11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[Belgian Flash]

Didn't catch the game last night but it seems he was at the heart of almost every one of City's chances.

 

[PragueBlue]

Kev made two key passes in the game as did Doku.

The point is that Kev, who is the best player in the world and far more experienced than Doku, makes lots of passes and crosses that come to nothing and that is fine because creating goals is not easy and you need to have numerous attempts. Kev is not slated for that but young Jeremy is. People are not judging Doku fairly, IMO, and frankly lack a full appreciation of reality.

Some are unfair to Doku as he doesn't play like Grealish. Some are unfair to Grealish because he doesn't play like Doku. I guess it depends on which style of winger each poster prefers.

I think they are both excellent players that have a lot to bring to the team and both suit different types of opponents.

 

[Chi-town blues]

There’s a lot of bias. Kev made 8 unsuccessful crosses tonight before he assisted Phil.

I just laugh at haters when they can’t comprehend this simple logic .

 

[wolfie1988]

Thought he was trying to do more of the stuff that Grealish does last night as well as his usual. Worked hard too.

We didn't look as good when he came on but we had Grealish doing a specific role and that role isn't necessarily suited to Doku

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Kev made two key passes in the game as did Doku.

The point is that Kev, who is the best player in the world and far more experienced than Doku, makes lots of passes and crosses that come to nothing and that is fine because creating goals is not easy and you need to have numerous attempts. Kev is not slated for that but young Jeremy is. People are not judging Doku fairly, IMO, and frankly lack a full appreciation of reality.

Plus many of his crosses do find a blue shirt then we miss the chance. His volleyed cross for Haaland’s acrobatic chance was fantastic

 

[Rhapsody in Blue]

Was very good yesterday. His decision making is frustrating sometimes but he’s extremely young. Think we have a gem here.

 

[Pelegrinni]

I think the moment some fans went overboard with their praises for Doku, he became a marked man to those set of fans who don't prefer his style.
Every mistake he makes will be highlighted while every impact/positives will either be ignored or downplayed.

 

[BillyShears]

I think the moment some fans went overboard with their praises for Doku, he became a marked man to those set of fans who don't prefer his style.
Every mistake he makes will be highlighted while every impact/positives will either be ignored or downplayed.

Does feel like that. His anti fan club are definitely desperate for him to fail. Very weird reaction to a game in which he was very good after he came on.

This really shouldn’t be Grealish vs Doku either. Each player has to earn their place in the team and if Pep picks them they’ve earned it.

We have luxury problems if Doku is the biggest.

 

[Middedon]

I think the moment some fans went overboard with their praises for Doku, he became a marked man to those set of fans who don't prefer his style.
Every mistake he makes will be highlighted while every impact/positives will either be ignored or downplayed.

There were a fair amount of annoying comments from Doku fans on social media about Jacks injury. Basically, “great news, now Doku can play” or “who cares if our worst players are out, hope they’re out all season” (before Bernardo went out). I’m sure this is annoying to a lot of other fans and they try and counteract it. It’s not Dokus issue regardless.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Plus many of his crosses do find a blue shirt then we miss the chance. His volleyed cross for Haaland’s acrobatic chance was fantastic

That cross required very quick thinking, and was difficult to execute.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Does feel like that. His anti fan club are definitely desperate for him to fail. Very weird reaction to a game in which he was very good after he came on.

This really shouldn’t be Grealish vs Doku either. Each player has to earn their place in the team and if Pep picks them they’ve earned it.

We have luxury problems if Doku is the biggest.

We have two excellent players for most positions, with youngsters who are more than merely promising (think Oscar Bobb) coming through behind them. The one big problem area is Rodri. There's absolutely no-one to replace Rodri and what he does. If he were out for even half a season with an injury, I think we'd be doing well to get any kind of silverware.

 

[Odd socks]

Like both players but JG faithful make it a contest, constant excuses for JG when he's not firing which doesn't help.
With JG and JD both coming back from injuries only one was allowed it as an excuse so you can see why people start choosing one over the other.
It's a good job JD is fit so we need to get behind him and the rest of the team.

 

[Barcon]

There were a fair amount of annoying comments from Doku fans on social media about Jacks injury. Basically, “great news, now Doku can play” or “who cares if our worst players are out, hope they’re out all season” (before Bernardo went out). I’m sure this is annoying to a lot of other fans and they try and counteract it. It’s not Dokus issue regardless.

Those people are quite simply not Blues.
They might think that they are and they might claim to be.

 

[Phil1]

Does feel like that. His anti fan club are definitely desperate for him to fail. Very weird reaction to a game in which he was very good after he came on.

This really shouldn’t be Grealish vs Doku either. Each player has to earn their place in the team and if Pep picks them they’ve earned it.

We have luxury problems if Doku is the biggest.

There’s only a handful who seem to have an issue with him but similar to the Grealish thread it only takes a handful to repeat themselves ad infinitum and it seems worse than it is.
You know better than anyone that this forum has members who thrive on negativity.
Was forever thus.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Those people are quite simply not Blues.
They might think that they are and they might claim to be.

No normally constituted supporter of any club could actually want a player wearing their shirt to play badly. Still less to pick up an injury.

 

[OB1]

Some are unfair to Doku as he doesn't play like Grealish. Some are unfair to Grealish because he doesn't play like Doku. I guess it depends on which style of winger each poster prefers.

I think they are both excellent players that have a lot to bring to the team and both suit different types of opponents.

I agree, both players have a lot to offer and give us great options depending on how Pep wants to set up.

 

[BillyShears]

There’s only a handful who seem to have an issue with him but similar to the Grealish thread it only takes a handful to repeat themselves ad infinitum and it seems worse than it is.
You know better than anyone that this forum has members who thrive on negativity.
Was forever thus.

Always found the entire idea of the player forum a bit problematic. It lends itself to this sort of stuff.

 

[Kamaro011]

There were a fair amount of annoying comments from Doku fans on social media about Jacks injury. Basically, “great news, now Doku can play” or “who cares if our worst players are out, hope they’re out all season” (before Bernardo went out). I’m sure this is annoying to a lot of other fans and they try and counteract it. It’s not Dokus issue regardless.

The very worst set of so called "fans" wishing player they didn't like getting injured so their favourite player get played.

Fuck em.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Always found the entire idea of the player forum a bit problematic. It lends itself to this sort of stuff.

Well, you can add the Matchday thread to that, and then… and then…

 

[chris85mcfc]

Always found the entire idea of the player forum a bit problematic. It lends itself to this sort of stuff.

The alternative being Ric not being able to afford to run his yacht.