Jeremy Doku

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Alan Harper's Tash said:
That’s the inner English football fan in all of us.

The fan that needs a midfielder to stick his foot in and get physical when things aren’t going well.The ones that took years to warm to Gundogan and Mahrez because they didn’t get angry and show they cared enough.
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nothing to do with being an english football fan to be fair, i just like the chaos factor in control in anything
 
Get the feeling from other posts that this is the kind of player who will unlock doors but will also lose the ball frequently as a result. Not dissimilar to Sterling. It’s risk-reward, and we’ve become so accustomed to protecting the ball at all costs that our fans are easily frustrated at players who are willing to lose it. Palmer is also one of those types of players.

I imagine Pep will try and coach him on how to pick the right moments in games.

Still if you ask other teams about the prospect of facing City and a player that will tilt at you like Doku… I think they would dread the prospect. In the same way I hated when we played against St. Maximin or Zaha. It’s a great ace to have up the sleeve when you need to make something happen.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
Get the feeling from other posts that this is the kind of player who will unlock doors but will also lose the ball frequently as a result. Not dissimilar to Sterling. It’s risk-reward, and we’ve become so accustomed to protecting the ball at all costs that our fans are easily frustrated at players who are willing to lose it. Palmer is also one of those types of players.

I imagine Pep will try and coach him on how to pick the right moments in games.

Still if you ask other teams about the prospect of facing City and a player that will tilt at you like Doku… I think they would dread the prospect. In the same way I hated when we played against St. Maximin or Zaha. It’s a great ace to have up the sleeve when you need to make something happen.
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The great thing about the set-up now is that Haaland occupies both CBs so the wide players get 1 on 1 with the fullbacks all the time now around the edge of the box. See Walker in both games so far this season. I think Doku has been selected specifically for his ability to thrive in that kind of environment and I think it’s the first time in a while where I feel like we’ve had a genuine “Plan B” in those tight games. Fortunately our Plan A is pretty good!
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Which is why the thought entered my head as he’s not a 100% Pep player, unlike Kovacic and Gvardiol.
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Haaland is not Pep player either but because he is generational talent Pep will accomodate him.

If Doku is generational talent like Haaland and Mbappe level Pep is gonna accomodate him but unfortunately Doku is not that level.

This is why I can see Pep mould Doku to be another Grealish type rather than Sterling or Sane type most fans looking for, Doku is not generational talent that warrant big tactical changes just so Pep will accomodate Doku like Haaland did to our team.
 
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