Not sure you can say that when ITV have convinced us that Darwin " the GOAT" Nunez will have reached 100 goals by Xmas.Some of the replies in this thread will look silly soon. Nailed on to be top scorer in the league by a clear margin.
Not sure you can say that when ITV have convinced us that Darwin " the GOAT" Nunez will have reached 100 goals by Xmas.Some of the replies in this thread will look silly soon. Nailed on to be top scorer in the league by a clear margin.
No, he wasn't that much involved really. He had those those two good chances directly after one another late in the 1st, and then the shot in the crossbar, and not a whole lot else. I thought he did well on the first of those to get a decent shot away in a very pressured situation, and I'm sure it'll give PL defenders cause for thought the way Robertson just bounced off him when he tried to get in his way.You think. I genuinely thought he was completely anonymous. I'm not just saying this because I'm a United fan, I genuinely thought he didn't do much of anything. Apart from that shot when he fell over, and that miss.
Some days they go in, some they don't.I still think it’s reaching to say the team goalscorer played well given he should have scored 1.5 goals then?
Yup , while that miss at the end was spectacular I was impressed by his reaction time/anticipation while everyone else was ball watching and if he gets 10 more of those this season he will probably bury 9 of them.Gets into all the right positions doesn't he. The goals will come, unfortunately.
It just seems like an odd fit. He's going to score goals eventually because City create so many chances, but he doesn't seem like a Guardiola signing. Similar to Grealish. I think they're club signings more than anything. He's a player they haven't really had before under Pep, so it will obviously take some time to implement him into the system.No, he wasn't that much involved really. He had those those two good chances directly after one another late in the 1st, and then the shot in the crossbar, and not a whole lot else. I thought he did well on the first of those to get a decent shot away in a very pressured situation, and I'm sure it'll give PL defenders cause for thought the way Robertson just bounced off him when he tried to get in his way.
To be fair, he didn't get a lot of service. I thought City generally didn't have a very fluid game and looked a bit rusty and incoherent. I thought he moved well and got into good positions, but they didn't often get him the ball (although in my experience it always looks like that when you're focusing on following one player specifically). Also, City simply doesn't play the deep passes into the space behind the back four that enables the sort of runs he's best at. There was one situation where he was perfectly positioned for that and seemingly had words with de Bruyne for the pass not being made. He moves like you'd expect for a striker in that kind of system - ambling along, and then quickly bursting into speed at the right moment. He did that quite a lot yesterday, which those on this thread making comments about his lack of speed must have missed.....
Anyway, IMO yesterday's game showed two things - one, it's early season yet, and two, Haaland and City are not an automatic fit stylistically. I think he'd have made things easier for himself if he'd chosen Liverpool instead, but he has only himself to blame for that.
And on another night, he walks off the pitch with 1 or 2 goals from those 3 opportunities.
Not a chance.We have another Werner on our hands! Another striker that was developed in Germany turns out to be a fraud! Who's surprised?
Like I said before, he'll struggle to score 10 league goals.
I’ll blow your mind then: I’m Norwegian and I thought he was weak yesterday. Movement was sharp and you can see how he could easily hurt teams, but passing and finishing and involvement were overall bad from him yesterday.No offence, but being a noggie and all, I can't see you ever being critical of him...
Your viewpoint is similar to mine. He'll get some decent stats this season, but I don't think the overall goal total is going to be that different. It definitely isn't going to be as simple as many were thinking, with City playing controlling football and just automatically adding 20+ league goals on top of that. It doesn't work that way. Their style is going to need to change, so we're going to see a different City to last season.Adding goals to an attack scoring 100 odd a season already isn't easy.
Don't be surprised if they don't improve total goals much. Posted same way up the thread.
Haaland can take time to fit in to the team. Lot more pressure at City, can see them giving him time. Won't be like Ibra at Barcelona.
CoolI’ll blow your mind then: I’m Norwegian and I thought he was weak yesterday. Movement was sharp and you can see how he could easily hurt teams, but passing and finishing and involvement were overall bad from him yesterday.
