11 | Jeremy Doku - 2025/26

Terrific game, mixtures of really hardworking and really intelligent play (just a shame Savinho couldn’t match it when he came on), he’s really stepped it up over the last 3 games, long may it continue
 
kunaguero10 said:
Terrific game, mixtures of really hardworking and really intelligent play (just a shame Savinho couldn’t match it when he came on), he’s really stepped it up over the last 3 games, long may it continue
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100%. I don’t like Doku, I think he’s very lucky to be going into his third year but fair play, this week has been his best week by a mile

I completely agree re Savio as well. He’s a wet - moans like Ronaldo but plays like Garnacho. I’d have taken anything over 50mil for him
 
Blue Hefner said:
Nest 2 games are Burnley and Brentford - he’s got to deliver and build on his performances. He’s had a great week but City players don’t have ‘great weeks’ they do the business every week, every month and every year

No one spoke about Silva, KDB etc having a ‘good week’. The job is to do it on a consistent basis
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Yes, consistency is vital and only time will tell us if he can be maintain, and hopefully improve on, this level but the signs of development are encouraging.
 
Blue2112 said:
Had his best 3 games in a city shirt and all 3 of them in a row. I've criticised him before this season and 3 swallows do not a summer make but if he continues in this form and I will gladly be proved wrong.
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Imo that Liverpool match last season when he ragdolled Trent over and over he was better than any one of the three last matches. But it goes to show what difference it makes if you put him more centrally in a more direct setup. I think being more often central he doesn't need to run so much, which helps with his stamina issue - he doesn't have to cover as much ground as on the wing, and this actually helps him win defensive duels by using that fantastic strength and low gravity balance.

I still think hes not ready to play every every 2-3 days but his confidence is quite high, he knows how good he can be and the whole finding Jesus thing clearly is helping. Im not a fan of religious enlightenments but whatever works for you I guess.

Also the connection with Haaland is getting better which is crucial. Pep seems to have finally realized that having Doku get to the byline and cross to a far post Haaland is mostly a waste of time due to both players deficiencies. Now Haaland is often closer to Doku ready to make the run away from him for a more simple through ball, which Jeremy is actually pretty good at from slightly to the left side on the run with the defense not yet set, rather than from the hole and against an entire line.
 
Blue Hefner said:
It’s his best week as a City player. I don’t like him on the wing, he’s not quick enough. But get him close to the box and he clearly makes things happen

We might not be winning the league material but we are looking good and looks like we are going to be good fun to watch

We just need a few better players on the bench and we’ll run away with it next season
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Of course he’s fucking quick enough. Fullbacks don’t get near him. Just easier to stick 2/3 on him when he’s wide. He has no problem skinning a fullback to get to the byline. It’s just his left foot crossing is hardly Sane
 
Good all-round performance, but at his very key moment in the box he’s got to do better…

Second half he gets past a couple of their players and puts in a bobbins effort at goal from an angle he was very unlikely to score from, through lack of patience in taking stock of the situation.

BSilva was in good space to be passed to and Doku made the wrong choice.

Other than that he was a great outlet to get us up the pitch throughout the game. He drew fouls well, caused them problems… but that key moment is the difference between being a good player and a very good player.
 
.db. said:
Good all-round performance, but at his very key moment in the box he’s got to do better…

Second half he gets past a couple of their players and puts in a bobbins effort at goal from an angle he was very unlikely to score from, through lack of patience in taking stock of the situation.

BSilva was in good space to be passed to and Doku made the wrong choice.

Other than that he was a great outlet to get us up the pitch throughout the game. He drew fouls well, caused them problems… but that key moment is the difference between being a good player and a very good player.
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The shot was on all day. Only thing he probably got wrong was not going with his left again like against Napoli. The key moment 2nd half should have been his brilliant play to put Erling in. Now that was when the pass was very much on.
 
.db. said:
Good all-round performance, but at his very key moment in the box he’s got to do better…

Second half he gets past a couple of their players and puts in a bobbins effort at goal from an angle he was very unlikely to score from, through lack of patience in taking stock of the situation.

BSilva was in good space to be passed to and Doku made the wrong choice.

Other than that he was a great outlet to get us up the pitch throughout the game. He drew fouls well, caused them problems… but that key moment is the difference between being a good player and a very good player.
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Haaland had a similar key moment (shooting instead of passing the ball to Foden), but you wouldn't call it the difference between a good player and a very good player.

Also, all players on the pitch are very good, that's why they play for Arsenal and City. Maybe you meant the difference between a very good and great player, and even then I wouldn't agree with you, because one moment doesn't define a player. Doku was outstanding, certainly one of the best players on the pitch. Apart from alleviating the pressure multiple times, he created that chance for Haaland from literally nothing (starting from our own box), which is the mark of a top player.
 
Craig said:
The shot was on all day. Only thing he probably got wrong was not going with his left again like against Napoli. The key moment 2nd half should have been his brilliant play to put Erling in. Now that was when the pass was very much on.
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And Erling should have squared it to Phil for a tap in. That would have won us the game I believe.
 
alexmcity said:
Haaland had a similar key moment (shooting instead of passing the ball to Foden), but you wouldn't call it the difference between a good player and a very good player.

Also, all players on the pitch are very good, that's why they play for Arsenal and City. Maybe you meant the difference between a very good and great player, and even then I wouldn't agree with you, because one moment doesn't define a player. Doku was outstanding, certainly one of the best players on the pitch. Apart from alleviating the pressure multiple times, he created that chance for Haaland from literally nothing (starting from our own box), which is the mark of a top player.
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No, because Haaland gets it right in the box 8 out of every 10 times.

Doku’s output in the box has been average in his career so far.
 
Doku is electric, and in scintillating form.
With Marmoush, Cherki, and others, to return, allied to the form of Erling and Foden, we have a genuine possibility of real progress this season, and a genuine challenge next.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
yes it has. But his decision making in the last three games has been a big step up. Lets enjoy that for now.
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Who said I wasn’t enjoying it? How about let people express opinions and don’t tells us what to feel.
 
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