2024/25 Abdoulaye Doucoure

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The question is how do we pivot away from him - i think we miss him when hes not in the team, we know his limits and what he brings the team - hes an enabler.

I thought Ipswich got the better of us in midfield without him last week.

Im not sure Idrissa and Garner are enough of a two to winning most PL engine room battles without a Doucoure.

The answer to that is we have nobody to replace him, this isnt because he is good but more that the squad is threadbare and very short on quality.

We are playing the likes of Doucoure Young Harrison because we dont have anyone else.

A huge summer coming up, the likes of Doucoure can be replaced in a heartbeat, he is in the side for his 'legs' but the fact is he is the biggest culprit for us needing to win the ball back again.