Kuyt

[Howard_lfc]

Id sell him and bring in Villa

In that case - sell Kewell and bring in Ronaldinho.
Sell Bellamy and bring in Kaka.
Sell Crouch and bring in Drogba
Sell Finnan and bring in Alves


do you want me to carry on?

[Pacman]

In that case - sell Kewell and bring in Ronaldinho.
Sell Bellamy and bring in Kaka.
Sell Crouch and bring in Drogba
Sell Finnan and bring in Alves


do you want me to carry on?

Yes please I was getting a lazy lob on at the thought of our new team

[CAD]

We signed Kuyt??! Finally something is happening

He did well for his first season.

[redblood]

Am I alone in being very unimpressed with the guy last season? You couldn't fault his workrate but that is only a portion of a strikers role surely?

I was trying to remember - was there any one game you could say that he won for us alone with a piece of brilliance?

He is certainly not the deadly "fox in the box" striker that we need; neither is he the creative Dalglish/Beardsley type; neither is he capable of playing upfront on his own and holding the ball up; so what exactly does Dirk Kuyt give us other than effort and workrate?

IMHO if it meant us getting someone of the calibre of say a Berbatov, I'd definitely let the lad go.

I don't agree with this "it takes time to settle" argument either. Class shows immediately - maybe just in snippets at first and consistency comes later but if its not there at all its not coming. Anyone that doubts this should consider the impact Mascherano has had; or Berbatov at Spurs for that matter.

Discuss.

West Ham his goal just after half time was unreal.
He had a lot of assists as well as the goals he scored.
also he scored against Spurs I think with a cracker the ball was slightly behind him but he flicked it into his path.
There were more.

[Morph]

Kinell I find a decent thread for once and all my points have allready been brought up.

I think he would have scored more goals had he been played further upfield, but I think he does a good job in the spot he playes in, he's the best prem striker we've had since Owen, so that's something to be going with. With the right striking partner (I don't think that's Torres tho) I think we'd have a very good front line. If we've got Kuyt weighing in with 15 or so in the league next season, and we get a 20 a season, we'll do just fine.

But again the problem with last season wasn't up front, it was our lack of goals from midfield so i'm happy with what we have to be honest, i'd say priorites should be goal scoring wingers not strikers.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Much prefer Crouch to be honest.

He's a good player, but at no point last season did I see a £10m pound centre forward.

[Fiddy]

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

Great point.

Apart from his obvious qualities, I think Dirk did extremely well to come in from a ****e league like the Eredivisie, and go straight into the Prem's top 10 goalscorers in his first year, especially given that he was played mostly in a withdrawn role.

Defo more to come from the Orc

[Craig_H]

Am I alone in being very unimpressed with the guy last season? You couldn't fault his workrate but that is only a portion of a strikers role surely?

I was trying to remember - was there any one game you could say that he won for us alone with a piece of brilliance?

He is certainly not the deadly "fox in the box" striker that we need; neither is he the creative Dalglish/Beardsley type; neither is he capable of playing upfront on his own and holding the ball up; so what exactly does Dirk Kuyt give us other than effort and workrate?

IMHO if it meant us getting someone of the calibre of say a Berbatov, I'd definitely let the lad go.

I don't agree with this "it takes time to settle" argument either. Class shows immediately - maybe just in snippets at first and consistency comes later but if its not there at all its not coming. Anyone that doubts this should consider the impact Mascherano has had; or Berbatov at Spurs for that matter.

Discuss.

Berbatov's no more a prolific goalscorer than Kuyt.

[redblood]

Kinell I find a decent thread for once and all my points have allready been brought up.

I think he would have scored more goals had he been played further upfield, but I think he does a good job in the spot he playes in, he's the best prem striker we've had since Owen, so that's something to be going with. With the right striking partner (I don't think that's Torres tho) I think we'd have a very good front line. If we've got Kuyt weighing in with 15 or so in the league next season, and we get a 20 a season, we'll do just fine.

But again the problem with last season wasn't up front, it was our lack of goals from midfield so i'm happy with what we have to be honest, i'd say priorites should be goal scoring wingers not strikers.

I agree except that I think he will score about 20 with the right supply.

[Fiddy]

Berbatov's no more a prolific goalscorer than Kuyt.

Yup, he just looks prettier doing what he does, Berbatov is certainly no goal machine himself

[redblood]

Much prefer Crouch to be honest.

He's a good player, but at no point last season did I see a £10m pound centre forward.

I'd have to disagree there was enough there to warrant that price tag.

[Craig_H]

Yup, he just looks prettier doing what he does, Berbatov is certainly no goal machine himself

Gayer

[kop-al-74]

I'd swap Bellamy for Owen.

Kuyt,Crouch and either one of Villa,Huntelaar,Eto'o,Tevez please!