2024/25 Abdoulaye Doucoure

[Dymak]

Well it should be next season, if it’s not then it will be another horrendous summer window, if you get injuries you get injuries it’s part and parcel of the game, what if we dont get injuries and we’ve paid doucoure 5mil to sit on the bench, that can be used as a down Payment to sign a 15/20mil youngster.

Injuries are part and parcel of the game, that's why a squad is required, and why a substitutes' bench is supposed to be utilised. An injury to Doucoure played a significant role in us finishing 10th under Ancelotti, as our backups were so poor, far worse than Doucoure.

I'm not against new signings. My view is that Mangala should be replaced by a new CM that is ready for the first team, which will set us back 20 - 30 million, and I don't think there will be additional room to also sign a 20 million pound youngster for the CM position.

We all know what we will get with Doucoure. I understand that's exactly why you want rid of him, but I think he's worth hanging onto for one more year. I think he still has value and utility. I don't have him in the same category as mostly useless permacrocks like Mina and Gomes.

 

[blueboy72]

Injuries are part and parcel of the game, that's why a squad is required, and why a substitutes' bench is supposed to be utilised. An injury to Doucoure played a significant role in us finishing 10th under Ancelotti, as our backups were so poor, far worse than Doucoure.

I'm not against new signings. My view is that Mangala should be replaced by a new CM that is ready for the first team, which will set us back 20 - 30 million, and I don't think there will be additional room to also sign a 20 million pound youngster for the CM position.

We all know what we will get with Doucoure. I understand that's exactly why you want rid of him, but I think he's worth hanging onto for one more year. I think he still has value and utility. I don't have him in the same category as mostly useless permacrocks like Mina and Gomes.

Come on
Mate I’ve heard it all now that it was doucoure’s absence why we went from
2nd at Christmas to 10th, under carlo. Doucoure missed 9 games, Allan missed 15 as did James, mainly in 2nd half of the season, we also lost digne and Coleman as holgate and Godfrey were playing full back. Richarlison and DCL also missed games in
The 2nd half of the season, wasn’t down to doucoure

And Mangala looks a better central midfielder to me id have him next to Gana tomorrow

 

[Cels]

I'm not a massive fan of Abdoulaye Doucouré, but what a finish.

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[Zatara]

We are going to be down on a lot of players come the summer but I still would be surprised if Doucoure gets an extension. It will depend on a new manager, even an individual who wants to use the midfield 30% more than Dyche does, they are not going to want someone like Doucoure in the team imo which then means he becomes a very expensive bench option.

Well it should be next season, if it’s not then it will be another horrendous summer window, if you get injuries you get injuries it’s part and parcel of the game, what if we dont get injuries and we’ve paid doucoure 5mil to sit on the bench, that can be used as a down Payment to sign a 15/20mil youngster.

Hopefully Saudi in Jan for £10mil.

Weve got to replace him in Jan otherwise in Summer we lose him and Gana with no fees.

 

[Tel001]

Say we sign his replacement, and the replacement ends up like Gbamin. It doesn't even need to be as extreme as Gbamin; it could just be a one-off hamstring that keeps him out for 10 weeks or whatever.

I don't see him as a super sub, but I think he'd be a worthwhile backup. Our squad is not strong enough to be letting Doucoure walk away imo.

You can pick up players that can actually play football for a fraction of what he is earning ..

He is a dreadful player and would be absolute eye AIDS if we are bringing him on as a super sub to try and change a game in a positive way …

It makes zero sense to extend his contract

 

[Eggs]

…..another defeat when he doesn’t start.

 

[SuperKev91]

Once again, the Doucoure paradox.

He can’t play football (with the ball) - we can’t play without him.

Surely nobody can be questioning how important he is for us right now? Today should have been a wake up call, we got nowhere near them pressing/closing lanes - that is literally all this guy is good at.

We have not got good enough players to drop him currently, not even close. One of the worst squads in the league, Doucoure brings qualities off the ball that we massively lack elsewhere.

 

[LiamMadrid]

If Doucoure had played today we mightn't have lost, he has been great for Everton in last years, works hard, runs a lot and scores too

 

[Victus]

…..another defeat when he doesn’t start.

It's a bit mad isnt it lol

 

[SuperKev91]

It's a bit mad isnt it lol

Think it just shows how badly balanced the team is.

Doucoure does so much unheralded work that people easily just write him off/out of the 11. He’s crap with the ball but is one of our best without it.

 

[maccavennie]

Think it just shows how badly balanced the team is.

Doucoure does so much unheralded work that people easily just write him off/out of the 11. He’s crap with the ball but is one of our best without it.

That last sentence is just peak Everton isn't it.

He's crap with the ball but is one of our best without it



It's really important to be half decent with a football when your a footballer, but not in the land of Everton where you are better without the ball and the less you do with the ball, the more you'll be appreciated by fans.

 

[evertondotcom]

forgot he wasn’t included today. Won’t be missed

 

[Zatara]

Sell in Jan

 

[n01efc]

Anyone know why he was absent, illness/ injury?

 

[MikeH72]

…..another defeat when he doesn’t start.

That’s on the manager for not being able to win a game of football without a distinctly average at best midfielder. Simply an awful manager.