Dirk Kuyt

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Interesting looking at the first page and all the banned posters. Guess the will premier league return thread will be like that next month. ;)

Anyway Kuyt was a good player but from what I remember in 2006 Liverpool signed him as a central striker. Of course he'd scored loads in Holland but so had Afonso Alves and Kezman.

After a few months Liverpool moved him out wide where he stayed for rest of his Liverpool club career. Scored 12 in his first season in the league which was pretty decent considering he was rotating with Crouch and Bellamy but really Torres coming in the next season pushed Liverpool up to being serious contenders for the league again as they were in 08-09.

Was also a very good penalty taker.
 

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You can argue he didn't perform as well for Netherlands as he did for clubs.
 

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You can argue he didn't perform as well for Netherlands as he did for clubs.
He was actually a valuable part of the team. He was content with doing all the work that guys like Sneijder, Vaart and Van Persie didn't. Even played right back in the world cup semi's. Also was a sure thing as a penalty taker which we really need with all the bottlers we've had in the past.

He's the defensive midfielder of strikers. No one notices what he does until he's gone.
 

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You can argue he didn't perform as well for Netherlands as he did for clubs.
Not true at all. He did all the work for the star players as Kirk has said. He had the same role Benzema used to have when Ronaldo was the main guy at Madrid. He unselfishly did all the hard work but it wasn't noticed until he was retired. Maybe he was better a better club player but he wasn't a bad performer for the Netherlands. And he could also be a little bit dirty which I liked because it showed how much he wanted to win the World Cup in 2010.
 

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He was actually a valuable part of the team. He was content with doing all the work that guys like Sneijder, Vaart and Van Persie didn't. Even played right back in the world cup semi's. Also was a sure thing as a penalty taker which we really need with all the bottlers we've had in the past.

He's the defensive midfielder of strikers. No one notices what he does until he's gone.
Kinda like Park then