Edin Dzeko (continued)

[quiet_riot]

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

 

[Deleted member 3896]

Seventeen goals by February. SEVENTEEN. Wood for the trees stuff.

The behaviour of some grown men was ridiculous in the ground yesterday. Some people seem more gutted when he scores TBH.

The goodies and the baddies on our team is ridiculous. Some people just cheer who they want. Remember the league game against Chelsea a few weeks ago: Kolarov picked it up in his own half, beat a man coming inside and threaded a ball through to Negredo on the edge of the box. Negredo then held it up in that position briefly while Kolarov bust a lung steaming down the line. Negredo then lays it off two yards and Kolarov gets on the end of it at full pace just inside the byline and fizzes in a brilliant cross we were unlucky not to score from. The reaction from the crowd:

"BEEEEEAAAAASSSSST"<br /><br />-- Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:54 pm --<br /><br />

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

He didn't join in any chants either I noticed.

 

[Mike N]

Whist he's got a City shirt on he'll get my support.

 

[quiet_riot]

-- Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:54 pm --

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

He didn't join in any chants either I noticed.

Stupid comment tbh, you would'nt expect him to join in songs ffs, you would expect him to be happy for
a) a team mate scoring
b) us breaking the deadlock against an organised defensive setup.

 

[Deleted member 3896]

-- Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:54 pm --

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

He didn't join in any chants either I noticed.

Stupid comment tbh, you would'nt expect him to join in songs ffs, you would expect him to be happy for
a) a team mate scoring
b) us breaking the deadlock against an organised defensive setup.

How do you know he wasn't happy? Give me strength. Did MOTD trail a camera on him for a good 30 seconds after the goal went in. Watch any team next time a goal goes in, not everyone joins in a celebration. Some players stay focussed.

There's so little objectivity and so much straw-man making when it comes to our players. FWIW, I thought Dzeko worked well yesterday, won quite a lot of headers against their defenders and worked trying to bring midfielders into play around the D to mixed effect. He also missed a sitter, that happens. He also had to play as a number 10 until Negredo went off - something he'll never be great at but he seemed to get on with it.

Negredo on the other hand hardly contributed. To an extent that's because he was slightly isolated, but frankly he's done chuff all for quite some time now. Now don't get me wrong I love Negredo, but I wonder how his recent performances would have been tolerated had Dzeko put them in. His card is marked, and the behaviour of some fans was absolutely hysterical. You wouldn't have thought we were winning in those last ten minutes. There's onw blokw in front of me who put his entire energy into slagging Dzeko off. Every time the ball gets played into him and it's a "oh here we go" out loud. He always seems to forget the times he does his job but make a big point of being right whenever he doesn't pull something off. He's got absolutely no desire to have any fun at the game at all.

 

[pudge]

-- Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:54 pm --



He didn't join in any chants either I noticed.

Stupid comment tbh, you would'nt expect him to join in songs ffs, you would expect him to be happy for
a) a team mate scoring
b) us breaking the deadlock against an organised defensive setup.

How do you know he wasn't happy? Give me strength. Did MOTD trail a camera on him for a good 30 seconds after the goal went in. Watch any team next time a goal goes in, not everyone joins in a celebration. Some players stay focussed.

There's so little objectivity and so much straw-man making when it comes to our players. FWIW, I thought Dzeko worked well yesterday, won quite a lot of headers against their defenders and worked trying to bring midfielders into play around the D to mixed effect. He also missed a sitter, that happens. He also had to play as a number 10 until Negredo went off - something he'll never be great at but he seemed to get on with it.

Negredo on the other hand hardly contributed. To an extent that's because he was slightly isolated, but frankly he's done chuff all for quite some time now. Now don't get me wrong I love Negredo, but I wonder how his recent performances would have been tolerated had Dzeko put them in. His card is marked, and the behaviour of some fans was absolutely hysterical. You wouldn't have thought we were winning in those last ten minutes. There's onw blokw in front of me who put his entire energy into slagging Dzeko off. Every time the ball gets played into him and it's a "oh here we go" out loud. He always seems to forget the times he does his job but make a big point of being right whenever he doesn't pull something off. He's got absolutely no desire to have any fun at the game at all.

How do you know he wasn't singing the chants in his head?..

