[Kostov]

This guy was obviously misprofiled. He obviously can attack much better than I imagined. He was top notch in defense also.

 

[TsuWave]

Improving and contributing. Love to see it.

Has two issues:

- his balance. feels like he’s prone to go to ground

- his honesty. Plenty of times he can carve out fouls and cards for opposition with as little more theatrics, but he’s one of those “honest work” types. Unfortunately, refs do not respect honest work

 

[tomaldinho1]

Top performance.

 

[Cloudface]

He doesn't have the craftiness and deftness to consistently get on the ball and create inside which is the normal expectation.

Against a team that gives space to run he can do ok.

As a fullback he gets more space to run once he gets the confidence to.do it from deeper, in my opinion.

I think he's a lot more capable on the ball than people are giving him credit for. He's always a threat and I get the feeling fullbacks hate having to run with him when he goes down the outside.

 

[greater wall]

He really influences his side of the pitch. Absolute beast of a performance.

 

[Lash]

Surprised people still think he's a LB long term, don't see anything to suggest that in all his best performances.

 

[Drainy]

I think he's a lot more capable on the ball than people are giving him credit for. He's always a threat and I get the feeling fullbacks hate having to run with him when he goes down the outside.

Nah its a bit of giddiness out of a good performance where we were controlling out of possession and attacking in transitions.

He's an out and out wide player and for us he needs to develop at fullback or he'll be sold on in a few windows

 

[GlazersHater]

We have to be honest. His touch lets him down at times. He’s not the most technically gifted footballer, but he’s an absolute athlete. When you combine that with his incredible work rate, you get a very useful player. He’s exactly the kind of profile that can make a real difference in games like this.

He worked hard defensively, especially in tight areas, and was always a threat on the counter because of his pace and stamina. You could see how much ground he covered and how disciplined he was without the ball.

The goal summed up his performance. His anticipation was top class. He was fully switched on and reacted quicker than the City defenders, who looked half-asleep in comparison.

He’s still young, and with the right coaching there’s no reason he can’t improve a lot. That’s the benefit of signing players with elite athleticism and work rate. Even if their technical skills aren’t polished yet, they’re still valuable. With minutes and confidence, those skills can come.

I would always choose to have players like him rather than players like Zirkzee, who have talent but with a work rate so low it looks like they're half sleep when playing.

 

[Oscar Bonavena]

Best performance in a United shirt for Dorgu.

He's never gonna be a silky technician like say an Olise or an Amad, but whey he plays like that he can be very effective.

The question is, with his technical ceiling, is he the type of player that features in teams challenging for league titles? Probably not, but he can do a job for now.

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

Improving and contributing. Love to see it.

Has two issues:

- his balance. feels like he’s prone to go to ground

- his honesty. Plenty of times he can carve out fouls and cards for opposition with as little more theatrics, but he’s one of those “honest work” types. Unfortunately, refs do not respect honest work

I think he goes down too easy when if he stays on his feet he’d power away for the opposition player. Doing so would make them think they have to really hack him down to stop him which would result in more red cards.

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

Best performance in a United shirt for Dorgu.

He's never gonna be a silky technician like say an Olise or an Amad, but whey he plays like that he can be very effective.

The question is, with his technical ceiling, is he the type of player that features in teams challenging for league titles? Probably not, but he can do a job for now.

I think having a bulldozer type on one side and silky dribbler on the other is pretty good balance for the team. If one style isn’t working the other might.

 

[Sgreddevil]

I think he can be mould into Valencia kind of player on our left side. Speedy, strong, making direct runs into the box or hit hard low cross into the box. Keeping things simple and effective.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Weird player. I thought he was man of the match today. In any case, his best performances (albeit the very few of them) have come in an attacking role. Could yet prove a useful player.

 

[Broad Street Bullies]

his best performances (albeit the very few of them) have come in an attacking role

It didn't take me long to find his best was when used further up the pitch. Utilize him there and there's no question about his best position

 

[UnitedSofa]

No we don't.

Dorgu can play LB.

Playing LB & LWB is different positions.

Dorgu can concentrate on attacking as a LM/RM

Or

he can concentrate on defending more when playing at LB/RB.

