There is hardly any poachers in the modern game because most teams play with a 4-3-3, having a poacher is related to the times when 4-4-2 was in vogue.
He will if he stays fit.
Well, the last bit is the point I made. Dean had upwards of 20 more goals that season than was typically scored by the top guy at that time. Haaland still has games to go, but he is currently, what? 10 ahead of Kane in the league? So what Dean did is as impressive relative to his time as what Haaland is doing now relative to his time. The circumstances were totally different but 60 goals in a league season in any context is nuts.
Complete doesn't equate to being better, there are more complete forwards in the last 20 years of the English game, but Haaland excels more in the most important part, goalscoring, than the other players to an extraordinary level, so in turn is a better player. We don't need to act as if there aren't better strikers all round even playing the game today to give him his due.
You, my friend, are high on something. Or are a wum.
How many has he scored from outside the box.
Henry was far better interms of allround play. It's not even close.
Ah, forgot this was basketball, where a goal from outside the box counts for 2
Yes, let's stop here because once again you have no idea what you are talking about.
He said part of the reason why Haaland is a complete striker is because he is good at shooting hence the question. Anyway your reply makes it obvious that he isn't.
I would go with that. Ibra had great ability
Yeah this is it for me. He is a generational player at 22 who while doesn’t look pretty playing wise he is so unique as you shouldn’t be that quick big and strong at the same time.
Absolutely pig sick every time he scores,find myself utterly green with envy and wishing he was ours and can't hide that feeling whatsoever
Yeah how did we feck this up so easily
Go back to the rumours thread. There was much talk about him being from Germany and therefore being another Sancho, or another Mkhitaryan.
Yeah and we thought ourselves too good to accept that release clause as well,really been left with egg on our faces now
Those “hollow and meaningless” posts always make me smile. If it is that meaningless and one couldnt care less, then why specifically comment in the first place and several times. Copium and all imo
More all-round play = less goals.
So, Gerd Muller was a more well rounded striker than R9?
It’s not the only thing a striker is in the squad for, it depends on your system and team.
How many goals?
Well in one season Henry had 24 goals and 20 assists so contributed to 44 goals directly, Haaland is still 2 off that total overall but will probably beat it in the end.
Sounds like you place far too much value on dribbling and passing and far too little on the other very important aspects of the sport.
I could champion Ronaldo all day, but there's nowhere that he is seen as better than Muller definitively and they are easily interchangeable in terms of achieving objectives. Some might even favour Muller and there's little objective reason to disregard people doing so.
I think Haaland will beat it too. To be fair, I don't think you can sum an attacker's contribution in terms of G+A, and I'm sure Henry's impact was more than just his 44 direct goal contribution. Same for Haaland. We don't have a great way of measuring the total impact of an attacker on their team. And i think what happens is many, in lieu of that objective information, go for aesthetics as a proxy. Because Haaland could have 50% more G+A than Henry hypothetically and some would still go for the latter
7 assists this season says otherwise. And these aren't 2-yard passes before a screamer - his linkup play in both Arsenal games was particularly vital to what might end up being title-winning wins.
Not just in the beginning. I looked at some of the posts from January and there were still several posters arguing that Haaland has made City worse. Crazy.Some of the posts at the begining of this thread…..
Worst ones are the ones claiming he'd have an ego and cause problems in the dressing room, because people were basing those assumptions on absolutely nothing. People thinking he might not suit our style is quite forgivable.Some of the posts at the begining of this thread…..
I think there were some issues with the previous style until Guardiola changed to the half-back style and more defensive full-backs/centre-backs. Ever since then they’ve looked as good as ever and he’s been thriving along with the rest of the team. Pep did what a good manager does, adapted the team to his best player and showed more flexibility than he’s often given credit for.
Henry actually assisted even more (winning penalties = transfermarkt assists), making it 24G/25A that season in the PL alone for Arsenal. It was his peak season in numbers and he had a pretty decent crew around him (Pires, Bergkamp, Wiltord, Kanu, Vieira, Gilberto, Ljungberg and Edu among others). He was involved in 55% of Arsenals goals in the games he featured in all comps that season (a feat he never repeated or were close to again).
A lot of people saying on the first page that he was injury prone. Which actually used to be true. I've said time and time again that Pep is managing him the way he is managing him for a reason and yet people still don't get it. You still get the clueless comments about 'Pep holding him back' and how 'he'd have 700 goals by now if he played 90 minutes every game'. Um, no he wouldn't, because if he played 90 minutes every game he would likely have gotten injured and it's tough to score goals from the treatment room. I mean, he's already made more than half of the total appearances that he managed in his entire time at Dortmund (and scored more than half of his total Dortmund haul as well).Some of the posts at the begining of this thread…..
That's quite insane.
