re: Americans Abroad Thread

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I actually don't think that Jozy's comparable at all to Drogba, Lukaku, Balotelli, etc. His style is much more comparable to (you'll no doubt attack me for this) Shane Long.

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How is Jozy comparable to a off-shoulder poacher who really doesn't participate in the build-up play? Jozy can't really run beyond the last defender like Long can. Different players in my view. Jozy has to play with his back toward goal as the lynchpin of the attack. He isn't good enough to do it at the moment. Jozy gets compared to Emile Heskey a lot, but he's not all that different from other target strikers. Drogba and Adebayor developed as goalscorers late, but players like Lukaku and Balotelli are different in that they can run beyond the defense in a way that Jozy can't, thus they are more complete strikers, whereas Jozy is quite limited.