Asking him to do both at the same time was why Amorim wasn't getting the best out of him.

Dorgu doesn't make many defensive errors and is actually quite good in tight spaces.

We also have Leon & Amass who we need to test in preseason.

I suspect what he means is hes playing well as a winger so we should continue picking him on the wing. Therefore we cant also select him at leftback

Correct.

He is playing much better as an attacker (on either side too RW or LW) so he should keep on playing there, we were looking at LB's anyway while Dorgu was playing there so if he is going to be moved further forward, we need a LB to 'replace' Dorgu, plus the additional player we were looking at previously.

 

[Real Name]

I think City players will have nightmares of him tonight.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

We have no width on the left except for him. So he’s an important player for the short term.

He’s never going to be a world beater, but can be a very effective player.

Whilst not at all similar players, I can see him as similar to Park. Great energy and commitment, can play across multiple positions, and who may be happy with a squad role.

 

[JPRouve]

His performances on the wing have been significantly better. I don't believe in him as a wingback or as a long term fullback but he looks pretty good as a traditional winger. We don't need to mess him up, play him where he is clearly confident and consistent.

 

[Golden Nugget]

Love how he’s continued to work hard and improve his game. Getting better and better and one of the bright sparks during our frustrating periods, and continued to be great again today. Still areas to improve, but never gives up and hope he continues this improvement.

 

[ValenciasDrilledCrosses]

seeing a winger actually run across their marker aggressively rather than waiting meekly for the ball to hopefully bounce to them brought tears to my eyes. That alone made this a great performance, our lack of smart running has been a problem for years

 

[Andersons Dietician]

Criminal that some how the CAF has Bruno as man of the match over this performance by Dorgu. Not to say Bruno wasn’t great but how people could watch that and not give it to Dorgu explains so much about the CAF.

He was fantastic. Did everything, pressed people and won the ball. Made tackles defensively, got forward, the cross field switch to Amad, played in little tight triangles under preasure and worked the ball out of situations. To top it all off he scored a strikers goal as well.

He was brilliant.

 

[Isotope]

His performances on the wing have been significantly better. I don't believe in him as a wing or as a long term fullback but he looks pretty good as a traditional winger. We don't need to mess him up, play him where he is clearly confident and consistent.

One of my beef with Fletcher's 2nd game in charge. Dorgu had a good game on Fletch's first game as winger, and he messed it up by having Dorgu as LB.

I mean, why the change when you have a player that shows some promise on certain position, and when training schedule is minimum?

 

[lex talionis]

Immense performance by Dorgu. Next on my list for MOTM behind Bruno, but only by an offside strand of hair.

 

[Fortitude]

I think the words I’m looking for in relation to him are tenacity and industry. His drive can be infectious, in much the way we have always said about effective, energiser bunny types of the past. I didn’t detect a relentless drive in him when he first arrived, but his character itself has grown a great deal as the season has wore on - he looks very settled in the PL now and also at the club and thus he’s started to express himself and show what he’s about.

He’s a [lot] more about graft over ability, but you don’t need to be a silky technician to make it, especially in this vertical obsessive manifestation of the league. The big question he asks the opposition is: are you as up for this as I am? And with that, if you’re really not the type who likes a battle of attrition, Dorgu is going to wear you down and make you play the kind of game you likely hate playing. It’s only old-fashioned wingers, generic wingbacks and attacking fullbacks that truly relish that tireless graft up and down the pitch; other types will do it because they have to at certain junctures, but there’ll be no relish to it like you saw in a Park or see in a Dorgu. He’s quickly established himself as our most tenacious wide man - if you want someone to run lines without fail, he’s the guy, and that niche can really see him carve out a lane of his own that doesn’t come down to whether he is or isn’t a better footballer than another player.

I have to say I’m not looking at him through the lens of technical ability any longer, but rather as a very useful tactical piece who will give his all for the team. I mentioned this about him vs Walker when we played Burnley; he was really enjoying every aspect of the tussle and even had Walker acting like “no mas” by the end, I think he did similar today, and expect it to be a fixture in his game going forward.

