Livew1re Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 on my mine i got him for free as his contract was coming to an end and i offered him a massive deal with liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnduhe Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 hope he dont move to milan in real life on january....ehehe Seems like he will move at the end of the season, at least according to http://www.football-italia.net/nov25m.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosin Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Got him for 10.75M at start of 2nd season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NabilH Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 he Scored 47 goals and 23 assist for me in my aston villa season partnered with corzado, hes a deep lying forward for me, set to attacking, set through balls often and long shots sometimes and to run with the ball alot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpjh Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 haha frosin. i got him for 10.5M(: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 He's really hit his stride in my Chelsea save. 30 apps, 18 goals and 12 assists. Works brilliantly with Aguero as an attacking Advanced Forward and Dzeko as a support Target Man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenyatta Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 he's hit or miss for me, but this only the first save I've used him. there are games where he'll get an easy hat trick and then games where he disappears. to be fair, I use him in a rotation and perhaps he need more minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1389 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 He has just been offered to me for £11.5 mil, I was planning on bidding up to £30 mil in the summer! His contract still has 3 years too, very odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopo Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I'm struggling with Dzeko, it's his third season and he was on fire when I first signed him but has gradually got worse over the past two, this season he only has about two goals in fifteen plus games. I've been playing him as a complete forward and advanced forward but neither are doing the trick. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoggi33 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Target man with supply too head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosin Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 It really depend on your tactic, did you made some major changes from when he is doing well? since I partner him with Cardozo, both being really good in the air, my tactic has focus alot on the cross. But he definately can strike it down if needed. Check how is the supply doing, it might not always be his fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopo Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I ended up selling him, I hadn't changed an anything but he just seem to lose the plot; missing easy chances constantly and not contributing much elsewhere. I found Milevskiy works much better with Aguero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiesto123456 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 got him for 18mills on my 2nd season for arsenal. was in 2 minds over his stats. proved wrong 6ft 4 2 footed powerful in the air more than capable finisher world class 2 in 2 and 2 assists. van persie playing just behind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Can't seem to get him to score for Arsenal, any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlfcgreen Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm yet to try this fella he is way too expensive when there are players who are much much cheaper and will be just as good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dz47 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'm yet to try this fella he is way too expensive when there are players who are much much cheaper and will be just as good. ...such as? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcman22 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Anyone had any success playing him up front on his own? He looks good all around, so i think he'll fit the position well, just had a 20m bid accepted as Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgar555 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Dzeko is a goal machine. Not seen anyone like him in any FM. Ever. Scores for fun. @avfcman22: much success up front on his own. Set as complete forward, attack. Sit back and enoy the goal fest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 10 games, 9 goals, 4 assists in my new EPL season. Best buy ever...even for 22M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXERTYRE Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Dzeko is a goal machine. Not seen anyone like him in any FM. Ever. Scores for fun. @avfcman22: much success up front on his own. Set as complete forward, attack. Sit back and enoy the goal fest. I agree he is even more fun than last year's Vagner Love, cuz he can score all kinds of goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrakan Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Good ST . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiesto123456 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 13 in 13 for me with 5 assists. his target man with my own instructions. all players set 2 cross 2 him on his head and either milevyski or van persie playing just behind make great link up play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hasn't scored in 1103 minutes for me His ratings haven't really suffered, but it's starting to get on my tits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSpawn Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hasn't scored in 1103 minutes for me His ratings haven't really suffered, but it's starting to get on my tits making too many assists?? if his moral is down he is probably passing ball to other players so they can score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 22 games, 5 goals, 9 assists. Morale is superb. I've tried various team talks which hasn't worked, bit miffed really. He usually plays the supporting striker, I think I'll just play him as the attacking one until he scores. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Attacking striker worked After 1283 minutes, he grabs a brace! EDIT: And another brace immediately after back in his support role. HE'S BACK! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I notice for his PPMs he has: Stops play Shoots with power Plays with back to goal Does anyone train more PPMs? Or remove any? What exactly does stops play do? I am playing him on his own up front so I think it might be a good thing for him to hold up and bring others in. Re shoots with power, he is doing well for me but I prefer "places shots" - do you think I should change? