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Re: Dzeko

Postby Cocacolajojo1 » Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:16 am

MilnersJaw wrote:maybe he said listen you fucks stop playing for yourselves and play as a team. it was obvious to us lot that certain players were being selfish and not passing to other players.

although the first goal, I am wondering if aguero could have passed to dzeko first instead of silva.


But that's being a bit of a perfectionist aint it? :)
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:05 am

getdressedmctavish wrote:Was it because he didn't know he was playing til late on? Has Mancini stumbled on something?


Joking apart, I genuinely wondered about that. I've criticised Bob for his man management but perhaps there was a touch of genius in not telling Dzeko he was playing until the last hour. Perhaps he gets uptight if he has time to think about it ?
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:28 am

I just get the feeling Dzeko's could be a bit of a Linekar/ Van Nistlerooy type player. Most of his touches should be shots.
With good delivery he's one of the best out there. Which is why we need to play at a higher tempo and get more balls into the box.
No point giving him the ball 35 yards from goal and expecting him to play pass and move.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:41 pm

Bridge'srightfoot wrote:I just get the feeling Dzeko's could be a bit of a Linekar/ Van Nistlerooy type player. Most of his touches should be shots.
With good delivery he's one of the best out there. Which is why we need to play at a higher tempo and get more balls into the box.
No point giving him the ball 35 yards from goal and expecting him to play pass and move.


If so it's not good news for Dzeko as neither of those were an ideal spreahead for title wining team. RVN only winning one title in 5 years with the rags & then discarded, Lineker winning fuck all apart from the FA cup. Neither good enough at the top level for the very reason they let the team down outside the box.

Dzeko will have to take part in the play in order to keep his job at City. I think he can but I don't think he's by any means the player best suited to our squad unles he is more consistently good in all aspects. Same for Mario.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:48 pm

Ted Hughes wrote:
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:I just get the feeling Dzeko's could be a bit of a Linekar/ Van Nistlerooy type player. Most of his touches should be shots.
With good delivery he's one of the best out there. Which is why we need to play at a higher tempo and get more balls into the box.
No point giving him the ball 35 yards from goal and expecting him to play pass and move.


If so it's not good news for Dzeko as neither of those were an ideal spreahead for title wining team. RVN only winning one title in 5 years with the rags & then discarded, Lineker winning fuck all apart from the FA cup. Neither good enough at the top level for the very reason they let the team down outside the box.

Dzeko will have to take part in the play in order to keep his job at City. I think he can but I don't think he's by any means the player best suited to our squad unles he is more consistently good in all aspects. Same for Mario.

I don't think he is or will ever be good enough to be the spearhead of our attack on a permanent basis, he is however a very good and useful player to have.
The point i'm making is look at RVN, one of the best 'poachers' out there, scored a shit load of goals but he hardly touched the ball except to shoot.
Maybe you can't afford to carry a poacher in a title winning team though.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:02 pm

Bridge'srightfoot wrote:
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Bridge'srightfoot wrote:I just get the feeling Dzeko's could be a bit of a Linekar/ Van Nistlerooy type player. Most of his touches should be shots.
With good delivery he's one of the best out there. Which is why we need to play at a higher tempo and get more balls into the box.
No point giving him the ball 35 yards from goal and expecting him to play pass and move.


If so it's not good news for Dzeko as neither of those were an ideal spreahead for title wining team. RVN only winning one title in 5 years with the rags & then discarded, Lineker winning fuck all apart from the FA cup. Neither good enough at the top level for the very reason they let the team down outside the box.

Dzeko will have to take part in the play in order to keep his job at City. I think he can but I don't think he's by any means the player best suited to our squad unles he is more consistently good in all aspects. Same for Mario.

I don't think he is or will ever be good enough to be the spearhead of our attack on a permanent basis, he is however a very good and useful player to have.
The point i'm making is look at RVN, one of the best 'poachers' out there, scored a shit load of goals but he hardly touched the ball except to shoot.
Maybe you can't afford to carry a poacher in a title winning team though.


I don't think you can. A pure goal poacher would have to accept a role as an impact player & 2nd choice starter imo. Dzeko doesn't like that role, so will have to take his part in the play. I think he can do it though, just don't think he has done it very often & that's the problem. Part of that is the complete lack of interplay between our forwards though. The number of times Aguero actually tried to play with Dzeko v Norwich suggested that Bob has had a word.

