11 | Jeremy Doku - 2025/26

[oldius]

He has huge potential. With Marmoush, Foden, Reijnders, Rodri, and Cherki supplying him with those balls inside the fullback, he could be devastating this season. Incredible physicality.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

He has huge potential. With Marmoush, Foden, Reijnders, Rodri, and Cherki supplying him with those balls inside the fullback, he could be devastating this season. Incredible physicality.

I want to see him in the same team as Ait-Nouri asap and see what the chemistry/movement is like between the two of them on the left side.

 

[WallyA]

He has huge potential. With Marmoush, Foden, Reijnders, Rodri, and Cherki supplying him with those balls inside the fullback, he could be devastating this season. Incredible physicality.

I have my doubts both he and Marmoush can play simultaneously.

But don't disagree about him being immense, I am looking forward to his growth.

I hope Pep keeps it simple, just rotate between the two, have them battle for starting LW.

 

[Belgian Flash]

Couple of nice off ball runs and late arrivals in the box, good crosses and long switches, that was a bit different from usual. Reijnders and Ait Nouri could be key to unlocking Doku's potential. If you surround this guy with the right players you really got yourself a nuclear weapon.

Hope he didn't get injured before the sub.

 

[Dax777]

Couple of nice off ball runs and late arrivals in the box, good crosses and long switches, that was a bit different from usual. Reijnders and Ait Nouri could be key to unlocking Doku's potential. If you surround this guy with the right players you really got yourself a nuclear weapon.

Hope he didn't get injured before the sub.

Easy now :)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Couple of nice off ball runs and late arrivals in the box, good crosses and long switches, that was a bit different from usual. Reijnders and Ait Nouri could be key to unlocking Doku's potential. If you surround this guy with the right players you really got yourself a nuclear weapon.

Hope he didn't get injured before the sub.

Play it again, Jeremy.

 

[Belgian Flash]

Needs to learn to take that little curling placement shot at the near post as well though. Mbappe does this all the time, looks at where the keeper is positioned and picks the post. Doku always tries the classic curler at the far post regardless where the keeper stands. Generally needs to pick up his head more often.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Needs to practice finesse shots.

If he has runners, he'll eat. Saw Reijnders make a lot of runs for Milan from the inside left mid position. I think he might be the ideal guy to unlock Doku, fully.

 

[DenizCTID]

his last ball yesterday were good, hope he keeps on that and he can unlock G/A in his game consistently. Think the one to savinho changing the sides if that was planned (i‘m not sure) will cause damage as we need these fast changes to break park the bus teams.

 

[madloaf]

Him arriving late into the box from crosses is a nice new addition to his game that I hope he continues.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

There's a little bit of that "Cole Palmer" arrogance and self belief (not to be confused with the Bellingham arrogance) that's now showing in his game and I love that. It's like he's finally realising that he's a Pep player and that's not something every player can say. He's here because Pep wanted him here, that's the mindset you need to succeed at this club. Players like Phillips had that dumb starstruck look like they weren't sure what they were doing here or if they should be here.

Sometimes we underestimate the importance of the psychological aspect of football, it goes way beyond physical fitness and prematch instructions. Keep it up kid. Double digit assists should be the benchmark this season.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

There's a little bit of that "Cole Palmer" arrogance and self belief (not to be confused with the Bellingham arrogance) that's now showing in his game and I love that. It's like he's finally realising that he's a Pep player and that's not something every player can say. He's here because Pep wanted him here, that's the mindset you need to succeed at this club. Players like Phillips had that dumb starstruck look like they weren't sure what they were doing here or if they should be here.

Sometimes we underestimate the importance of the psychological aspect of football, it goes way beyond physical fitness and prematch instructions. Keep it up kid. Double digit assists should be the benchmark this season.

If Doku could consistently pass/cross when leaving his man dead on the wing - or indeed consistently deliver a shot on goal when one-on-one with the keeper - he'd be awesome.

Doku is one of the best - if not the best - at beating a defender one-on-one. The problem is that after having done so, Doku's final product - either a cross, a pass to an open attacker, or a shot on goal - all of these have been extremely inconsistent.
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The above isn't meant to take away from Doku's performance versus Wydad - which was excellent. It's to make clear why - and in which areas of his game - Doku needs to improve.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

If Doku could consistently pass/cross when leaving his man dead on the wing - or indeed consistently deliver a shot on goal when one on one with the keeper - he'd be awesome.

Doku is one of the best - if not the best - at beating a defender one-on-one. The problem is that after having done so, Doku's final product - either a cross, a pass to an open attacker, or a shot on goal - all of these have been extremely disappointing.
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The above isn't meant to take away from Doku's performance versus Wydad - which was excellent. It's to make clear why and where Doku needs to improve if he's to remain in out squad long term.

