Edin Dzeko (continued)

[NorCalBlue]

Player of the Month ! How ?

Has he been out shagging every night? There's no fucking way it can refer to his on field performances. There were glimpses of class no doubt but not a chance he was the best player overall...unless you're Bosnian of course.

If, as you seem to suggest, a large proportion of the 5000+ votes were from Bosnians, that'd mean a pretty f**king poor showing from the rest of the world if their votes amounted to less than 1000 in total...

 

[Phil1]

Player of the Month ! How ?

Has he been out shagging every night? There's no fucking way it can refer to his on field performances. There were glimpses of class no doubt but not a chance he was the best player overall...unless you're Bosnian of course.

If, as you seem to suggest, a large proportion of the 5000+ votes were from Bosnians, that'd mean a pretty f**king poor showing from the rest of the world if their votes amounted to less than 1000 in total...

Never underestimate the power of the Bosnians. :-) I didn't suggest that the vast majority of those who voted were Bosnian, what I said was I didn't think there was a chance that he was the best player in a City shirt throughout January. The part I added about Bosnia was to hint that they would no doubt agree with the award, which after reading this thread I thought was close to the mark.

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Goals per chances created ratio is still fucking awful.
How he beat negredo I will never know.

 

[the old abbey]

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

-- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:34 pm --

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

-- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:34 pm --

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

You obviously know more than Mourinho, Wenger and Klop (and demonstrated this in stereo as well)!!

 

[pudge]

Player of the Month ! How ?

[bigimg]http://www.gsmnation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shenanigans.jpg[/bigimg]

 

[noise]

Congrats to Edin on PoM, well deserved!

 

[the old abbey]

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

-- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:34 pm --

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

You obviously know more than Mourinho, Wenger and Klop (and demonstrated this in stereo as well)!!

You like reading the sun pal.ive seen better centre forwards on sunday morning pitches.

 

[noise]

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

-- Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:34 pm --

Roll on the summer.cant wait too get rid of this laaaazy git.makes my blood boil when I see him in a blue shirt.hes garbage.if u rate him u no nowt about the game.

You obviously know more than Mourinho, Wenger and Klop (and demonstrated this in stereo as well)!!

You like reading the sun pal.ive seen better centre forwards on sunday morning pitches.

You should become an agent. Can you think of the money you could make, finding players better than Edin on Sunday morning pitches?

 

[steveb15]

With a very poor finish to the month you can only imagine Bosnians went in hard on this vote.

The month ended with a 5-1 victory at Tottenham in which Dzeko made a good contribution. Admittedly he missed chances too but most strikers do. Certainly nothing happened you could describe as "very poor". Delighted he has won this. He has noticeably become more of a team player recently.

 

[noise]

I read somewhere he had 7 goals 8 assists in the month of January. His work ethic has been great and so has been his overall game. Well deserved.

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

With a very poor finish to the month you can only imagine Bosnians went in hard on this vote.

The month ended with a 5-1 victory at Tottenham in which Dzeko made a good contribution. Admittedly he missed chances too but most strikers do. Certainly nothing happened you could describe as "very poor". Delighted he has won this. He has noticeably become more of a team player recently.

I was more than pleased with Edin's contribution throughout the majority of January, just think he didn't deserve player of the month.

 

[pudge]

I read somewhere he had 7 goals 8 assists in the month of January. His work ethic has been great and so has been his overall game. Well deserved.

Was that in Bullshit Weekly?

 

[the old abbey]

Where do u want me to start bosnian tim.your love child has no pace his first touch is awful.his body language is awful.hes a shithouse in a 50 50.can he strike a ball can he f##k.6 foot 3 and a f###n mardarse.can he drop a shoulder and dribble can he f##k.you no jack shit about the game if you rate this loser.<br /><br />-- Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:23 am --<br /><br />Where do u want me to start bosnian tim.your love child has no pace his first touch is awful.his body language is awful.hes a shithouse in a 50 50.can he strike a ball can he f##k.6 foot 3 and a f###n mardarse.can he drop a shoulder and dribble can he f##k.you no jack shit about the game if you rate this loser.

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

I read somewhere he had 7 goals 8 assists in the month of January. His work ethic has been great and so has been his overall game. Well deserved.

Was that in Bullshit Weekly?

Haha, does he even have 8 assists all season? What a stupid post.

