• cvslfc123@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • Cheeky_Star@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • Embarrassed-Gas-8155@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • ezee-now-blud@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      Blud he destroyed Trent so hard Trent had to run away from defence to attack and then happened to get a goal

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      Grealish can’t dribble even 50% as good as Doku, who is statistically by far the best dribbler in the world.

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    1 year ago

    You need someone to break that low block sometimes. If your players aren’t moving the ball quick enough you need something else

  • Particular_Group_295@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    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

    • Impeachcordial@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      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?

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      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.

    • Nimmy13@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah! Hell, even Van Gaal’s Ajax, maybe the most rigidly tactical team ever, relied on wingers dribbling in 1v1s.

    • CalFlux140@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      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

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      11 months ago

      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.

  • Jee-NX@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Equivalent_Growth_58@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      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.

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      11 months ago

      Except he got completely pocketed by James, who is probably the toughest fullback he has met so far.

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        11 months ago

        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.

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        11 months ago

        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.

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        1 year ago

        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

    • ThinkAboutThatFor1Se@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      But frustrating as he has spent the last two years crushing Englands best dribbler. Grealish is no longer the exciting player to watch.

      • haziola@alien.topB
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        11 months ago

        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.

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          11 months ago

          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.

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            11 months ago

            So you actually didn’t watch him play but depend on “media sources”

      • Business-Club-5050@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        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

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          11 months ago

          Bother quality players with different styles of dribbling, but Grealish takes it for me personally

  • ThisAintSparta@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Guardiola invented dribblers at Man City now, eh.

    It’s not even new for Guardiola. Ever heard of Messi?

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      1 year ago

      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.”