He should have sorted it a year ago, but better late than never. Now, he needs to keep at it & make all of them work in partnership, not just allow an Argentinian duo to take over. Imo, much of the shit Balotelli gets is because people don't play with him.

Sort it wth both or sell both & sort it right now. The whole bunch should have 'gelled' a long time ago.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby zuricity » Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:16 pm

MilnersJaw wrote:maybe he said listen you fucks stop playing for yourselves and play as a team. it was obvious to us lot that certain players were being selfish and not passing to other players.

although the first goal, I am wondering if aguero could have passed to dzeko first instead of silva.


No, david had the better possibilities and it was the correct ball. It forced the defender towards david and gave edin more room. i don't think the defender expected david to give a first time pass.Which created the room and time for Edin.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby sandman » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:55 pm

I hope this form stays, especially with Sergio & Mario absent.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Im_Spartacus » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:04 am

sandman wrote:I hope this form stays, especially with Sergio & Mario absent.


He was poor today. more involved in play than usual, but first touch of a rapist again, and gave the ball away countless times.

If the players around him involve him though (which has been the difference for me, not an upturn in form), he will continue to score goals and thats what counts
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Re: Dzeko

Postby kinkylola » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:28 am

i disagree that a title winning team can't carry a poacher, and I also disagree that Dzeko being that type of player for us wouldn't be helpful.

I do not think Dzeko plays that way for us at the moment, though in his last couple games, he has seemed to be in more advanced,central positions.

Dzeko should be handling build up play as little as possible. Paired with any of our other strikers, that's not really a problem ... why does a team need 2 strikers involved in buildup? You are denying your own creative players space when you have a tevez/dzeko duo both coming into midfield to look for the ball, and you are taking away a central advanced scoring threat. Sometimes that's fine, and other players overlap and run into those positions, but it should not be the main mode of attack. Dzeko drifts wide left way too often, trying to get more touches, trying to build up play.

When dzeko plays, I want him in positions where he is either heading it at goal, or taking a touch to set himself up and shoot, or taking it first time. Occasionally, I'd like to see him try a flick on or lay off for our other strikers, all from mainly central positions. However you want to describe his play: poacher, target man, shite, etc ... If he is scoring goals, then he's not being carried.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:46 am

kinkylola wrote:i disagree that a title winning team can't carry a poacher, and I also disagree that Dzeko being that type of player for us wouldn't be helpful.

I do not think Dzeko plays that way for us at the moment, though in his last couple games, he has seemed to be in more advanced,central positions.

Dzeko should be handling build up play as little as possible. Paired with any of our other strikers, that's not really a problem ... why does a team need 2 strikers involved in buildup? You are denying your own creative players space when you have a tevez/dzeko duo both coming into midfield to look for the ball, and you are taking away a central advanced scoring threat. Sometimes that's fine, and other players overlap and run into those positions, but it should not be the main mode of attack. Dzeko drifts wide left way too often, trying to get more touches, trying to build up play.

When dzeko plays, I want him in positions where he is either heading it at goal, or taking a touch to set himself up and shoot, or taking it first time. Occasionally, I'd like to see him try a flick on or lay off for our other strikers, all from mainly central positions. However you want to describe his play: poacher, target man, shite, etc ... If he is scoring goals, then he's not being carried.


Agree with most of that but he should always be back defending corners and free kicks...always.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:11 am

Im_Spartacus wrote:
sandman wrote:I hope this form stays, especially with Sergio & Mario absent.


He was poor today. more involved in play than usual, but first touch of a rapist again, and gave the ball away countless times.

If the players around him involve him though (which has been the difference for me, not an upturn in form), he will continue to score goals and thats what counts


Big strikers all make twats of themselves sometimes with ball control but personally I've never thought there was anything wrong with Dzeko's touch compared to most similar players. Just his decision making concentration & allround effort. I thought he was decent in those departments but even though we used him more, Aguero could have used him more still.

Bob needs to keep pushing this, don't let it just rest here. This is really the last opportunity for us to get Dzeko playing to his potential.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Cit.revenge » Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:29 am

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
kinkylola wrote:i disagree that a title winning team can't carry a poacher, and I also disagree that Dzeko being that type of player for us wouldn't be helpful.

I do not think Dzeko plays that way for us at the moment, though in his last couple games, he has seemed to be in more advanced,central positions.

