11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

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Haha didn’t take long at all for the insecure bashing to start. Some posters don’t enjoy city or watching a team evolve with new players. It all has to be perfect all the time.

I think a lot of it is down to the media attention and rival fans taking the piss. Some people can’t handle it so come on here and attack the player.

He said himself he was nervous. Annoyed he didn’t assist a goal. I don’t think people realise how big a club city is now and the achievements we have made. You could see it was playing on his mind. Once he settles in and gets used to our rhythm we will start to see his attributes. He is going to make mistakes, he is going to cost us sometimes in a game. It’s the risk and reward factor with attacking wingers.

Sure let’s just keep passing the ball around and around and around then moan about not having a direct wingerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
 
Withnail said:
Got pace to burn and offers us something different in attack. Like most players needs time to settle and understand how we play before we see the best of him
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Yes, thought he started very nervous and trying to do too much on the ball. Got a bit better second half and am sure once he’s had a few games he’ll be fine
 
First game.
Pretty much annomouse, bar the wayward passed, and the odd
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See the usual mix of posts where expectations are somewhat strange .

His first game in a new league and has liitle training time with his team mates. J

Just what were some expecting ?
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A mixture of Pele, Maradonna, Ronaldo and Messi?
 
Not gonna comment on a young guy that has trained with the squad for a week and needs to adapt to life in UK/Manchester. I was very surprised Pep started him tbf. So any negative comment should be pointed at Pep!
 
Simply wasnt ready for the step up from the french league and showed today , he's 21 years old and has joined the right club with the right manager to develop his career , a few weeks on the training ground and we will see totally different players from the Fulham game , welcome to the club Jeremy the hard work starts now :)
 
It’s ok to critique a performance regardless of his age and experience without being labelled as impatient and writing the lad off after 90 mins.

He was poor and it wasn’t a good debut but so what? He’ll get better and all the happy clapping top blues on here can come back and quote all the genuine opinions and feel good about yourselves when he eventually plays well in the not too distant future. Good for you lot lads, Superbia in Proelio points for you all.
 
Encouraging.

I feel his impact initially will be greater from the bench,but its great to have an option like him who offers something completely different.
 
He might not be the next Sterling, but could be the next Alphonso Davies

The sooner Pep realize that the better :)
 
Thought he did ok and clearly has bags of potential.

His control and passing was a wee bit off at the start, which could be nerves. Buy either way, he'll be doing a ton of technical work.

Due to his acceleration I think he's going to be a great presser in the way Alvarez is, but clearly hasn't quite learned the system yet. That will come.

What really excited me was his ability to beat his man... I think that's fantastic.

Played most of the match on the left, which confused me. Or rather, if they see him as an inverted winger, why start him on the right? They didn't seem to be switching wingers after than. I wondered whether that switch had as much to do with Foden as with him?

Anyway, all in all, loads of potential, and great to get a first start.
 
I just don't understand where the notion that he was poor even come from, honestly. Like what did people see to reach this conclusion? Perhaps your expectations were sky high and as a result a serviceable performance seems "poor". for me he mostly kept the ball, didn't take on his full-backs too unnecessarily and when he did, he did it successfully. Otherwise known as a standard 6/10 performance.
 
Yet again amazing comments for a lad that has been at the club for one week.

We paid 145 million pounds for two England Internationals and they are allowed a full 12/18 months "settling in" time, yet a young 21 yr old playing in what the same people call "the farmers league" is expected to perform from the off.

Incredible Jim, simply @ucking incredible!
 
As he said two men on him most of the time. They played him as if it was going to be Grealish. He showed he can get through them through quick footwork and deliver a cross or pass once or twice in the game. He mostly kept the ball and passed as Jack would do. A couple of times lost the ball trying things to beat his man. We do need to take risks occasionally against a packed defence. I'm sure he'll get instructions as to his role from Pep and get better in the team. Some different characteristics for Pep to blend into the side, and the possibility of someone to beat the tight defences or maybe use on the break. Was an OK debut.
 
Good debut..... he has something very few has and that is the ability to beat a man in a short amount of space and do this either side of the defender..once he has learnt the Haaland and other forwards movement and becomes more verse in how we play he is going to be very valuable and a provide a way of playing that is slightly different if needed while having the ability to probably fit in with the way we have played in the past.
 
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