[Ibi Dreams]

I wish i were.

https://strettynews.com/2026/04/07/butt-scholes-man-united-patrick-dorgu/

This is genuinely quite shocking to me. Idiots

 

[V.O.]

Butt and Scholes really starting to give Paul Merson a run for his money as thickest pundit in football.

 

[SB16]

I genuinely think that had some of our Class of '92 lads not been decent footballers, they'd just about have a chance at a decent career as draught excluders. Just.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

We’ve missed him.

We all know he has a certain skillset, we all know he has moments of being technically poor, but when he delivers his strengths for us, we have no one who even comes close.

Proven to be a proper big game player if given the freedom.

Looking forward to his return and hopefully add another dimension back to the team when the likes of Cunha, Mbeumo and Amad can’t unlock anything.

 

[adkb]

When is the pre match conference? Surely, the manager will give us an update around Dorgu and De ligt?

 

[Berbasbullet]

Basically if he can end the season strongly as our left winger he saves the club a ton of money. Up to him now!

 

[bosnian_red]

Basically if he can end the season strongly as our left winger he saves the club a ton of money. Up to him now!

I still think he's more a left back and we buy a younger left winger while Cunha is the starter.

Left back we have Dorgu, Shaw and Amass as the options. Left wing we have Cunha, new player and Dorgu as a fill in. Right wing we have Amad, Mbeumo and Lacey as the young guy. CF we have Sesko, Mbeumo and sometimes Cunha to fill in (Zirkzee too if he stays).

I like Dorgu but Cunha has become really important the past few months and Dorgu's attacking output still seems more like that of a left back than a potential top winger. He doesn't have enough talent for that IMO.

 

[SoCross]

Hopefully he will be our new Park.

Lots to like about him! Comes across well.

 

[Amir]

When is the pre match conference? Surely, the manager will give us an update around Dorgu and De ligt?

According to the MEN reporter sent to the camp in Ireland, Dorgu was training alone. So the Leeds game seems out of the question and it's doubtful he'll be back for Chelsea as well.

 

[Amir]

This is genuinely quite shocking to me. Idiots

They seem to view him as a left back, as if his performances on the wing never happened.

 

[Posh Red]

How fast is this guy, do we reckon? Could he emulate someone like Bale purely in terms of pace and power?

 

[MrBest]

I wish i were.

https://strettynews.com/2026/04/07/butt-scholes-man-united-patrick-dorgu/

I think you need to stop watching dumb and dumbers. Great footballers but such low IQ. What they said dont even make sense. Dorgu is 21, its okay to play a few roles at that age. I want forget the answer Amorim gave when asked about Dorgus form in December, he said "I dont know why he plays well for Denmark and not us". Since then, he was on fire and hes better than any other left winger we have currently. Cunha is not a left winger.

 

[TwoSheds]

How fast is this guy, do we reckon? Could he emulate someone like Bale purely in terms of pace and power?

No. Probably wouldn't have matched prime Mike Tyson for punching power either tbf.

 

[USREDEVIL]

No. Probably wouldn't have matched prime Mike Tyson for punching power either tbf.

Doesnt have hang time like Jordan neither, meh.

 

[Bondi77]

I genuinely think that had some of our Class of '92 lads not been decent footballers, they'd just about have a chance at a decent career as draught excluders. Just.

Great players but thick as feck!

 

[0le]

I don’t think they said much wrong in the clip.

The clip showed a keep/sell quickfire and was not supposed to be a deep analysis of the player. He had some good games but there remain some question marks over him.

Personally I would keep him but I can see why others would not be convinced.

 

[Borys]

Need him back badly, we need a winger who can actually by positive and direct on the right.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

Desperately need him back. I just hope he can continue in the same form he was in pre injury.

 

[Borys]

6 games left to check if he can actually be a full-time fullback. Otherwise we will need to take a wild guess for that position in the summer.

We will need to compromise on some positions and I was hoping we'll know by now on the LB. Didn't expect him to be out for so long really. It's been over 3 months now I guess.

 

[flameinthesun]

6 games left to check if he can actually be a full-time fullback. Otherwise we will need to take a wild guess for that position in the summer.

We will need to compromise on some positions and I was hoping we'll know by now on the LB. Didn't expect him to be out for so long really. It's been over 3 months now I guess.

I'm the opposite, he'd finally found form at left wing, why would we push him back to left back. If he's able to continue his form and challenge Cunha there, then thats great depth on that side.

 

[Borys]

I'm the opposite, he'd finally found form at left wing, why would we push him back to left back. If he's able to continue his form and challenge Cunha there, then thats great depth on that side.

That is my feeling as well, but we're in tough position at LB. So he might as well end up there as a "compromise" I mentioned before.

 

[flameinthesun]

That is my feeling as well, but we're in tough position at LB. So he might as well end up there as a "compromise" I mentioned before.

As meh as Shaw was today, when the team is functioning well he usually plays his part. Id rather we see if we can get a young left back as his backup or to challenge him (a second Dorgu). Either way I think we will likely have to buy another attacker even if Dorgu stays at left wing.

 

[FrankDrebin]

I see Dorgu as a LW now and potentially a very good one

 

[George Owen]

I'm the opposite, he'd finally found form at left wing, why would we push him back to left back. If he's able to continue his form and challenge Cunha there, then thats great depth on that side.

No need for him to play as winger to give us width, pace and power.

He is a full back and we need him urgently there. I think people forget what an attacking full back should be.

Shaw has been stinking the place for so long, its understandable.