Dzeko should be handling build up play as little as possible. Paired with any of our other strikers, that's not really a problem ... why does a team need 2 strikers involved in buildup? You are denying your own creative players space when you have a tevez/dzeko duo both coming into midfield to look for the ball, and you are taking away a central advanced scoring threat. Sometimes that's fine, and other players overlap and run into those positions, but it should not be the main mode of attack. Dzeko drifts wide left way too often, trying to get more touches, trying to build up play.

When dzeko plays, I want him in positions where he is either heading it at goal, or taking a touch to set himself up and shoot, or taking it first time. Occasionally, I'd like to see him try a flick on or lay off for our other strikers, all from mainly central positions. However you want to describe his play: poacher, target man, shite, etc ... If he is scoring goals, then he's not being carried.


Agree with most of that but he should always be back defending corners and free kicks...always.

Most of the time he is back to defend , people expect that the big guy like Edin to play like Aguero,that is not possible.I think many do not assess its true quality , that it is deadly in front of goal. Edin goals are usually score first chance while Aguero, although most of the opportunity created itself ,need few to give a goal. I'm sorry Aguero has just attacking mentality, because he could be great assistant because he has pace and that touch .If you think about Edin what confuses me is that sometimes proves to have incredible passes like the one against Arsenal ,counter-attack. But his best quality is in front of goal and as long as his is deadly in these situations he should play, at least rotate with Tevez.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby bluej » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:31 am

He's a funny bloke, there was a couple of occasions in the first half where he failed to pass it 2 yards and he was looking clumsy. Then not long after he scored he switched play with a perfect to feet pass. Half of it is in his head I reckon?
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Nigels Tackle » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:51 pm

bluej wrote:He's a funny bloke, there was a couple of occasions in the first half where he failed to pass it 2 yards and he was looking clumsy. Then not long after he scored he switched play with a perfect to feet pass. Half of it is in his head I reckon?


picking up a needless booking to wish us a happy new year indicates that he's not the sharpest tool in the box....
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Cit.revenge » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:05 pm

Nigels Tackle wrote:
bluej wrote:He's a funny bloke, there was a couple of occasions in the first half where he failed to pass it 2 yards and he was looking clumsy. Then not long after he scored he switched play with a perfect to feet pass. Half of it is in his head I reckon?


picking up a needless booking to wish us a happy new year indicates that he's not the sharpest tool in the box....
He need 4 more to miss game and if Ballo did that nobody would mind because hes crazy and Edin is stupid :) .I do not know why is target on that guy, overall he s best lump kind of player u can have wright now , witch tall player is better then him and have better goal ,assist per min. If only we could bring Ballo in last year form then we can catch rags again.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:17 pm

Cit.revenge wrote:
Nigels Tackle wrote:
bluej wrote:He's a funny bloke, there was a couple of occasions in the first half where he failed to pass it 2 yards and he was looking clumsy. Then not long after he scored he switched play with a perfect to feet pass. Half of it is in his head I reckon?


picking up a needless booking to wish us a happy new year indicates that he's not the sharpest tool in the box....
He need 4 more to miss game and if Ballo did that nobody would mind because hes crazy and Edin is stupid :) .I do not know why is target on that guy, overall he s best lump kind of player u can have wright now , witch tall player is better then him and have better goal ,assist per min. If only we could bring Ballo in last year form then we can catch rags again.


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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:19 pm

Hmmm.

Something familiar here. Can't think wath it is.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby Ted Hughes » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:20 pm

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Cit.revenge wrote:
Nigels Tackle wrote:
bluej wrote:He's a funny bloke, there was a couple of occasions in the first half where he failed to pass it 2 yards and he was looking clumsy. Then not long after he scored he switched play with a perfect to feet pass. Half of it is in his head I reckon?


picking up a needless booking to wish us a happy new year indicates that he's not the sharpest tool in the box....
He need 4 more to miss game and if Ballo did that nobody would mind because hes crazy and Edin is stupid :) .I do not know why is target on that guy, overall he s best lump kind of player u can have wright now , witch tall player is better then him and have better goal ,assist per min. If only we could bring Ballo in last year form then we can catch rags again.


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Haha, just as I was typing.
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Re: Dzeko

Postby london blue 2 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:22 pm

Ted Hughes wrote:Hmmm.

Something familiar here. Can't think wath it is.

dunno wath you'r talking about
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