John Guidetti

[Joehannes]

Dzeko can dribble well btw.

Aye but he's got a weird dribbling style. Big touches, 'fake shots' for those who play FIFA etc..Best example of Dzeko's dribbling his that in the build up to winning the penalty at home to Sunderland last season.

 

[TBooksbluearmy]

Hopefully he will be fit enough for a place on the bench against Leeds on Sunday. We will just have to wait and see.

 

[Josh Blue]

Dzeko can dribble well btw.

Aye but he's got a weird dribbling style. Big touches, 'fake shots' for those who play FIFA etc..Best example of Dzeko's dribbling his that in the build up to winning the penalty at home to Sunderland last season.

Goal vs QPR away last season?

 

[teddykgb]

going off the very limited amount of him I've seen and even what's posted on Youtube, he seems to be similar to Dzeko in some ways, I can at least see the comparison. Shooting from angle, playing to open up for a shot, just generally pouncing on goals, these are good qualities

I think people are way too optimistic in wanting him in our squad today, not because he couldn't compete, but I think there'd be severe disappointment in him. I'm not sure I've seen much of him creating his own chances, and our attack right now isn't exactly generating the types of chances you see him scoring on in the video, as an example. In most cases he's playing fast against a stretched defense, finding space for a shot and making it go. I'm not sure that he'd offer much more to us than our current strike force when we manage to possess the ball and he's just hanging around waiting for an opening that probably will never come.

I mean, I'd definitely try to play him a bit and see if you find something, plus I'm in complete favor of people who will shoot from distance in our setup, I just wouldn't be overly optimistic that he'd (or truthfully any striker) set the league on fire without us first solving our build up issues and the inability to create space for the striker to work in.

 

[Joehannes]

Dzeko can dribble well btw.

Aye but he's got a weird dribbling style. Big touches, 'fake shots' for those who play FIFA etc..Best example of Dzeko's dribbling his that in the build up to winning the penalty at home to Sunderland last season.

Goal vs QPR away last season?

Exception to the rule ;) I don't think he's a bad dribbler at all. Think he's more suited to the big touch style.

 

[cmdub]

Edin won't be here next year and john will

People also shouldn't underrate everything he's had to go through in these last 9 months. Its incredible to think that he could actually get first team time this season.

 

[woahmark]

He has so far played around 225 minutes of football for EDS in about three weeks, I think (don't quote me on that), so he's doing well.

I think it is 135 mins, 45 in his first game (scored 1) and 90 in his second ( scored 1). He has been very unlucky as he should have had another 2 games but both the last 2 have been postponed due to weather (Norwich at Home and Palace away)

Cheers, could of sworn he played another game, my mistake. Nice to see him scoring - even if its in the EDS.

-- Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:16 pm --

going off the very limited amount of him I've seen and even what's posted on Youtube, he seems to be similar to Dzeko in some ways, I can at least see the comparison. Shooting from angle, playing to open up for a shot, just generally pouncing on goals, these are good qualities

I think people are way too optimistic in wanting him in our squad today, not because he couldn't compete, but I think there'd be severe disappointment in him. I'm not sure I've seen much of him creating his own chances, and our attack right now isn't exactly generating the types of chances you see him scoring on in the video, as an example. In most cases he's playing fast against a stretched defense, finding space for a shot and making it go. I'm not sure that he'd offer much more to us than our current strike force when we manage to possess the ball and he's just hanging around waiting for an opening that probably will never come.

I mean, I'd definitely try to play him a bit and see if you find something, plus I'm in complete favor of people who will shoot from distance in our setup, I just wouldn't be overly optimistic that he'd (or truthfully any striker) set the league on fire without us first solving our build up issues and the inability to create space for the striker to work in.

I get what you're saying - too much hype is not good. But in regards to his passing - he got something like 8 or so assists last season, I didn't watch much of him, but I've read from a couple of articles that passing is very much in his game. Not saying whether he will be better than Dzeko when it comes to passing (seen Edin make some lovely passes here and there) but Guidetti isn't a slouch when it comes to setting up his teammates :)

Here's a video of him from three years ago: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xXiGAgsPQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xXiGAgsPQ</a>

 

[Gilemoon]

Anyone know if he will play todays game with the u-21?