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeoe Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Needed a few games to gel in my arsenal squad it seemed. But after 3-4 games he started scoring twice game after game. In the competition his season ended with around 28 games and 24 goals or something like that. I'll look it up later. Paid 25M euros at start of season 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSpawn Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re shoots with power, he is doing well for me but I prefer "places shots" - do you think I should change? huh NO. he has lots of strength so it makes sense he shoots with strength. and he has 15-16 finishing so placed shots won't work so well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Janitor Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 FM10: Bought him for £40m over 48 months at the beginning of the 2010/11 Premier League season for Arsenal. Generally play him as a complete forward (based on TT&F 2009) as the peak of a home-made narrow Christmas Tree (4-3-2-1) formation and his record is ridiculous. 2010/11 -43(1) Appearances - 31 Goals - 13 Assists - 5 MoM Awards - 7.45 Average Rating 2011/12 - 35(3) Appearances - 30 Goals - 11 Assists - 8 MoM Awards - 7.45 Average Rating 2012/13 - 44(3) Appearances - 52 Goals - 10 Assists - 13 MoM Awards - 7.70 Average Rating Totals - 122(7) Appearances - 113 Goals - 34 Assists - 26 MoM Awards - 7.53 Average Rating Awards: Shortlisted for 2010 World Player of the Year 3rd Place in 2011 European Striker of the Year Winner 2010/11 English Footballer of the Year Winner 2010/11 Arsenal Supporters' Player of the Year Shortlisted for 2011 World Player of the Year Runner-Up in 2011/12 English Footballer of the Year 3rd Place in 2012 World Player of the Year Runner-Up in 2012 European Footballer of the Year Runner-Up in 2012 European Striker of the Year Named in 2013 World Team of the Year Shortlisted for 2013 World Player of the Year Winner 2012/13 English Footballer of the Year Winner 2012/13 English Premier League Top Goalscorer Named in 2013 English Premier League Divison Select XI Named in 2013 UEFA Champions' League Dream Team Winner 2012/13 UEFA Champions' League Golden Boot Winner 2012/13 European Golden Boot Winner 2012/13 Arsenal Supporters' Player of the Year Think he's a shoe-in for 2013 World Player of the Year based on what he's done this season, which would cement his place as the best striker on the game heading into 2014. I've had some great strikers over the years, but I think this bloke takes the biscuit. Fantastic player. Two-footed, quick, strong, great in the air, learns PPMs. Love him. Just left Arsenal after winning everything possible in my third season in charge. Will miss him. Have taken over at struggling Genoa with the aim of turning Aquafresca into the new Dzeko (he's one of the very few players in the game who come anywhere near to having the all-round stats of the Bosnian). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuhrerul Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I notice for his PPMs he has:Stops play Shoots with power Plays with back to goal Does anyone train more PPMs? Or remove any? What exactly does stops play do? i'm interested too so can anyone answer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Janitor Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I asked him to remove "stops play", first and foremost as my team play a quick, short-passing game that relies upon quick movements and through balls. He did so. I left the other two as he was scoring plenty of powerful shots (although it definitely causes him to miss a lot of one-on-ones as he hits the 'keeper a lot). Scores most of his goals by driving shots in across the 'keeper into the far corner, on either side thanks to his two-footedness. Next, got him to add "tries first time shots" to his game in order to take further advantage of his power. Not really sure if this has had a major impact, but certainly hasn't taken anything away from his game as he just keeps getting better and better for me. Haven't noticed any first-time screamers from him, but haven't played 10.2.0 much yet (I'm sure I recall seeing that players have been altered to generally hit more first time shots.) On top of that I asked him to "try to beat the offside trap" and his pace/acceleration grew to 15/15 by 2012 and he took this on board, too, which led to him having the best season yet for me (didn't really alter the formation/personnel around him much at all So he now has: shoots with power, plays with back to goal, tries first time shots and likes to try to beat offside trap. It's the end of the 2013 season and he's the best striker in the world game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuhrerul Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I asked him to remove "stops play", first and foremost as my team play a quick, short-passing game that relies upon quick movements and through balls. He did so.I left the other two as he was scoring plenty of powerful shots (although it definitely causes him to miss a lot of one-on-ones as he hits the 'keeper a lot). Scores most of his goals by driving shots in across the 'keeper into the far corner, on either side thanks to his two-footedness. Next, got him to add "tries first time shots" to his game in order to take further advantage of his power. Not really sure if this has had a major impact, but certainly hasn't taken anything away from his game as he just keeps getting better and better for me. Haven't noticed any first-time screamers from him, but haven't played 10.2.0 much yet (I'm sure I recall seeing that players have been altered to generally hit more first time shots.) On top of that I asked him to "try to beat the offside trap" and his pace/acceleration grew to 15/15 by 2012 and he took this on board, too, which led to him having the best season yet for me (didn't really alter the formation/personnel around him much at all So he now has: shoots with power, plays with back to goal, tries first time shots and likes to try to beat offside trap. It's the end of the 2013 season and he's the best striker in the world game. tnx a lot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I asked him to remove "stops play", first and foremost as my team play a quick, short-passing game that relies upon quick movements and through balls. He did so.I left the other two as he was scoring plenty of powerful shots (although it definitely causes him to miss a lot of one-on-ones as he hits the 'keeper a lot). Scores most of his goals by driving shots in across the 'keeper into the far corner, on either side thanks to his two-footedness. Next, got him to add "tries first time shots" to his game in order to take further advantage of his power. Not really sure if this has had a major impact, but certainly hasn't taken anything away from his game as he just keeps getting better and better for me. Haven't noticed any first-time screamers from him, but haven't played 10.2.0 much yet (I'm sure I recall seeing that players have been altered to generally hit more first time shots.) On top of that I asked him to "try to beat the offside trap" and his pace/acceleration grew to 15/15 by 2012 and he took this on board, too, which led to him having the best season yet for me (didn't really alter the formation/personnel around him much at all So he now has: shoots with power, plays with back to goal, tries first time shots and likes to try to beat offside trap. It's the end of the 2013 season and he's the best striker in the world game. Brilliant thanks for the info. Going to train him to remove "stops play". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Ass. Man also suggest for him to unlearn Stops Play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcman22 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I notice for his PPMs he has:Stops play Shoots with power Plays with back to goal Does anyone train more PPMs? Or remove any? What exactly does stops play do? I am playing him on his own up front so I think it might be a good thing for him to hold up and bring others in. Re shoots with power, he is doing well for me but I prefer "places shots" - do you think I should change? I think that his PPM's make him the ideal loan targetman/striker. He can hold the ball up and bring others into play as well as turning and shooting from long range with his power. He's been in amazing form for my newcastle team, playing up top alone as a complete forward hes scored 24 in 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranbir Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I notice for his PPMs he has:Stops play Shoots with power Plays with back to goal Does anyone train more PPMs? Or remove any? What exactly does stops play do? I am playing him on his own up front so I think it might be a good thing for him to hold up and bring others in. Re shoots with power, he is doing well for me but I prefer "places shots" - do you think I should change? Shoot first time and I tell him to stop stopping play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcman22 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 If he's playing him up top on his own he'd surely want him to hold the ball up and bring others into play? By getting rid of stopping play he wouldnt be able to do this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Janitor Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 If he's playing him up top on his own he'd surely want him to hold the ball up and bring others into play?By getting rid of stopping play he wouldnt be able to do this I just didn't want him to be so one-dimensional. He's a complete forward, not simply a target man. He's quick, he is creative, he's excellent technically and he can terrorise any defence in the world on my game, thankfully - he always produces, no matter what the situation. He has "often" for everything in my tactic (as recommended by wwfan's Tactical Theorum's and Frameworks 2009 - didn't much like 2010 so went back a year). I didn't want him to stop play, I wanted him to receive the ball and turn and get at the defence, as I would always have my AMC's bursting on past him (van Persie and Arshavin - later RVP and Walcott). The number of assists he gets since losing "stops play" has reduced slightly, but the goals he has scored has increased drastically. My team/tactics have barely changed in 3 years, as well. He is the main man of my team and I wanted to "take him off the leash", so to speak, and allow him to play with more freedom and less constraints (hence the addition of "tries first time shots" and "likes to beat the offside trap" to add more to his game). If you want to use him as a target man, then by all means keep the "stops play" in there. I personally felt "plays with back to goal" was enough for the role I wanted him to play in my team. It's worked, as well, he has been unplayable in 2012/13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 What instructions do you use (to the Janitor) - complete forward attack? I am playing him upfront on his own and he's not doing that great (12 apps, 5 gls). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Janitor Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I don't use the basic instructions that come with the new game, everything I've done on this tactic is based upon Tactical Theorums & Frameworks 2009 and it's led to me having the best team I've ever assembled on FM with an 83% win ratio out of 201 games in 3 seasons. I dropped his mentality back to 15 clicks from 18 clicks (which my sweeper-keeper, wingbacks, box-to-box midfielder (RCM) and both inside forwards (AMCs) have) in order to keep him more closely involved in the build-up and it improved his performances a great deal. He's also fantastic from defensive corners for me, heading away numerous front-post deliveries. Hope this is helpful to you, but you must remember that the time he's been at the club, the happier he is and the quality of your team-talks/tactics around him will be as important to his success as his individual instructions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 This is very helpful thanks. Although I think I'm going to leave him as he is - he's just started on a massive scoring run 7 in his last 7. I hear what you are saying about length of time at club etc - I'm on in November of the first season and playing Rooney behind him which is a role Rooney is not used to so it took time to click. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Janitor Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Nice mate, sounds like an absolutely lethal pairing to me! They'll do wonders together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Off topic - but Danny Wellbeck is beasting out for me which is sometimes keeping Dzeko on the bench!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootie Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Dzeko is unbelievably poor for me. So far no Goals in 5 starts with 1 assist as a Target man in a 4-2-3-1 narrow. Even couldnt score in a 6-0 win over Bristol Rovers. Anyone got good instructions for him? I dont want to use the one posted above due to its un compatibility with my tactic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Never play your lone striker as a Target Man. Play him as a DLF or Complete Forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootie Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Never play your lone striker as a Target Man. Play him as a DLF or Complete Forward. Have done and he missed every shot he got. Brought on Adebayor, he scores with my old setting. What a waste of 18 Million Dzeko was......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Complete forward is how I play him and works a treat. Untrain the "stops play" PPM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpillBlood Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Even as a Lone Striker I played him as a "Poacher" and be banged them in for me as Man Utd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Have done and he missed every shot he got. Brought on Adebayor, he scores with my old setting. What a waste of 18 Million Dzeko was......... Play him in Support role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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