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Player Dejan Kulusevski

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Shotgunofmichalebrow said:
I didn't mean then, people on here wanted him when Newcastle went in, a few were banging on before their bid.
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I remember seeing people (not just Spurs fans) say they overspent on a player who scored just FOUR non penalty goals the previous season. 70m wasn't he?

It was a huge risk on someone who was a highly promising teenager at one point who couldn't quite break through at Dortmund and up until that point had one good season to his name and never lived up to it beyond that.

It's paid off for them. 9 times out of 10 they don't.
 
Starks said:
I remember seeing people (not just Spurs fans) say they overspent on a player who scored just FOUR non penalty goals the previous season. 70m wasn't he?

It was a huge risk on someone who was a highly promising teenager at one point who couldn't quite break through at Dortmund and up until that point had one good season to his name and never lived up to it beyond that.

It's paid off for them. 9 times out of 10 they don't.
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He was obviously a class act. There's a reason he went for that much.
 
Deuterz said:
Bother against non plumbers, Dejan.
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LOL.
Stick to ice dancing.

One key stat in the Premier League season shows just how important Kulusevski has been to Spurs over the opening three matches, for the Sweden international has made the highest number of key passes leading to a shot so far of any player this campaign across Europe's five major leagues.


Kulusevski has completed 18 key passes, one more than Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior and two more than Barcelona's Lamine Yamal. His total is four more than the next Premier League players with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva as well as Fulham's Andreas Pereira all on 14 along with Barcelona's Pedri.
 
sudoku said:
LOL.
Stick to ice dancing.

One key stat in the Premier League season shows just how important Kulusevski has been to Spurs over the opening three matches, for the Sweden international has made the highest number of key passes leading to a shot so far of any player this campaign across Europe's five major leagues.


Kulusevski has completed 18 key passes, one more than Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior and two more than Barcelona's Lamine Yamal. His total is four more than the next Premier League players with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva as well as Fulham's Andreas Pereira all on 14 along with Barcelona's Pedri.
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And incredibly despite all those """key passes"""" his expected assists stat is at 0.32.

We've played one team who aren't shit by the way, and he was fucking crap. But well done to him for maxing out ""key passes""" against Dyche's Everton.
 
StripiestPilot said:
I thought he was our best player today, by a mile. The only one who actually seemed to relish the occasion.
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Uh Huh Yes GIF
 
bus-conductor said:
Another day, another load of fucking nothing.
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We aren’t winning anything with the likes of him in the side. Sure he puts in effort and doesn’t hide which I love to see but that should be a minimum in any level of football. Simply doesn’t have the quality in decision making, is clumsy giving away fouls often in dangerous positions and so slow. How some on here can’t see that he is bang average is beyond me. No way does he get in any other top 6 side.
 
matspur said:
We aren’t winning anything with the likes of him in the side. Sure he puts in effort and doesn’t hide which I love to see but that should be a minimum in any level of football. Simply doesn’t have the quality in decision making, is clumsy giving away fouls often in dangerous positions and so slow. How some on here can’t see that he is bang average is beyond me. No way does he get in any other top 6 side.
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One of the problems is, when he plays in that 8 role, he does spend a lot of time hiding.

He also had 4/5 opportunities to produce something in good situations and fucked them all away.

Even when he had time and space to shoot at the end, he fucking whacked it over.

Playing him as an 8 is on Ange. But him constantly pissing away situations with poor choices and execution is on him.
 
VonnegutBusy said:
Kulu, Johnson, Son, Solanke.

When this is the foundation of your attack why would you think trophies and top 4 is achievable?
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This.

I genuinely don’t think any of these would get in any of the other top 6 sides or Villa or Newcastles team (previously Son obviously would, this version though, no).

We’re going absolutely nowhere playing the system we do when you have that quartet leading your attack.

Expectations need to be seriously lowered.
 
TomHotspur said:
This.

I genuinely don’t think any of these would get in any of the other top 6 sides or Villa or Newcastles team (previously Son obviously would, this version though, no).

We’re going absolutely nowhere playing the system we do when you have that quartet leading your attack.

