Dejan Kulusevski

[Bishop]

No i don't think they would, they'd show he was a player who was on the peripheral of games but could pop up with a goal.

If someone didn't actually watch and just saw his goal stats they would think he was a quality player. I know that for a fact because every non Spurs fan even some Spurs Fans would point to his numbers whenever I criticised him. Along with a good degree of surprise from my non Spurs mates that we were selling him. They didn't understand it, but that's because they looked purely at the numbers.

Numbers are cool but honestly raw g/a doesn't mean a great deal to me when referring to creative and attacking players. They tell a story yes, but a very limited one. I prefer just watching analysing.

 

[billyiddo]

If someone didn't actually watch and just saw his goal stats they would think he was a quality player. I know that for a fact because every non Spurs fan even some Spurs Fans would point to his numbers whenever I criticised him. Along with a good degree of surprise from my non Spurs mates that we were selling him. They didn't understand it, but that's because they looked purely at the numbers.

Numbers are cool but honestly raw g/a doesn't mean a great deal to me when referring to creative and attacking players. They tell a story yes, but a very limited one. I prefer just watching analysing.

Yeah i mean the reason i posted the g/a was because Rob had posted Kulus numbers further up the page, not as a discussion ender, though i do belive the further forward up the pitch you go the greater importance the numbers play - though of course you need to factor in the eye test also otherwise you end up with a Johnson/Richarlison situation. Maddison for me was much more involved on the ball in the AM position, in terms of build up & playmaking responsibilities. Kulu was more of a driving forward type of player.

 

[Bishop]

Yeah i mean the reason i posted the g/a was because Rob had posted Kulus numbers further up the page, not as a discussion ender, though i do belive the further forward up the pitch you go the greater importance the numbers play - though of course you need to factor in the eye test also otherwise you end up with a Johnson/Richarlison situation. Maddison for me was much more involved on the ball in the AM position, in terms of build up & playmaking responsibilities. Kulu was more of a driving forward type of player.

Well I guess we just disagree on which was more important. I will remind you that at the time Maddison is the one who got dropped and not Kulu.

 

[SirPercyHotspur]

Memory might be playing tricks on me, but didn't he play through the middle up top a few times and look good?

Grasping at non Solanke / Richi options

It was probably the Forest match that stood out , he was able keep possession of the ball far better than Richy/Dom can at the moment, he held off Forest defenders single handed , think it was quite rare for him to play up top but can in an emergency, somebody better tell RDZ.


During TottenhamHotspur's hard-fought 2-0 victory against Nottingham Forest at City Ground, forward Dejan Kulusevski was pushed up front as a lone striker after midfielder Yves Bissouma was shown a straight red card in the 70th minute

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

I thought he looked good when played up top, such a small sample size though. If we ever wanted to go for that false 9 system occasionally then we could do a lot worse, but obviously longer term you want a striker.