Yeah I just worry that average performance he had for Leece is a sign of things to come, however appreciate his team are facing relegation battle.
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Yeah I just worry that average performance he had for Leece is a sign of things to come, however appreciate his team are facing relegation battle.
Give the guy a chance. He hasn't even been coached by Amorin yet.
I saw the 442 video with Adam Cleary on why Dorgu fits… I guess it makes sense. It’s a bit bizarre that we’re reaching into a different league to an obscure club and paying 40m.
To me, Alvaro looks to be the better player with higher upside.
Also even more bizarre, we had a RB, Wan Bissaka, who was fast, physical, had a high work rate and was a decent ball progressor, who probably would’ve thrived in Amorim’s system as a RWB. I just hope to hell Amorim works out. We’re ostensibly changing our player development and youth setup to develop very specialized player.
Wan Bissaka? A decent ball progressor? Are you having a laugh!?
Unless there’s two AWB’s then I have no idea why you’re rewriting history. We spent years bemoaning AWB’s limitations in the attacking third but now he’s left he’s suddenly missed?
Amorim wants him and only time will tell if Dorgu is the answer but AWB had time enough to prove he was but he just wasn’t.
Ball progression and attacking fluidity are two different things. I don’t think AWB was a good attacking fullback. But he did attack space as a FB, was good about tracking back, a good 1v1 defender… if you watched the YouTube videos of Dorgu and the 442 video… well, Dorgu doesn’t look like an attacking savant by any means. His passing stats are abysmal. AWBs passing stats were much better.
AWB had his limitations, and in a 4-2-3-1 he wasn’t particularly good overlapping and putting balls into the box. The responsibilities of the wingback are different from the fullback. The wingback has to run his socks off, be good in 1v1 defending and ball progression, and hopefully put a decent ball into the box. Dorgu has one measly assist in like 30 appearances. Again, not saying AWB was amazing, just saying he probably could have played wingback competently for Amorim.
I’m fine to let things play lay out. Amorim wants him, let’s hope he ends up being amazing. I just don’t see how a pretty limited 20 year old is going to drastically change our results.
Will any LWB change our results? They’re not brought in to score goals for us. He should help us on the left side and the most important thing is he’ll give balance to the side. We need a clinical ST to come in and help us get results.
I'm 100% certain he wouldn't thrive as a RWB in Amorim's system. Would have the same limitations that Maz is showing and would be even worse. As a RCB though, I think he would be really good.Agree with this. Barely a year older and has more experience. I think his ball carrying is so underrated. He's also pretty physical and tenacious, just doesn't look like it. I'm hoping us not going for Alvaro now is because we can still get him in the summer for the same price as compared to Dorgu who might be in a bidding war.
Am I awake right now? AWB as an Amorim wingback?
Donald Trumps best team of spin merchants, given a year and unlimited funding, would struggle to rewrite history as well as the caf does remembering shite players who have moved on.
Donald Trumps best team of spin merchants, given a year and unlimited funding, would struggle to rewrite history as well as the caf does remembering shite players who have moved on.
Seems Dorgu is our main target currently. Guess his versatility is important as he can play both WBs role and play in midfield as well if needed.
Fee is decent, not too expensive, but not a cheap find either imo.
Fee is decent, not too expensive, but not a cheap find either imo.
I mean… maybe? Fine margins and all that. Who is a prototypical LWB? Isn’t Grimaldo highly thought of? Whoever plays LWB for Atalanta? I thought Dumfries was excellent in the right wingback role for the Dutch national side. We actually need both because neither Dalot or Maz are wingback types.
Actually Shaw was quite good as the LWB for England, but he’s never going to play again, I’m sure of it.
Striker is a massive problem, I agree. It’s like Hojlund’s programming is off. He makes the wrong run 97% of the time.
Maybe. As far as I’m concerned, the last transfer windows were disasters. Hojlund and Zirkzee are not competent strikers at this level and certainly not Man United 30 goals a season strikers.
Agree with this. Barely a year older and has more experience. I think his ball carrying is so underrated. He's also pretty physical and tenacious, just doesn't look like it. I'm hoping us not going for Alvaro now is because we can still get him in the summer for the same price as compared to Dorgu who might be in a bidding war.
Maz is fine. Deligt is average. Onana’s been pretty crap. Antony a bust. Sancho a bust.
Ugarte has been good, Yoro too early to tell.
It’s comical that we let Alvaro go and now we’re playing right footed Dalot as a left back. And we’re about to spend 40m on a unproven 20 year old who has like 15 appearances as a LWB for Leece… sigh.
I trust Amorim, but not really the club.
Obscure club and Wan Bissaka as a ball progressor - come on....
Lecce must be wondering what the heck is happening. Some morons close to the former Roman border paying north of forty million euro for a guy who not even made a mark in Serie A.
