kalouk said:
Dzeko is my favourite person in the squad, I like his outlook and personality but can I ask a genuine question. I admit I am no expert this is more from a personal point of view.
Should we let him go for his own career? I am only really going from peoples opinions on here and I am making assumptions but
If Tevez does stay he will play, due to opinion on here comparing Tevez and Aguero, I am assuming our style of play will suit Aguero as well
no mate, we played 59 games last season and hopefully we play more this upcoming season.
Mario is being given chance after chance to prove his worth, if there is a place on match day, I feel he would be picked over Dzeko.
Mancini said a team could be built around Dzeko but this doesn't seem to have happened. Everyone is saying we don't play to Dzeko's strengths, would the team we have be able to swap and change to one week playing to Tevez/Aguero style to changing to Dzeko's style the next.
Contrary to popular belief many of his goals at Wolfsburg did not come with his head or crosses from the flanks. As big as he is, he is very comfortable with the ball at his feet and has shown this last month alone he's good at holding the ball up.
The team isn't being built around anyone because our parts are versatile. Aguero can play anywhere along the front line, Silva and Nasri can play wide or through the middle, etc. He will do good because the creative outlets around him will be fantastic.
I really like him and can't stomach the thought of us taking him from hero to zero. He is obviously a great player and loved by many football fans so is it fair to keep him at his age when his career was at a high just because we either didn't think things through or are unwilling or unable to change our style to suit him. As I say I really want him to stay but not at the cost of him sitting on the bench as fourth choice and not being able to prove himself because we cannot give him the tools to help him, he is to good for that and deserves better.
As I say a genuine question and would be glad if those with a greater football knowledge of styles of play etc could help.
the club of course thinks highly of him as we doled out 27 million for him last January. He's played ~20 or so games since then, there is a learning curve and a settling period for everyone; we are afterall talking about a young man from the Balkans moving alone to Manchester and living in a hotel his first few weeks (months?) in the UK. Neutrals have been wanking over Suarez getting off to a flyer at Liverpool, yet Dzeko has delivered more goals.
I believe it was zin who said that the club put him on a regimen in the summer to get him stronger, and it showed vs Inter and United. He's a big game player and has come through thus far when we have needed him, bar the game vs Stamford Bridge where he was so isolated he was on Gilligan's Island.
A part of me feels that if he had buried that vicious volley vs Spurs for the CL qualifier (keeper made a great save), most of these conversations wouldn't happen, he'd have been an instant legend and we'd all be on our knees at the sight of him. Funny game, football.
