11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[Crooked_rain]

He did amost nothing yesterday.

That means very little. Although he did actually create the best chance of the game.

Also, just because a few people say he's overrated, it doesn't make it true. As I say, he contributes more than anyone in that position at the moment.

Arsenal fans say Foden is overrated and are having digs at him for being anonymous yesterday, as you've done with Saka, so what does it matter? We know Phil is quality.


Its ok to say Saka clearly is quality player too.

 

[Father Paul]

It won't work for him here, you can't teach the things that he's no good at.

We should have been bringing in someone 'like' Luis Diaz, who can dribble with the ball and create and score goals.

He's got incredible close control, and has natural ability with the ball at his feet.

This thing of Doku only being 21 and therefore having time to develop is nonsense, you can't teach natural ability at that age, you've either got it or you don't. His natural abilities are borderline useless at City, as we don't play that way, and if we did, his end product will never be good enough to play in such tight spaces.

I hope you are wrong but fear you might be right. I will give the guy another season to develop, but for me anyway, he is well short of the mark currently.

 

[cleavers]

Its ok to say Saka clearly is quality player too.

I did, so lets get back to Doku now.

 

[meeesh]

He has 16 goals and 13 assists. Our wingers Bernardo, Grealish and Doku are nowhere near that even with Haaland occupying extra defenders. Can we have an overrated winger please ?

I wasn't talking about ours, I'm on about him, anonymous yet again yesterday

 

[meeesh]

He's really not.

Lots of City fans will say this because there's often the Foden v Saka debate

I'd take Foden every day of course and I think he's a more gifted player but Saka is not overrated. He does his job excellently, he provides a lot and scores plenty too.

You'd have to pay a hell of a lot of money to get a winger that scores and assists as much as he does.

He really is, and as per anything it's about opinions, fucking bottler

 

[Crooked_rain]

He really is, and as per anything

So by what metric is he overrated except not doing much in some games here and there, something that applies to every footballer in history

?

 

[Phil1]

He really is, and as per anything it's about opinions, fucking bottler

It’s amazing how many people love to big up players of other clubs at the expense of City players.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He really is, and as per anything it's about opinions, fucking bottler

Saka's numbers for the national team also shows that he's a good player. Very young too

 

[K-Bo]

He seemed like he had a decent shot when he first joined, his shooting feels horrendous now. still think he had a decent impact with his running yesterday and got in some dangerous positions but man the final action is just not there since his injury.

 

[meeesh]

So by what metric is he overrated except not doing much in some games here and there, something that applies to every footballer in history

?

Because a lot, and obviously you are one of them, fawns over him, I remember quite a few moments he's been anonymous, oh and shit at taking penalties, in what was crucially the biggest moment of his career to date