The Hilton
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No what annoys me is the opinion police around new players. Like Hojlund last season, where people attempt to gaslight others into not believing what their eyes are clearly showing. People can form opinions about players whenever, and of course those opinions change over time, that is just normal.
I think we paid about 30m for Dorgu, 25m + 5 bonus. I think we would have been better off resigning Alvaro Carreras back from Benfica because he looks to me to be a much more natural attacking player and much better technically than Dorgu to me. Also Kerkez transfer fee was rumoured to be around 35m, not far away from what we paid for Dorgu.
Sure I get the physicality issue with Amass but I still think he can get more minutes as a sub, he did well in the last appearance he made, I’m genuinely interested in how he develops.
In any case Dorgu is a highly rated young player, and he is of course adjusting to a new league and team. So like I have already said hopefully he is just adjusting and we see a much better Dorgu next season and after. What is worrying me is his technical qualities which don’t look very good to me so far.
There's no opinion police here, nor gaslighting, that's rather melodramatic. I'm just making the point that jumping to conclusions early is reactionary. You're entitled to do so, but equally others are entitled to consider it too soon to draw conclusions.
Carreras doesn't have anywhere near the same physicality though. We signed Dorgu because the position needs someone with good pace and acceleration, who can run up and down the wing all day. There's nobody else in the squad who can do that for us on the left, again except for Shaw but he's never fit.
I agree there are technically better players, but we're a team who has been bullied on numerous occasions this season, our most pressing concern was (and still is) adding some physicality to a team full of lightweights and geriatrics. He's definitely delivered that, even though he's been inconsistent on the ball.