Player Review
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Kluivert may don't have really good composure or agility and i've heard many people haven't bought this card because of that. But really that's not that big a deal than people think it is. Kluivert still dribbles really for me. Sure you may think 76 agility is bad but for guy who's 6'2 tall and have 86 strength it actually feels lot better than just 76. And when you use Hunter chemistry style on him he seriously cannot stop scoring, even from tight spaces where his bad composure should affect to his finishing, well it doesn't. Inside the box this guy can finish 9/10 times.
But the thing i really love most about Kluivert is his H/L work rates, and i know this can sound a little weird but i've had many many many different strikers like for example Messi who has M/M workrates and sometimes it feels like Messi is just standing there doing nothing, well that's not the case for Kluivert. Every time i got the ball and start counter attack Kluivert is in millisecond doing the run behind the defense because his low defensive work rate he basically sits on defensive line and just wait that counter attack.
But what really makes Kluivert probably the best under 1m. striker?
- Hes very athletic player, when you put him on hunter chem style his pace feels more like 92 and with that height and strength its cya later Bailly and Boateng, you ain't catching this guy, or if you will he just puts you on the ground because hes so strong.
- Hes sooo good in the air, even though scoring headers in this game is sometimes really hard, i can tell you with this guy it isn't. 6'2 tall with 91 jumping, man, if you just get that cross high enough he will score that with his power header trait + 92 heading acc. really easily. I think he has missed 1 heading chance and that went to the post. And totally he has scored 7 headers for me in 4 games, 4 of them from corner as Kluivert sits on that front post so its really easy to just cross him and head it to back post. If you are really looking for that aerial threat guy, get this guy! Really big aerial threat.
- His finishing & shot power are just mad. Really that 90 finishing doesn't sound so good and trust me it isn't as some of the times when he scored, the ball goes pretty middle, but that his shot power... i mean literally just do driven shot and it doesn't matter if the shot comes straight at the keeper it still comes in. I swear without that shot power his finishing would feel more like 80-85 but thanks to his shot power it feels more like 95.
- He can also pass the ball really well. Even though he has "only" 80 passing it really feels lot better. With 84 vision and 86 short passing he have created so many chances, and funny thing is that he actually have 0 assists but that just because those other guys haven't scored from chances Kluivert has created. Its just like that Özil - Giroud saga when Özil passed to Giroud like 20 times and he finished maybe 2 of them.
- Hes just complete player. He can run, shoot, pass, dribble, win headers, out muscle his opponents, can do 4* skills and shoot with his both legs.
STATS: 4 games, 16 goals + 0 assists. All division 1 gameplay, because fut champ wasn't going yet at that time.
- Shot Power & Finishing
- Tall & Strong
- Work Rates
- Really big aerial threat + power header trait
- Double 4*
- Fast
- Passing
- Good Attack Position, makes good runs & gets himself open in penalty box easily
- Reactions, in tight space he can shoot or pass the ball at 1st touch quickly
- Ball Control, takes good touches and again very important specially at inside the box to not get those 3m Lukaku touches.
- Composure, even though i said its not that bad but you can still feel it sometimes
- Curve
- Finesse shots from outside the box goes most of the times straight at keeper
- Long Shots
- Agility, again even though i said hes agility feel much better than 76, it still can be much better.