11 | Jeremy Doku - 2024/25

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He would have been better if Pep didn't play so scared, and let Gvardiol go down the left wing to let Doku in the central pockets more often, where if he did all those dribbles closer to goal, I bet we would have had a goal or two.
 
Don't feel remotely excited when he gets the ball, it's just rinse and repeat

Beat TAA 10 times today and not a single one came to anything

Will never be anything more than what he's showing now
 
Doesn't matter how many times you beat a shit defender like TAA if you have no final ball after it. He should be showing signs of improving by now, but he isn't. A bit of a brainless footballer.
 
He would have a damn sight more impact if someone else occasionally made run to either pull away defenders or pass to, instead of standing around like statues waiting for him to do their work for them.
 
Lowtower said:
Brilliantly put

Looks lovely on the ball beating people, then its a fucking lottery as to what he's going to do next, must be extremely difficult to play with.

Especially with our tactics.
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Not really a lottery, he kept crossing it at the front post and no one tried to make a run there so Konate kept blocking them, that's pretty consistent stuff.
 
He did the first part of his job superbly well today, second part was non-existent. However he can't do the second part without a target in the box, never had anybody to aim for. Marmoush and foden never got into good positions. In situations like that though he needs to really work on his ability to cut inside and do it himself, the lack of shots we get from our wingers is a problem.
 
skillman said:
Thought he was fine. He did his job in the sense of attacking his full back and winning his personal duel. Just no fucker to aim for when he had. Mad tactics.
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His final ball is utter turd. That's on him.
 
Damien10 said:
He should play every game at left wing. Build his confidence, he will only get better for it.

People was saying the same about Salah at 22.

Doku has that ability that can’t be coached. It’s pure natural ability to go past players. So explosive. If he adds that next part. He’s world class. How would you stop it.
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But there's no indication the next part is coming. That's the problem.
 
skillman said:
Not a lot he can do mate, surely everybody can see that?

How’s he meant to be running full pace one second to beat his man then have time to pick out an eye of the needle pass? More often than not, it was Foden or Marmoush in the middle of 9 Liverpool shirts. Static.
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But we've seen it in previous games even with Haaland up top. He has no real quality when it comes to the last bit. Whether that's a cross, a pass or a shot. He's a great dribbler with tons of pace. The rest of his game is Championship level. He's a Belgian Aaron Lennon.
 
ninjamonkey said:
He did the first part of his job superbly well today, second part was non-existent. However he can't do the second part without a target in the box, never had anybody to aim for. Marmoush and foden never got into good positions. In situations like that though he needs to really work on his ability to cut inside and do it himself, the lack of shots we get from our wingers is a problem.
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They are so wide, and then get easily double and occassionally tripled marked, that cutting in is difficult.

Now what teams are suppose to do is support their winger to make these overloads and give them that sort of freedom, but Pep stopped doing it, and is obsessed with "Winger go 1v1, winger make chance, or draw 2 players, and make space".

It's a little too simple minded of an attacking idea from Pep imo.
 
Bluewonder said:
But there's no indication the next part is coming. That's the problem.
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Likewise for Salah?

How was Marhez end product at 22?
The list can go on and on.

Do we really want to give up on a young winger with so much natural ability.

If we are here when he’s 25 and he still looks like he will never have the last part then ok I get it.

However right now I am keeping him for at least three more seasons.
 
MCFCFanTX said:
Not the problem at all today. Thought he was really good and positive.
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Not the problem at all - but at this level that’s not enough, you have to be the solution.
Whether that’s on the player, the team, the setup, or all three I don’t know.

If we build a more direct team he might fit in better, or at least his weaknesses may be masked. If we keep the Pep possession system going though, it might make more sense to sell him while his value is high, because he’s a square peg in a round hole playing in this setup.
 
BLUEisville said:
Not the problem at all - but at this level that’s not enough, you have to be the solution.
Whether that’s on the player, the team, the setup, or all three I don’t know.

If we build a more direct team he might fit in better, or at least his weaknesses may be masked. If we keep the Pep possession system going though, it might make more sense to sell him while his value is high, because he’s a square peg in a round hole playing in this setup.
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Spain got the balance spot on. And they used wingers.
 
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