City should not have pussy footed about in the summer. They should have gone out and bought this kid
Edin Dzeko
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City aren't really a team who put many crosses into the box, id say they dont have many players there who are great crossers period and that is definitely Dzekos main source of goals.
Not sure hes suited to City to be honest.
Not sure hes suited to City to be honest.
its about options. Whats the point of playing balls in the box if theres no one there to head them. If we got a player like Dzeko then Kolarov, Johnson, Silva and Balotelli could put balls in the box. It also gives you an outlet when your under pressure instead of constantly trying to play your way out of trouble. You cant just have a set style of play these days, you need to be flexible and adaptable. Dzeko would give us more options
He would of course, all im saying is im just not sure of the quality of service hed need to be a success, hes not overly great on the deck from what ive seen so 90% of his service will have to be aerial.
yeah fair enough, point taken. I think theres quality there though from kolarov on the left and Johnson might be untilised better if we had a target man. You would also fancy yaya and Silva to put a good ball in the box. We won't know thouygh unless we get the opportunity but the ariel option is something we are sadly lacking at present
Adebayor is pretty useful in the air isnt he? i know he looks like hes on the way out but surely hes an option in the something different sense?
he can head a ball but you need to be in the penalty area to score headers really and for some strange reason Adebayor seems to like playing near the corner flag lol
honigstein (via twitter):
"Looks like a Dzeko deal is taking shape. City would pay €30m plus €5m add-on plus €5m to Dzeko."
"Looks like a Dzeko deal is taking shape. City would pay €30m plus €5m add-on plus €5m to Dzeko."
someone(s) needs to make way in january.
they have tevez, jo, santa cruz, balotelli, and adebayor as it is up front.
ChristianMcr BILD report on "imminent" Dzeko move to Man City. 30m
Euro, plus 5m if MCFC reach Champions League. Dzeko to join in time for Arsenal match.
And the day just gets worse
Euro, plus 5m if MCFC reach Champions League. Dzeko to join in time for Arsenal match.
And the day just gets worse
German newspaper BILD reporting this also - Dzeko would cost City 30m Euros plus another five should they qualify for next season's Champions' League group stages.
It is understood that the deal could take place before January 5th so that Dzeko could make his debut against Arsenal.
Especially Dzeko and Wolfsburg's summer signing Diego are said not to be the closest of friends and have clashed several times during the first part of the Bundesliga season. Eljero Elia, Bryan Ruiz as well as Jansson (Twente) are all lined up as investments should Dzeko leave in January.
Roque has been loaned out to Lazio Rom, if I remember rightly.
Have a feeling Tevez and Adobayor will be sold/run away in the summer. Balotelli's days are also numbered. One more year tops for him, before he's back in Italy.
Eugh, this lad really is class, I'd be disgusted if they got him.
Not a fan of Dzeko, a rich man's Zigic.
30 Million euro is a good price for him, although lets see if he is really a good player or the next Mario Gomez.
Disagree. Good pace, strong, great in the air, 2 footed and seems to have the touch and class of Berbatov at times. He'd be a perfect lone striker for a team like Shitty, probably grab even more goals than Tevez is getting.
I agree. Adebayor will definitely be away, and I still don't think Tevez or Balotelli will be there much longer.
Dzeko is class. Brilliant in the air and great finisher. He's made for the PL imo. Though he'll probably replace Tevez so they'll just be replacing one brilliant striker who scores a lot of goals with another who'll probably score as many. So it won't really make them stronger imo provided Tevez leaves.
I'll need convincing that Dzeko is going to be as good as he's made out to be and that City are the club to get the best out of him in the PL...
Isn't his scoring ratio less than 1 in 2 for Wolfsburg? He'd have to step that up surely to justify what they're going to pay him - there are players in the PL nowadays who have significantly better scoring rates...
I really doubt City have the know-how to help him with the subtle adjustments needed in moving between the Bundesliga and PL - I can see this being another expensive City cock-up.
He's fine but not what they need at the moment, their strikers are great - Balotelli and Tevez are top notch, Adebayor could get his form back if he cared, Jo and Santa Cruz are good enough to be back ups.
Their midfield is a huge problem because you can't win things with bullies only in midfield. De Jong is scary (as is any serial killer in fact), yes, but not a very capable footballer when it comes to getting forward, Toure's best used in a box to box role but at City he's somehow managed to become a Xavi and Iniesta combined, and Barry is just not good.
