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Football’s next big tactical opportunity? Jérémy Doku and the joy of the dribble
(www.theguardian.com)
Whatever guardiola does becomes how football is played.
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I think this guy is completely overhyped. I think Salah is by far a better dribbler than him. Same for Maximan who was at Newcastle.
All he does is wiggle his leg and use speed to cut in. He is far from the best dribblers like Neymar was. That is dribbling.
I even think Bernado Silva is a better dribbler than him.
Dribbled passed Trent 3 out of 20 times and they writing articles plol
Gordon cooked Trent harder already this season
He’s basically ribery
Spent his time well at rennais I guess haha
Doku hasn't impressed me against any of the better fullbacks he's faced tbh. He got completely pocketed by James a few games ago and even struggled against TAA.
Blud he destroyed Trent so hard Trent had to run away from defence to attack and then happened to get a goal
So he dribbled past a few players then passed it back. Wow how revolutionary, the Premier League has had headless chicken wingers since the start.
Pep's obviously an excellent manager, but it's slightly boring and more than a slight stretch to suggest signing Doku represents a major tactical shift in the sport because he's good at dribbling.
We don't have to pretend the wheel is being reinvented every time slightly different tactics are being employed. It's fawning and largely false.
Always was surely. Or at least, was previously.New thing becomes the old thing, becomes the new thing etc. We're one step away from the glorious 4 4 facking 2 being back in vogue again.
Leicester won the league with 442 in 2016
I'm actually surprised city haven't tried it with them having 2 great young strikers, hypermobile dm that is somehow also great going forward, and having versatile wingers.
Next step is the 2 defenders 5 attackers imo.
Look at pep at the moment with city. Basically has a goalkeeper, centre backs, 10's and haaland.
When City first got Haaland they mostly played 442 out of possession lol. 442 as an out of possession shape never seems to go out of fashion
Yeah! Hell, even Van Gaal's Ajax, maybe the most rigidly tactical team ever, relied on wingers dribbling in 1v1s.
Sean Dyche fans arise
Wow...I really feel sorry fir fans these days
Imagine thinking Doku is ground breaking
So glad I got to witness ballers
Saw someone praise pep for Doku despite forgetting that coaches like pep killed players like Doku with their rigid process plays
The article doesn't do that. 'the rumour is that he was not a Pep Guardiola signing at all but a transfer driven by the director of football, Txiki Begiristain'. Maybe read it before spouting off?
I said I saw someone praise pep for Doku..never said this article did
Wow Pep invented passing, formations, shooting and dribbling now?
I think he invented the art of using the foot in this sport even
You need someone to break that low block sometimes. If your players aren't moving the ball quick enough you need something else
He saw how much Saint Max rinsed them last year and clocked it's the way forwards
When the league started adapting to inverted fullbacks and started getting their own inverted fullbacks, Pep brings back a pure winger who can put the hardiest of defenders on ice skates with his dribbling. Doku, in his element, is a treat to watch, albeit a bit predictable.
Considering he had Mahrez who made a name for himself doing exactly that and adding a ton of end product to his game as well as sane. Not really that ground breaking tbh. There's not many teams that deploy inverted fullbacks in the league as well tbh.
Except he got completely pocketed by James, who is probably the toughest fullback he has met so far.
Tbf it's not much of a criticism to get pocketed by James. The guy's done the same to Sterling, Vini and Leao in big games in recent seasons.
He shook James mentally who had to give everything in his soul to stop Doku, which is why he had an absolute nightmare the game after and got himself sent off.
You forgot /s right?
But frustrating as he has spent the last two years crushing Englands best dribbler. Grealish is no longer the exciting player to watch.
Can this false narrative stop lol? Grealish can only dribble with space, which is why he excelled at a low table team where they play on the counter. At City he's always up against parked buses which has showed he's not that great a dribbler. A player is a top class dribbler when they can do it in tight spaces and from standing still.
Where do you get this bullshit from? There are plenty of media sources that says one of Grealish’ best traits is dribbling in tight spaces, loads of videos showing him do it, etc. Grealish was/is a top class dribbler.
So you actually didn't watch him play but depend on "media sources"
Englands best dribbler is grealish? i like his style with the shin guards and hair but are we saying grealish is better than sterling ? he cant even get on the bench for the england team at the euros
Bother quality players with different styles of dribbling, but Grealish takes it for me personally
Nothing on Saint Maximin
Both have an eerily similar dribbling style, I remember when Doku was coming on as a sub in the Euros and being amazed that there was another player like this. Imagine both of them in the same side? Would be so exciting to watch
Guardiola invented dribblers at Man City now, eh.
It’s not even new for Guardiola. Ever heard of Messi?
Guardiola invented dribblers at Man City now, eh.
Where did the article say this?
It’s not even new for Guardiola. Ever heard of Messi?
"And for a coach often characterised as a control-obsessed micromanager, Guardiola has always got this. His teams have always possessed brilliant dribblers, from Lionel Messi to Arjen Robben to Leroy Sané."
Don't forget Bernado Silva.
Grealish can dribble. It's just that he's asked to do robotic stuff these days. I wonder if this sauce will be coached out of him like it was Jack.
Grealish can't dribble even 50% as good as Doku, who is statistically by far the best dribbler in the world.