11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[vanchi]

he’s now a hero but without that goal he’d be absolutely skinned alive.

he’s very young, didn’t have much time with pep, has to adapt to a new league and a new team (same as gvardiol basically). where’s the patience, what happened to a year under pep?

it was his second game, i think he was great.

 

[vanchi]

I was surprised that Ake did not start today. TBH. He clearly gave more confidence to the wingers ahead of him, no matter Raz or Jack.

No disrespect to Josko but I see him more like a pure center back. Not enough support for the wingers, defensively or offensively. Ake at least offers enough cover and good width, and occasionally offers something forward. I wonder if we can see both of them start and Ake wide.

offensively? what do you think he should do?

 

[applejuice]

offensively? what do you think he should do?

This stats does not mean he offers what a full back needs to do to support his wide man. Same as Cancelo when he played on the left. Well this is a thread for Doku. So my point is that I prefer Ake to be the wide defender to support the winger.

 

[mancityscot]

Very exciting player, about time we had a bums off seats type of player on the wing

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

he’s now a hero but without that goal he’d be absolutely skinned alive.

he’s very young, didn’t have much time with pep, has to adapt to a new league and a new team (same as gvardiol basically). where’s the patience, what happened to a year under pep?

it was his second game, i think he was great.

That’s not true. He’d have taken some flak in here, but the ball pinged out to him from Rodri wasn‘t the best pass.

City fans always give youth a chance, especially when it‘s a player as direct as Doku.

 

[vanchi]

That’s not true. He’d have taken some flak in here, but the ball pinged out to him from Rodri wasn‘t the best pass.

City fans always give youth a chance, especially when it‘s a player as direct as Doku.

oh i didn’t mean just this forum, in general. this forum is pretty zen compared to some social media platforms.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

oh i didn’t mean just this forum, in general. this forum is pretty zen compared to some social media platforms.

Only because we win everything. After Pep goes, it might have a different vibe!

City fans have always given youth a chance though. It’s all we had for decades!

 

[Blueroses]

What a nightmare he must be to defend against. Can't wait to see how good he can become under Pep.

When they doubled up with at one point you knew he was cooking. The collective boos said it all even the fans were fed up. Very exciting player sure!

 

[Blueroses]

Pep will spend a lot of time teaching him to understand when to go past a player, or when to just play short/pass and move.

This is a problem with a lot of quick players, in they have never been coached at the top level to understand when the right time is.

Vinnicius is a good example of this, and it has to be coached into them early. Doku literally couldn't be in better hands given his raw ability.

I think is learning so much already as his game has improved a lot since his last game. With time he might play with Grealish and it will be sight for sure. The qualities they both have on the wings can compliment each other.

 

[Taylor]

He played very well today, once pep has worked on his decisions in the final third then I can see him being immense for us.

He will also have to work on his defensive side, like Grealish does.

Overall two games in and looks promising