2021/22 Abdoulaye Doucouré

[MikeH72]

MOM, excellent performance. Another one who looks a different player this season after being given a specific role and not just told to “go and play”

 

[Tel001]

This season is like the moment in the first Matrix when Neo realises he can do whatever he wants and just one hand takes on agent Smith. Great start to the season from him

feels like the moment Forrest Gump is getting rocks thrown at him and starts to run… the braces break away and the rest is history

 

[DOMNOLAN]

Everything I want in a footballer. Oozes quality. Like Yaya Toure in his prime this season. His composure surprises me for such a big lad, he just goes round players, or flicks it out of such tight spaces

 

[Neiler]

Just awesome, when he’s in top form, he’s one of the best in the league. Our best signing of the last few years.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Player of the season, you can stick his name down now for it.

 

[davek]

Just getting this feller to top form was worth getting shut of that waste of space James alone.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

The Machine was at it again today. Immense.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Looks great when he’s not shuttling up and down the inside right channel trying to link with spoon foot Coleman

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Just getting this feller to top form was worth getting shut of that waste of space James alone.

Yet fans were desperate to have this fella shackled so they could see the show pony do a few hollywood balls whenever he wasn't injured.

Thank Christ the Ancelotti era is over.

 

[windymiller]

Just getting this feller to top form was worth getting shut of that waste of space James alone.

I'm not sure that these two things are dependent variables, Dave.

 

[jceverton]

Thought he was good last season until his injury but he's moved up a level under Benitez. Top class midfield performance again today.

 

[windymiller]

Yet fans were desperate to have this fella shackled so they could see the show pony do a few hollywood balls whenever he wasn't injured.

Thank Christ the Ancelotti era is over.

Was James having some sort of depressive effect on Doucoure? I'm not clear on how the two are linked?

 

[Brennan]

Amazes me how he looks so ungainly but is so effective in that attacking role. Fantastic impact in the final third this season.

 

[Brennan]

Was James having some sort of depressive effect on Doucoure? I'm not clear on how the two are linked?

Ancelotti forced him to play a defensive role to cover for the lack of work rate from James and allow him to do his thing.

Not sure it’s fair to say that fans who desperate to see him “shackled” mind.

 

[davek]

I'm not sure that these two things are dependent variables, Dave.

Ancelotti destroyed Doucoure's game so that James could play.

Benitez would never let that happen and James had to go.