To be fair he was in a bad team but yeah, other than decent passing/good technical ability I could never see why he was being picked, other than that AWB was a one trick pony. Other than EtH I think Varane and Martinez probably have helped a lot because the improvement in his defensive game has been incredible.
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Better get him signed up for another six years or more because Barca and Madrid are going to come crawling around him soon if he continues to develop at this rate. Oh and I owe Diogo an apology too, he's absolutely proved me wrong
He wants to play for United and i think having a manager who trusts him will help him stay.
I honestly couldn't understand at the time why we were willing to spend £50m on AWB when we'd already spent £20m on a young Dalot. Dalot needed developing and he had the traits/attributes that were in-sync with what is required for a fullback in the game today. Wan Bissaka never had those attributes to begin with and we're fortunate that Milan didn't end up paying the 12 to 15m that would've made Dalot's move to Milan permanent.
Sometimes the answer lays right Infront of our eyes and not via the transfer window. The amount of stick Dalot got was ridiculous, and I'm glad to see that he's now starting to fulfil the promise he first showed at youth level where he was regarded as one of the best young fullbacks/wingbacks in European football.
Looks like it, all the talk from Fabrizio even before he was playing this well has been he wants to fight for his place at United and stay at United.
The love he is now getting from fans and manager, I cant see him not extending his contract.
He has good relationships with Bruno and now the Brazilian contingent.
He wasn't. Was one of our better players after he established himself.
Jose Mourinho is looking far closer to being right in his assessment than many of our fans. Who would have thought?
Can't wait for McTominay to become the new Ballack.
Shocking stuff that he had the foresight to see that an unheralded academy player would be a PL footballer.
Just remembered what a good player Ballack was.
We would be lucky if Mctominay becomes 10% the player Ballack was
I often listen to old United Hour episodes (just for shit and giggles). I remember @Rood (could be wrong here!) summing up Dalot by saying „i dont what he is, but he is not a full back”. At that time i agreed 100% with that summary. I must admit, i changed my opinion by 180 degrees. I was impresje by him yesterday (those headers 
). And he is good going forward. Kudos where its due
). And he is good going forward. Kudos where its dueWe have our RB for the next 10 years. Sign him up. The coolest thing about him is that he is just an immense athlete in addition to being very good on the ball. He’s got levels to improve still too.
If Jose was so right, why didn't he play him?
Is it? What because he bought a RB that he didn't play?
Or because he said Rashford, Martial, Shaw are rubbish?
To be fair, mct wasn't rated that highly by the academy, it was the growth spurt that caught mou's attention.
So what? They're all irrelevant to the topic of Dalot.
He stated Dalot was a RB with top potential and he was right on that point. Can be any number of reasons a young player doesn't immediately play, but he still fecking bought him - doesn't mean he came through the door and thought he was shite. It was us lot that decided that preemptively.
He also said Joel Pereira would be the best Portugese keeper of his generation, he's currently a 26 year old bench warmer for RKC Waalwijk. Mourinho's a waffler. Also Dalot has a long way to go before he's shown he has "top" potential, he's still got everything to prove.
You do realise that Jose doesn't scout these players? What do you think a manager will say when a young player is signed?
We are signing a dud, he should not be signed for this club?
I think the wafflers were to be found here in fairness. There wasn't much possibility to convince many that a fella that had very limited first team experience might be worth keeping an open mind over.
Point is we all get them wrong sometimes, Mourinho included. But his history in football suggests his opinion is still worth taking into account and I think people are only getting arsey because most were totally wrong.
Not really, I would say this season and to some extent last season where his performances were creditable have marked him out as having top potential because of the rate of progression. Not a top player, but top potential, there's obviously a big difference.
Unsurprisingly he did feck all development under Jose
I often listen to old United Hour episodes (just for shit and giggles). I remember @Rood (could be wrong here!) summing up Dalot by saying „i dont what he is, but he is not a full back”. At that time i agreed 100% with that summary. I must admit, i changed my opinion by 180 degrees. I was impresje by him yesterday (those headers
Dont think that was me but it's possible!
