It clearly does effect the way they play though. They now have a big unit up front with the sole aim of getting on the end of crosses and final balls, rather than contributing to buildup play. Of course that’s going to have an impact. Whether that’s an overall positive or negative is something we’ll find out over the course of the season.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Well, that's exactly the kind of exaggeration and unproductive oversimplification I'm talking about. True, he has little involvement in buildup further back on the pitch, but he is clearly very involved not just in finishing chances but in creating them. He's got 0.26 assists/90 - good for fourth best on City, after KDB, Silva and Foden. He's second in expected assisted goals/90, after KDB. He has the most touches in the oppo box/90 of any City player.
Why is it an exaggeration? I’m not saying he’s incapable of making a pass, but he’s clearly more limited in those areas than who he’s effectively replaced. We all know he’s there purely to score goals, so there’s no point in beating around the bush.
I already bolded the most obvious exaggeration in the post you quoted. In which you wrote that his sole aim was getting at the end of crosses and final balls. Which quite obviously is not the case. If it was, he wouldn't be second in expected assisted goals, or have the most touches in the box of any City player. Which means that your idea of his role and how he plays is imprecise, inaccurate and exaggerated.
It's not an exaggeration. He's there to get on the end of crosses and final balls. That's his purpose in that City team.
Would you swap Garnacho with him? I would swap Garnachos.
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Gotta love him 
One good thing about tomorrow’s final between Argentina and France is that Haaland loses in this no matter what the outcome.
Mbappe lifting his second World Cup trophy or Alvarez (his substitute) lifting his first and coming back at City as #1 superstar striker.
Either of these two outcomes will sting like a mf. His stock is going down.
Mbappe lifting his second World Cup trophy or Alvarez (his substitute) lifting his first and coming back at City as #1 superstar striker.
Either of these two outcomes will sting like a mf. His stock is going down.
No. No you don’t. It’s incredibly easy to not like him at all. Obviously helps he plays for Manchester City but even so…Gotta love him
That KDB he made like Wilson from Castaway actually looks a lot like KBD in the world cup.
I miss the days when we hated our rival teams and players.
I really don’t see why people find him so hateable, it’s always superficial stuff about a punchable face. He’s light-hearted and a breath of fresh air in interviews, even if he’s not your cup of tea.
It's the opposite now. This place fawns over rival players and hates most United players.
He plays for City and he’s an arrogant smug cnut. Surely that’s enough of a reason for a United fan?
Imagine a grown man being this obsessed. Alvarez is not going to take Haaland's spot and you know it.One good thing about tomorrow’s final between Argentina and France is that Haaland loses in this no matter what the outcome.
Mbappe lifting his second World Cup trophy or Alvarez (his substitute) lifting his first and coming back at City as #1 superstar striker.
Either of these two outcomes will sting like a mf. His stock is going down.
Did he shag your girlfriend at some point growing up or something? This obsession is just creepy.
Hating players for playing for another football team
Yeah, imagine football that includes rivalries, that must be terrible thing!Hating players for playing for another football team
I think he’s very likeable unfortunately. There’s a bit of Zlatan in him.
It's a shame the world cup break had to come so soon. He'd probably be the leading all time PL scorer by now.
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Smug arrogant cnut? Less so than Ibra, did you think the same of him?
And just because he’s confident and expresses it doesn’t mean he’s those things.
at the turn this thread has taken.He is a cnut, son of a cnut, playing for a cnut team. I am sure there is a Norwegian forum to fawn over him. 2,5/3 serious
Not that you have a biased perspective either or anything.Hating players for playing for another football team
I wasn't talking about Haaland, but it was a response to the whole idea of hating players for playing for other teams than United. I get the point about rivalries but I'm not 15 years old anymore.
When it comes to Haaland, though, I fecking love the guy.
You're weirdOne good thing about tomorrow’s final between Argentina and France is that Haaland loses in this no matter what the outcome.
Mbappe lifting his second World Cup trophy or Alvarez (his substitute) lifting his first and coming back at City as #1 superstar striker.
Either of these two outcomes will sting like a mf. His stock is going down.
feck off, I’m not fawning. Just finding the vitriol curious.
Will agree that his dad’s a cnut and he’s in a cnut team though.
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We had our chance to get him for peanuts when Ole was manager at Molde
The bits with the KDB t shirt on the metal rack are pretty funny
Yeah, like he would have joined us
a Haaland will never want to play for United.He’s on record as saying the Keane incident would play no bearing on his decision. Of course he could have just been paying lip service, and I guess his dad did play for both City and Leeds, although not Liverpool at least hahaYeah, like he would have joined us
I mean your location gives away why you support him. Which is fair enough, I’d be the same if I was Norwegian. However, don’t expect a United forum to have anything but disdain for him.
Bloody Ole
Zlatan played for United, not City.
That’s arbitrary tribal nonsense
Also: Schmeichel, Andy Cole, Denis Law, Matt Busby (he played for Liverpool too)
cnuts?
I’m not a huge patriot. I’ve always thought John Arne Riise was a massive twat, no matter how useful he was for Norway. I can keep two thoughts in my head, crazily enough.
People need to stop with the lazy, superficial assumptions.
Perfectly put.
Ok then:That’s arbitrary tribal nonsense
Also: Schmeichel, Andy Cole, Denis Law, Matt Busby (he played for Liverpool too)
cnuts?
I’m not a huge patriot. I’ve always thought John Arne Riise was a massive twat, no matter how useful he was for Norway. I can keep two thoughts in my head, crazily enough.
People need to stop with the lazy, superficial assumptions.
Schmeichel- cnut but great player for United.
Cole- Not a cnut.
Law and Busby were well before my time, no idea if they were cnuts or not.
My point is that as a United fan I’m willing to overlook certain players cnutish behaviour while they’re at the club, and let’s be honest 90% of professional footballers are the absolute worst.
But as a United fan I find it very strange that someone would fanboy a player for one of our biggest rivals, but everyone is different.
Also if Haaland was here I’d love him like my own son, he’s fecking unbelievably good.
What’s the cnutish behaviour, though? A cheeky sense of humour doesn’t qualify, for me.
Anyway, I will admit some of my enthusiasm is down to me being Norwegian. Me not thinking he is a cnut is not down to that, though.
Nothing wrong with him from what I can see of his public persona. Just doesn't do the media trained rubbish and is confident, which he should be at his level and doing what he does.
It's the fact he plays for City and is ridiculously good that is annoying. His dress sense is laughable but I suppose that's neither here nor there.
It's the fact he plays for City and is ridiculously good that is annoying. His dress sense is laughable but I suppose that's neither here nor there.
Is actually pretty funny.