Sebastien Haller / signed for West Ham

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The H is silent, so the "ha-" is pronounced like "ah-".
 

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Guess the feeling is that we need a back-up striker to sit on the bench and allow Rashford to establish himself. If that's the case, someone like this guy might be a sound investment. No point keeping Lukaku on god-knows-how-much a week if we're not going to play him regularly.
 

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Never seen him play but used to always but him from Utrecht on Football manager haha!!

We're really looking at surprise signings this summer, this has come from nowhere.
 

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He was pretty good at FC Utrecht. Which should be a good indicator about whether he's United level.

He's not.
 

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He was pretty good at FC Utrecht. Which should be a good indicator about whether he's United level.

He's not.
don't know about United level, but there always looked like there was a lot more to him that didn't always come out at Utrecht
 

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don't know about United level, but there always looked like there was a lot more to him that didn't always come out at Utrecht
Sure, that's why he moved to Germany, but United want world class player don't they? He's not that, not at all. I like Haller mind, just dont think he's he's United material.
 

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Looks decent but why are we looking for a target man, the era of pure strikers is gone. We need strikers in the mould of Griezmann or Dybala.
 

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We must be aiming for a mid-table if this the caliber of player we’re consider as a replacement for Lukaku. Why not get Icardi or better yet surround Lukaku with wingers that can actually cross the ball and provide opportunities. Seems a lot of us are in the grass is greener mindset and are in for a rude awakening.

Icardi is the last player we need . Overpriced overrated does nothing for team play
 

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Who is Eintracht Frankfurt goal-machine Sebastien Haller?




“Bringing in Haller, obviously gives you a bit more strength up front. He can hold the ball up, he’s big, and he showed his quality today.” – Frankfurt midfielder Jonathan de Guzman after Haller’s point-saving contribution against Nuremberg.





"I always want to score goals, but I'm a team player first and foremost." – Haller on his own game.





“A bulldozer couldn’t knock him over!” – Former Frankfurt and current Bayern coach Niko Kovac.

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/...cht-frankfurt-france-u21-newcastle-516227.jsp

""I always want to score goals, but I'm a team player first and foremost." – Haller on his own game."

I like his attitude already! Well he does look exciting in youtube videos atleast.
 

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Looks a tidy player, just not expecting huge impact if I’m honest. And I think we need someone who can make major impact given Rashford is the other option.
 

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How mobile/agile is he? We've seen that the leading strikers of recent PL champions have been dynamic strikers like Costa, Aguero and Vardy. And if you look at CL-winners from recent years you'll see the leading #9's from those teams were Suarez, Benzema and Firmino, all dynamic players.
 

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Sounds about right. Don't even attempt to sign his striking partner Jovic (the better player).
 

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Sounds about right. Don't even attempt to sign his striking partner Jovic (the better player).
Comments like this make me laugh.

How do you know exactly that we didn't attempt to sign Jovic?

Just because you didn't read about it in the press, it doesn't mean we didn't ask about him.

Perhaps he didn't want to join us so we didn't bother to go any further? Would you pick United over Real right now?

We simply don't know, so it's a bit silly to assume.
 
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He reminds me of Drogba from the videos posted. Great physical present, good link up play and a cool finisher though not with the best goals to game ratio.
 

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He reminds me of Drogba from the videos posted. Great physical present, good link up play and a cool finisher though not with the best goals to game ratio.
I agree that they have some similarities.

Funny thing is, Haller is actually a year younger than Drogba was when he arrived at Chelsea. At the same age, Drogba played for Guingamp and his goal record was not impressive at all the past few years. He had just finished his first good season, and I’m sure people in here would have shouted «one-season-wonder».
 

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Don't care if he's not considered 'world class'. If he fits a need for the way OGS wants to play, then get him. Enough with the galactico method already, as it doesn't seem to create a cohesive team. As it stands, any world class player will cost an arm & a leg, especially since we aren't in the CL & have to put a serious premium in the wage in order to entice them. Our shopping list over the last few seasons have been seriously skewed toward 'stars' and haven't gotten us out of the Moyes Black Hole. Time to buy parts that make a better whole.

TBH, I'd be pleasantly surprised if Haller is actually being considered. I tend to think this is some agent trying to stir the pot, but it would be nice to see OGS & Co making shrewd buys.
 

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Did someone say Ibra 2.0? Proper number 9? Calm? A complete player exactly what we need. Sign him up!
 

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Looks decent but why are we looking for a target man, the era of pure strikers is gone. We need strikers in the mould of Griezmann or Dybala.
Nope i think it’s coming back actually especially in regards to target men who offer good all round play aside from just goals, Kane Jovic Costa etc. If anything poacher like players are being phased out, not number 9s with a good all round game like Haller seems to have.
 