 

[bosnie87]

I read somewhere he had 7 goals 8 assists in the month of January. His work ethic has been great and so has been his overall game. Well deserved.

Was that in Bullshit Weekly?

Haha, does he even have 8 assists all season? What a stupid post.

Well, thats almost right. He had 7 goals and 7 assist in January. Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edin-dzeko/leistungsdaten/spieler_28396.html

11 assists this season.

 

[pudge]

Was that in Bullshit Weekly?

Haha, does he even have 8 assists all season? What a stupid post.

Well, thats almost right. He had 7 goals and 7 assist in January. Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edin-dzeko/leistungsdaten/spieler_28396.html

11 assists this season.

Yeah, that's wrong.

It has him down for 2 assists against Spurs, when he had none, and one against Cardiff when he also had none etc.

He has 6 for the season.

I am however interested in reading that '8 assists' article to see what else he did last month. Did it cover how he discovered the meaning of life?

 

[Sigh]

Haha, does he even have 8 assists all season? What a stupid post.

Well, thats almost right. He had 7 goals and 7 assist in January. Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edin-dzeko/leistungsdaten/spieler_28396.html

11 assists this season.

Yeah, that's wrong.

It has him down for 2 assists against Spurs, when he had none, and one against Cardiff when he also had none etc.

He has 6 for the season.

I am however interested in reading that '8 assists' article to see what else he did last month. Did it cover how he discovered the meaning of life?

Give it a rest.

 

[pudge]

Well, thats almost right. He had 7 goals and 7 assist in January. Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edin-dzeko/leistungsdaten/spieler_28396.html

11 assists this season.

Yeah, that's wrong.

It has him down for 2 assists against Spurs, when he had none, and one against Cardiff when he also had none etc.

He has 6 for the season.

I am however interested in reading that '8 assists' article to see what else he did last month. Did it cover how he discovered the meaning of life?

Give it a rest.

Constructive

Give what a rest exactly?

 

[NorCalBlue]

Haha, does he even have 8 assists all season? What a stupid post.

Well, thats almost right. He had 7 goals and 7 assist in January. Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/edin-dzeko/leistungsdaten/spieler_28396.html

11 assists this season.

Yeah, that's wrong.

It has him down for 2 assists against Spurs, when he had none, and one against Cardiff when he also had none etc.

He has 6 for the season.

I am however interested in reading that '8 assists' article to see what else he did last month. Did it cover how he discovered the meaning of life?

When you say he has 6 for the season, I assume that comes from a stats website, unless you're counting them yourself when you watch the games. Either way, what's the definition of an assist that the website, or you are using? Isn't it possible that the site that you dismiss as being wrong is just using a different (more generous?) definition of an assist? FWIW I would agree that the Cardiff one shouldn't be an assist (even though it might look like it if you're a website doing a quick viewing of God knows how many highlights) because it's the defender who knocks it to Navas as Dzeko's winding up to shoot. The two Spurs "assists" on the other hand depend on the definition you use. It's certainly not ridiculous to credit an assist to a player who wins a penalty (they used to do that on a Fantasy Football site I was on) and similarly, when a player has a goal-bound shot deflected to someone virtually on the line for a tap-in (Kompany's goal), it's not unreasonable to credit the shot-taker with an assist. It's also not unreasonable to have a different definition and not credit the assist. Point is, why be so immediately dismissive of stats from one website, but completely accept those from another?

Edit: Just found this on Wikipedia;
"In association football, an assist is a contribution by a player which helps to score a goal. Statistics for assists made by players may be kept officially by the organisers of a competition, or unofficially by, for example, journalists or organisers of fantasy football competitions. Recording assists is not part of the official Laws of the Game and the criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary.

Most commonly, an assist is credited to a player for passing or crossing the ball to the scorer. It may also be awarded to a player whose shot rebounds (off a defender, goalkeeper or goalpost) to a teammate who scores; or to a player who wins a penalty kick for another player to convert. An attacking player may be awarded an assist for contributing to an own goal.[1] Players cannot be awarded an assist for a goal they themselves score. Usually one but a maximum of two players can be awarded assists per goal."

Looks like the webite showing 6 assists is using the "passing or crossing the ball to the scorer" definition, whereas the other is probably also including rebounds and penalties.