2024/25 Abdoulaye Doucoure

pedro789 said:
I'm not being wilfully contrarian but I can't see anything wrong with what he's said.

He thinks he's worth more to the club and we (probably) said we don't agree.

It's the right thing for him and us to move on.

He's been well paid during his time here and his form nosedived, but still appreciate the important goals he scored.

Hope he gets the move/dough he's looking for.
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That's lucky, we've got a commander and chief installed here already.
 

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doucs for lyfff
 
There is a set of things that basically sum up my entire conceptualization of Doucoure before the comments:
  • Sitting on the ball during warmups because he wasn't picked. Every time I remember it, I just shake my head at how he ever played for Everton again afterwards, let alone got a contract extension.
  • The fact that in 13 years as a professional, he has finished the season on a team in the top half of its league table exactly twice (once in 9th, once in 10th)
  • That time that Ellis Simms took a ball near the halfway line and played him through with a perfect diagonal, giving Doucoure yards of space unmarked, but Doucoure basically tripped over the ball and nothing came of it (Simms did the same thing on the other side to Iwobi, who drew a penalty, in a different game)
  • He's supposedly out there as some pressing superstar or something (because he is genuinely so bad in attack that's the only thing he could be picked for) but is in reality not particularly proficient in winning the ball, and the two people who should've been in his spot this whole time (Charly and Ndiaye) are actually significantly better than him defensively while offering a lot more in attack.
Should be put on gardening leave for the remainder of his contract. Terrible player with an atrocious attitude. As has been said many, many times, yeah he scored that goal, but he was absolutely one of the main reasons we were down there in the first place.
 

gonetomorrow said:
He's not a terrible player as some have suggested.
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He is

gonetomorrow said:
Who can forget his sublime goal against Bournemouth to keep us up?
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No one. But that is a rarity in his play. And was years ago. If he was a free from another team, would you be offering him £130k a week to play for us?
gonetomorrow said:
He's good.
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He isn’t.
gonetomorrow said:
Keep him on the bench maybe.
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Or Just let him go and sign better
 
If he stays it will be on reduced wages, it’s that simple. We’d have triggered the option to extend otherwise. If he stays it’s because he has agreed to the lower wage.
 

On 120k a week…has clearly diminished in his contributions if not last season…then certainly this.

Think its time to thank him for his contributions and part ways.

I equally would not start him in the next 3 games. Lets start planning for the future
 
Shh-ing the kopites after a 96 min equaliser would’ve gotten far worse players more sway with the fans than Doucoure has gotten, never mind the goal that kept you in the PL. Not sure why
 
If Moyes - or anybody else currently within the club - offers AD a new contract… to me that would suggest a couple of things.
A clear lack of forward thinking and that replacement midfielder recruiting doesn’t look very promising.

With the best will in the world, he’s well, well past his best at this level and we simply have to improve in midfield !!
 

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