobility issue is an even more pressing issue and that’s one thing Dorgu addresses. So refreshing to see that sort of engine and power on the left hand side. Hopefully he builds on it and shows more technical quality too. For a 20 year, he’s made a good start here.
Agreed. It is crucial in that position especially for the system we are playing
The boy put in an outstanding performance. He played for the badge and for club supporters who have been through so much over the last decade.
I don't think it's crucial. Two of the League best "wing-back" in Robertson and Trent, are not physical monsters. They're doing fine. In the past, Evra and Cole were alright. Amad might work as RWB if he stays healthy and we have another good AM.
The crucial element should be on stamina and skill.
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First half I was starting to wonder if all the people saying he was gash were actually correct and maybe we’d bought another one to add to the dud pile as he was pretty bad, but 2nd half he really showed what he is about. Still massive room for improvement but just his presence as a proper wingback made a huge difference to how we played and it was great to see him exploiting the space infront of him.
He made many mistakes but he was so involved and got into dangerous positions in the final third time and time again.
Some engine on the kid too, love it.
Some engine on the kid too, love it.
So he's not a dud after all?
Literally everyone: Amorim won't do much without a single fit player who is able to function as a wing back.
Literally everyone: Amorim's system just isn't working, we're terrible.
Literally everyone: Wow, this team looks totally different with a natural wing back.
Sigh.
Literally everyone: Amorim's system just isn't working, we're terrible.
Literally everyone: Wow, this team looks totally different with a natural wing back.
Sigh.
Robertson absolutely is a physical monster. He’s got some of the highest stamina levels in the game. I’d bursting forward and overlapping all game long. When people say physical players they don’t just mean strong, it’s that magic combination of pace, power, stamina and even things like balance come into play. Trent does have physical weaknesses which regularly get exposed and stop him being an elite fullback. He makes up for this somewhat by being one of the best technical fullbacks in the world with his delivery and quality on the ball. I do think whoever we eventually get at right wingback should be more technically focussed as we still lack a real quality on the flanks. Dalot certainly can’t provide that.
This boy is a beast.
Stop exaggerating.
Were people actually saying this? What a joke if so
Even before the Sociedad game he was overall pretty good, and he's only 20. Support our fecking players
Something in that sense, yeah. In a typical fashion he was branded as he wont make it after few games.
This is the second match from Dorgu where I am surprised by his high level. I have seen matches with him from the Danish national team and from Lecce, but he has never played as well as this. I hope it's because he's taken a step forward in his development.
another physical LWB joins in the summer, and Amass plays there too so I expect to see more of Dorgu on the right as the team develops
In hindsight it’s pretty funny that Amorim started using him on the right.
Reminds me a bit of Evra, even with the slightly lacking end product. I think once settled and full of confidence he has the profile to potentially be able to run the wing on his own.
Brings energy and athleticism to a team that is so lacking in that department , he can till be a cleaner with some of his touches but hopefully he can improve that part of his game as hi settle more to the pace of the league.
Amorim's system involves wing backs crossing to each other from opposite sides of the box and getting in behind down the line. We need someone that matches Dorgus physicality and we're on to something.
We thought the same with Valencia and look how that turned out.
But seriously, Dorgu is looking a really good buy, will grow into his side more and more, getting more comfortable. Onwards and upwards hopefully for him.
Very raw, but unlike Dalot he's always where he should be at the right times.
I actually thought he was probably our 'least good' player during most of the first half. Not outright bad as he was still doing some good things, but there was also things that weren't so good.
But he was fantastic in the second half. Basically battered Sociedad into submission.
But he was fantastic in the second half. Basically battered Sociedad into submission.
- Robertson was absolutely a physical monster, less so now but peak Robertson was relentless.
- None of those players were 'wing backs', Evra would have probably been fine there, granted. Amorim wing backs are like full back / winger hybrids. It's no surprise Dorgu was signed having spent time playing as a wing back and as a winger.
- Stamina is a crucial element but being a physical monster isn't???