Here’s Diers stats this season:
Under Poch he didnt play in 9 of the 12 PL games.
In the 9 games he was absent, we conceded 11
PL: played 90 twice, L1,
D1 (played as a CB)
Came on for 12 minutes, W1
CL:
played 22 minutes Won
played 90 minutes Won (played as a CB)
Carabou: played 90 minutes Lost (played as a CB, didn’t concede in the game)
In the 4 games he took part in under Poch we conceded 4.
Dier did not spend 1 second on the pitch for the 2-7 game.
He played 90 minutes of the 3-0 loss at Brighton.
Of the 9 PL games under Poch that Dier did NOT play:
W2 L3 D4
Under Jose:
PL...P8
Played 90 mins x 4 - Won 4
Played 45 mins - Lost subbed off at 0-2
Played 34 mins - Won subbed on at 1-0 up
Played 6 mins - Won subbed on at 2-0
Played 14 mins - Won subbed on at 2-1
CL
Played 29 mins - Won subbed off at 2 down
Played 81 mins Lost
FA
Played 90 mins - drew (played as a CB)
Played 85 mins - Won
Played 90 mins - Won
P13 W10 L2 D1 (above is a detailed break down of his minutes on the pitch)
In those 13 games, we conceded 14 goals.
Games Dier didn’t play under Jose:
P5 W0 L3 D2
In those 5 games we conceded 6 goals
Take the piss all you want about him, but you haven’t really got a case.
It’s not coincidence, or in spite of him.
It’s a simple fact that we are better off using a DM. No more, no less.