noise said:
Damocles said:
He's Shaun Goater (he used to play for City before 2010 for the Bosnians amongst you).
Crap player, scores goals. Some people like him for his goals, other people say he's a crap player and we can do better so they don't like him.
The debate will rage on with Dzeko as it did with Goater.
That's just it though, he's nowhere near as crap as many would have you believe. His first touch isn't as good as Silva's but who's is? Dzeko's first touch is supposed to score goals, and that it does plenty. Of 26 of his goals last season 22 came from his first touch, those goals are unstoppable as they happen in a blink of an eye.
He's spent most of his career at City not playing at 100% match fitness due to heavy rotation and I feel is being unfairly judged because of it.
He's a beast of a player in his specialized role, and his role is number 9.
It's always an excuse and useless stats with you lot. Oh he isn't played enough, oh he doesn't have as many crosses as he needs, or he isn't playing the right formation, oh he is playing enough but not enough in a constructive sequence. He's the only player I've ever heard who needs exact, scientifically measured laboratory conditions to have consistent form. Nobody whinges that Aguero doesn't get enough game time or that we aren't playing "the right type" of football for him. He just comes on and plays well irregardless because he's a quality player. Dzeko doesn't because he isn't.
First touch doesn't refer to his ability to shoot, it refers to his ability to control a ball. He could have scored with 26 out of 26 and it means absolutely nothing. You're talking like first time shots are somehow an amazing trait that only Dzeko possesses when it's a perfectly normal football shot that every striker in the world utilises.
His first touch isn't as good as Lescott's, let alone Silvas.