 

[Deleted member 3896]

Stupid comment tbh, you would'nt expect him to join in songs ffs, you would expect him to be happy for
a) a team mate scoring
b) us breaking the deadlock against an organised defensive setup.

How do you know he wasn't happy? Give me strength. Did MOTD trail a camera on him for a good 30 seconds after the goal went in. Watch any team next time a goal goes in, not everyone joins in a celebration. Some players stay focussed.

There's so little objectivity and so much straw-man making when it comes to our players. FWIW, I thought Dzeko worked well yesterday, won quite a lot of headers against their defenders and worked trying to bring midfielders into play around the D to mixed effect. He also missed a sitter, that happens. He also had to play as a number 10 until Negredo went off - something he'll never be great at but he seemed to get on with it.

Negredo on the other hand hardly contributed. To an extent that's because he was slightly isolated, but frankly he's done chuff all for quite some time now. Now don't get me wrong I love Negredo, but I wonder how his recent performances would have been tolerated had Dzeko put them in. His card is marked, and the behaviour of some fans was absolutely hysterical. You wouldn't have thought we were winning in those last ten minutes. There's onw blokw in front of me who put his entire energy into slagging Dzeko off. Every time the ball gets played into him and it's a "oh here we go" out loud. He always seems to forget the times he does his job but make a big point of being right whenever he doesn't pull something off. He's got absolutely no desire to have any fun at the game at all.

How do you know he wasn't singing the chants in his head?..

Good point well argued.

 

[Ban-jani]

Some pleb on Twitter is claiming the stick Edin gets is racism from City fans.

Some times I want to give up.

 

[yatesy94]

The final is quickly approaching and hopefully he can put that shocking miss out of his mind next week if he features. Seventeen goals he's scored this season as people have mentioned, let's just forget about the mistake, it can happen to the best of them and get behind him all the way for the remainder of the campaign!

 

[Marvin]

The final is quickly approaching and hopefully he can put that shocking miss out of his mind next week if he features. Seventeen goals he's scored this season as people have mentioned, let's just forget about the mistake, it can happen to the best of them and get behind him all the way for the remainder of the campaign!

The way football works, he might turn out to be the hero next weekend. You don't get where he is unless you have a strong character, and he'll be wanting to bounce back

 

[BosnianDiamond]

The commentator said yesterday again that "Dzeko isn't a fan favorite". I challenge anyone to post Dzeko's passing statistics and will quickly find that he doesn't lose the ball, percentage-wise, more than any other player in the starting 11. In fact, he is very much under-rated as a passer. His positioning and vision are tremandous, but he tries too hard sometimes to score and instead of applausing his efforts some of you idiots boo him. His goals are not an accident, he has great instincts as a striker where he needs to be. He only looks clumsy when the ball is at his feet and that has been the criticism on his the entire career. It was the reason he was sold by Zeljeznicar for 50k euros. Some of you just can't appreciate any player who isn't pacey and a dribbler and can't understand that Dzeko offers a great deal more than a f***ing Hernandez who is nothing but a poacher. Watch the game again and you'll see that Dzeko did a great job holding up the ball and getting his team-mates involved.

 

[Gypsy Jim]

I mostly agree with Bosnian Diamond, Edin does get a lot of abuse which I feel is sometimes undeserved. After all, he is only a couple of goals short on Negredo in the prem and Negredo has had more game time overall. Edin is on 17 so far this season and I reckon he will get a few more till the end.

As BD pointed out, if you actually check out his pass rate after each game and compare it to other strikers you will find that he achieves about the same average. It's just that he looks clumsy when he makes a mistake and that stands out, but he also makes some fine passes and creates chances which go unnoticed. If you check out his assists, you will find he is the leading striker with most assists for us.

 

[cityok]

Fixed it for you!

Must be great not being able to kick a ball yourself but being able to cast such disparaging comments.

So to call a football player shit we all need to be better than them to do so?

Fuck, anyone have Emile Heskey's phone number so I can apologise to him?

no, but here's Dzeko's 0161 616 1616

 

[Yates]

I'm not a fan of Dzeko at all as a footballl player. However he is a City player so I quite frankly need to keep my opinion zipped as there is no use in complaining or shooting him down. So from now on if I'm seen having a go at him, it'll be from in the moment frustration at a game if not then shoot me down.

 

[allyboy]

All these posts with what he's done for us etc.. Etc..