His reading of the game and space may be more important for him in terms of goalscoring and assisting than having sublime technique in isolation would - more of that driving across men to get to the ball first, and that too could become his thing, or something else those vs him will get tired of doing over the 90, giving him the opportunity to exploit as the game goes on.

He’s an interesting prospect, just in a very different way to looking at the next technical prodigy. That’ll never be his thing, but it really doesn’t need to be for him to be very effective an asset here.

 

[AneRu]

Fantastic player for games like these, good that he is now scoring too which will do his confidence a world of good. Carrick is veteran of those battles against a team like City (Arsenal in the late 00s) and obviously knows what a two way player like him can do for a team off the ball and on the break.

 

[LukeChadwick36]

Fantastic player for games like these, good that he is now scoring too which will do his confidence a world of good. Carrick is veteran of those battles against a team like City (Arsenal in the late 00s) and obviously knows what a two way player like him can do for a team off the ball and on the break.

Can't remember which pundit said it at halftime but it wasn't just scoring the goal, he wanted to get to that ball first. The effort and intensity he brought today was immense. He could barely walk at full time.

 

[Maagge]

I think the words I’m looking for in relation to him are tenacity and industry. His drive can be infectious, in much the way we have always said about effective, energiser bunny types of the past. I didn’t detect a relentless drive in him when he first arrived, but his character itself has grown a great deal as the season has wore on - he looks very settled in the PL now and also at the club and thus he’s started to express himself and show what he’s about.

He’s a [lot] more about graft over ability, but you don’t need to be a silky technician to make it, especially in this vertical obsessive manifestation of the league. The big question he asks the opposition is: are you as up for this as I am? And with that, if you’re really not the type who likes a battle of attrition, Dorgu is going to wear you down and make you play the kind of game you likely hate playing. It’s only old-fashioned wingers, generic wingbacks and attacking fullbacks that truly relish that tireless graft up and down the pitch; other types will do it because they have to at certain junctures, but there’ll be no relish to it like you saw in a Park or see in a Dorgu. He’s quickly established himself as our most tenacious wide man - if you want someone to run lines without fail, he’s the guy, and that niche can really see him carve out a lane of his own that doesn’t come down to whether he is or isn’t a better footballer than another player.

I have to say I’m not looking at him through the lens of technical ability any longer, but rather as a very useful tactical piece who will give his all for the team. I mentioned this about him vs Walker when we played Burnley; he was really enjoying every aspect of the tussle and even had Walker acting like “no mas” by the end, I think he did similar today, and expect it to be a fixture in his game going forward.

His reading of the game and space may be more important for him in terms of goalscoring and assisting than having sublime technique in isolation would - more of that driving across men to get to the ball first, and that too could become his thing, or something else those vs him will get tired of doing over the 90, giving him the opportunity to exploit as the game goes on.

He’s an interesting prospect, just in a very different way to looking at the next technical prodigy. That’ll never be his thing, but it really doesn’t need to be for him to be very effective an asset here.

I think it's always been evident that he tends to get into good positions a few times every game with his running in behind, and often popping up in the box getting half a chance or collecting a loose ball. It's just that last season it didn't really turn into goals or assists.
I'll also add that even if his crossing in general has been quite poor in his time here, it looks like he always gets his head up and tries to pick out someone instead of just sending it in hoping for the best. He's then let down by his technique at times.

I think if he improves his end product a bit, and becomes more consistent in terms of not giving the ball away unforced, he'll be a really good utility player because he'll always be an absolute menace to play against if he keeps up his work rate.

 

[OmarUnited4ever]

Very good today and been good for a while.

 

[The Hilton]

Surprised people still think he's a LB long term, don't see anything to suggest that in all his best performances.

He isn't a LB at all, he's so uncomfortable there.

Playing as a winger, a bit like at wingback, his monstrous fitness and athleticism are a real weapon when we're sitting deep like today.

 

[AneRu]

Can't remember which pundit said it at halftime but it wasn't just scoring the goal, he wanted to get to that ball first. The effort and intensity he brought today was immense. He could barely walk at full time.

And having a player like that, with the bonus of affecting games in attack, is literally cheat code. That intensity can not be understated in its importance.

 

[TheReligion]

Looks a handy player doesn’t he?

