11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[Kippax Street 1880]

Did you not watch Liverpool at home then?

Yeah, my main memory is him ambling back into his own half as the fella he was supposed to be marking drilled in the equaliser unmarked on the edge of the box.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Only problem is , Pep will avoid working with anyone who is likely to pop up for a visit this Tuesday, a that is PalmerI’m afraid And why he is no longer here.

I think your predictive text might have gone haywire there mate can't make sense of that I'm afraid lol

 

[toffee balls]

I think your predictive text might have gone haywire there mate can't make sense of that I'm afraid lol

Oh yeah , just noticed that.

Cole is a bit if a **** is the point.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Oh yeah , just noticed that.

Cole is a bit if a **** is the point.

Think he just knew he had to be playing football and Chelsea offered him that and mega wages. City obviously didn't value him as highly so he left. Not heard of any falling out regarding him, few of the squad have praised him in interviews

 

[ojeme]

Foden, Haaland, Alvarez, Nunes, Rodders, Ake, Akanji, etc were on the pitch the for first 70 mins. How many of them did better than Doku in that period? I’ll wait for a response because if you claim Doku was gash but you wouldn’t highlight the shortcomings of the rest of the team, it means your judgement lacks objectivity.

Of course I know his work is cut out but I don’t understand what you want a player to do when he is surrounded and still manages to get past only to find many red shirts in the box. If he holds the ball a bit more, he gets dispossessed by the myriad of red shirts. If he lays a pass, there’s far more likelihood that a red shirt will intercept for the same reason.

Anybody criticizing this boy for nothing without a suggestion about what else he could do other than pass the ball around unproductively, as other players apart from KDB (who wasn’t on the pitch anyway) would do, is showing ignorance.

 

[ojeme]

Westham, Brighton and Bournemouth he was unplayable - GOAT worthy. The rest bar a couple were he was poor, he was good or very good. Don’t get it twisted.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Westham, Brighton and Bournemouth he was unplayable - GOAT worthy. The rest bar a couple were he was poor, he was good or very good. Don’t get it twisted.

“GOATworthy”? And you talk of the the jaundiced eye of others being a problem?

Doku has shown flashes. Nothing more. He’s no Leroy Sané, but he does a decent impression of the best and worst of Raheem Sterling.

He’s in his first season and gets a pass, as do all players trying to learn Pep’s systems and bed in with a world class squad.

However, to even whisper the word “GOAT” alongside his name is, to use your own words, “showing ignorance.”

 

[ojeme]

“GOATworthy”? And you talk of the the jaundiced eye of others being a problem?

Doku has shown flashes. Nothing more. He’s no Leroy Sané, but he does a decent impression of the best and worst of Raheem Sterling.

He’s in his first season and gets a pass, as do all players trying to learn Pep’s systems and bed in with a world class squad.

However, to even whisper the word “GOAT” alongside his name is, to use your own words, “showing ignorance.”

For one, that Bournemouth performance was goat-level. You may not admit it but what do I care? You say “he’s no Leroy.” You mean the one that Pep did away with? And guess what? He doesn’t have to be Leroy because he’s Doku and that will do.

If you think Foden (for example) performed better than him in that first half, you are living in denial. I know we all love Foden and do we typically won’t shred him but if you were quiet on the Foden thread but very vocal on the Doku thread, I wouldn’t take your judgements as objective.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

For one, that Bournemouth performance was goat-level. You may not admit it but what do I care? You say “he’s no Leroy.” You mean the one that Pep did away with? And guess what? He doesn’t have to be Leroy because he’s Doku and that will do.

If you think Foden (for example) performed better than him in that first half, you are living in denial. I know we all love Foden and do we typically won’t shred him but if you were quiet on the Foden thread but very vocal on the Doku thread, I wouldn’t take your judgements as objective.

I’m not sure if you’re related to him or just a teenager with zero life experience, and thus context, but the only way the word “GOAT” could be used for Doku’s season so far would be sarcastically or in a derogatory manner.

So far, your treasure trove of data to back up your claim is that you think he played better than Foden in the first half of a game against Bournemouth. Hmmmm…OK, let’s go with that then, shall we?!

What colour are the rainbows in your world?

