11 | Jeremy Doku - 2023/24

[Citizen Mike]

You think Doku is as good as Saka? Come on. He's not.

Nobody is saying Saka is Ronaldinho, but he's streets ahead of Doku as it stands.

Sometimes you just have to look at reality. Its one thing supporting our team and players as we should but you cant be deluded.

There isn't a manager in Europe right now that would choose Doku over Saka to start a game.

Can Doku do a few things Saka can't? Sure, he can do a few things 99% of players can't. But overall he contributes nowhere near enough to say he's equal to Saka.

I don't think Doku is even as good as Bobb,who looks to me like he is going to be a great player. I think Doku is getting game time that Bobb should be getting

 

[alexmcity]

Haaland is the top scorer in the league despite missing 2 months. Foden has been our outstanding player.

They're not immune from a poor game or patch, but there's a big difference between them and a player who seemingly cant pass or shoot whenever they've been on the pitch for the last 5 months.

So yeah, those players you've mentioned answer plenty of questions

Doku hasn't answer the question if he can kick a ball straight more than once or twice every few months yet.

I was talking about yesterday and Anfield.

You are unnecessarily harsh on Doku. He hit the post vs Spurs and Liverpool. Hw's been a bit unlucky in which is a fine first season. Nobody knows whether he will improve significantly or not. But people were even more skeptical about Gundogan and especially Rodri. Grealish didn't have a great 1st season either.

My point is that it would be great if Doku could decide those games vs Liverpool and Arsenal, but it's probably a bit too much to expect from him to provide the answers when the top guns are silent.

 

[Crooked_rain]

I was talking about yesterday and Anfield.

You are unnecessarily harsh on Doku. He hit the post vs Spurs and Liverpool. Hw's been a bit unlucky in which is a fine first season. Nobody knows whether he will improve significantly or not. But people were even more skeptical about Gundogan and especially Rodri. Grealish didn't have a great 1st season either.

My point is that it would be great if Doku could decide those games vs Liverpool and Arsenal, but it's probably a bit too much to expect from him to provide the answers when the top guns are silent.

I actually like Doku in the sense there's a potential to offer something different. I just don't think it's unfair to say the potential isn't being realised because he's been poor more than good for a while.

I'm not expecting him to find all the solutions against top sides. Just playing more good games than very poor would be a start.

 

[Ric]

Well let's just hope those questions start turning into answers. His end product has been atrocious really, except once or twice months ago.

We're pretty much banking on him being young and hoping the rest of his game will improve tenfold because its going to need to otherwise he'll be at somewhere like Fulham in a couple of years.

Patience is a virtue.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Leicester seem to have a player called Fatawu who’s pretty similar to Doku.

Incredibly exciting and frustrating in equal measure.

 

[Phil1]

Leicester seem to have a player called Fatawu who’s pretty similar to Doku.

Incredibly exciting and frustrating in equal measure.

Like a death sentence?…

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Like a death sentence?…

Definitely a u at the end!

 

[geek24601]

Doku started so well when he joined but now looks to be constantly caught in two minds. Risk vs Ball retention. Once he becomes more natural at making the right choice and improves his final ball he will be outstanding.

 

[01cravend]

Weird one Doku... insane dribbling ability but awful shooting technique and passing ability.

Yesterday for example, receives the ball, squares defender up, brilliantly shifts ball onto left to get clear shot away, shanks it high and wide with no power behind it.
Then 9.8 times out of ten he'll buy space to get cross in/cut ball across to someone and it has the same accuracy as if he was blindfolded.

Potential is there but we're edging more and more toward that Bournemouth performance being an anomaly rather than it being what he could offer consistently

 

[BlueMonkey79]

A good player in the wrong side.

The way teams set up against us ruins his style of play.

He'd be brilliant at a team like Spurs or even United.