Just because you have done well in the past doesnt mean you will do well in your next club. We have seen so many players doing exceptionally well in their club and come to the PL and flop and vica versa. Adebayor had 18 goals in 78 league games for monaco becore he came to the PL. Nothing suggested he would be a star. Its more about the players style and how he will suit your team.BIG DONKEY said:Shaelumstash said:It really mustn't be that. I'd play exactly the same team but swap Dzeko for Balotelli. Vidic and Ferdinand are suseptable to raw pace, touch and movement. Balo has all of these, Dzeko has none. The only advantage I can see of Dzeko is his height, and I'd back Vidic against any player in the world in the air.
Dzeko may well have scored loads of goals in a second rate league. So did Kezman, Samaras, Kuyt, Macaroni, it's no guarantee of being good enough for the prem. Torres used to be great, but would you have started him against the s hite last night? The only man in the world who would is Amramovic, and that's why Chelsea are out.
Dzeko has only scored against Notts County and Aris Solonika and has been absolutely appalling in near enough every game for us and you have confidence in him to be our lone striker against the league winners? Do me a favour!
You are a clown. How is the Bundesliga a 2nd rate league please? The Dutch league is, where Kuyt and Samaras came from but it's nowhere near the level of the Bundesliga. Does that make the Prem a 2nd rate league because City got knocked out by the mighty Kiev?
Schalke, who are mid table Bundesliga are in the semi finals of the Champions league, some 2nd rate league there!
Oh and Dzeko scored twice against Man Utd in the champions league....are they a 2nd rate team aswell.
OP made very good point in january and got nothing but abuse. If you go back on the Kolarov transfer thread in the summer I made several post why City shouldnt buy him and how his lack of pace will be a problem. I got alot of abuse and people said he was one of the best left backs in the world and I have no clue. Sometimes people needs to be more open minded and not abuse people straight away if they say something most disagree with