Erling Haaland
- Thread starter behindbrowneyes
- Start date
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
2 easy goals. Haaland is pulling a Ronaldo today.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
The newer generation is adopting CR7's model of success. Overall performance does not matter as long as you somehow score and score in all games.
To be honest, I don't blame them. Scoring is what wins games.
I think NeyNey now (and obviously Messi in his prime) are the only recent players who care about giving a show as much as they do about winning.
To be honest, I don't blame them. Scoring is what wins games.
I think NeyNey now (and obviously Messi in his prime) are the only recent players who care about giving a show as much as they do about winning.
Its not about that, Haaland is a number 9, this is what they've always done(to varying degrees of success).
CR was a very different player at 20, much more like Vinicius(though more talented) than Haaland, his shift towards being a poacher happened gradually.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
I guess it holds more true in the case of Mbappe than Haaland for the reasons that the latter is an out and out striker.
Cristano at the start of his prime (2008-2012) was a world class dribbler and free kick taker. Mbappe is neither of those.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Congratulations on missing the point. I'm not saying Mbappe's career parallels CR7's. I'm saying he's modeled his game after CR7's philosophy in the last 5-6 years of only caring about scoring.
Wait you think Messi now is not playing beautiful game??? Just a goal vs Bilbao last game is truly beauty of football.
World class fk taker??? Most of his shoots went to the wall. More like a world class at hitting the wall. And his dribble was all about speed.
Dribble at international tournament:
Mbappe: 4,2 dribbles per game in 2018 World cup.
Ronaldo never manage these things. His best is at 2004 Euro with like 30% success rate.
Last edited:
KingLeo10
Senior Member
I meant day in and day out. Messi obviously still has moments where he folds defenders on the dribble but he did that for fun in his prime is what I meant.
It is all players style. Neymar is Joga Bonito style, try to stick with his tricks. Messi is not.
It's sad that there aren't many players at the very top with Neymar's style. Neymar and Messi are the last ones standings at the elite level. Hazard was among them but he's currently broken.
Below that tier there's Graelish and Zaha.
CatalinR10
Senior Member
0 goals today and missed a penaldo
SMH.
SMH.
Home of Barca Fans