Expectations need to be seriously lowered.
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we dont have the wingers to play with 2 wingers. its like conte 5 at the back with 3 CB's and 2 being donkeys.

would love to see us play with dom and richy up top and actually get the ball in the box and cause havoc. teams would fucking hate having both of them to face in the box.
 
bus-conductor said:
One of the problems is, when he plays in that 8 role, he does spend a lot of time hiding.

He also had 4/5 opportunities to produce something in good situations and fucked them all away.

Even when he had time and space to shoot at the end, he fucking whacked it over.

Playing him as an 8 is on Ange. But him constantly pissing away situations with poor choices and execution is on him.
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Big Kulusevksi fan but he wasted at least 2 of the high turnover situations we created.

Like him as the 8 because he is so good in the press and can make things happen in tight spaces but he's very much in the mix with the other forwards who aren't doing the things they should.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Big Kulusevksi fan but he wasted at least 2 of the high turnover situations we created.

Like him as the 8 because he is so good in the press and can make things happen in tight spaces but he's very much in the mix with the other forwards who aren't doing the things they should.
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I hate him in the 8 more than I hate him in the RF. He pushes himself to high up:

(This is a perfect illustration of how we keep finding ourselves in possession when building up)


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/1f0kx9t/the_226_formation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

So we end up with Kulusevski operating where he would as a RF anyway, kind of occupying spaces Johnson should or at least dragging defenders over there and creating more congestion but not helping the build up play when trying to break down the block.

He’s also really slow getting back in defensive transitions, especially quick ones.

If we are going to push teams back, Bergval might be a happy medium between 8 midfieldy work stuff and creative/get in the box and join in with attacks stuff. And use Kulusevski as the RF to start until the game gets stretched.
 
sudoku said:
LOL.
Stick to ice dancing.

One key stat in the Premier League season shows just how important Kulusevski has been to Spurs over the opening three matches, for the Sweden international has made the highest number of key passes leading to a shot so far of any player this campaign across Europe's five major leagues.


Kulusevski has completed 18 key passes, one more than Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior and two more than Barcelona's Lamine Yamal. His total is four more than the next Premier League players with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva as well as Fulham's Andreas Pereira all on 14 along with Barcelona's Pedri.
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Superb.

Dean Kulushitski, King of the fucking useless stat
 
matspur said:
We aren’t winning anything with the likes of him in the side. Sure he puts in effort and doesn’t hide which I love to see but that should be a minimum in any level of football. Simply doesn’t have the quality in decision making, is clumsy giving away fouls often in dangerous positions and so slow. How some on here can’t see that he is bang average is beyond me. No way does he get in any other top 6 side.
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hes turned into a bumbling idiot that tries to steamroll his way through bodies now. what the fuck happened to the kulu who first came? his decision making has gone to pot since then, hes a very frustrating watch.
 
bus-conductor said:
I hate him in the 8 more than I hate him in the RF. He pushes himself to high up:

(This is a perfect illustration of how we keep finding ourselves in possession when building up)


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/comments/1f0kx9t/the_226_formation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

So we end up with Kulusevski operating where he would as a RF anyway, kind of occupying spaces Johnson should or at least dragging defenders over there and creating more congestion but not helping the build up play when trying to break down the block.

He’s also really slow getting back in defensive transitions, especially quick ones.

If we are going to push teams back, Bergval might be a happy medium between 8 midfieldy work stuff and creative/get in the box and join in with attacks stuff. And use Kulusevski as the RF to start until the game gets stretched.
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What you just described is literally what the gaffa wants (inc. Wingers; not inverted-WFs) ... It's the same on both sides:

Son ----------------- Dom -----------------BJ
Mad ------------------- Kulu
UDog - Porro

Biss
VDV ------- Rom
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.........Like it or not; that's Ange-ball as advertised.
 
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Would it make sense at this point to play Son in that 8 role so he can curl in shots, and have odobert and or Mikey on the wing?

Move Kulu to the wing or sub option for the other 8, with Madison on the right side 8, and then you have Son with more chances to shoot, which is still a strength of his.
 
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