 

[Phil1]

I suppose some people have a low threshold on what GOAT means…
Doku is doing just fine as it stands, certainly better than I expected at this point but we don’t need to go overboard. That works both ways of course, negative or positive.

 

[melrose40yarder]

How we forget the stick Rodri and Gundo used to get on here look how thats turned out.I admit at the mo he is bit i show speed.Lets see next year before any rash judgements.

 

[Barcon]

I always thought the O.A.T in G.O.A.T meant, "Of all time".

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I suppose some people have a low threshold on what GOAT means…
Doku is doing just fine as it stands, certainly better than I expected at this point but we don’t need to go overboard. That works both ways of course, negative or positive.

Can only assume he means greediest…

If Doku becomes a killer in the box, he could become one of the best, but it’s a little hasty to place him next to Messi and Maradona just yet.

 

[citizen_maine]

I suppose some people have a low threshold on what GOAT means…

Or don't know what it stands for

 

[Phil1]

I always thought the O.A.T in G.O.A.T meant, "Of all time".

It does, which is why that poster might be getting a bit giddy.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I always thought the O.A.T in G.O.A.T meant, "Of all time".

It does. I guess it could be applied to individual games, but seems unnecessary.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

@ojeme The kid put in a great performance and is viciously torn down by grown ups on bluemoon. Not surprised anyway . I stopped taking some of the comments here seriously when I saw posts destroying Mahrez who contributed over 10 goals and assists in all competitions. Interestingly those same people held up a player who contributed no more than 2 goals and 4 assists all season. Some just love who they love I guess.

 

[ojeme]

I’m not sure if you’re related to him or just a teenager with zero life experience, and thus context, but the only way the word “GOAT” could be used for Doku’s season so far would be sarcastically or in a derogatory manner.

So far, your treasure trove of data to back up your claim is that you think he played better than Foden in the first half of a game against Bournemouth. Hmmmm…OK, let’s go with that then, shall we?!

What colour are the rainbows in your world?

When I mentioned that he had a stormer against Bournemouth, I wasn’t asking you to compare his performance with that of Foden. What I was saying was, that performance against Bournemouth was as good as it gets - GOAT level. And by that I mean it was 10/10 performance. I’m clearly not saying he is 10/10 right now. Hell sometimes he is 3/10. For the records I’m saying that match against Bournemouth, he assisted, scored, terrorized defenders - all done at a very high level
single-handedly. Yes I admit that I went over the top in my assessment of his performances against westham and Brighton but those were also very very good showings.

I was asking us to compare both players in the first half of the Everton game and positing that Doku is getting shit because he’s not very popular. I’ll say it again, if you were quiet on the Foden thread and yet you came out with your swords in the Doku thread after the last game, you have to check it that your preference is not messing up your objectivity.

 

[Phil1]

When I mentioned that he had a stormer against Bournemouth, I wasn’t asking you to compare his performance with that of Foden. What I was saying was, that performance against Bournemouth was as good as it gets - GOAT level. And by that I mean it was 10/10 performance. I’m clearly not saying he is 10/10 right now. Hell sometimes he is 3/10. For the records I’m saying that match against Bournemouth, he assisted, scored, terrorized defenders - all done at a very high level
single-handedly. Yes I admit that I went over the top in my assessment of his performances against westham and Brighton but those were also very very good showings.

I was asking us to compare both players in the first half of the Everton game and positing that Doku is getting shit because he’s not very popular. I’ll say it again, if you were quiet on the Foden thread and yet you came out with your swords in the Doku thread after the last game, you have to check it that your preference is not messing up your objectivity.

I’m not sure where you get the idea that Doku isn’t popular. A handful of posters on here who love to whinge doesn’t really tell the story.

Foden has been our player of the year arguably so probably not the best road to go down.

 

[ojeme]

I’m not sure where you get the idea that Doku isn’t popular. A handful of posters on here who love to whinge doesn’t really tell the story.

Foden has been our player of the year arguably so probably not the best road to go down.

I’d say he’s not popular among quite a number even though he is popular among quite a number as well. If they are just a handful then it’s all well and good. Most people know that Foden has been our star man this season but my assessment was on the last match. It’s a shame I had to bring Foden into the conversation but I was just trying to show that Doku didn’t have as bad a game as those people are trying to make out.