Banter 2009/2010

Originally Posted by Revolver

Yes I agree, along with Sheva, Gilardino looked like the best striker in the world when he was in Parma.

For the bolded part:

1. Dzeko scored in his first CL match, against Man Utd;
2. Dzeko was second best goalscorer in WC qual. Europe zone (tell me Gila's goalscoring record for NT?);
3. (and most important) Dzeko has BALLS to fight with tough defenders which Gila never had! He also has the right mentality, he fights to the end, so just when you think he has a bad day, he scores in the end, against Werder last season's last game for example, or against Spain in Zenica. For some, he had bad day against Portugal in Lisabon, he was nowhere to be seen, and he almost scored in the end. Gila was never like that. If he's bad in the first half, you can bet he won't score in the second. You can see that even with Fiorentina nowdays: When he scores in first 20 minutes, you can bet he'll go for hat-trick, but when he sees it's not going as he expected he just surrenders and does not have will to try.

After Gilardino joined Milan, I hated him with all my guts because he was so poor psychologically and wasn't man enough in my opinion for a team like Milan....but now you are making me defend him because your points are incorrect!

1- Dzeko scored in a group stage loss against Man Utd.. Gila scored in the semi-final against Man United... it doesn't mean one player is better than the other.. if you want to judge both players, take their stats in both their Domestic League and European competition... even though Gila was so poor in Europe, his goal record in the league is far more superior than Dzeko.. Gila also played for 3 different clubs in Italy - scoring from all of them

2- Gila's scoring record for Italy is very impressive and he is now on one of their all-time top scorer lists. His record is better than Dzeko's and he plays for the World Champions. Competition to get into Italy's striker list is much higher than Bosnia's, and Gila has his place already cemented for his second World Cup.

3- It doesn't matter whether he is stronger than Gila or not, that's just how each player has different styles. They are both CF's and you measure how good a CF is by his goals, and Gila is far better than Dzeko in that department.


I am not saying Gila is better than Dzeko, actually I know Dzeko is better. However, we don't know for sure that he will perform at Milan and he definitely hasn't proven enough to be worth 30m euro. I am comparing him to Gila because even Gila at 23 was destined for great things but we know how that ended up....we should try to find more guarantees that Dzeko will perform at Milan and so far this season, he hasn't showed us any guarantees.