Edin Dzeko (continued)

[levets]

Yep he's been in shit form again this season

Only 18 goals so far

Let's really think about the games that Dzeko has stood out in his entire time at City.

Against Spurs a couple of times.
Against Cardiff.
Against Hull.
Against Blackburn.
Against West Ham.
Against Leicester.
Against Norwich.
Against Southampton.
Against West Brom.
Against Wolves.
Against United (once).
Against Aris.

He's playing well against shit teams in the majority. There's reason we can't put Guidetti in that role who has shown he can play well against that type of team , have another homegrown guy in the squad and save ourselves £5m a year in wages

Guidetti as opposed to Dzeko? WTF? 'Drugs don't work'

 

[JasminBosnia]

Newcastle couple of times, Bolton, Barcelona, Bayern, Wigan, Arsenal, L'pool...

 

[Damocles]

Newcastle couple of times, Bolton, Barcelona, Bayern, Wigan, Arsenal, L'pool...

He "stood out" in these games did he?

By stood out, I don't mean "fluffed a bunch of chances". I mean "did his job as a striker". And I'm not sure if including Bolton and Wigan is really disproving my point here.

 

[Damocles]

Newcastle couple of times, Bolton, Barcelona, Bayern, Wigan, Arsenal, L'pool...

I'll tell you what, I take a leaf out of your books and go to WhoScored.

Here we are:

Newcastle you can have no problem. Add them to the list.
Bolton and Wigan are both shit teams and are not my argument.
Against Barca he played a 6.99 according to that website you guys like which is below average and he was the joint third best player on City teams let alone on the pitch. I don't call this a stand out performance. When I watched him I didn't think he did particularly well, just that he did better than Aguero.
He didn't play against Arsenal.
He played a 5.97 against Liverpool after coming on for the 7.0 rated Negredo

 

[nice neil]

Thrives on crosses so he really relies on Kolarov and Navas for quality service. He struggles without that kind of service.

He's had plenty of service: 35 shots in his last ten games for us, and 28 have been off target.

£27M.

Like I said, he thrives on crosses. The type that only kolarov and Navas provide. Nobody is better at putting those type of crosses away with a one touch finish. With either foot.

 

[samharris]

Whooaahh oh ohh Edin Dzeko.


:)

 

[nice neil]

Yep he's been in shit form again this season

Only 18 goals so far

Let's really think about the games that Dzeko has stood out in his entire time at City.

Against Spurs a couple of times.
Against Cardiff.
Against Hull.
Against Blackburn.
Against West Ham.
Against Leicester.
Against Norwich.
Against Southampton.
Against West Brom.
Against Wolves.
Against United (once).
Against Aris.

He's playing well against shit teams in the majority. There's reason we can't put Guidetti in that role who has shown he can play well against that type of team , have another homegrown guy in the squad and save ourselves £5m a year in wages

You are forgetting Bayern when we played them in Germany, and Barcelona last week.

And hull last week. He worked his bollocks off up front on his own. Also scored a great goal. He's worked a lot harder, won more headers etc since bayern away. Leave him where he is. The grass is not always greener.

 

[Corky]

Thrives on crosses so he really relies on Kolarov and Navas for quality service. He struggles without that kind of service.

He's had plenty of service: 35 shots in his last ten games for us, and 28 have been off target.

£27M.

Like I said, he thrives on crosses. The type that only kolarov and Navas provide. Nobody is better at putting those type of crosses away with a one touch finish. With either foot.

Nobody bar Yaya, Sergio, Negrado and Nasri. Whoever plays the highest up front for us should score a bagful.

Crosses tend to get blacked a lot and often need hight. He is bobbins in the air as he can't make decent contact with his head. The few headers he has scored have been either off the top or back of his head flukes or the 'keeper has been off balance - bar one when he was running in against Blackburn to make it 4-0.

 

[Damocles]

And hull last week. He worked his bollocks off up front on his own. Also scored a great goal. He's worked a lot harder, won more headers etc since bayern away. Leave him where he is. The grass is not always greener.

Said Hull. Was the fifth best player on the team in Bayern behind Silva, Milner (MOTM), Kolarov and Zabaleta. Not exactly a stand out performance.

 

[Bluesiam]

Newcastle couple of times, Bolton, Barcelona, Bayern, Wigan, Arsenal, L'pool...

He "stood out" in these games did he?

By stood out, I don't mean "fluffed a bunch of chances". I mean "did his job as a striker". And I'm not sure if including Bolton and Wigan is really disproving my point here.

Most good strikers tend NOT to stand out. We're not talking your Ronaldo's or your Messi's here. We are talking your Gerd Muller, Peter Osgood, Martin Chivers. Your Greaves, Neil Young and Ian Rush, your Lewandowski, Manduzic and Thomas Muller. Their main strength is often the fact that they are in the right place at the right time and have the ability to make a finish look easy.
I'm not saying Dzeko has had a great season; but I am saying it is not necessary for a striker to stand out in games to be a good striker.