Don't like Aguero much and it's not because of his quality. Don't like his style (or lack thereof).

Don't talk to me about naturally gifted, Klausie!

Aguero just doesn't do it for me. Good, but not great.

I think wilshere is the most naturally gifted player in the premier league, but that may be biased

Not to get into that big old debate again, but what are you referring to? All-round ability, as Klaus seems to be; "outstanding at everything", or genius, as you seem to be with Jack.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Not to get into that big old debate again, but what are you referring to? All-round ability, as Klaus seems to be; "outstanding at everything", or genius, as you seem to be with Jack.

Me?

Genius. I think jack has a better picture of the game in his mind.

Not sure if Capi was jokingly throwing out Balotelli, but I still hold that the Italian is the most gifted of the Citeh attackers. He just hasn't figured out how to use his powers yet, like Spiderman falling off the side of buildings.
Klaus, surely you don't think Dzeko is as average as Gomez. Gomez is an attacking donkey if ever there was one.

I wasn't joking; I would take Balotelli and his craziness every day.

Balotelli still has a lot to prove. Right now he's not much of a player and not a player you can rely on for anything. In short, still a stupid, spoiled little brat. Maybe he'll become a player when he grows up, who knows?

Although, I have to admit, my gut feeling is he will grow up and become a ridiculously good player at some point.

Caligula wrote:

Klaus, surely you don't think Dzeko is as average as Gomez. Gomez is an attacking donkey if ever there was one.

So is Dzeko. He lived off Grafite at Wolfsburg and now he lives off Silva at City. Take away the players who set him up with all those wonderful chances and he's nothing. He's a very limited footballer made to look good by genius teammates. Would take Balotelli any day over him.

You could say that about a lot of out-an-out goalscorers, though, Klaus.

Dzeko doesn't really do it for me, for the exact same reason as you, but I can still appreciate that the guy can finish well with both feet and his head, is reasonably quick, athletic and strong - and he uses that to compete with the brutes in the Premier League, unlike, say Adebayor or Bendtner, who are basically big wimps. He's also shown a bit here and there of being able to produce something a little more dynamic. Like the run and pass to Adam Johnson at the Emirates the other night that led to their goal, or the run against Liverpool where he put it on a plate for David Silva to miss, to name a couple of recent examples.

He's no world beater, but he's a good Premier League striker.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Balotelli still has a lot to prove. Right now he's not much of a player and not a player you can rely on for anything. In short, still a stupid, spoiled little brat.

You can rely on him for goals, and the game breaking ones at that.

On Dzeko; he's a top player.

Balotelli amazes me. Never appears to break out into a sprint, although I'm sure he does

Balotelli is the coolest attacker in the Premier League, and one of the most gifted. He and RvP together would have opposing defenders regularly turning up sick prior to games with Arsenal.

Striker: RVP, Aguero, Demba Ba

AM/Wing: Silva, Bale, Mata

CM: Modric, Yaya Toure, Lampard

DM: Parker, Song, Tiote

FB: Richards, Walker, Enrique

CD: Kompany, Coloccini, Koscielny

GK: Hart, Krul, Szczesny

Vorm, Santos, Jones, Cabaye, Dzeko, Rooney have been good, but not enough room for them.
Anyway I'm surprised none mentioned Lampard so far, I thought he's been in good form. Also I don't think Young deserves to be anywhere near the best wingers as he scored his only 2 goals against us and apart from few good crosses did nothing of note.

I reckon Balotelli is going to be a waste of talent. A bit like Cassano or Totti. He'll never play at the level he should.

How is Totti a waste of talent?