André Schürrle

[Mufassir08 2,400]

While one can't fault his commitment and workrate as well as his usefulness on the counter attacks and offering us width, he really needs to improve his ability ON the ball offensively. More often than not, he always seem to lose the ball whenever he tries to dribble past players etc.

That plus he is not the most creative with the ball either.

[didierforever 7,349]

he takes players on. he is direct. he is not creative on the ball cos he does not need to be. he has a mind-blowing long shot (watch him play for germany). he does what a winger SHOULD be doing. provides us with width and spread the play nicely. also his workrate and closing down can simply kill the opposition.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

he takes players on. he is direct. he is not creative on the ball cos he does not need to be. he has a mind-blowing long shot (watch him play for germany). he does what a winger SHOULD be doing. provides us with width and spread the play nicely. also his workrate and closing down can simply kill the opposition.

Absolutely. The 'classic winger' tag suits him more than AM label.

Perfect match for our set up.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Any match he doesnt start, we dont create chances at all. I'm i the only one noticing this??

[yuvala 2,167]

Any match he doesnt start, we dont create chances in the first half. I'm i the only one noticing this??

Well we almost never create chances in the first half so..

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Well we almost never create chances in the first half so..

compare games he starts and games he doesnt start, we create more when he starts

[CHOULO19 24,332]

compare games he starts and games he doesnt start, we create more when he starts

It's not a mystery. His movement on and off the ball, especially his diagonal runs, are a lot less predictable than everyone else and force the defense to leave their positions which creates space. This was best visible against Schalke.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

It's not a mystery. His movement on and off the ball, especially his diagonal runs, are a lot less predictable than everyone else and force the defense to leave their positions which creates space. This was best visible against Schalke.

I forgot who i told that he has a serious ability of finding himself with dangerous chances, it was underestimated by him.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Could have helped us yesterday...

[Jase 43,479]

Schurrle advertising for the new German home kit...

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Schurrle advertising for the new German home kit...

Looks mean. Nice work Adidas.

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

We lacked his off the ball runs against West Brom. Hazard is a better dribbler but he still doesn't look to make penetrable runs in between the full back and center back like Schurrle does. I like how a lot of German players who play on the wings look to get into these positions, running between the full back and center back to try and get into scoring positions. Perhaps you don't think its much but its something that only Schurrle seems to do regularly in our team. Even if he doesn't get the ball if he makes the run he takes an opposition player with him or opens up space.

[Jase 43,479]

Luiz..

And Schurrle playing a guitar?!

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Have you seen this shot by him, after the mistake by the italian defender? Would have been an absolute belter if not for the crossbar.

[Rmpr 8,977]

What did he say about Rooney?

[Sheva. 5,373]

What did he say about Rooney?

English media. He said Rooney is a great player but Germany have 2 good players every position, and Rooney might not play for them. And they turned it into some big deal about how ze Germans don't rate their best player.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Luiz..

And Schurrle playing a guitar?!

Who's down there?

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

I think he's nailed on to start on Sat. I've got a feeling he's gonna bag a goal or two.