Kuyt "needs to be dropped"

[justcruisin]

Don't think my patience with your ****tishness isn't at breaking point. Your point was about Kuyt having no shots on target in today's game, and how that makes him ****, Drogba, probably the best striker in the league, also played in the game, not that you'd have noticed as you only seem to notice one player in all our games, and he also had no shots on target, so my point is more than vaild :whatever:

agreed drogba was **** today...so does that make kuyts performance acceptable. i dont see the connection at all

[AFII]

It's not Kuyts fault that Rafa plays him out of position is it?

He will do the work Rafa tells him to do but we have other players that can do his work in a better way and then he could play as a striker instead.

I think Kuyt should stay but it's sad to see that he won't be able to give his best because he is played out of position.

[Imy]

The question has got to be is Kuyt being asked to play like an attacking midfielder? If so then surely it is Rafa's fault, square pegs and round holes. If its an attacking midfielder he wants who can score goals then he should play Babel.

I'd like to see Kuyt right up top, don't worry about the midfielder, go cause havoc in the opposition box.

[MascheredUp]

I`d like to see a Torres/Voronin partnership given a 4 game run to see what happens.

I personally would have started with both today. Was shocked that he didn't even make the bench.

[Shaggy]

It's not Kuyts fault that Rafa plays him out of position is it?

He will do the work Rafa tells him to do but we have other players that can do his work in a better way and then he could play as a striker instead.

I think Kuyt should stay but it's sad to see that he won't be able to give his best because he is played out of position.

As far as I'm aware this IS his position? He did the same for Feyenoord, no? It appears to be in his make up to go chasing/harrying. It's natural to him. He's absolutely not a natural, instinctive goalscorer.

[Joe King]

The Crow deserves a good run out.

[Red_Al_77]

14 goals? Thats something to remember him about?! Ronaldo from the wing for the scum scored more. Heck even Cisse scored more

I wasn't talking about other players. I wasn't comparing him to other players. If you want a comparison then Kuyt scored more in his first season that Henry did. See...any comparison can be made to aid an argument. Kuyt is a typical Rafa player. Fortunately for us Rafa doesn't have an agenda, and thus picks Kuyt for what he brings to the team.

[AFII]

As far as I'm aware this IS his position? He did the same for Feyenoord, no? It appears to be in his make up to go chasing/harrying. It's natural to him. He's absolutely not a natural, instinctive goalscorer.

He played higher up the pitch for Feyenoord and made more runs into the box. He scored a lot of headers for them.

[Imy]

As far as I'm aware this IS his position? He did the same for Feyenoord, no? It appears to be in his make up to go chasing/harrying. It's natural to him. He's absolutely not a natural, instinctive goalscorer.

If Rafa thinks Kuyt can pull strings like Aimar did at Valencia then he's having a laugh

[justcruisin]

It's not Kuyts fault that Rafa plays him out of position is it?

He will do the work Rafa tells him to do but we have other players that can do his work in a better way and then he could play as a striker instead.

I think Kuyt should stay but it's sad to see that he won't be able to give his best because he is played out of position.

played out of position???? more like getting himself outta position.

[Joe King]

He needs to get in the box more. At times today, Torres was in the box by himself, what is he doing? Curling his hair?, having a fag?

[Fiddy]

Kuyt's hard work was evident again today and Cech made a greta save from his header (for which we didn't get a coener). But on more than one occasion, his 1st touch was poor today when a solid rentin of poossession would have put us in a dangerous position. I like Dirk, but his 1st touch WAS off today. But there were plenty of other things in his game to be happy with.

Yep and people are also ignoring the fact that he (and also Nando) never gave Ben Haim or Terry any free time on the ball, plus they also chased down Mikel. There were definite tactics there. However, sticking him on the right wing was pretty pointless to me and as Shaggy points out, sadly he just never looks all that threatening. He gets the ball, shapes to shoot and you almost expect the ball to fly just wide/over, everyone goes 'ooh' and it's a goal kick...

[Mattshark]

Remind me how many shots on target Drogba had? Guess he must be **** too then. FFS, this anti-Kuyt axe some people seem to need to grind 24/7 is pathetic imo. :whatever:

The thing is that justcruzin does nothing but but post abuse about Kuyt.

[AFII]

played out of position???? more like getting himself outta position.

Rafa wouldn't keep playing him if he didn't do what he is told to do.

[MrMichael]

agreed drogba was **** today...so does that make kuyts performance acceptable. i dont see the connection at all

I thought Kuyt had a decent game. Not brilliant, but not dreadful, Torres and he look to be developing a good understanding, and his performance certainly was not the crucial talking point of the game. Were it not for the worst referee we've had at Anfield in years, we would have convincingly beaten the most expensively assembled team in history, and many people's favourites for the title. Kuyt does need to improve certain aspects of his game, but can you not see there is something a bit warped for him to be your instant target after this game, once again?