Nordic Ghost Yeti | Haaland at City

[mu4c_20le]

Also at the thread title. When you get pocketed by this guy playing out of position...

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[Roboc7]

It’s crazy he can be so prolific but also so anonymous. Kane would have been much better signing for them, Haaland has obviously added something different to City but they’ve sacrificed a fair bit as well.

 

[acnumber9]

For all the goals, he hasn’t made them better. Whether it’s due to him or not, they’re worse.

 

[acnumber9]

Also at the thread title. When you get pocketed by this guy playing out of position...

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fecking hell. Remember when people used to pretend he wasn’t fat?

 

[Cloud7]

There's going to be a lot of hot takes flying around regarding him now but for me his form has dropped because City's has. He's incredibly reliant on service and City collectively have been terrible since the World Cup. Nothing more to it than that.

Well yeah, but the discussion around him has always been about the pros and cons of a player who is so incredibly reliant on service. Personally I do not like players like that.

 

[adexkola]

When they smashed Chelsea without him they genuinely looked much more threatening.

Chelsea? The side that lost to Fulham?

 

[fergiewherearethou]

He's an incredible poacher and that's it. He has nothing else in his repertoire. Whenever great chances aren't being handed to him, his team plays with ten men. That'll keep him from reaching the heights of Ronaldo and Messi, unless he develops.

Well many great strikers in the history of football are like that, it's just that every game he doesn't score, brings a smile of my face.

 

[adexkola]

Well yeah, but the discussion around him has always been about the pros and cons of a player who is so incredibly reliant on service. Personally I do not like players like that.

All strikers rely on service. What is this world where strikers get no help from their team and routinely score and create every game?

Messi is not human, before you go there

 

[One Night Only]

fecking hell. Remember when people used to pretend he wasn’t fat?

I'd reckon 90% of this forum are fatter than he is.

 

[lost7]

To be fair, Mbappe has yet to win one too. I don't really consider winning the league with PSG something impressive. Mbappe has the WC but Haaland would have too if he was French.

He's won it with Monaco at 17.

Mbappe is a better player at this stage, it shouldn't even be a debate right now

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Walked onto the pitch like he was the dogs bollocks. Feck off out of Old Trafford you long cnut.

 

[Scandi Red]

Haaland? More like Shaw Land.

 

[The Purley King]

Was utterly insignificant today.
Was very worried about this game but he hardly got a kick of the ball.
Cut off the supply and he looked very ordinary

 

[The Firestarter]

Chelsea? The side that lost to Fulham?

Yes the same side, you could see the difference in their back to back games with city.

 

[Slevs]

fecker kicks the air, misses the ball, falls over and wants a penalty. Yeah get fecked

 

[acnumber9]

I'd reckon 90% of this forum are fatter than he is.

Possibly. They aren’t professional athletes though.

 

[V.O.]

It's usually Liverpool who have the luck with the opposition's best attacker not able to play for some reason. Pretty jammy from us tbh

 

[Cloud7]

All strikers rely on service. What is this world where strikers get no help from their team and routinely score and create every game?

Messi is not human, before you go there

Kane is not as heavily reliant on service and does well on his own. RVP did a lot on his own. Aguero did a lot on his own. Rooney did a lot on his own. Suarez did a lot on his own. Villa. Drogba.

And his own 'rival' so to speak now, Mbappe, is far more capable of winning a match on his own than Haaland is.

I am not saying that all strikers do it on their own all the time, but compared to the other names that Haaland gets mentioned alongside, he does a lot less than they were able to.

 

[The_Midfielder]

We did a good job nullifying De Bryune ..Hence he didn't get the service he required..

 

[tenpoless]

The thing is City had 71% possession. Is that really 'without the ball'? you can't get more than that in a big match.
I guess he's just not very good at dropping deep when he doesn't get the ball up front.
He's not like RvP, Ibra, Rooney where if you stop their service, they will drop deep and contribute there instead.

 

[Sviken]

Great poacher, but he fecks City's overall play.

 

[Dolf]

he won it with Monaco - against PSG.

He's won it with Monaco at 17.