 

[Mullet_Man]

Think that was his best game for us.

 

[V.O.]

Surprised people still think he's a LB long term, don't see anything to suggest that in all his best performances.

I don't think there's any great need to pigeonhole him into being one thing or the other. Every great United side of the 90s and 00s had a couple of solid, hardworking utility players who would play where we needed them that week. He could easily become a modern Park/O'Shea/P. Neville.

There's nothing wrong with him being at fullback when we're playing a weaker team or chasing a game, and an option further up the pitch against better opposition or seeing out a win.

 

[Joga Bonito]

I think the words I’m looking for in relation to him are tenacity and industry. His drive can be infectious, in much the way we have always said about effective, energiser bunny types of the past. I didn’t detect a relentless drive in him when he first arrived, but his character itself has grown a great deal as the season has wore on - he looks very settled in the PL now and also at the club and thus he’s started to express himself and show what he’s about.

He’s a [lot] more about graft over ability, but you don’t need to be a silky technician to make it, especially in this vertical obsessive manifestation of the league. The big question he asks the opposition is: are you as up for this as I am? And with that, if you’re really not the type who likes a battle of attrition, Dorgu is going to wear you down and make you play the kind of game you likely hate playing. It’s only old-fashioned wingers, generic wingbacks and attacking fullbacks that truly relish that tireless graft up and down the pitch; other types will do it because they have to at certain junctures, but there’ll be no relish to it like you saw in a Park or see in a Dorgu. He’s quickly established himself as our most tenacious wide man - if you want someone to run lines without fail, he’s the guy, and that niche can really see him carve out a lane of his own that doesn’t come down to whether he is or isn’t a better footballer than another player.

I have to say I’m not looking at him through the lens of technical ability any longer, but rather as a very useful tactical piece who will give his all for the team. I mentioned this about him vs Walker when we played Burnley; he was really enjoying every aspect of the tussle and even had Walker acting like “no mas” by the end, I think he did similar today, and expect it to be a fixture in his game going forward.

His reading of the game and space may be more important for him in terms of goalscoring and assisting than having sublime technique in isolation would - more of that driving across men to get to the ball first, and that too could become his thing, or something else those vs him will get tired of doing over the 90, giving him the opportunity to exploit as the game goes on.

He’s an interesting prospect, just in a very different way to looking at the next technical prodigy. That’ll never be his thing, but it really doesn’t need to be for him to be very effective an asset here.

Agreed with this. I think he complements Amad, Bruno and Mbeumo really well as a tactical cog with his relatively simple game on the ball and industry and dynamism. Something we severely lacked with the Mbeumo-Cunha-Sesko forward trio with Bruno-Casemiro as the CM - they were all relatively too individualistic and too direct. Moving forward we should try to incorporate either Mount or Dorgu as a tactical counterweight to Mbeumo-Amad-Bruno with Sesko & Cunha as our supersubs.

 

[Berbasbullet]

Modern day O’Shea and stick him anywhere on the pitch.

 

[Oo0AahCantona]

Was he playing as a winger today?

 

[Lash]

I don't think there's any great need to pigeonhole him into being one thing or the other. Every great United side of the 90s and 00s had a couple of solid, hardworking utility players who would play where we needed them that week. He could easily become a modern Park/O'Shea/P. Neville.

There's nothing wrong with him being at fullback when we're playing a weaker team or chasing a game, and an option further up the pitch against better opposition or seeing out a win.

That's actually a good point on park/O'Shea/p. Neville. Yes, but that's more my point, he's a makeshift FB in a certain scenarios. In any other scenario, he's probably a midfielder/winger.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Best performance for us yet. I will be delighted if he ends up proving his haters (like me) wrong. Good job today, Patrick.

 

[criticalanalysis]

Modern day O’Shea and stick him anywhere on the pitch.

Needs to nutmeg Vinicius Jr on the left wing at Old Trafford next year in the CL knockout stages before we can start with those comparisons I'm afraid.

 

[Robertd0803]

Its so weird seeing him in advanced positions of the pitch and doing it pretty well, think this whole wing back nonsense hid what a beast he can be.

Fantastic game today and loved the sheer determination to get to the ball first for the goal.