2022/23 Abdoulaye Doucouré

[DualityNSNO]

Best description ever lol

Nah, Clarky has that one honestly:

His feet and legs treat the football like a cloud of angry wasps surrounding a dog turd covered in asbestos

Honestly this always gives me a chuckle hahaha

 

[Martin Alvito]

So much hate for Doucoure but I’ve had a look at the numbers:

Barely played under Lampard: 15 points from 20 games, joint bottom of the table.

Dyche brings him in: 12 points from 9 games up to and including Spurs.

Suspended (admittedly stupidly): 1 point from 3 games.

Comes back in: 5 points from 5 games.

Is he brilliant, no. Are the results even with him good enough, no. But the comparison suggests he’s more part of the solution than the problem.

He's always been a first-rate tackler with something resembling Prem skills on the pass and with respect to slotting.

As you all might put it, everyone on this forum would trade their mum's for his skill set. Many of us played the game. Personally, I wanted to be someone taller playing a different game as a kid, because of where I lived and where my parents were from.

I regret nothing, and neither should he. He's a Prem footballer that earned it. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Thomasc]

I’d rather we gave him an extension than Tom Davies, so I’m at peace with this.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I’d rather we gave him an extension than Tom Davies, so I’m at peace with this.

Watch us do both.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

He's always been a first-rate tackler with something resembling Prem skills on the pass and with respect to slotting.

As you all might put it, everyone on this forum would trade their mum's for his skill set. Many of us played the game. Personally, I wanted to be someone taller playing a different game as a kid, because of where I lived and where my parents were from.

I regret nothing, and neither should he. He's a Prem footballer that earned it. Nothing wrong with that.

I had to check the top of the page after I read this to check it was the Doucoure thread.
He’s not that good for me, he may be a prem player but he’s a sub standard one.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I had to check the top of the page after I read this to check it was the Doucoure thread.
He’s not that good for me, he may be a prem player but he’s a sub standard one.

He's a good athlete.

Mediocre to bad with all aspects of football however, so shame he's a footballer.

 

[Martin Alvito]

I had to check the top of the page after I read this to check it was the Doucoure thread.
He’s not that good for me, he may be a prem player but he’s a sub standard one.

A Prem replacement-level player is still a Prem player. That is more or less my take.

Given the situation we pitched ourselves into, we should extend. I did not throw the pitches. I just respect the full count in context.

 

[Nightman]

I had to check the top of the page after I read this to check it was the Doucoure thread.
He’s not that good for me, he may be a prem player but he’s a sub standard one.

He can influence a game with alarming irregularity.

Great squad player, though.

 

[DualityNSNO]

A Prem replacement-level player is still a Prem player. That is more or less my take.

Given the situation we pitched ourselves into, we should extend. I did not throw the pitches. I just respect the full count in context.

The thing is he's not a Prem any level player - by your logic Tom Davies is also a prem player?

 

[Martin Alvito]

The thing is he's not a Prem any level player - by your logic Tom Davies is also a prem player?

Tom is a last-of-squad player that I would be happy to have outside of a relegation dogfight at the price.

Vault me and tell me that I have been inconsistent about that one.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Tom is a last-of-squad player that I would be happy to have outside of a relegation dogfight at the price.

Vault me and tell me that I have been inconsistent about that one.

Oh not gonna, don't really care that much lol but it's a bizarre take.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Oh not gonna, don't really care that much lol but it's a bizarre take.

Still don't think it is, and never did. You are entitled to your opinion on both.

 

[Eggs]

Absolutely crazy to extend his contract before we are confirmed as safe? What happens if we go down over the weekend and we are stuck with him on 100 bags a week in the championship?

He won't go, because no one will pay him that and then he'll happily run his contract down

….I think it’s a very sensible and obvious deal. Anyway, he’s now under contract so I imagine the club can seek a fee if he moves in the summer.

 

[Goat]

 

[Moderatelywarmwater]

hes Suffered enough, surely?