Erling Haaland

[Birdy]

Bollox ..

The Ciry players just have to learn how to play with him

He made loads of runs but only KDB saw one and messed up the through ball

Haaland is the next big thing .. it is his time now both Messi and FakeRonaldo are in sharp decline .
He is a kid in a new country playing in a team that takes time to get used to .. Grealish struggled last season and even Mahrez took a year to fit in .

Haaland stats

86 goals in 89 games Dortmund
Best goals per minutes ratio in Bundesliga History .

Fastest player ever to score 20 Champions League goals

He made the runs maybe
But when time came to receive his ball control was atrocious.
Let alone the goal served on a plate by Mahrez, or it was Cancelo, in the 1st half which he failed to just shoot like an attacker (more like a defender tackling?)

And of course, no link-up if he plays

 

[feggydinho]

He made the runs maybe
But when time came to receive his ball control was atrocious.
Let alone the goal served on a plate by Mahrez, or it was Cancelo, in the 1st half which he failed to just shoot like an attacker (more like a defender tackling?)

And of course, no link-up if he plays

I don't think so, Haaland would score many goals. He just needs service and Mahrez or Grealish won't give him that. They definitely sold the wrong players

 

[jamrock]

Dembele laughs at you ma boi.

 

[bastardo]

Haaland to city intriqued me from the beginning. He's not a possession based player, he'd be beast at liverpool or madrid. Ibra which he's often compared to, has far better technique and even he failed in peps system. Although that could partly be due to Ibras personality and so far Haaland doesnt seem to have a difficult personality.

 

[Zidane82]

Zidane82 gets it. Still delusional regarding Busquets though.

There is nobody around who controls the play like he does ..still shows moments of brilliance as well . Just think you guys just show a modicum of respect for a living legend

 

[Zidane82]

Lol let it go bro grealish is still struggling

What a waste of 100m

Hopefully this season will show his true worth..

 

[Zidane82]

He made the runs maybe
But when time came to receive his ball control was atrocious.
Let alone the goal served on a plate by Mahrez, or it was Cancelo, in the 1st half which he failed to just shoot like an attacker (more like a defender tackling?)

And of course, no link-up if he plays

They are still working out how to play with him .. same with Liverpool and Nunez .. Klopp talked about the problems they are having trying to assimilate him into the team

 

[Zidane82]

I don't think so, Haaland would score many goals. He just needs service and Mahrez or Grealish won't give him that. They definitely sold the wrong players

I completely disagree both those players are great with the final ball whereas Sterling is associated with running into dead ends and fluffing the final ball

 

[Zidane82]

I don't think so, Haaland would score many goals. He just needs service and Mahrez or Grealish won't give him that. They definitely sold the wrong players

I completely disagree .. both those players are great with the final ball whereas Sterling is associated with running into dead ends and fluffing the final ball

 

[Temptation]

People need to calm down a bit. Haaland might be a crap/average Footballer but he's an amazing goalscorer. Let the kid settle in. He might have problems but people are being too harsh too soon.

The thing is City seem worse at retaining the ball in the final 3rd because there's no false 9 to drop in between the lines acting as the extra man to help retain possession. This forces the ball to move wide. Now from out wide, if you cross the ball you aren't playing to Haaland's strengths(unless you square it grounded for a tap in) because the guy is bad in the air.

Will be intriguing to see how Pep solves the puzzle.

 

[Zidane82]

People need to calm down a bit. Haaland might be a crap/average Footballer but he's an amazing goalscorer. Let the kid settle in. He might have problems but people are being too harsh too soon.

The thing is City seem worse at retaining the ball in the final 3rd because there's no false 9 to drop in between the lines acting as the extra man to help retain possession. This forces the ball to move wide. Now from out wide, if you cross the ball you aren't playing to Haaland's strengths(unless you square it grounded for a tap in) because the guy is bad in the air.

Will be intriguing to see how Pep solves the puzzle.

Klopp was saying that they are also having problems assimilating Nunez into their team

 

[Temptation]

People need to calm down a bit. Haaland might be a crap/average Footballer but he's an amazing goalscorer. Let the kid settle in. He might have problems but people are being too harsh too soon.

The thing is City seem worse at retaining the ball in the final 3rd because there's no false 9 to drop in between the lines acting as the extra man to help retain possession. This forces the ball to move wide. Now from out wide, if you cross the ball you aren't playing to Haaland's strengths(unless you square it grounded for a tap in) because the guy is bad in the air.

Will be intriguing to see how Pep solves the puzzle.

Just trying to be fair on the lad.

I'd like to remind that, a bit like Birdy, I also thought/think Haaland and City are an odd match. But let him settle down a bit.

 

[Messigician]

Pep hates strikers and wants false 9

If even Zlatan flopped what chance does haaland have?

 

[Temptation]

Klopp was saying that they are also having problems assimilating Nunez into their team

May I know which comments exactly you're referring to?

 

[Temptation]

Pep hates strikers and wants false 9

If even Zlatan flopped what chance does haaland have?

Haaland is a better goalscorer than Zlatan ever was. His finishing is on a different level simply.

Lewy and Aguero thrived under Pep(Aguero struggled initially tho)...

Any striker who's limited and has glaring flaws in his game might struggle in new systems.