I was actually asking often last season for Dalot to be given more games when AWB was clearly struggling - thought he showed on loan at Milan that there is definitely a decent player there
But I never thought he'd be more than a squad player and at the moment he's showing enough to think we don't need another RB - especially with Laird doing well on loan and ready to come back as understudy
I think it's very fair for people to have had doubts about a player, limited appearances or otherwise, who hadn't made much of a first team impression by his 4th season here.
Also, I still don't agree he has top potential, someone like Reece James is considered by many to be the best RB in the league - can you see Dalot developing into a Reece James level player, even off the back of these good performances? I'm not sure I can.
Tbf Mourinho was busy trying to get sacked at the time.
He was great at it
He's not going to be Reece James and he doesn't need to be, there's room for more than one top RB going around. Reece James is faster, always will be, and always will be more of a threat in the final third most likely because that's his strength. But in some defensive metrics Dalot is better, and he's a very good passer.
It's a position with a dearth of quality around the world anyway which makes it less speculative to suggest that Dalot has the potential to be among the best. James and Dalot can both be among the best, if James isn't already.
In the Sky post match interview, ETH mentioned about the timing of his tackling in 1 vs 1 duels and some other specifics. It seems the coaches are very aware of this and has worked on it. I wouldn't be surprised if the early yellow card tackle in the City game sort of prompted this.
I've heard ETH talk about 'tempo dribbling' also too when discussing Antony's forward contributions, in addition to attacking the space, arriving in the box etc. It's clear all of these details have been noted and are being worked on.
A proper coach
He's not even played a full season of top flight football yet!
This will be his first.
At this moment, it's impossible to say what his peak is going to be.
If we judge it based on now, he is improving monstrously, and not just over a period of time. With every game, he has developed himself or improved in some way. That's crazy to think about.
We'll have to see if he hits a ceiling later in the season. But if he keeps going at this rate, hard to see him not becoming a brilliant RB. He can attack, he can defend, he's strong, determined. Only his crossing needs to improve. But the tools are there, so I can see Dalot becoming a very special RB at this rate. Need to get him on a new contract before end of season
This will be his first.
At this moment, it's impossible to say what his peak is going to be.
If we judge it based on now, he is improving monstrously, and not just over a period of time. With every game, he has developed himself or improved in some way. That's crazy to think about.
We'll have to see if he hits a ceiling later in the season. But if he keeps going at this rate, hard to see him not becoming a brilliant RB. He can attack, he can defend, he's strong, determined. Only his crossing needs to improve. But the tools are there, so I can see Dalot becoming a very special RB at this rate. Need to get him on a new contract before end of season
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From the moment Ralf put him into the side I thought he looked much more capable of maintaining the required level of intensity than AWB. The latter is clearly a very good athlete, but it has always been rather stop-start with him and he doesn’t seem capable of the continuous effort needed in today’s football. Dalot needed a decent run of games to get run in, but he always had the engine.
Is he in the Portuguese WC squad?
You mean PL right?
He’s played in most league games for the last two seasons, he’s improving rapidly but there’s no need to be disingenuous about his inexperience, the proof is in the pudding that we are seeing.
Think we should be wrapping up his next contract. I'd say its been earned.
I wouldn't rush it tbh. Let's assess everyone at the end of the season at least. I'd rather take the small risk of losing him than to continue our approach of desperately tying everyone to huge long term contracts. I say it's a small risk because if he's playing well and enjoying his football at Manchester United, there are only a handful of clubs he'd wanna leave us for.
He hasn't. AWB was the RB most of the time Ole was here. He hasn't played a full season in top flight football. He played about 30 games in total for Milan.
Great performance specially with the numerous far post headers. But can we stop with the 'RB sorted for the next 10 years' posts ? How many times have we seen players perform brilliantly only to shit the bed as soon as they sign a long term contract. Hes finally had a run of games and is doing well and we should all be optimistic but please let us atleast see a full season of such performances before giving him a bumper contract and Im glad our manager is doing the same
He played in 21 out of 38 league games for Milan and 24 out of 38 last season. That includes substitute appearances, because I can’t be bothered looking into it more than that, but more than half is most.
Most improved player in the Premier League this season.
You could see his talent when Ole was sacked, he was performing well under Carrick and Rangnick. The last season stats on Fbref also supported the statement of him playing well last season and reflects on the talent he has. I knew he could be ten Hag's type of full back.
Another perfect example of United fans slagging off some kid prematurely.
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