2024/25 Abdoulaye Doucoure

[Eggs]

Genuinely cannot remember a single moment he did anything decent today Eggs, touch bad, looked slow, even his normal energy and harrying players wasn't present.

Three moments summed him up - early on being out clean through with a step on the CB, the CB reached the ball 3y ahead of him, played in for a decent chance had DCL wide clear - two great options, first time shot or laying it off - he chooses option 3 - take a touch and let's the CB easily get the block in. Third - Lindstrom spot him on the shoulder of the CB, plays a beautiful ball in behind meanwhile Doucoure decides to not run there but instead the opposite way into another CB, makes it look like a horrid ball from Lindstrom when it was actually a great decision just to a player with zero instincts

…agree, but we clearly struggle without him in the team. I just think he almost plays two positions, an ineffective no10 who will get alongside and beyond DCL and score the odd goal, but more importantly he gets himself behind the ball when the opposition have it.

I think that’s his real value to this team, he becomes an extra defensive body. Erratic in possession but an extra defensive body when the opposition have the ball.

The day we pick up points without him is when we’ve progressed.