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Player Watch Player Watch: Dejan Kulusevski

Pistols At Dawn

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Elite ball carrier. Elite chance creator. One of the hardest working and fittest players around. Always finds ways to get touches in and around the box in dangerous shooting and creating zones. Even wide right where he can be predictable he creates and causes damage consistently. Add the cutting edge and G/A numbers like he’s been doing so far and he lacks nothing except top end pace which he doesn’t need in all honesty because he still beats players with his change of pace, ball mastery, and strength. An attacking player of the highest caliber
On top of all that, he’s a UNIT
 

Frozen_Waffles

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Twice today I noticed him on the half turn receiving the ball, beautiful style. It's like he had in his mind exactly what he needed to do and was already doing it before the ball arrived at his feet.

Also much more crosses in the box with Richarlison up top. He's now showing the form he showed when he first arrived (if not better).

After watching kulusevski, Bentancur and Romero I'd like to know which players Juventus fans actually rate, because they must be absoloute legendary players.

So much to admire with his play, I've said it before but he seems to have it all and he's 21, ridiculously good signing.
 

allatsea

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He has a fantastic footballing brain perhaps the best at the club. Plus it is almost impossible to get the ball of him. Fabulous player.
 

Nick-TopSpursMan

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He’s not a winger, he’s a Bernardo Silva type player.

He is absolutely fantastic in the central areas and when he plays wider we just need to create more rotations around him to create space, like City do with 3rd man runs and FBs overlapping or underlapping.

And when we do play him wide, ideally we need to play an explosive 1v1 winger on the opposite flank as this will create even more space for Deki.

He needs to be viewed as an attacking midfielder rather than a winger. He’s incredibly strong, his workrate is insane, his technique with the ball is superb and his movements in central areas is so good.
 

mil1lion

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I'm perfectly happy with a front 4 of Son, Richarlison, Kulusevski and Maddison. He'll be fine on the right. Just a shame we won't see it until Feb at least.
 

TommyW

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He is on course to becoming a world class player. Son, Bentancur and Deki are our best three players imo.

I love Kulu but I don't think he'll ever be considered worldclass. In the position he plays I think he'd need more pace to fall into that bracket.
 

synththfc

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He’s not a winger, he’s a Bernardo Silva type player.

He is absolutely fantastic in the central areas and when he plays wider we just need to create more rotations around him to create space, like City do with 3rd man runs and FBs overlapping or underlapping.

And when we do play him wide, ideally we need to play an explosive 1v1 winger on the opposite flank as this will create even more space for Deki.
The rotations with Sarr and Porro were fantastic last night, really freed up space for him to come inside
 

coysjod

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Is having a storming season for us under Ange. Has been a solid 8/10 most weeks across a variety of positions.

Until Maddison is back I’d start Kulu, Sarr and Biss every match we can in the middle. Kulu as an 8/10 is so effective in a totally different way to Maddison, Kulu has such an engine and athleticism and drives us forward whereas Maddison was a linker and lock picker.

Still would like Kulu to add a bit more goals and assists but can’t really fault him overall, his performances are top drawer week in week out.
Any other wishes you might want to put on other players of ours if you may?
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Any other wishes you might want to put on other players of ours if you may?
Haha well Biss and Romero less red cards and Richy to keep up his scoring run, otherwise we are good.

Kulu has been phenomenal this season, him and Porro players of the season for me this season, Kulu does so much off the ball and overall but him adding goals and assists again is taking him to the very top level lately like he was playing at the first few months when we signed him under Conte.

Incredible engine, strong, good passer, good football brain and great attitude and will only get better!

Credit to himself.
 

bubble07

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Realistically you'd want your wide forward to get 10 plus league goals from open play and he is on course to do that
 

dimiSpur

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He started his career brilliantly and for a while he and Bentancur were the real reasons we looked like we had a good team under Conte (coupled with the Kane-Son show). He went off the boil in Conte's first "full" season and continued until the end of last season.

This year under Ange he's been superb for the most part. He also seems to carry an air of confidence when he talks this year that we didn't see in the previous 18 months. I like it and I think he's a fantastic footballer.
 

Frozen_Waffles

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To think we got him for only 30mil..


Just a reminder that he was on Rangnicks list to buy at United, of course the board ignored him and spent 3x the amount on Anthony a bit later. (Oh well)

It's no wonder Paratici was in trouble for dodgy dealing we absolutely robbed Juve.

Didn't we supposedly pay more for him as well because of the sell on fee for Bentancur? Genius
 
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