22 Oct 2026 09:25:38
Listening to Neil Warnock on Talksport this morning, he said Dalot is so poor, that he wouldn't get into any of his teams, even those in league one.
He went on to say how awful the defence is, and how they don't have any good CBs.
22 Oct 2026 09:46:57
Nothing us fans and whole football world didn't already know.
Warnock had a win percentage as a manager of 40%, lower than all post Ferguson managers except Amorim. Don't think he has enough credibility to be throwing out comments about the club.
22 Oct 2026 10:20:36
Kurtis, much respect pal. But it's those kind of narratives that are at the heart of uniteds problems. A 'United know better' attitude.
Right now we have more in common with Sheffield Wednesday than Bayern Munich, no disrespect to Wednesday. Once proud club mismanaged to league 1.
The club from top to bottom, fans included need to acknowledge there is a lot of pain ahead, we are 10/20 years away from building the club back to the 90s stature.
Warnock or pulis is exactly those we should be taking heed from, because the club is at their level. It's hard to take, but it's true.
When Carrick is sacked, the next man might get a short lived up tick but we will face the same crucial issues.
When SAF arrived at united fans had the stomachs to persevere until it came good. That won't happen now, so chins up we have 10 more years of this I'm afraid.
22 Oct 2026 10:20:58
Warnock has managed over 1600 games as a manager and been involved in football for nearly 60 years. By my reckoning that gives him enough credibility to comment.
22 Oct 2026 10:41:29
RedGedge, all valid points and I completely agree with not wanting to project a "we know best" attitude.
My point is just that he has never managed an elite club, his overall success is average, and to be honest, I think his comment was made just for effect. Dalot is not be good enough for where United want to be, but let's be real, he absolutely would have been taken by Warnock at any of his League One or Championship clubs. It's just controversial journalism designed to dig at United and stir a reaction, which clearly worked.
Sim, tenure doesn't automatically equal elite competence. Someone can spend 60 years running a local high street franchise, but that doesn't mean they're qualified to advise a FTSE 100 board on global strategy. Experience has to be measured by the level you operated at, not just the clock time.
22 Oct 2026 12:38:05
We need to upgrade Dalot no doubt, but he is so much better than most give him credit for. For example, in the EPL this season, despite us being awful, of all the defenders in the league only Maxim De Cuyper at Brighton has more shot creating actions (and he has played a few games as an actual winger) than Dalot.
Who would have said Dalot was the second most creative full back in the EPL? Yet statistically he is.
22 Oct 2026 16:02:20
But we can all watch him with our eyes Shappy and see that he's a terrible footballer. What stat shows him showing the winger inside at the weekend. Of those chances, how many were good ones, as he has 0 assists this season. I can't remember watching him and thinking 'he's been really unlucky today' yet apparently he's created 14 chances.