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2023-24 Performances

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5.5 Season Average Rating
Appearances
50
Clean sheets
12
Goals
3
Assists
5
Yellow cards
7
Red cards
1
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What am I reading? I thought he was pretty damn good last night, how final ball needs work but there was nothing to write home about in terms of shitness.
 
Could we use him the same way City use Walker? In terms of speed, Dalot has really impressed me lately and may not be that far behind. He's properly fast - I'd argue our fastest player. Use him to stay back most of the game to cover counter attacks, and when attacking, his main contribution should be to create space for his winger rather than being a creative outlet. Walker has been brilliant for City doing this - his stats in terms of assists and goals are rather poor, but his contribution to the team is not to be sniffed at - they are a different team without him.

That being said, we would then need a centre back that is good enough on the ball to actually progress with it and join midfield. Martinez when he returns is the only one able to do this.

As an attacking fullback, Dalot simply lacks an end product.
 
I'd like to add one thing about Dalot - at least he plays with intensity. He sprints into attacking positions, and he busts his lungs getting back. Looking at other players and their complete lack of intensity, Dalot at least tries, even if his decisions and awareness are sometimes way below standards.
 
Raven said:
What am I reading? I thought he was pretty damn good last night, how final ball needs work but there was nothing to write home about in terms of shitness.
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His decision making is terrible. In the final third 9 /10 times he chooses the wrong option. His football IQ must be close to zero.
 
Lyng said:
His decision making is terrible. In the final third 9 /10 times he chooses the wrong option. His football IQ must be close to zero.
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Given that every single member of our squad looks clueless, I'm far more inclined to believe our moron of a manager is fecking up his instructions.
 
He's technically good but yeah, zero footballing IQ. Runs with his head down all the time and sees nobody on the football field. He's the second thickest player in the team, only marginally more intelligent than Rashford.
 
We’re looking at almost a full calendar year of crap performances. His regression since the World Cup/Ronaldo leaving has been huge.
 
Raven said:
Given that every single member of our squad looks clueless, I'm far more inclined to believe our moron of a manager is fecking up his instructions.
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Aye, because they've all looked so incredibly clued in under previous managers.

Split second decisions on the pitch aren't made under instruction from the manager. And smart footballer make smart decisions, no matter who's standing on the sideline. And "smart" is a word you will never hear used about Dalot. One of the most brain dead players I've ever seen at this club. Very talented in a lot of ways too, so it's a real shame he's so fecking stupid.
 
Cutch said:
Think he played ok tonight but once again fell apart when he got near the opposition box
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sullydnl said:
Was fine, except in attacking positions where he consistently underdelivers relative to his technical ability.
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Thats not playing ok, even Wan Bisaka offers more going foward (just) and Dalot next defensive error is never far away.

They've both been given a good run in the side under the manager and neither have been good enough. I'm sure one of them will definitely be here next season unfortunately.
 
I thought he was fine yesterday. One of our better players if anything.
 
DanClancy said:
Thats not playing ok, even Wan Bisaka offers more going foward (just) and Dalot next defensive error is never far away.

They've both been given a good run in the side under the manager and neither have been good enough. I'm sure one of them will definitely be here next season unfortunately.
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Aye, I think don't think either of them are good enough to be first choice. You just keep the one you want filling out your squad depending on your stylistic preferences, as arguments can be made for both.
 
We should cash in him while his stock is not too low.
He lacks something (concentration? willingness to full use his speed, etc) to be a starter for a top club
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Aye, because they've all looked so incredibly clued in under previous managers.

Split second decisions on the pitch aren't made under instruction from the manager. And smart footballer make smart decisions, no matter who's standing on the sideline. And "smart" is a word you will never hear used about Dalot. One of the most brain dead players I've ever seen at this club. Very talented in a lot of ways too, so it's a real shame he's so fecking stupid.
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Honestly you're hyperbole puts me off even replying but I'll give it a go. They looked a lot smarter last year when our manager wasn't acting like quite such a moron.
 
Raven said:
Honestly you're hyperbole puts me off even replying but I'll give it a go. They looked a lot smarter last year when our manager wasn't acting like quite such a moron.
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My hyperbole? So last year our manager wasn’t acting like a moron but he’s suddenly decided to act like one now and it’s because of his intructions that Dalot is making stupid decisions? And I’m the one who’s being hyperbolic?
 
Pogue Mahone said:
My hyperbole? So last year our manager wasn’t acting like a moron but he’s suddenly decided to act like one now and it’s because of his intructions that Dalot is making stupid decisions? And I’m the one who’s being hyperbolic?
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Yes.
 
Raven said:
Honestly you're hyperbole puts me off even replying but I'll give it a go. They looked a lot smarter last year when our manager wasn't acting like quite such a moron.
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Wait which part of Ten Hag has changed? He was demanding last year.
But also. The idea that a manager doing something wrong automatically leads to players loosing braincells is....something else.
 
I think we should all just agree on one thing about Dalot.

He's just not good enough, never was, never will be.
 
What's really annoying about Dalot is that he actually has all the attributes to be a top player. Fairly quick, powerful runner, two footed, decent aerially and very tidy technically. His brain just seems to switch off at the wrong moments, forgetting about back post runners despite being aware of them, messing up fairly easy passes or just refuses to look up while trying to cross/pass. He's 24 right now. He needs to actually fix these issues. How many good RBs are available? I don't think we'll be selling him anytime soon so he has to sort himself out quickly.
 
