Stevan Jovetić - AM/SS - Manchester City (43 Viewers)

[baggio]

I'd have thought Negredo, Osvaldo, Cardozo and Jackson Martinez would be more down Pelligrini's alley.

 

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[electricRoo]

electriRoo, boo $#@!ing hoo!

Are you 12 years old?

 

[Zacheryah]

City isnt a team that develop players, and jojo isnt quite the finished product yet.

And why is jovetic ruining his career there ?


Lets have a poll at the figure we'll pay in 2 years to get him here, after he flopped

 

[electricRoo]

Having forwards with good off the ball movement is part of having a creative TEAM, hence the trezguet vs. Amauri comparison. Strikers that know how to move without the ball confuse defenders and destroy their organisation which creates space for the creative passers to pass in. Thats the beauty and sole strength of poachers. Inzaghi, Trezguet, Gomez and their likes are very poor dribblers and passers of the ball but their movement upfront is what allows play makers to create chances. Poor poachers fail at creating space for themselves and they get dispossessed of the ball as soon as it reaches them if it ever reaches them in the first place.

If you have the world's best crossers of the ball aiming at giovinco's head then these crossers' stats would be horrible despite it being Giovinco's fault. Here, the player crossing the ball and the player that should be heading the ball complement each other. A player with great crossing ability is nothing without a player with great heading ability and vice versa. The same thing applies to playmakers and strikers. You can have zizou, Ronaldinho and Pirlo struggling to create assists and/or deliver killer passes if the strikers are all Amauris (players with poor off the ball movement).

So yes I still hold that off the ball movement is part of a team's creativity... its half of it actually.

Of course team movement is part of creativity, that's the job of the coach, make the players he has play to their full potential. I don't think this is a factor here, as Conte is one of the best coaches around and makes even players like Padoin and Giac work at times.

We are talking about different things, I was talking about creative players. Even the best coach and best off the ball movement won't do shit against a well put up defensive wall. This is where creative players shine and why they are necessary.

Anyway, I'm done bitching, we are not going to get any young great prospects in years anyway, we are always going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for bargains.

 

[Klin]

he is going to choke so badly there

Funny because it's true.

 

[Xperd]

http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/fiorentina/?action=read&idtmw=466266

He is saying goodbye to some people in the video here.

 

[JuveJay]

Anyway, I'm done bitching, we are not going to get any young great prospects in years anyway, we are always going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for bargains.

Thought you were done bitching?

 

[electricRoo]

Thought you were done bitching?

Oh I am, that one is just stating a fact. That's how we got our reinforcements for forwards this year, bargains and free contract. We are VERY lucky we found Llorente and Tevez for such low fees, we won't get so lucky in a while.

 

[Fint]

Oh I am, that one is just stating a fact. That's how we got our reinforcements for forwards this year, bargains and free contract. We are VERY lucky we found Llorente and Tevez for such low fees, we won't get so lucky in a while.

That smiley at the end, was it necessary?

 

[Fr3sh]

City need a forward and are starting to panic, Jovetic is an obvious choice.

Exactly why he will fail there and he won't last long. This is a bad move for Stevan.

 

[Carlos Primera]

precisely what is so disappointing, why are we not trying a little harder for a potential diamond that actually want to play for us?

Theres an equal probability of him being a potential turd.

 

[electricRoo]

Theres an equal probability of him being a potential turd.

There's always a risk with transfers. If you want to get a proven player that is still young and performing very well in a great club, then you'll be paying even more than 30M.

 

[Amer]

Thought you were done bitching?

 

[IrishZebra]

Well Negredo DD to City now hmmm

 

[Xperd]

Well Negredo DD to City now hmmm

They're signing both.Pellegrini apparently requested to have 4 top strikers in his team.

 

[IrishZebra]

Ending up with far too stacked a midfield with Fernandinho, Barry, Silva etc etc etc. the can't be playing with 3 up front, would be stupid to go now IMO

 

[Parola]

I was certain Zlatan was heading to City. Now this seems unlikely. Where is Zlatan going now? :confused2

Chelsea or Madrid probably. He is not staying i Paris.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I highly doubt any top club would want him now.

Maybe another Arab owner to push for a move, or some Russians.

 

[Xperd]

Ending up with far too stacked a midfield with Fernandinho, Barry, Silva etc etc etc. the can't be playing with 3 up front, would be stupid to go now IMO

He'll return to Italy in a year or two.

 

[IrishZebra]

I would actually forgive Zlatan is he turned around and begged to join us for 3m a season