I guess what I tire of is the tendency that many posters have to want everyone on the squad to be everything. Then, when an individual player shows what seems to be a lack of whatever part of everything the poster desires, they slag the player off. Does that make sense?
I'll try to explain.
Yes, I see Dzeko adjusting slowly to the pace and structure (and officiating, to be fair) of the English game. However, I have also seen things like today's display. So what if he got lucky with that touch leading up to the first goal? He put the ball into the net and that's what he's supposed to do.
I also saw (and yes I know it was Notts County) him drift into the box last weekend as soon as he saw the ball laid off to Carlos, and then I saw Tevez find him with a perfectly floated cross which he buried in the net. I also saw him two-touch a perfect through ball to Tevez for his goal that game. That took vision and coordination and looked nothing like an elephant.
Dzeko is not supposed to be fluid like Silva. Ever see Crouchy run, for fuck's sake? Looks like a drunken giraffe. But that drunken giraffe rose last spring to meet the ball and buried a dagger into our collective hearts. That is, I believe, what Dzeko will do more and more for us and to others.
He is a big, lanky, poaching striker. His play is getting more and more settled. He looks happy to be here. He will score goals for us. He gives us another dimension and he gives Bobby Manc another type of weapon in our striking arsenal.
Patience, Blue Army. We're coming better and better and it is as exciting as fuck. Edin Dzeko is already a pert of it, and I am confident his part will grow.
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