Foye wrote:cgf wrote:Foye wrote:
Well, he is not wrong there. Kruse is a limited player, too. But a better one than Dost. He is better technically and playmaking-wise than Dost but his tendency to spend half the game on the left side of the pitch can sometimes be a negative since there'll be no striker in the box at all.
So his versatility makes him limited? He's not an archaic stationary 9 who you lump crosses into, he's a wide-forward who can play the false-9 very effectively and should be doing so for our NT.
In a way, yes.
Add in the fact that his right foot is rather weak and he is neither an aerial threat nor a physical threat in the box and you have a limited CF. A good limited player, though.
I'm not really in love with Kruse tbh. If I was Wolfsburg I would move heaven and earth to get Mandzukic back in town.
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Not sure what you mean by physical threat that isn't incapsulated by him not being a monster in the air. He's a quality finisher who can shoot from range or slide them in in the box. He moves beautifully off of the ball or can receive the ball with his back to goal. He has a very nice eye for passes and crosses when he drifts out wide. You need other attackers who charge into the box from the wings or deeper to take advantage of the space he creates; but that's why Schurrle-Kruse should compliment each other beautifully as their LW-ST partnership that KdB feeds.
Agreed on Mandzo, even with Kruse adding another striker is a need; and with Kruse's versatility he can start on the wing, where he'd be a better option than Schurrle/Caliguiri/Perisic, when they're all fit. Plus Mario would also be a great fit because of how much he does outside of winning headers and standing around in the box.
No_20 wrote:If Kruse wasnt German, you wouldnt even rate him, cgf.
He is a good player, but not as good as some of the players Wolfsburg were interested in last summer(Lukaku, Dzeko, Morata).
True. That's why I rate Raffael and Hazard over Hermann; and Traore over Hahn...
That said Morata is the only one of that trio I think is better than him at this point. Dzeko's form is shot and he's far too stationary. While Lukaku's too archaic to flourish with a top side, nor does he have the ambition to become as great a player as someone with his size, strength, speed and shot should be. Morata's really proven himself to be a well rounded forward, which I doubted he would a year ago, so he'd be a great get as well. But Kruse's clearly better than the other two.
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