11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[GOULDYBOBS]

Think we seen both sides to his game in twenty minutes. Could go either way for the lad. I think he will kick on

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I hope everybody can agree we never wanna see Alvarez there ever again lol.

It worked for the first 15 mins. They weren’t expecting it and we got in repeatedly down that side.

Sadly, we wasted all those chances and they switched to stop that alley.

Hopefully we don’t use that again either, now!

 

[Damanino]

coming into a team just won the treble from a farmer league club and try to replace the experienced Mahrez who was fitting Pep requirements out wide perfectly...
also to have Grealish a really nothing season with bad form and stop/start due to injuries which probably made Doku's game time overall bit more than it was supposed to be in his first season.

overall its a good season despite goals and assists really dried up for him recently.
20 apps for him is not bad in 28 rounds, and 14 of these 20 were starts actually.

in 20 PL apps he has 2 goals, 5 assists, albeit full picture is worse if you take into account that 4 of his assists came from that big Bournemouth beating at home 6-1, Doku popped up with 1 goal and 4 assists in that game.
take that away and its 1 goal, 1 assist in the other 19 games (13 starts, 6 subs). thats poor from a winger end product point of view imo. but in that Bournemouth game he was lethal, we need to see that Doku bit more often.

his other PL goal was against WHU in September and his other PL assist was against Brighton in October. nothing since then...
(one goal vs Huddersfield, but in Fa cup in 5-0 win and also great cameo vs Leipzig away from home back in October)

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Good player, 1st season syndrome plus like someone pointed out has been overplayed due to Grealish being out most of this season

 

[M18CTID]

coming into a team just won the treble from a farmer league club and try to replace the experienced Mahrez who was fitting Pep requirements out wide perfectly...
also to have Grealish a really nothing season with bad form and stop/start due to injuries which probably made Doku's game time overall bit more than it was supposed to be in his first season.

overall its a good season despite goals and assists really dried up for him recently.
20 apps for him is not bad in 28 rounds, and 14 of these 20 were starts actually.

in 20 PL apps he has 2 goals, 5 assists, albeit full picture is worse if you take into account that 4 of his assists came from that big Bournemouth beating at home 6-1, Doku popped up with 1 goal and 4 assists in that game.
take that away and its 1 goal, 1 assist in the other 19 games (13 starts, 6 subs). thats poor from a winger end product point of view imo. but in that Bournemouth game he was lethal, we need to see that Doku bit more often.

his other PL goal was against WHU in September and his other PL assist was against Brighton in October. nothing since then...
(one goal vs Huddersfield, but in Fa cup in 5-0 win and also great cameo vs Leipzig away from home back in October)

I think it could be argued that his best performance so far was against Liverpool at home but he didn’t have any goals or assists to his name in that match

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Why did it take Pep 70 minutes to realise Alvarez was playing shit , he gave the ball away a least a dozen times and set the Dippers on the attack ,by far his worst game in a City shirt and nearly cost us the game , dont blame Alavarez he isnt a left winger , Pep overthinking again ?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I'm still excited by him and he's incredibly talented but I don't think he'll be with us long if he doesn't start applying himself defensively.

Can't really think of a worse defensive player we've signed in the Pep era. It's not even simply that he's bad at it, he just looks like he can't be arsed to track runners and help win the ball back.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Think we seen both sides to his game in twenty minutes. Could go either way for the lad. I think he will kick on

If Pep can work on Doku’s decision making he could do well for us. Just needs to calm down in those moments. Easier said than done though.

 

[eastmanc]

He is still very young and his football intelligence isn't what it would be if he had played a hundred matches under Pep. Hopefully he will improve in his decision making. This should come with experience

 

[applejuice]

Why did it take Pep 70 minutes to realise Alvarez was playing shit , he gave the ball away a least a dozen times and set the Dippers on the attack ,by far his worst game in a City shirt and nearly cost us the game , dont blame Alavarez he isnt a left winger , Pep overthinking again ?

Pep will do anything to force Alvarez into the starting XI.

Unfortunately I think that Alvarez is overplayed and he has taken some valuable minutes from other midfielder/winger candidates this season.