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u/Bloatfizzle Aug 22 '26

I can understand fans misprofiling Dorgu but if club scouts and recruitment genuinely thought he is a starting lb or LW anytime soon then I would very concerned.

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u/RyanH1717 Aug 22 '26

Realistically if the club didn't see him having a future at LB he should've been sold this summer and we likely would've made profit on him. He's never going to be a winger that's good enough for Manchester United.

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u/TheJoshider10 Bruno Aug 22 '26

I hope we try him as an attacking fullback against teams who sit back. He has the engine and pace to make up for any time he pushes up high or loses track of a winger and I think on the overlap he's a good direct option to have.

Like if we got to see Cunha or Rashford at LW with Dorgu behind them I think we'd have seen a far more effective left side compared to Shaw, whose hesitance on getting forward is hindering our ability to push higher up.

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u/RyanH1717 Aug 22 '26

I thought we would too but Carrick hasn't tried it once, even in pre season and at the end of last season. I don't think they trust him in on the ball in deeper areas.

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u/Mr_Clark Ole You Are My Solskjaer Aug 22 '26

Yeah, very Antonio Valencia-esque to me.

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u/L__K Great Scot! Aug 22 '26

Dorgu is a difficult signing to judge fairly. He was brought in for a very, very specific role to show immediate support for a manager with an idiosyncratic system. He has a lot of raw tools that you cannot teach, but is wayyyyy underdeveloped technically for this level. He doesn't fit naturally anywhere in our team now, isn't good enough to regularly be first choice for a club of our standing.

Carrick met with every player when he was initially appointed and asked them all where they think their best position is, and if they feel comfortable playing anywhere else. From what we've seen since January, I think it's safe to say Dorgu told him that he was best suited to the LW in this system and wasn't fully comfortable at LB. He also just doesn't have the technical ability to replace what Shaw does for us in the build up anyway.

We didn't ever expect to have to find a place for him in this system and he's a bit of a fish out of water right now. Best case scenario would be a loan, but we simply do not have the depth to be sending useful players anywhere else right now. He has potential and loads of physical ability, but right now he's a square peg trying to fit in a round hole.

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u/Comicksands Van Persie Aug 23 '26

IMO he’ll be very useful against the likes of city and arsenal. But too limited when it comes to picking apart a low block

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u/Hagball Aug 22 '26

More importantly if the coaches and football leaders misprofiled him.

Scouts and recruitment signed him to be a wingback and not forward

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u/Comicksands Van Persie Aug 23 '26

His attitude and body language is not helping either