 

[WeaverWonderland]

Anyone know if he will play todays game with the u-21?

Not even on the bench

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Anyone know if he will play todays game with the u-21?

niggling injury apparantly

 

[Thenumber1blue]

Edin won't be here next year and john will

People also shouldn't underrate everything he's had to go through in these last 9 months. Its incredible to think that he could actually get first team time this season.

Can't see it myself ,in fact I can personally guarantee you this won't happen.

 

[Anonymous]

Edin won't be here next year and john will

People also shouldn't underrate everything he's had to go through in these last 9 months. Its incredible to think that he could actually get first team time this season.

Can't see it myself ,in fact I can personally guarantee you this won't happen.

Nothing personal mate, but how and why can you "...personally guarantee..." this?

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Edin won't be here next year and john will

People also shouldn't underrate everything he's had to go through in these last 9 months. Its incredible to think that he could actually get first team time this season.

Can't see it myself ,in fact I can personally guarantee you this won't happen.

As long as his apparent injury setback is only minor I would be very surprised if we didn't see him get some type of first team action this season, he has already completed 90 mins for the EDS and scored in each of the games he has started in. Also with the title race over their will be less risk to play youngsters so Im hoping the likes of Saurez, Guidetti possibly Pozo get on he bench and maybe come on late in games.

 

[ped]

title race over ?

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

title race over ?

Yes

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

title race over ?

Yes

Haven't you got some zits to squeeze?

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

title race over ?

Yes

Haven't you got some zits to squeeze?

12 games left, do you really think we can turn round a 12 point deficit? We're in poor form while United are in top gear and don't look like slowing down. The derby is also at OT where our record is pretty poor and we have to go to other bogey teams like Everton, Spurs and Swansea. We have to pretty much win everygame to have any chance of winning the league and that just isn't going to happen.

 

[Marvin]

Edin won't be here next year and john will

People also shouldn't underrate everything he's had to go through in these last 9 months. Its incredible to think that he could actually get first team time this season.

Can't see it myself ,in fact I can personally guarantee you this won't happen.

As long as his apparent injury setback is only minor I would be very surprised if we didn't see him get some type of first team action this season, he has already completed 90 mins for the EDS and scored in each of the games he has started in. Also with the title race over their will be less risk to play youngsters so Im hoping the likes of Saurez, Guidetti possibly Pozo get on he bench and maybe come on late in games.

Possible if there's nothing at stake in our final League games

We've got to fight for the title even if the chances are slim and qualify for the Champions League

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Can't see it myself ,in fact I can personally guarantee you this won't happen.

As long as his apparent injury setback is only minor I would be very surprised if we didn't see him get some type of first team action this season, he has already completed 90 mins for the EDS and scored in each of the games he has started in. Also with the title race over their will be less risk to play youngsters so Im hoping the likes of Saurez, Guidetti possibly Pozo get on he bench and maybe come on late in games.

Possible if there's nothing at stake in our final League games

We've got to fight for the title even if the chances are slim and qualify for the Champions League

We have to try and win everygame but I would just like to see one or two more youngsters on the bench instead of say two full backs who will probably leave at the end of the season. After Chelsea all our home games are against 'weaker' opposition so it would be good to see a few EDS players on the bench, gain experience by getting 10-20 minutes at the end of a match if we're winning comfortably. With the introduction of FFP it is crucial we start promoting youth.

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

The chances of JG making the first team squad are very very thin this season.He simply hasn't regained anything like the level of fitness required.It's to his credit that he has scored some goals in the game time he has had but you only had to be at those games to see that he was far from fit enough for top level football.

John has a big heart and will keep working hard to get back but I would expect that next season is the realistic target and I hope he makes it to show us all what he is capable of.