Kuyt

[Shaggy]

The pair fo them ping some lovely looking passes about and often at great speed but I sometimes have my doubts about how easy they would be for anyone but Zidane to control..

[Howard_lfc]

[QUOTE=ShaggyAlonso;522051]

Haha, is ickle Dirky Wirky your favouwite, Les?

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Actually he's not. I don't have a favourite.

For me - anybody who works as hard for the cause as DK does - should be above criticism. For sure his touch is sometimes poor but if you consider he was adjusting to a new league, and a new position (2nd striker) and still managed to make a good contribution then I believe he did well - and will do even better next season.
All this don't forget - whilst his father was seriously ill.

Dunno what all the fuss is about.

[Shaggy]

Actually he's not. I don't have a favourite.

For me - anybody who works as hard for the cause as DK does - should be above criticism. For sure his touch is sometimes poor but if you consider he was adjusting to a new league, and a new position (2nd striker) and still managed to make a good contribution then I believe he did well - and will do even better next season.
All this don't forget - whilst his father was seriously ill.

Dunno what all the fuss is about.

Don't get me wrong, Les, I likes him. I likes him a lot. As you say, it's impossible not to like someone with such infectious enthusiasm. He wears the Liver Bird with real pride and it's impossible not to admire. Not only that, he seems like a great bloke and appears to be very popular within the squad. The importance of things like this is nearly always overlooked.

He did quite well for a first season, but if he has another season like his first, I think he'll have to be moved on - but I expect him to improve and I think he will.

[dww]

Can we have a new forum for sensible debates with a reasonable conclusion?

[KK07]

Can we have a new forum for sensible debates with a reasonable conclusion?

I think this thread should be locked here and now to prove to the doubters that Est. can actually do serious,reasonable,mature threads.

[Howard_lfc]

I think this thread should be locked here and now to prove to the doubters that Est. can actually do serious,reasonable,mature threads.

[Neil Young]

I think this thread should be locked here and now to prove to the doubters that Est. can actually do serious,reasonable,mature threads.

Too late by the looks of it.

Can we have a new forum for sensible debates with a reasonable conclusion?

Seriously though it's not worth creating a new forum for just one thread.

[bigfooty]

He's not the most naturally gifted front man and lacks a turn of foot, but his work ethic is fantastic and he isn't one to hide - unlike some so-called "top class" strikers.

I think he'd have scored many more goals if he and Crouch had started regularly as a striking duo. Their stats together of 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 15 starts shows they did work well and Kuyt seemed to feed off Crouch better than the other strikers we had. But 15 starts is like 1 in 4 matches which is pretty low.

[Roboklopp]

I think Kuyt (& also Crouchy) would benefit greatly from having someone with a bit of unpredicable flair, pace & instinct next to them. Not only would this give Kuyt someone to feed, it would also allow the other striker a much greater amount of space.

I think Kuyt's good enough to be in a PL winning team due to all of the positive points discussed above- it is just that we need someone who's a little bit special alongside him.

[JPK]

Love the guy.Works his socks off and is very clever.Good finisher when he gets a chance.Plenty more to come from him.

[Yozza]

He may be ugly as sin, but I love 'im, just love 'im

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Id sell him and bring in Villa

[Fierce]

The difference between us and Chelsea last season was Drogba. The difference between everyone else and Utd was Ronaldo. We should be comparing our playing staff to this level. They get paid the same as these guys; get treated as well etc etc.

Kuyt will stay and good luck to the lad but we are going to challenge for the EPL this season he needs to up his game considerably in my view. He should be our Drogba - the man all our oppenents fear - he isn't - that in itself is worrying.

I think this is the crux of the argument

Drogba was on the same level if not poorer in his first season than Kuyt has been in his, and if he improves anywhere near the level Dogbreath has, i'll be very happy indeed

[kop-al-74]

Someone said before we signed the wrong man & I couldn't agree more. If we were going Dutch it should have been for Huntelaar. He's going to be the next Van Basten.

[kop-al-74]

Id sell him and bring in Villa

Good call.