Edin Dzeko (contract update page 370)

[green pennies]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

Yes. First touch to control is different. That's where he gets into trouble. No one can seriously argue that his striking is off. He's leading the club in scoring. Unfortunately, there are many times in the game that he's needed to control the ball instead of striking at goal. He's inconsistent at that.

Entertain yourself with counting poor first touches throughout the entire team. Then come back with your stats. Balotelli's first touch is pretty damn miserly. His passing, let's not even go there.

As shown, Aguero had a shit game against Spurs, his touch was horrible on several occasions.

A few games ago Dzeko got caught offside a few times too many. The usual suspects were moaning about it for a week.

Against Spurs, Tevez and Aguero got caught offside more times than I care to count. Nothing. No comments. The usual suspects were suspiciously absent.

If the critique is fair and balanced someone might actually give a flying fuck. When someone is obsessing about a player, it becomes tedious at best.

But, let's say his first touch is shit. I'll take Dzeko's shit touch and constant scoring, over Tevez' and Aguero's world class first touches and lack of goals, any day of the week.

Goals tend to win games. First touches tend to do jack shit.

-- Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:58 pm --

Probably because he wasn't joking. "Just kidding" is the standard excuse in the US when you are caught with your pants down.

Surely you are "just kidding"?

Lived in the US for 8 years. The just kidding brigades made my blood boil.
Try getting a serious answer from a just kidding muppet.

-- Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:02 am --

Who scores when?

Seems the half time talks are doing wonders for our goal scoring.

Try getting us to use the word muppet for anything other than a puppet created by Jim Henson.

 

[Comrade Buka]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

Lived in the US for 8 years. The just kidding brigades made my blood boil.
Try getting a serious answer from a just kidding muppet.

He was being sarcastic

That would be the identifier of the just kidding brigades.

 

[Zizi4City]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

This

While frustrated at his team's failure to hold on for a point, Andre Villas-Boas was full of praise for Dzeko. "We tried to hold on to the 1-1 in the last minute of the game, but it didn't happen and it was down to a moment of individual brilliance from Dzeko, which I think is recurrent for a player who continues to come off the bench to destroy the opposition," the Tottenham head coach said.
"Individual brilliance makes a difference. To have a player of such strong character as Dzeko to come on once again in the final minutes when the team needed him and to respond deserves great credit and continues to surprise me."

 

[spamalot]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

Good to see that AVB appreciates him.........

 

[pudge]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

Lived in the US for 8 years. The just kidding brigades made my blood boil.
Try getting a serious answer from a just kidding muppet.

He was being sarcastic

That would be the identifier of the just kidding brigades.

???

 

[glassyeyes]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

<a class="postlink" href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.1/barclays-premier-league?cc=5901" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scor ... ue?cc=5901</a>

 

[mgxsleck]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

Good to see that AVB appreciates him.........

Yes that was a bittersweet remark he made about Dzeko... " he remains on the bench but always comes out to destroy opponents" or something like that.
I have massive respect for AVB. He is eloquent and honest in his interviews. I kinda wish Mancini worked on that...because his interviews and press conference are so bland. Then again I have no idea how "unbland" u can be, press conference question suck.

 

[pudge]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.1/barclays-premier-league?cc=5901

We should buy Van Persie?

 

[JasminBosnia]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.1/barclays-premier-league?cc=5901

We should buy Van Persie?

You can do it better than that.

To answer on your question, NO. He just signed for the rags and he is not available. Perhaps we should go after Ba, Suarez and Fellaini instead? :)

 

[pudge]

Re: Edin Dzeko legend

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/scorers/_/league/eng.1/barclays-premier-league?cc=5901

We should buy Van Persie?

You can do it better than that.

To answer on your question, NO. He just signed for the rags and he is not available. Perhaps we should go after Ba, Suarez and Fellaini instead? :)

Obviously that is why the link was posted, to suggest such things?

It can't be to highlight Edin as our top scorer as that has been discussed at length many times before on this thread so bringing it up again would be pointless right?