Obviously the defence isn't that good either but that's more down to the fact that those gimps can't play together for some reason because the personnel is fine - Lescott, Toure and Kompany are decent, Kolarov looked class before he got there and Zabaleta isn't the worst exactly full back in the world even though he seems an incredibly boring human.
Their midfield is a huge problem because you can't win things with bullies only in midfield. De Jong is scary (as is any serial killer in fact), yes, but not a very capable footballer when it comes to getting forward, Toure's best used in a box to box role but at City he's somehow managed to become a Xavi and Iniesta combined, and Barry is just not good.
Obviously the defence isn't that good either but that's more down to the fact that those gimps can't play together for some reason because the personnel is fine - Lescott, Toure and Kompany are decent, Kolarov looked class before he got there and Zabaleta isn't the worst exactly full back in the world even though he seems an incredibly boring human.
66 Bundesliga goals in 111 games for Wolfsburg - the season before last (2008/2009), Dzeko managed 47 goals in 54 games overall.
Last season, he notched 32 in 54 matches overall, whereas this season so far the Bosnian has scored 12 in 24 matches.
Overall: 101 goals (42 assists) in 173 matches.
Dzeko's just a brilliant striker - great in the air, two-footed, clinical finisher and a strong fella too. I'd be pretty annoyed if City got him, because he can become a world-beater, only 24 years young as well.
Why would he want to go there 
Milner was meant to be the answer to this, but he's shit.
Get used to it, they will continue to sign anyone and everyone the fancy for some time yet.
I just looki at the positive side - they won't win anything whilst constantly swapping their main strikers twice a season. Constantly buying new players is both a sign of their on-going failure, and a cause of it.
Long may they continue to buy whatever player is fashionable in every transfer window, until the UEFA debt rules start biting and they find themselves stuck with a load of mercenary flash-in-the-pans on stupid wages that they can't sell.
He's good at basketball?
Dzeko's a lot better though, closer to Shearer than Zigic.
Alot of high praise for him in here. Hes a finisher but a little short of top drawer imo.
One thing that will happen is City would have to revert to a 442 because I dont see him dont alot in a 433
One thing that will happen is City would have to revert to a 442 because I dont see him dont alot in a 433
I think signing Dzeko will ensure City nab at the very least a CL place.
25m for Adebayor, 25m for Tevez, 35m for Balotelli and 30m for Dzeko, yet they usually play 1 up front and all these players will want to start every game. In all likelihood this is probably quite a strong sign that Tevez will leave in the summer as both he and Dzeko can only play upfront.
This might help:
(Posted a couple of pages back by RedThaiDevils#7)
(Posted a couple of pages back by RedThaiDevils#7)
I think Balotelli and Adebayor will be those leaving. The owners will have to subsidise their wages for a move to happen mind.
Balotelli wont leave yet. He will be given a couple of years.
An interesting signing if this happens. He will surely be demanding a starting spot so how will City shape up? Tevez playing behind the striker perhaps? That would make sense but would be a move away from Mancini's preferred system.
Also, how would Balotelli take being pushed further down the pecking order?
Potentially they could field:
Also, how would Balotelli take being pushed further down the pecking order?
Potentially they could field:
De Jong Y.Toure
Johnson Tevez Silva
Dzeko
That looks very very good.Johnson Tevez Silva
Dzeko
He's a player i wouldn't mind seeing at Utd, big strong physical target man & a good finisher.
The chances of him hitting the ground running in the Premier League would be pretty high too i'd imagine.
The chances of him hitting the ground running in the Premier League would be pretty high too i'd imagine.
Dzeko, unlike Adebayor, Tevez, and Balotelli, is the type of player who might actually stay at City for the duration of the first contract he signs. So its a smart move for them. I don't expect all three of the latter to remain with City beyond next summer.
Tevez, and to a lesser extent Silva would be wasted a bit if he was pushed behind Dzeko and Silva was moved to the left. I can only see Dzeko as a full on replacement for Tevez when the little cnut inevitably leaves.
If they're challenging for all major honours domesticlly and in Europe then why on earth not?
EDIT: Having said that I expect Adebayor to go because he's not getting games and Balotelli will only stay as long as Mancini imo.
All three were doing just that with their previous clubs and we know how that worked out. They just seem to have restless, drama queenish personalities who quickly lose interest.
Because with Mancini at the helm they'll play 1 up front in 80% of their games. We've struggled at times to keep 2 strikers happy even though we do it in 20% of games, imagine trying that with 4 or 5, 3 of whom are total cnuts.
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