Look at today for example. Yes Doku completed some dribbles, but most times Trent funneled him to the byline or inside and Doku wasn’t really threatening for the most part. Yet the prevailing narrative is that he got destroyed by Doku.
He has actually been decent to good at defending this season yet people say he’s been a horrific defender. I don’t think this is quite true if you watch him play.
I won’t claim that he’s an amazing defender but he’s not a bad one either, he’s just a perfectly average to good defender but the narrative is that he’s a liability. It’s frustrating to see.
He is never going to be the best defender but yes it is massively overblown. He has had many games like today where he copes pretty well with very talented wingers, but then also has games where he gets roasted too. He’s just abit inconsistent defensively but he makes up for it usually in other ways.