Mbappe is a better player at this stage, it shouldn't even be a debate right now

Oh yeah complete forgot about that. Still though, some people act like Mbappe and Haaland are close to Messi level but they're clearly not.
I don't disagree though, Mbappe is much better than Haaland. Very interesting to see how their careers will go. For some reason I think Haaland will end up with more trophies than Mbappe.

 

[BluesJr]

Almost like I was right with my view that they have suffered from him being in the team. He’s an amazing player let’s get that right though.

 

[mu4c_20le]

Oh yeah complete forgot about that. Still though, some people act like Mbappe and Haaland are close to Messi level but they're clearly not.
I don't disagree though, Mbappe is much better than Haaland. Very interesting to see how their careers will go. For some reason I think Haaland will end up with more trophies than Mbappe.

Haaland just reminds me of a less physical Ronaldo.

 

[UDontMessWith24]

Big mistake by Pep to underestimate us and rest him today.

 

[RedCurry]

You don’t stop a poacher. You stop the supply line and make him come deep. Because by the time he’s around your six yard box, it is usually too late. Easier said than done though.

Said this a while ago and I still feel this was the best way to tackle Haaland. Instead of trying to stop him from getting on the ball, let him get the ball deeper. You’d rather have Haaland than De Bruyne in the midfield with the ball.

 

[BorisManUtd]

Well completely different game to the one at Etihad. I was worried but Varane and Shaw dealt well with him.

 

[abundance]

I wonder if there’s any possibility of Guardiola selling Haaland in the summer à la how he bombed Ibrahimovic out of Barcelona after a single season? Ibrahimovic wasn’t playing poorly individually but his mere presence arguably made Barcelona play less cohesively than they were otherwise capable of.

I think there’s certainly an argument that the same exists here with Haaland, a gifted goalscorer but not somebody who helps this City team play in a way that we’re accustomed to seeing.

Ibrahimovic stayed only one season mainly because him and Pep pissed off each other royally.
Plus Zaltan wanted to act gigachad in the locker room and the catalans were unfazed.
Plus he was scorned that he had to adapt his playstyle to accomodate Messi 's desire to play as a false nine.


Haaland seems to have a good relationship with Guardiola and the whole team.
And it doesn't seem that he's not listening to the coach.

 

[Castia]

Will score a ton of goals when the opportunities come but the flip side is like today if they're struggling to create he looks useless

 

[Red the Bear]

Haaland just reminds me of a less physical Ronaldo.

Fat Ronaldo or cnut Ronaldo because i don't see the similarity with either.

 

[V.O.]

Will score a ton of goals when the opportunities come but the flip side is like today if they're struggling to create he looks useless

Yep. I've said it before, but the only positive difference he's made to City is that when they beat the shite teams it's 3-0 (Haaland, Haaland, Haaland) instead of 3-0 (Mahrez, Gundogan, De Bruyne).

They otherwise look worse than any other of their recent iterations. And to think there are people earlier in this thread crying that we should just award every title to them as long as they have this fecking roided up Pippo Inzaghi.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He was a ghost today. I know he's a good poacher but people need to sometimes remember that he is that. Outside of goals his game is really bang average. No surprise that City are doing worse with him.

 

[mu4c_20le]

Fat Ronaldo or cnut Ronaldo because i don't see the similarity with either.

He'll get similar numbers to CR

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Haaland just reminds me of a less physical Ronaldo.

He's more physical than Ronaldo but not even half the footballer.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He'll get similar numbers to CR

The only thing he can possibly match him at

 

[Red the Bear]

He'll get similar numbers to CR

Oh fair enough but still he's nowhere near Ronaldo to be honest.

The Champions League will be where he's tested the most i think, well find out soon enough.

 

[Top]

He'll get similar numbers to CR

Worst argument ever for a 1 to 1 player comparison.

 

[Red Shorts]

Great to see this thread bumped when it's not about him scoring a tap-in.

To be honest, since the restart he has been non-existent in a lot of games. He adds nothing to build up play

 

[mu4c_20le]

Worst argument ever for a 1 to 1 player comparison.

The context was about the best players in the world after Messi/Ronaldo are gone. I didnt just come in and say, oh Haaland reminds me of Ronnie

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

Feck him, ugly oaf.