I said it at the time and I'll say it again:
1) Dzeko is going to be playing a LOT more than anyone wants
2) We're all going to get sick of this cunt sooner than you know it
4 games into the season and I'm sick of him already - and also the way Inzaghi infuriatingly views HIM, and not Lautaro, as the leader to our attack.
Dzeko has what I call the "solo uselessness". So do many others in this team for that matter. What I mean by that term, is the complete inability to produce anything on their own. I don't expect Dzeko (or any player) to win us games by themselves but too much of this squad is incapable of producing anything outside of the team framework. No one is capable of creating a moment of magic to unlock a tight game. They lack the technique, imagination, skill or pace. If the team isn't working, who will step up and get us across the line with a moment of individual brilliance? Certainly not Dzeko.
You look around the top teams in Europe and you see all of them have an abundance of creative players, tricky dribblers, technical fullbacks, pacy attackers. We just have a bunch of slow-and-steady, "safe", work mules for every position. That's exactly what Dzeko is, the workhorse of our offense (but not when it comes to pressing lul).
Having a functional system is great but naturally it's even better when you have players who can work within the system and do shit on their own as well. We have a shocking lack of these players who can make a difference. Even a team like Milan has a whole bunch of C-grade difference makers and flair players. Us? You put a man on Dzeko and he's fucking done. You put a training cone on the right flank against Darmian or Dumfries and they're completely taken out of the game.
Dzeko is as good as the team is on that day (and sometimes worse.) If the team isn't working (and it sure as fuck wasn't in the 2nd half), then Dzeko is practically useless. Better to haul his ass off and try to shake things up with a Correa or Sanchez. But Inzaghi won't do that because he wants a target man on the pitch at all times.
This is as much a mercato / squad rant as it is a Dzeko rant but on nights like these and against Samp I'm reminded of just how fucking plain our squad is. So bland and boring. Full of jack-of-all trades, master-of-none, safety first options.