It's a lack of composure as he wants to quickly take advantage of the man he's just beaten. If RAN ( yes I know, but it's better than TAA) can overlap and pull the attention of the defender, then I believe Doku might just have that extra second of composure required to make the decisive cross

 

[mexico1970]

If Doku could consistently pass/cross when leaving his man dead on the wing - or indeed consistently deliver a shot on goal when one-on-one with the keeper - he'd be awesome.

Doku is one of the best - if not the best - at beating a defender one-on-one. The problem is that after having done so, Doku's final product - either a cross, a pass to an open attacker, or a shot on goal - all of these have been extremely inconsistent.
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The above isn't meant to take away from Doku's performance versus Wydad - which was excellent. It's to make clear why - and in which areas of his game - Doku needs to improve - if he's to remain in out squad long term.

When you have had the pleasure of seeing Peter Barnes on the left and Denis Tueart on the right ripping defences new ones on a weekly basis it's hard to get excited by any of our wide men.

 

[Craig]

If Doku could consistently pass/cross when leaving his man dead on the wing - or indeed consistently deliver a shot on goal when one-on-one with the keeper - he'd be awesome.

Doku is one of the best - if not the best - at beating a defender one-on-one. The problem is that after having done so, Doku's final product - either a cross, a pass to an open attacker, or a shot on goal - all of these have been extremely inconsistent.
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The above isn't meant to take away from Doku's performance versus Wydad - which was excellent. It's to make clear why - and in which areas of his game - Doku needs to improve if he's to remain in out squad long term.

Agree with most of that apart from i don’t think his actual shooting or certainly finishing is that bad. That’s the part that Savinho really needs to improve. With Doku it’s more not getting into the positions enough. Sterling didn’t become a great finisher but after a while his movement and timing of his runs was top class and then the goals flowed.

Hopefully with a more fluent team this season it will help Doku. He obviously likes it to feet so he can go at his man but the run in behind like what lead to the first goal yesterday could be very useful. Obviously that relies on one him looking to do that and 2 the midfield looking for the quick pass. We should have the players to that.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

When you have had the pleasure of seeing Peter Barnes on the left and Denis Tueart on the right ripping defences new ones on a weekly basis it's hard to get excited by any of our wide men.

Alas I became a football fan circa 2010.

Although Man City has been my favorite club every since - and will remain so until I die - I did not have the pleasure of watching Barnes or Tueart.

I did, however, have the neural fan's immense pleasure of watching Bayern's "Robbery" pair kill it - and that's what City should aim for. Doku and Savinho are light years away from that pinacle.

 

[mexico1970]

Alas I became a football fan circa 2010.

Although Man City has been my favorite club every since - and will remain so until I die - I did not have the pleasure of watching Barnes or Tueart.

I did however watch Bayern's "Robbery" pair kill it - and that's what City should aim for. Doku and Savinho are light years away from that pinacle.

Nowt more satisfying than seeing a full back on their arses and the winger having a free run at goal mate :-)

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Agree with most of that apart from i don’t think his actual shooting or certainly finishing is that bad. That’s the part that Savinho really needs to improve. With Doku it’s more not getting into the positions enough. Sterling didn’t become a great finisher but after a while his movement and timing of his runs was top class and then the goals flowed.

Hopefully with a more fluent team this season it will help Doku. He obviously likes it to feet so he can go at his man but the run in behind like what lead to the first goal yesterday could be very useful. Obviously that relies on one him looking to do that and 2 the midfield looking for the quick pass. We should have the players to that.

Cheers.

Disagree though.

Because our wingers are often passed to when open and one-on-one with a defender. They can either take on the defender one-on-one or pass back. And Doku often takes on the defender in this position - and frankly is world class at leaving his marker in the dust. It's what transpires afterwards that is problematic.

 

[King Jay]

Alas I became a football fan circa 2010.

Although Man City has been my favorite club every since - and will remain so until I die - I did not have the pleasure of watching Barnes or Tueart.

I did, however, have the neural fan's immense pleasure of watching Bayern's "Robbery" pair kill it - and that's what City should aim for. Doku and Savinho are light years away from that pinacle.

There is literally no winger pair out there on that level. Not even 1 current winger out there is Ribéry or robben level. Maybe you should accept that this is a different time

 

[Gumzy97]

When he beats his man now he's keeping his head up. He's also started getting in positions to score similar to Sterling getting to the back post, noticed for Beligium as well he was getting into good positions.