Finally, the man took heed and got what Roma needed. Sometimes, people like to be stubborn and believe their way is right....not mentioning any names, but screw it...Arsene Wenger. Garcia could have continued being stubborn and not gotten a striker and instead persisted with the false-nine football that was exceedingly annoying to watch.
But he finally saw sense by bringing in Doumbia, but that didn't work out as being out in Eastern Europe for too long, can take its toll on the body. Garcia and his scouts rolled up their sleeves and got serious, and landed a TRUE quality striker by raiding the heavy-duty squad of City and nabbing the Serbian hitman. And in a season where Juventus are not the same team that they were last year, this acquisition could be the very thing that could land them the title.
The difference in Roma's play is already so significant in the two games that they have played. Where last year you saw a bunch of midfielder pass the ball till the Earth stopped spinning, with deep runs into the box that bore no fruit; with Dzeko the play is a lot more decisive, as Eden has the attacker's instinct and really gets the team playing with an extra edge and bite in those danger areas. He is making the kind of runs into the box that Gervinho, Florenzi or Ljajic would not make, because they are not natural strikers. This is dynamite for players like Pjanic who can now use their creativity to setup opportunities for Dzeko, which would not have come about if it were midfielders instead.
Every successful team needs that guy. A really good striker. It can go a long way in winning you a title. For all the previous years, Tevez was the hero who came up good so many times for Juve which was a vital contribution to their success. If he was on the pitch against Roma, I can put money down that he would either have scored or set someone up for a goal. He is that good, and when the dust settles, he would be remembered as a striker that never really got his just dues.If Roma can really play for Dzeko, and deliver quality balls into the box as they did in the match that lead to
the second goal, this could be the very thing that turn them from almost-kids to championship men. Because at the end of the day, goals win games, and Dzeko KNOWS how to score goals and it's something that Roma have lacked in previous years with all the feeble draws that they have been involved in.
The buck has to stop with Garcia who kept on persisting with overloading the team with midfielders and using Gervinho as a false-nine, which was great to start with when they went on that winning run, but it ultimately was something that they were not able to sustain...because you don't spell Messi with a G. The Argentine is the master of playing that role, and no one can play it better than him. You also have to add to the fact that Barcelona just have better players than Roma, and personnel that are more suited to that particular kind of strategy which cannot be mimicked or copied.
Personally, I would prefer if Dzeko had a strike partner. It would be nice to see how he and Gervinho could link up together, because it would add that extra firepower in the danger area. Pjanic is good enough to play as the point-man, as Sneijder did for Mourinho at Inter. Using him as the creator for both Gervinho and Dzeko would develop a clinical system that would be focused on getting goals and winning matches, instead of just passing the ball around and trying to look pretty without any real bite, which has been the major issue for Roma over the past few seasons.
The Scudetto is there to be won. Juventus are just not the same as they used to be. They still have quality and when they are at full strength, they will definitely compete and be up there but they will drop more points this season. However, Roma just can't ASSume that the title will be handed to them automatically, since they have always just finished behind Juve. Sampdoria look like a very good team that know what they are doing with a very good striker in Eder and Inter Milan have bought players with the intent of taking back the title they last won under Mourinho and again, Jovetic looks to be the man to supply them the goals needed to do so.
Roma will have to work for that win, and it all comes from a very good purchase they made in Dzeko. If they can get the best out of him and he can get into that rhythm of scoring a goal or two every two or three games, and you have Florenzi and Pjanic contributing to the bulge of the fishnet, then Roma could get their paws on the big prize.
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