Dzeko is simply not good enough.
Hed do a job at stoke or west ham.
End of.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

The commentator said yesterday again that "Dzeko isn't a fan favorite". I challenge anyone to post Dzeko's passing statistics and will quickly find that he doesn't lose the ball, percentage-wise, more than any other player in the starting 11. In fact, he is very much under-rated as a passer. His positioning and vision are tremandous, but he tries too hard sometimes to score and instead of applausing his efforts some of you idiots boo him. His goals are not an accident, he has great instincts as a striker where he needs to be. He only looks clumsy when the ball is at his feet and that has been the criticism on his the entire career. It was the reason he was sold by Zeljeznicar for 50k euros. Some of you just can't appreciate any player who isn't pacey and a dribbler and can't understand that Dzeko offers a great deal more than a f***ing Hernandez who is nothing but a poacher. Watch the game again and you'll see that Dzeko did a great job holding up the ball and getting his team-mates involved.

Edin Dzeko's pass completion rate this season is 76%. The only worse players at the club are Pantilimon (60.7%) and Hart (51%). He is also fourth in terms of being dispossessed (1.4 times per game on average), and fifth in terms of turnovers (0.9 times per game on average).

 

[Bill]

The commentator said yesterday again that "Dzeko isn't a fan favorite". I challenge anyone to post Dzeko's passing statistics and will quickly find that he doesn't lose the ball, percentage-wise, more than any other player in the starting 11. In fact, he is very much under-rated as a passer. His positioning and vision are tremandous, but he tries too hard sometimes to score and instead of applausing his efforts some of you idiots boo him. His goals are not an accident, he has great instincts as a striker where he needs to be. He only looks clumsy when the ball is at his feet and that has been the criticism on his the entire career. It was the reason he was sold by Zeljeznicar for 50k euros. Some of you just can't appreciate any player who isn't pacey and a dribbler and can't understand that Dzeko offers a great deal more than a f***ing Hernandez who is nothing but a poacher. Watch the game again and you'll see that Dzeko did a great job holding up the ball and getting his team-mates involved.

I'm not sure it was wise to post this propaganda when he's just missed an open goal from a foot out. Yaya got him out of jail. That miss could well have been the title gone right there. All this % shit and pass completion is bollocks, he's there to score goals and he'll say so himself. I'd take Hernandez over him all day long, any poacher in fact.

I like edin, I know its in there somewhere but for where we are you can't have a striker as off form as he is right now.his confidence is shot and he needs a break.

I also think its a bit rich you calling city fans idiots as they post an honest opinion. You have no affinity to our club or our forum, you are only here because of dzeko. He'll gone in the summer and so will you.

With further comments slagging city fans maybe sooner.

 

[shevtheblue]

The commentator said yesterday again that "Dzeko isn't a fan favorite". I challenge anyone to post Dzeko's passing statistics and will quickly find that he doesn't lose the ball, percentage-wise, more than any other player in the starting 11. In fact, he is very much under-rated as a passer. His positioning and vision are tremandous, but he tries too hard sometimes to score and instead of applausing his efforts some of you idiots boo him. His goals are not an accident, he has great instincts as a striker where he needs to be. He only looks clumsy when the ball is at his feet and that has been the criticism on his the entire career. It was the reason he was sold by Zeljeznicar for 50k euros. Some of you just can't appreciate any player who isn't pacey and a dribbler and can't understand that Dzeko offers a great deal more than a f***ing Hernandez who is nothing but a poacher. Watch the game again and you'll see that Dzeko did a great job holding up the ball and getting his team-mates involved.

Edin Dzeko's pass completion rate this season is 76%. The only worse players at the club are Pantilimon (60.7%) and Hart (51%). He is also fourth in terms of being dispossessed (1.4 times per game on average), and fifth in terms of turnovers (0.9 times per game on average).

oh dear.

 

[BlueOz]

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

He went over and congratulated Yaya, what more do you want, did you expect him to suck his Cock or something.

 

[Bill]

It may have been mentioned, but having just watched MoTD, it was interesting to see Edin's non-reaction to the goal. Silva and Navas, the other two players in shot were arms raised jubilant, Edin seemed non-plussed.

He went over and congratulated Yaya, what more do you want, did you expect him to suck his Cock or something.

Oh dear.