 

[FrankDrebin]

As meh as Shaw was today, when the team is functioning well he usually plays his part. Id rather we see if we can get a young left back as his backup or to challenge him (a second Dorgu). Either way I think we will likely have to buy another attacker even if Dorgu stays at left wing.

Luke Shaw should be a back up.
We can't go into next season with such a uninspiring LB.

 

[Borys]

As meh as Shaw was today, when the team is functioning well he usually plays his part. Id rather we see if we can get a young left back as his backup or to challenge him (a second Dorgu). Either way I think we will likely have to buy another attacker even if Dorgu stays at left wing.

Shaw can barely move now. It looks like in a couple of months he will be left for dead in a couple of occasions he barely escaped today.

And yet, this was one of his better performances.

That is the problem we have at LB.

 

[macheda14]

No need for him to play as winger to give us width, pace and power.

He is a full back and we need him urgently there. I think people forget what an attacking full back should be.

Shaw has been stinking the place for so long, its understandable.

I mean he isn’t necessarily. He played 17 games at LB and then 11 games as a midfielder/winger at Lecce before he came to us. His best games with us have been as a winger and his worst at wing back. I don’t think anyone really knows his best position.

 

[Poborsky's hair]

I see Dorgu as a LW now and potentially a very good one

Maybe a back up LW, he's not all that good attacker tbh. Had a purple patch and great game against Arsenal. But someone like Cunha will deliver way better numbers over the longterm. I think Dorgs shoul dbe used as a LB in LAV style. for a classic LW who can take on players he's limited. We talk about Manunited. We shoul dbuy Ndiaye and have him and CUnha there with Dorgu as third in the row while he shoulddevelop to play as a classic FB supporting the wingers.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Maybe a back up LW, he's not all that good attacker tbh. Had a purple patch and great game against Arsenal. But someone like Cunha will deliver way better numbers over the longterm. I think Dorgs shoul dbe used as a LB in LAV style. for a classic LW who can take on players he's limited. We talk about Manunited. We shoul dbuy Ndiaye and have him and CUnha there with Dorgu as third in the row while he shoulddevelop to play as a classic FB supporting the wingers.

What are Cunha’s figures this season as a comparison?

I like elements of Cunha, but don’t think he fits in at all.

 

[George Owen]

I mean he isn’t necessarily. He played 17 games at LB and then 11 games as a midfielder/winger at Lecce before he came to us. His best games with us have been as a winger and his worst at wing back. I don’t think anyone really knows his best position.

It's a good problem to have, his versatility.

But for me he is wasted as a winger. As a LB he will get into the same dangerous positions when overlapping, that for him is something natural, he is a natural runner. Up and down, all day long.

Will make Cunha's game so much easier. Dorgu + Cunha is a combination that will make defenders worry.

@ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg I think Cunha deserves a good run of games with a powerful, fast, energetic LB overlapping him.

 

[Dominos]

It's a good problem to have, his versatility.

But for me he is wasted as a winger. As a LB he will get into the same dangerous positions when overlapping, that for him is something natural, he is a natural runner. Up and down, all day long.

Will make Cunha's game so much easier. Dorgu + Cunha is a combination that will make defenders worry.

@ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg I think Cunha deserves a good run of games with a powerful, fast, energetic LB overlapping him.

I suspect he's probably not talented enough to be a top winger long term to be honest, I'm not seeing much in the way of close control, 1v1 ability, passing. And up until the Arsenal screamer the consensus seemed to be his shooting had been poor since he arrived. I'm not convinced the goals against City/Arsenal game wasn't just a nice purple patch that will end up deceiving us when we see him there over a large sample size.

In particular how many wingers these days are genuine elite playing on the side of their strong foot i.e. left footed on left wing or right footed on right wing? All the top wingers are inverted, so as a left winger he might be decent but never much more than that, and I doubt he's going to have the opportunity to displace both Mbeumo and Amad on the right. Although Amad/Mbeumo have been so bad lately I wouldn't mind Dorgu being given a shot there when he's fit.

I think part of what made wing back a struggle is he's effectively asked to attack the opposition full back on his own with no support out there. As a left back, it means he can be played in on the overlap into space rather than having to front up the opposition player and beat them. He has the athleticism, pace, height and strength for a full back. We'd just have to be patient with him while he switches off occasionally while he learns the position to be consistent defensively.

I doubt we have the money to fix the midfield, buy a left back and a winger this summer. We'll sign either a LB or LW and that will determine where Dorgu plays next season. I'd probably sign a left back and give Dorgu another season on the wing, and when Shaw's contract is up in 2027 then we have the option to move Dorgu back to challenge at left back if we feel we need to make space for a new winger.

 

[Vidooq]

We need his energy.

 

[Poborsky's hair]

What are Cunha’s figures this season as a comparison?

I like elements of Cunha, but don’t think he fits in at all.

Dont know the figures from top of my head but as a pure LW he didnt play all that many games. Cunha is a LAM or SS so he's getting used to the position there, but we barely play through that side. Once he started to play more wide he was decent there though. But needs an overlapping WB with engine and Dorgu can that be not vica versa. Also two CMs who can connect decence and strikers.

It is rather working with what we have. I dont see us in the market for both LB and LW in the summer unfortunately

 

[TRUE NUMBER 9]

We need his energy.

Absolutely. Dorgu has great drive, it was sorely lacking last night and unfortunately, often is. Self motivated with a great engine - United can' get this lad back out there too soon...

 

[Scotty Doesn't Know]

Any updates on his return date?

 

[Zico1982]

Carrick rule DORGU OUT against Chelsea. He is still recovering. It is going well, according to Carrick, but he not ready yet.