11 | Jeremy Doku - 2024/25

[sir baconface]

Actually he put a perfect ball in for a late arriving midfielder to smash it in, all are other players were marked in the box, even a ball across would’ve got nowhere,I’m one of his biggest critics but that ball was perfect, unfortunately our ageing midfield was half way up the pitch still trying to get forward.

Nobody is queuing up for goals these days. Who else even puts balls into the box?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Nobody is queuing up for goals these days. Who else even puts balls into the box?

Nunes

 

[Belgian Flash]

Actually he put a perfect ball in for a late arriving midfielder to smash it in, all are other players were marked in the box, even a ball across would’ve got nowhere,I’m one of his biggest critics but that ball was perfect, unfortunately our ageing midfield was half way up the pitch still trying to get forward.

I noticed that about JD that he very often crosses the ball in the right area, where there should be a player and where you expect to be a player, but for some reason there isn't. I think last season Foden and Alvarez had a good anticipation about where the ball would arrive and therefore had a good connection with him. KVB has it too, but at this point they don't play together often enough (Kevin is injured, Doku gets rotated) for this to flourish to the full extent. But the biggest issue is the lack of connection with Haaland. I was talking about this a year ago already as a potential problem but people here were nah. Now people realize it. Its understandable that part of his role is to provide a dummy, but then you need someone else to use it.