[Zumbi]

He has everything except football smarts. I think that's easier to fix than somehow making him stronger, faster and more technically proficient. He's already all of those things but he needs to start using them better. I like him as a player and would definitely not sell this summer. It's a miracle that he's so consistently available, i remember him being almost as injury prone as Shaw is right now. He's gone from that to playing 99 games in total between last season and this one.

Football IQ is harder to fix than technical ability or strength/speed. All those things can be worked on with specific drills. You can’t magically give someone a good football brain.

 

[Zumbi]

Well sure, we can keep pointing at his failings. And Onanas. And Garnachos. And Hojlands. And Cas, Maguire, De Ligt. Etc. And maybe hang in there till Heaven starts making mistakes and get stuck into him. Everything's wrong at the moment. I say let's just accept our shitness for the rest of the season, stop bitching and get on with supporting them.

The main way we become less shit is by identifying the players we should be keeping and the players we should be selling, and then using those sales to buy better players. Dalot isn’t good enough and is one of the few that might actually generate some funds, and so it makes sense to move him on.

 

[CannibalSpectre]

Good defensively, should have got an assist from the Mazraoui cross. Good performance. Hopefully appreciated elsewhere under a good manager in a back 4.

He's still brainless in a back four. Can we get passed these excuses concerning what role he plays? You expect a modicum of competence from a professional footballer even when deployed in a different position, and he's not wholly unfamiliar with playing wing back.

We had squad players like John O'Shea, Wes Brown and Phil Neville for instance who didn't look totally out of place in different roles. If Dalot is this limited he shouldn't be starting at this club. We deserve and should do better

 

[Zumbi]

He's still brainless in a back four. Can we get passed these excuses concerning what role he plays? You expect a modicum of competence from a professional footballer even when deployed in a different position, and he's not wholly unfamiliar with playing wing back.

We had squad players like John O'Shea, Wes Brown and Phil Neville for instance who didn't look totally out of place in different roles. If Dalot is this limited he shouldn't be starting at this club. We deserve and should do better

Well said. The main issues we need to address in our squad can be fairly well divided in to three categories:

1) players who don’t have the physicality to perform to the level we need (speed/strength/stamina)
2) players who don’t have the technical ability to perform to the level we need.
3) players who don’t have the football IQ to perform to the level we need.

Dalot falls in that third category. He’s just a braindead player, and it we want to start playing smart football, players like him need to move on.

 

[dcrompton]

Well said. The main issues we need to address in our squad can be fairly well divided in to three categories:

1) players who don’t have the physicality to perform to the level we need (speed/strength/stamina)
2) players who don’t have the technical ability to perform to the level we need.
3) players who don’t have the football IQ to perform to the level we need.

Dalot falls in that third category. He’s just a braindead player, and it we want to start playing smart football, players like him need to move on.

Unfortunately some fall into all 3 categories

 

[Zumbi]

Unfortunately some fall into all 3 categories

Indeed.