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Did someone say Ibra 2.0? Proper number 9? Calm? A complete player exactly what we need. Sign him up!
In France he is compared to Giroud, a big physical striker with decent link up abilities.
 

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In France he is compared to Giroud, a big physical striker with decent link up abilities.
I'd take a young Giroud as backup on the cheap if available. I doubt this lad is available on the cheap though.
 

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A player like Daniel James would probably benefit from a target man like Haller.

If we play on the counter, it will be a joy to watch.
 

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In France he is compared to Giroud, a big physical striker with decent link up abilities.
How is his first touch with his back to goal? If it's Giroud like, that's perfect for us isn't it?

Him with Martial & Rashford either side looks like the beginning of a functional attack.
 

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Lukaku is the definition of a mid table striker
We must be looking in different dictionaries then.

You must be joking? Right?
One of the best attacking talents in Europe and probably the best in the Bundesliga. I watch a lot of Bundesliga football and he is a better overall player than Lukaku.
Best attacking talents in Europe yet at 24 still plays for Frankfurt and except for this season - which may be his breakout - has nothing to prove your claims.

Icardi is as bad as Lukaku when it comes to target play and contributions outside of the box though. If not worse, Lukaku wins some duels due to his pure size at least.
I dont disagree with your opinions about the flaws in Lukakus game but to advocate replacing him with Icardi who is every bit as bad in the same respects of the game I totally disagree on. Plus that Icardi is a cnut and that we should stay well clear of him just because of that.
You're right, Icardi won't be much different in build up, but he's a much better finisher than Lukaku and a proven goal scorer which is something we desperately need!
 

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Comments like this make me laugh.

How do you know exactly that we didn't attempt to sign Jovic?

Just because you didn't read about it in the press, it doesn't mean we didn't ask about him.

Perhaps he didn't want to join us so we didn't bother to go any further? Would you pick United over Real right now?

We simply don't know, so it's a bit silly to assume.
We haven’t signed anymore and doesn’t look like we are going to anytime soon so until we do I will keep slating how shit this club is run.
 

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Interesting link, never heard of the guy before.
Done a bit of research and youtube watching and he seems like a good striker whose gone under the radar.

Only scored 2 goals less than the to be 'Superstar' Jovic, while assisting more in the Bundesliga.
Got an average rating of 7.55 whereas Jovic ended the season with a 7.00 on Whoscored.

In Fifa, the guy has 98 strength :lol:

As for youtube, he has a lot of everything really. I actually enjoyed watching his highlights.
Now, the only issue I see with him is he gets a lot of runs in behind where he plays the ball off, which is great, if we can play that way. I almost feel we'd need to have our build up play setup to compliment him.

I do enjoy how quite a few are dismissing him as a nothing player in here, yet willing to spend heaven and earth on players who have looked alright in 6months of first team exposure in leagues weaker than the Bundesliga and even though they won't say it, the reason being their teenagers rather than 24
Target men usually do well in Whoscored's algorithm. Andy Carroll tended to have high ratings in their algorithm and Lukas Jutkiewicz was the highest rated player in the Championship.
 

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Is this guy for sale, a d how much, premier league looks suited to his attributes, 24 good age, it will be a step up, but Lukaku goes we could do with a more mobile striker, he looks like he could link up well with Rashford, even lingard?

It's all talk at present , were supposedly in for everyone?
 

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I've never seen him.

But are we a counter attacking side? Possession? Pressing from the front?

I dont even fecking know. Dangerous to buy a young striker if you dont yet know your identity as a team.

Saying that the stats look good and the talent seems there. You just have to hope our scouts finally hit a home run.
 

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Don't know where people are getting this idea that he is a Lukaku type striker? Admittedly, I'm going off of highlight videos, but you can see from those that he's quite skilful, looks more in the mould of Ibra (probably not as good) than Lukaku. Probably cost 40-50 million I would have thought as well. Probably be a bargain, I mean Firmino worked out for Liverpool.

Also, he's fecking massive and fast, he's surely tailor made for the premier league.
 

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I've never seen him.

But are we a counter attacking side? Possession? Pressing from the front?

I dont even fecking know. Dangerous to buy a young striker if you dont yet know your identity as a team.

Saying that the stats look good and the talent seems there. You just have to hope our scouts finally hit a home run.
Small sample size, but from what I've seen under Ole thus far, I'd expect us to predominantly play counterattacking football in a 4-4-2 diamond system next season. If that does indeed prove to be the case, Haller would seem to be a decent option to form a classic 'big man-little man' combination up front with Rashford. Yussuf Poulsen is another one we might perhaps look at (he has formed a similar partnership with Werner at Leipzig).
 
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