noise said:
I am a City fan who likes Dzeko.
You are absolutely not a City fan. In fact you've previously slagged off all City fans and said that you hoped Dzeko left and went to a place where people appreciate him so you could deal with another set of supporters. We tolerate the Dzeko fans on here under the guise of being "other supporters" like United fans or West Ham fans. The Code of Conduct specifically states that we do NOT allow people pretending to be a City fan.
You had no connection prior to Dzeko and will ignore us once he leaves.
LJ75 said:
There is this thing in finance called Zero Based Budgeting. As the name implies, there is no base to build upon, so you have to justify your every expense for the coming period. You start from scratch, and you are given zero credit for anything you have done before.
In Dzeko's case, it's not even Zero Based Budgeting, it's -100 Based Budgeting. It's like putting Fernando in the youth squad and asking him to prove himself. Putting e.g. Jovetic, or even Negredo, ahead of Dzeko. Some would argue, putting Aguero ahead of Dzeko, especially as a lone striker.
Pro Dzeko guys, well, it's understandable. They love him. For those who continue to slag him off, I just do not know what are they doing here, except for the fact that they enjoy petty fights, are miserable generally...
By the way, there were some rumors that he has signed? If not, he could be on his way out, which may be a good thing, since he has already given his best years to City.
This is the exact shit we're talking about where you're all making up crap excuses about how hard it is for him, I'm surprised you didn't include a pass completion stat.
We (his detractors) don't rate him as a player. I (and perhaps some others) am constantly wound up by his fan club who talk about this lad like he's Messi. That's as simple as this is.
Dzeko isn't in the top 5 strikers in the world. He's not even in the top 5 strikers in England. You can make all the excuses that you like but at the end of the day they're all for naught. People don't like Dzeko because they either don't think he's a very good footballer (like me) or think he has a petulant side and only turns up when he can be arsed.
You like him because he was born in SFR Yugoslavia in the bit that eventually became Bosnia.
That's the difference here. We like or dislike him based on his innate football ability and usefulness to Manchester City, the team we support. You like him because of where he was born.