Jesus. This is a 10 million euro player, maybe 15. But here we go again.
Jesus. This is a 10 million euro player, maybe 15. But here we go again.
what's with the constant underrating of De Ligt? Has been very solid, remember at least a few insane blocks and clearances
You couldn't even get that right.
The comparisons with AWB are ridiculous since Dorgu looked for better going forward to me, but AWB is actually playing as a WB right note under Potter at West Ham!
It’s one way to keep him away from having to defend a back post I suppose.
Feels like a waste to sacrifice any attacking threat just for that benefit though.
Kind of close? 160 miles to the wall is a three hour drive.
But I just wanted to be funny, in my head they, Lecce, looked at our entourage as some scene from Monthy Python.
"North of €40m" was my point of contention.
Even at €40m that’s around £34m. This isn’t crazy money these days. And United don’t want to pay €40m, we are trying to pay €35m. If we achieve that it’s under £30m.
Media just loves inflating United’s transfer fees. You just know if it was Liverpool everything would be reported in pounds with no add ons.
Media just loves inflating United’s transfer fees. You just know if it was Liverpool everything would be reported in pounds with no add ons.
Oh I see. But they wanted 40. Guess we try to haggle, but it is, according to me and Transfermarkt, 75% to much.
Yes of course they would. We have little width at the moment and teams can just ignore a large part of the pitch. We can't progress the ball down the wings quickly or effectively meaning we are going through the meat of every team we play against i.e the middle and in a formation like we are playing you will likely get shut down quite quickly. You can't play this system without functioning WBs. If we magically had 2 class WBs we would look a different team offensively.
This team desperately need some athleticism so that’s why it makes sense to go for Dorgu over Alvaro.
(This has probably already been posted)
But having never watched the kid play I found it interesting.
Guy looks like a physical beast too! which ticks one box for any new signing.
Literally just watched this. Interesting insight.
Yeah, the point made about some of his poor stats and how it doesn’t impact his game for the role he plays…was reassuring.
To be honest every time we sign a player, there's always a video like this. There was one for Mount and heck I remember an indepth article that explained why Fellaini was a master stroke and would unlock us. Lets just wait and see how he actually performs for us.
Did we not buy Malacias for 15 mil ? what is the justification to pay more ?
I reckon we've found out why we only had to pay £15m for Malacia
He's not that bad to be fair. Injuries just really set him back.
Hopefully him being much better is the justification.
Watched his highlights from a game against AC Milan last year and he seemed decent in that particular game. Strong in the tackle and has decent pace.
What we need most is someone who can attack the fullback on the byline or box, Dalot has done it once since playing LWB. Dorgu seems to do it quite often.
We often make the mistake of signing players due to their individual qualities rather than their fit to a system. Even if Dorgu is raw if Amorim thinks he can fulfil a particular function that's good enough for me. I recall most people moaning about Valencia when he signed and again he fulfilled a specific need.
What we need most is someone who can attack the fullback on the byline or box, Dalot has done it once since playing LWB. Dorgu seems to do it quite often.
We often make the mistake of signing players due to their individual qualities rather than their fit to a system. Even if Dorgu is raw if Amorim thinks he can fulfil a particular function that's good enough for me. I recall most people moaning about Valencia when he signed and again he fulfilled a specific need.
I don’t think anyone is raving about Dorgu on the Cafe, quite the opposite in fact.
Having watched him play football live for a grand total of 0 mins, I am 100% keeping an open mind.
But a dose of positivity doesn’t harm anyone
On that front people should use the likes of Isla or Lichtsteiner both were excellent wingbacks but neither racked up stats. In general wingbacks aren't stats machines, they are entirely support players, they make things easier for their nearest teammates, by either being solid defenders that lighten the defensive load for midfielders/defenders or by being solid 1v1 attackers that require attention from the defense and therefore stretch it for other attackers inside. People may want both from the same player but that's nearly impossible, you have some freak athletes and selfless players like Valencia who did both at their prime but it's not common.
If you couldn’t see AWB progressing the ball by carrying it up the pitch I don’t know what to tell you other than go back and watch again with your eyes open. He had many faults but ball progression wasn’t one
Wan Bissaka at Palace had better highlights than Dorgu now, and he did look the same or better in ball carrying pre purchase.
He's also doing quite well at West Ham in this department.
I just don’t get why people have to knock down what players are good at just because he no longer plays for United. He has enough faults to take aim at without making up new narratives. Ball progression is not one of his weak points.
If a player isn't going to help change results its literally pointless to sign them.
I think its his mentality. When the team is disjointed or nervous he's not one to trust his ability, but if there's a progressive approach systemically across the pitch, hel be willing to partake and show off what he can do. He used to be a winger in the academy if I'm not mistaken.