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2024-25 Performances

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5.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
26
Clean sheets
8
Goals
0
Assists
2
Yellow cards
2
Xaviboy said:
Few times he got in got in one on one postions and just stops and passes back.

We need a LWB that can drive forward and beat a man when we get in to them postions.

His natural instinct is to play ball inside or backwards

His decision making is woeful.
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Agreed, all of our attack is coming from down the right hand side, wouldn’t even be mad if he just attempted a few crosses even if they were shit, but it goes out to him in a 1vs1 and then just goes back.
 
So reactionary here, if i was told to play the other wing and mainly on my weak foot, id look awful too. He looks so much better last year when he got to play his side but hes sacrificing for the team and i appreciate it
 
AngeloHenriquez said:
So reactionary here, if i was told to play the other wing and mainly on my weak foot, id look awful too. He looks so much better last year when he got to play his side but hes sacrificing for the team and i appreciate it
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It's not really reactionary if it's December and he's been shite all season, is it?
 
AltiUn said:
It's not really reactionary if it's December and he's been shite all season, is it?
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He hasn't really played in his position though. Im confused why he has to be left and maz right but hey ho
 
Zero contribution across a fair number of games in this position. He’s a good player, but he’s definitely not a good LWB.
 
Rozay said:
Zero contribution across a fair number of games in this position. He’s a good player, but he’s definitely not a good LWB.
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Yep, not sure about him even as a right back but would be nice to see him play at rwb more in the coming months
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Feel like a dick joining in on a pile on but need to get this off my chest. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a defender who is such a consistently poor judge of the trajectory of a football. He’s tall and has a great spring on him but seems completely incapable of timing that leap so he’s at his maximum height as he gets to the ball.

Got into my head after the Arsenal game and now I can’t unsee it. It’s wild how often this happens. City goal was an example, then 5 minutes later Doku floats a cross to the far post and sure enough, he sails through the air, misses the ball completely and midget Silva beats him to the header.

Someone like Amad is the complete opposite. Makes the best possible use of every inch of his height and punches well above his weight.

I suffered the same affliction myself as a player. I think Hojlund has the same issue too. But it’s a fecking disaster for a defender to have this specific flaw in their game.
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Good observation. It’s why height isn’t always a good metric on aerial ability. Martinez also punches well above his weight/height in aerial duels.

When I played as a goalie, one of my CB constellations was a 195 cm huge guy and a 175 cm thin and lanky guy. The tall one was terrible in the air, whereas the smaller was quite brilliant.

Dalot’s intensity is also an issue. When he plays with high intensity as he did last season, he is good. When his intensity drops, his awareness, vision and defending goes out the window.
 
Rossa said:
He isn’t a lwb. He isn’t a lb. Play Shaw at rwb and his performance will drop significantly. That being said, some of Dalot’s defending and passing are horrendous.
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He is poor wherever he plays. And it is clear that he will never start as RWB
 
VP89 said:
He hasn't really played in his position though. Im confused why he has to be left and maz right but hey ho
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It's not but I've seen him play LB very competently before, playing as LWB I can understand why he'd struggle but he was playing as bog-standard full back under Ten Hag this and his performances were well below par.
 
Have to remember that he is playing out of position. It's so blatantly obvious that it hinders him going forward. At least he defended quite well.
 
He's very frustrating but I do feel a bit sorry for him, he's almost a victim of his own availability/versatility. He's not a lb/lwb but has had to play there for ~1.5 seasons now because we haven't had any available left backs. As bad of mistakes as he can make at times we'd be in big trouble without him.
 
Wasn’t great but who fecking cares? He played in one of our more glorious victories in recent times!
 
Rossa said:
Good observation. It’s why height isn’t always a good metric on aerial ability. Martinez also punches well above his weight/height in aerial duels.

When I played as a goalie, one of my CB constellations was a 195 cm huge guy and a 175 cm thin and lanky guy. The tall one was terrible in the air, whereas the smaller was quite brilliant.

Dalot’s intensity is also an issue. When he plays with high intensity as he did last season, he is good. When his intensity drops, his awareness, vision and defending goes out the window.
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I hate to keep going to the 'he needs a break, he's been overplayed' excuse but he really needs a period out of the team for his and the team's sake.

Last year, he was very reliable aerially and even superb in most occasions I recall. This year, he's been caught on his heels and just jumping on the spot when going against players that have had a run up so of course he's going to lose out. It feels like he's running on fumes mentally at times even if the physical effort is still there.
 
Dalot shouldn't be starting ahead of Malacia on the left. He's certainly among the players that needs serious upgrading on. I'm afraid Amorim has him down as one of his most trusted players.
 
CannibalSpectre said:
Dalot shouldn't be starting ahead of Malacia on the left. He's certainly among the players that needs serious upgrading on. I'm afraid Amorim has him down as one of his most trusted players.
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As bad as Dalot is at LWB, Malacia is not good enough.

I don't think Amorim views Dalot as "one of his most trusted players", he's not stupid. It's just the options for that position are so limited that he's the best of a bad lot at the moment.
 
