11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

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Belgian Flash said:
Doku's shooting technique is top class. What he lacks is power in his shot, but in terms of placement technique there is ample evidence for his quality. Against Red Star there was a moment where his curler got blocked by an opposing player, but you could see how cleanly he strikes it. It would have been a wondergoal if the defender didn't block it. And it happens regularly with both feet. Technical shooters actually can be distinguished by the fact that they most often choose placement over power and thats what Doku does.

In terms of passing, of course hes no Guti. His through balls most of the time don't have the perfect weight, but that can be improved with experience. What doesn't improve with time is the sheer ability to see the pitch and movement of players, and pick out passes. And he has this, his vision is fantastic imo. What needs to be considered is that hes not the Ozil/Bernardo Silva type of wing playmaker, a #10 who plays on the wing. He is a pure winger, and among pure wingers he is elite with his passing ability. His passing is going to be like Hazard's, and its already very close to it. You cant be great at literally everything. In terms of passing, its his decision making thats impressive, he knows when to play the simple pass, when to make a small progressive pass, when to cross etc.

I honestly don't see what the fuss is all about this "technique problem". You don't play as a forward for City if your technique is poor. Hell you don't play forward in general if your technique is poor, his career would have been a lot different if he had poor technique, he probably would have been a fullback. But hes not. You don't get to have such close control when running with the ball if you don't have technique. Doku is basically a street footballer, thats how hes been raised. He is all about skill.
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One of the exciting signings of late. I am not about putting our players against each other but his good form and positive trajectory and City will push JG to do better.
 
Just catching up on this thread and thankfully people have already responded to a few no nowts.

He's shown everything we expected from him and MORE! The guy is electric, he's beats men for fun and his decision making around the box / final third has been of a high level. His technique cannot be questioned either (unless we're strictly talking about ball striking which every player can improve on except Kev).

He may not run or pirouette with the same elegance of Sane, but he's shown he can be just as effective with his own style.

If there's anything that people questioned with Sane it was his attitude, consistency, sloppiness. But Doku has already shown that he's humble, a grafter, and already controls and protects the ball as well as Grealish.

If he avoids injuries he'll become world class (probably 12-18months of working with Pep).
 
When you spend £50m on a player its difficult to describe him as a bargain , but when you consider the Rags paid £25m more for that waster Mount , he really is a bargain , very early days but imagine how good he will be in 12 months with Pep's input into his career , if he can achieve the level's of Leroy Sane but with a better mentailty then he is potentially world class.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
When you spend £50m on a player its difficult to describe him as a bargain , but when you consider the Rags paid £25m more for that waster Mount , he really is a bargain , very early days but imagine how good he will be in 12 months with Pep's input into his career , if he can achieve the level's of Leroy Sane but with a better mentailty then he is potentially world class.
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How about 2/3s of an Antony?
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
When you spend £50m on a player its difficult to describe him as a bargain , but when you consider the Rags paid £25m more for that waster Mount , he really is a bargain , very early days but imagine how good he will be in 12 months with Pep's input into his career , if he can achieve the level's of Leroy Sane but with a better mentailty then he is potentially world class.
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Bargain when players his age are going for 100mil like Caicdo and Enzo … I think that is what the price being a bargain means. Also he is only 21 with potential he as great signing.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
When you spend £50m on a player its difficult to describe him as a bargain , but when you consider the Rags paid £25m more for that waster Mount , he really is a bargain , very early days but imagine how good he will be in 12 months with Pep's input into his career , if he can achieve the level's of Leroy Sane but with a better mentailty then he is potentially world class.
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Bargain when players his age are going for 100mil like Caicdo, Rice and Enzo
 
Blueroses said:
Players like Doku thriving in systems.

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Sterling was/is the same. Brilliant under Pep until he saw his arse about rotation and then come alive again this season under Poch when he has a clear gameplan in mind for wingers.

It's strange with Doku because while his main strength is obviously unpredictability, his comments seem to suggest he prefers structure and stability in how the team around him play. Mind you, probably because the whole gameplan is geared towards getting him 1v1 and isolated against his marker.
 
His decision-making in the box has always been the knock on him but I thought he was let down by some runs, or lack thereof, when he got it in promising areas.

Still a very strong performance and I thought he worked extremely hard defensively in comparison to his first couple of games. He and Grealish will bring the best out of each other, I hope.
 
Love watching him play, he’s so exciting, his end delivery will improve with time on the training pitch…once the international games are done he can fully settle into the team and the patterns of play, hope he smashes Utd to bits next week.
 
Pep needs to be drilling him the cut inside and shoot all day until he starts curling them in. Had many good looking chances. Gonna need to improve that part of his game.

Also want to see left footed crosses that have quality.
If he can do both, he’ll be unplayable.
 
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