2022/23 Abdoulaye Doucouré

[Marius57]

There's a player in there, but he isn't half frustrating.

When he was sent clear on Saturday, I think we all knew he was going to do exactly what he did in fact do.

Long legs help with lots in football, but not the fancy stuff because they take forever to move.

I think the issue is, it didn’t need anything fancy. Just needed to shoot. It might Have been saved, it might have gone wide, but just shoot. Maybe a confidence thing.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Bambi on ice with the ball at his feet

 

[Moomin]

Has that been confirmed on refusing to warm up? Sounds like fan hyperbole.

I'd argue calling out an incompetent manager who is destroying the organisation is sometimes the correct thing to do.

Even now, the cult of Frank " He gets us " Lampard is still rife with the fanbase.

 

[LocalNative]

If Garner is ready to step up then I'd probably let Doucoure go.

But with Davies highly likely to leave, Gana being 34 next year and Onana surely coming in for interest then it wouldn't be the worst move to keep him as a squad player for a final year.

 

[Marius57]

Even now, the cult of Frank " He gets us " Lampard is still rife with the fanbase.

Hardly. Lampard needed to go. His tactics were poor. But at the same time, players are being paid to do their jobs. And it appeared like he downed tools. Both things can have happened and both are allowed to be criticised.

 

[NathDogg]

Definitely wasn’t pulling his weight for Lampard, but he wasn’t the only one doing that. They’ve done it for a few managers now.

Hope Dyche can continue to keep him and the rest of the mentality midgets honest, til he can address the issues with the squad.

 

[allen]

I think the issue is, it didn’t need anything fancy. Just needed to shoot. It might Have been saved, it might have gone wide, but just shoot. Maybe a confidence thing.

I think it's an ability thing. He's just not a slotter.

 

[barneygumble]

I think it's more do we want someone so snakey in the squad? He quite clearly downed tools when we needed him most.

It’s not exclusive to Doucoure, and to Lampard though, is it?

Sadly, the players of the last 10 years have downtools from Martinez through to Lampard. The players lack any mentality to dig themselves out of any mess, and ultimately, it comes down to poor recruitment signing players who don’t have a winning mentality, or a point to prove.

These players don’t belong in a relegation fight, yet because they have no drive, we’re in it. Scattergun approach to signings have left us with a Frankenstein of a squad where there are representatives of 6-7 failed managers still hanging around.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Yeah, that was pretty bad. But I was thinking about it, who in our team would you be confident in that they would score from that position? Maybe Gray would be evens, but anyone else? We're so bad on the ball, it's painful.

Agreed, but he just needed to toey it. Anything would have been better.

 

[micknick]

Agreed, but he just needed to toey it. Anything would have been better.

He used to regularly score goals like that for Watford. A left foot toe punt would have troubled the keeper at least.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

That's fair enough, he was scoring a few goals and getting involved until he got injured, was a decent spell for him

If Dyche can get him scoring then it could be the difference in keeping us up.

 

[MACCA75]

He’s definitely due a goal like - he’s scored league goals in every year he’s had in England. Until this one..

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Where’s the narrative come from that he downed tools for Lampard? Is it the clip of him sat on a ball at HT?

He wasn’t playing at all with Frank, you can’t down tools if you’re not playing. It’s like saying Michael Keane or Vinagre have downed tools under Lampard and Dyche.

 

[Nymzee]

It’s not exclusive to Doucoure, and to Lampard though, is it?

Sadly, the players of the last 10 years have downtools from Martinez through to Lampard. The players lack any mentality to dig themselves out of any mess, and ultimately, it comes down to poor recruitment signing players who don’t have a winning mentality, or a point to prove.

These players don’t belong in a relegation fight, yet because they have no drive, we’re in it. Scattergun approach to signings have left us with a Frankenstein of a squad where there are representatives of 6-7 failed managers still hanging around.

Doesn’t really make it an overreaction then does it lol

 

[degsy]

Takes him that long to sort his feet out, if he fell over in a rowing boat he'd struggle to hit a plank at the bottom.
Edit; no new contract please - gtf*

If he scores the goal that keeps us up, fairplay to him...but still no new contract.