There you go, a Noggie being critical. I’ve seen you and others toss this point around before, back when Ole was still here as well. Such a lazy fecking idiotic thing to say, and get fecked if you think going "no offence" takes away from that.
I don't think he's there to help them score even more goals. He can win them games when they're not playing well as a team.Adding goals to an attack scoring 100 odd a season already isn't easy.
Don't be surprised if they don't improve total goals much. Posted same way up the thread.
Haaland can take time to fit in to the team. Lot more pressure at City, can see them giving him time. Won't be like Ibra at Barcelona.
CorrectYeah, one game without a goal and he's a fraud.
Someone pass the puke bucket pleaseThis kind of banter might work in a friendly league like BL but in the PL top players let their feet do the talking.
Unless it's a two horse race again, then we'll be hoping he's banging them inMissing sitters is one thing, all strikers has off games. The thing to care about is wether or not he is able to get himself into positions where he even can finish. He did that several times, against one of the best defenses in football.
If he keeps injury free he is going to be the player in the EPL with most shots on goal this season. I suppose we can hope it doesnt convert into a lot of goals.
Aye, he's obviously overrated, but he'll most certainly score a bucket full when he settles. City create too many chances, and he's too clinical a finisher, for it not to happen.He'll probably come good and score plenty for City, but people go way overboard with him. You'd think he's some Leo Messi type genius footballer going by the hype train.
But he does need time settle. Shouldn't really have a problem adapting.
I think it was Terry Pratchett who pointed out that the problem with going "no offence" is that it's used by the sort of people who find it more convenient to say "no offence" than to actually abstain from being offensive.....and get fecked if you think going "no offence" takes away from that.
I agree. I always thought Grealish was a jarring signing too. It's not that I think they can't or won't succeed under Pep, it's more that in order to do so they really have to change the way they play the game quite extensively - and some of the things they'll have to put away or tone down are things that seem central to why they're great.It just seems like an odd fit. He's going to score goals eventually because City create so many chances, but he doesn't seem like a Guardiola signing. Similar to Grealish. I think they're club signings more than anything. He's a player they haven't really had before under Pep, so it will obviously take some time to implement him into the system.
They've already got the league locked down, so it's all down to the CL. Would Haaland have converted one of those chances they created against Madrid? Probably, so that's all that matters I guess.
the day ITV get live football back regularly, is day to start watching beach volleyball...Not sure you can say that when ITV have convinced us that Darwin " the GOAT" Nunez will have reached 100 goals by Xmas.
He's defiently not going to flop like Lukaku but I did chuckle a little when I saw the service excuse for his performance rolled outLukaku MK II
Gonna be excuses for him for 3/4 months like we did with Falcao before Pep drops him. Predict he will be sold to Madrid next year.
This thread will definitely deliver on so many levels.He's defiently not going to flop like Lukaku but I did chuckle a little when I saw the service excuse for his performance rolled out
That doesn't make any sense. This summer itself they've got rid of Sterling & Jesus to make room for Haaland and also more room for Grealish. They're not going to be sitting on the bench.I’ve been convinced for a few years now that City will sign players simply to stop rivals strengthening, they have the money to sit players like Grealish on the bench and not bat an eyelid simply to prevent other teams catching up or strengthening key areas. Haaland is just another example.
This is precisely the issue. We’ve played city loads of times over the period klopp and pep have been here and hand on heart that was the most relaxed time our midfield and defence have had versus a city A team.Sterling is a better diver so he knows how to win a free kick or penalty or three himself.
But yes, the £100m price tag and non performance by Jack basically meant City couldn't offload him and because they're such a well run club (TM of Abu Dhabi) they had to show that they were keeping the books balanced.
Selling Jesus is cutting your face off to spite your nose though. If he got the same minutes as Haaland is definitely going to get and in the same central striker position then Jesus would approx. score the same number of goals while giving a great press from the front.