There’s a reason LWB has been identified as our biggest weakness.

He should be a squad player who backs up at RWB - and even that is pushing it.
 
stepic said:
There’s a reason LWB has been identified as our biggest weakness.

He should be a squad player who backs up at RWB - and even that is pushing it.
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More and more we look at this the three most sellable assets who seem not to fit Amorim’s team pattern or ethos(less so Dalot on that as he’s very much a good egg) are ;

1. Marcus Rashford
2. A Garnaucho
3. Diego Dalot

I’m pretty sure United are definitely looking to move two of those three players out by Summer of 2025.
 
He's fecking great, people here are too reactionary and lack critical thinking.
 
At the moment I’d rather have Antony as a RWB and Mazraoui as a LWB, because Dalot gets to see a lot of ball but he can’t handle it. We got 3 CBs the wingbacks has to contribute in offense and he’s not someone I want on the ball in advanced positions. We saw him in the RWB position last game and it wasn’t looking to good.
 
SalfordRed18 said:
He's fecking great, people here are too reactionary and lack critical thinking.
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He absolutely isn't fecking great though is he? Last year was the really first where he was above average amongst our own team and being one of our better players last year is equivalent to being one of the tallest pygmies in the village. He's obviously not helped by having to play on the left but in this system I'm not sure he can have a major role and the way he's performed for most of his time at United and this year especially he wouldn't have a role in a truly good team. For the first time in a long time you can see the makings of a good team but the wingback roles are clearly the first of several areas where significant improvement is needed.
 
Saw a stat that he’s started our last 35 league matches or something. At least the fella is available consistently.

LWB is not for him though!
 
Better game from him. No problems with him staying and being a part of the rebuild but I see him as more of a RCB/LCB vs a Wingback.
 
VP89 said:
He hasn't really played in his position though. Im confused why he has to be left and maz right but hey ho
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Because Mazraoui is a better player overall. Playing on the left doesn't justify some of the crazy passing across the backline he often does, creating panic needlessly
 
I'm willing to give him grace because he was pretty good last season amongst a sea of shite and he's playing out of position. That being said, I also wouldn't mind it if we cashed in next summer.

I feel that it's not entirely unrealistic that we could fetch around 40 million for Dalot this summer and that's quite a bit of money to forego for somebody who would likely be a backup option next season.

I really don't have anything against Dalot. I think he's a good all round full back with a great attitude who deserves to be playing in the top flight. It's just that, with Mazraoui pretty much a lock at right back, he would be the second choice option in his preferred position and he's not particularly brilliant on the other flank so it does feel that next summer would be a good time to cash in.
 
The weakest position on pitch. Mancity gave him a lot of space and he did nothing. Not his fault as he is playing out of position. Backup RWB/LWB next season.

Maz, LWB, Dalot, Antony, Malacia our wingbacks for next season i guess
 
Borninthe80ts said:
I must watch a different game as I thought he was he was good over all. He started shaky but tracked back well, should energy to put pressure on the opposition to help us win the ball back and tried to be progressive with the ball going forward.
All this while playing on his wrong side and adapting to new tactics in what is the probably the most demanding position in this new system.

I echo the managers sentiments in that his drive and passion are and important part on the new side he is trying to build at the minute and I’m sure his performances will reach previous levels more consistently.
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Same here.
 
If we keep him he should be used for cover at RCB and RWB. He best attribute is his pace and at RCB that’s be very useful in certain games.
 
Solid in defence but doesn't really offer much in attack.

I think that LWB and RWB are where Amorim will be looking to upgrade first.

They are key positions in his system.
 
He's more of a back 4 full back, not suited to the wingback role, which probably means he should be on the transfer list.
 
This year with ETH, he was playing as an inverted Lb. Now he is playing as a LWB. He is not good enough for Lwb. But at least yesterday he gave a 5.5 performance, which is OK for a player playing out of position.

He needs to improve his positioning a bit so he can play more as a RCB as well.
 
I like Dalot, even though he's not playing particularly well.

He's always available. He never causes trouble. He has good ability (other than crossing), if he's playing in his actual position. He's a useful player to have in the squad.
 
Waynne said:
Just look at last week's game when in the 90th minute he sent the ball into low earth orbit from the edge of the penalty area with at least 3 United players around him in much better position to either receive a pass or shoot. Comical
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He can literally push the ball pass the defender to beat him for pace, and then lose the ball..... despite knowing his own intention and which direction he's going... no words.
 
led_scholes said:
This year with ETH, he was playing as an inverted Lb. Now he is playing as a LWB. He is not good enough for Lwb. But at least yesterday he gave a 5.5 performance, which is OK for a player playing out of position.

He needs to improve his positioning a bit so he can play more as a RCB as well.
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He’ll be awful at RCB. He’ll play everyone onside.
 
VP89 said:
He hasn't really played in his position though. Im confused why he has to be left and maz right but hey ho
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Maybe cos Maz has worked his bollocks off and actually put in some superb performances across 2 positions? Whole Dalot has been..........well available
 
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