Jeremy Doku

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Alan Harper's Tash said:
Agreed. He’s the Belgian Martyn Margetson.
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Please don't mention that name it still gives me nightmares. Too small for a keeper. He'd dive for easy shots you thought he'd saved, only to see it nestled in the net as it somehow squirmed through or under his body, it defied logic at times. I still remember him throwing the ball to Sheron for a free kick in that vital game against QPR, who promptly banged it into the net before anybody realised it had happened. A horrible excuse for a keeper.
 
Otamendi's Beard said:
He's exciting to watch but his end product isn't very polished. In my opinion, he'll take time to adapt to our play while improving his passing, crossing and finishing.

But the rest of his attributes you can't coach which is why he's perfect for Pep to mould into something special.
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Sounds a bit like our Kyle! The number of times I said to neighbours on Saturday that if he could only cross a ball and gamble on getting past the full back matched near enough Cole Palmer's squad number.
 
paulchapo said:
Please don't mention that name it still gives me nightmares. Too small for a keeper. He'd dive for easy shots you thought he'd saved, only to see it nestled in the net as it somehow squirmed through or under his body, it defied logic at times. I still remember him throwing the ball to Sheron for a free kick in that vital game against QPR, who promptly banged it into the net before anybody realised it had happened. A horrible excuse for a keeper.
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Went on to be a goalkeeper coach for England! Not sure what skills he was able to pass on.
 
xMatMcC said:
Erling Haaland arrived at the Etihad Stadium from Dortmund for a fee of €60 million (£52m / $62.6m). Man City won out ahead of a number of other clubs who were also willing to pay a similar price, including Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, according to reports.

;)
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Bollocks. It was actually £123.57m with the hidden add-ons and agents fees....
 
I've not seen Doku play a lot, but always try and watch Belgium when KDB is playing and he's always caught the eye. His pace is unreal and he knows how to take players on. Pep will no doubt work with him on how to control a game, but he's definitely an exciting signing.
 
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ninjamonkey said:
I think hes very raw and probably not quite ready for our level just yet but nevertheless im buzzing for this signing.

we've badly needed a zippy pace merchant since selling sterling. Having that option is vital in games where teams set up 2 narrow banks of 5 and give us the wings knowing we're extremely unlikely to see a grealish carry the ball into the box and create something or make a run in behind, he can do both which will stretch sides and provide much more room for others to operate.

Little slide ball in behind the defence from a foden or kovacic, doku on the end of it squaring it for a haaland tap in, can't wait to see that over and over and over again.
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Yes, will be great to see us creating those sorts of chances again.

Would be really useful if we had someone on the left who could do the same thing, get to the by line and cut it back like Sane used to. Imagine how many goals Haaland would get from peeling off the defender and coming on to a low driven cross from the left on his natural side. I'm sure he will score plenty from the right but it means using his weaker foot or letting the ball come across him which is a more difficult finish.

Unfortunately, Grealish being right footed means he has to cut inside most of the time which usually results in a floated inswinger and as we know, Haaland's heading is not his best attribute. Feels like we're missing a trick. I suppose Foden could do it if he played on the left but it seems like he's going to be used more in the middle now. Maybe Doku could end up playing quite a lot of games on the left, apparently his left foot is pretty strong too.
 
p.taker said:
reminds me of a white guy with a beard banging on a drum
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Was just going to post the standard 'hide the pain harold' but then I remembered we invited him to the stadium for some reason.

Anyhow, hope Jeremy can be a great success and he can score open goals from 2 yards out. We have been lacking a bit of pace out wide. Gives us another option and should be a terror off the bench against tired defences.
 
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