Imagine spending north of 150 million pounds to have a right flank that consists of Dalot/AWB and Antony/Pellistri (Sancho is a different kind of disaster). Jesus Christ... and we have people arguing vehemently about who should be starting ahead of whom. Just push the big red fecking button already.
 
Lyng said:
Wait which part of Ten Hag has changed? He was demanding last year.
But also. The idea that a manager doing something wrong automatically leads to players loosing braincells is....something else.
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For a start, he's now playing next to McTominay.
 
Lyng said:
So its rubbing off on him or what? So put prime Michael Laudrup next to Dalot and he suddenly gets a football IQ of 160?
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I don't even understand your question. We've seen him produce high levels just last season whilst playing with a functioning midfield. As much as people hate to admit it, he's also produced many strong performances this season. He does have major flaws, particularly his consistency and final ball but he's not one of our most major issues right now.
 
Raven said:
I don't even understand your question. We've seen him produce high levels just last season whilst playing with a functioning midfield. As much as people hate to admit it, he's also produced many strong performances this season. He does have major flaws, particularly his consistency and final ball but he's not one of our most major issues right now.
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I think the gripe with him is that he's just bang average. Defensively loose at times, offensively really inconsistent. Terrible final product. He's a trier but no way near the level for us to be starting week in week out.
 
VP89 said:
I think the gripe with him is that he's just bang average. Defensively loose at times, offensively really inconsistent. Terrible final product. He's a trier but no way near the level for us to be starting week in week out.
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I feel like these were all the same criticisms of Shaw about 4 or 5 years ago. Dalot has a lot of tools, he's an incredible athlete, he's technically very solid, he's usually good in the build up and can quite reliably bring the ball out of defence and up the pitch. Like I say, he's inconsistent and his final ball are big weaknesses but I think it will click especially if we can become a club that plays proper football again.
 
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I feel like these were all the same criticisms of Shaw about 4 or 5 years ago. Dalot has a lot of tools, he's an incredible athlete, he's technically very solid, he's usually good in the build up and can quite reliably bring the ball out of defence and up the pitch. Like I say, he's inconsistent and his final ball are big weaknesses but I think it will click especially if we can become a club that plays proper football again.
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Shaw is a much better player technically. You could see how technically polished he was at 18 years old at Southampton let alone his United career.

Dalot is 24 and still very technically limited. He's not the cleverest positionally and often makes blind passes, overhit crosses and has some loose moments in quick touch football. I would see no real difference between say him and Coufal. His level is about West Ham.
 
Agreed that he's a bit thick as footballer. But did anyone notice, our attack from the right was noticeably lower when he was moved to the left?
 
Has been descent, plays well in his natural position and actually one of our better performers, that says alot. So I would assume he will look alot better when the team gets better.
The amount of hate here is crazy and undeserved
 
Winrar said:
He’s actually a pretty solid player for Inter these days. Not saying we should sign him, but ability wise he would walk into our team despite being 34.
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He was shite at United in the PL when he was 26, I don't see that not being the case at 34. He was worse than Dalot and that takes some doing.
 
He’s a poor defender but he’s actually half useful further up the pitch as a right wing back type player. Antony offers so little you could push him further up and see if he could swing in a few dangerous crosses for Rasmus. Got a decent shot in him too.
 
The main problem with Dalot is he's thick as feck, no amount of coaching will fix that. Just as an example 5 years ago in 2018 his crossing was dogshit, it's almost 2024 and it's still dogshit. He's technically very tidy but yet his crossing hasn't improved because he's so fecking stupid that in 5 years, he either hasn't practiced enough, hasn't realized he should look up before crossing, doesn't understand that smacking the ball as hard and as high as you can is not likely to lead to a goal scoring opportunity or a combination of any or all of those things.

His stupidity leads to other negative traits in his game. Overall he's just a very mediocre player, who is poor going forward, meh defenisvely and I don't see him ever being anything other than a medicore player. And that would be fine if he was a back-up RB on £15-20k per week. But ETH more often than not picks him ahead of a better player, doesn't seem like he wants to replace him which is concerning and I have no doubt that he's probably on £80-90k per week and is one of the highest paid fullbacks in the league.
 
VivaRonaldo85 said:
He’s a poor defender but he’s actually half useful further up the pitch as a right wing back type player. Antony offers so little you could push him further up and see if he could swing in a few dangerous crosses for Rasmus. Got a decent shot in him too.
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Have you watched him at all in the last 5 years mate?

Dalot? Dangerous crosses?
 
He's a player we'd have barely heard of by now if we hadn't signed him.
 
Some awful posts in this thread. If you're binning dalot you're binning virtually everyone in the squad. He would look far far better in a functioning side with less defending to do and more time in possession of the ball. He could go to City and make an Ake type impact for example. He's the right age, is consistantly fit and available, is versatile with a great attitude and temperament. He's not a world beater but he's the very least of our problems and at the minimum could do a job as a squad player
 
Cutch said:
Some awful posts in this thread. If you're binning dalot you're binning virtually everyone in the squad. He would look far far better in a functioning side with less defending to do and more time in possession of the ball. He could go to City and make an Ake type impact for example. He's the right age, is consistantly fit and available, is versatile with a great attitude and temperament. He's not a world beater but he's the very least of our problems and at the minimum could do a job as a squad player
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Bad defensively and bad offensively. How is he the least of our problems, exactly? He doesn't offer much other than passion and availability.
 
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