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How is it even possible to only complete 2 passes playing in this City team.
As usual wasn't involved in the build up. Foden really should have squared the ball for a simple tap in but chose to shoot. Showed his strength in assisting the first goal after a one-two with Gundo. Missed a decent chance just before he was subd off, miscued the shot. Had another half chance in the first half from an over the top ball from Cancelo, could have scored if he controlled the ball. Seemed a tad frustrated at times at KDB and Mahrez not looking for him. You can say his presence occupies the CBs so there is more space for the others. An average performance from the Big man.
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He'd be a great signing for any club who could afford him. I personally don't care about these twitter shite which almost everyone seem to only live by, players spend a whole game without being able to achieve what he did for Gundogan's goal. He can create a goal or an assist by himself. If one can't see what his presence brings on the pitch if he doesn't score, then they should stop watching football.So, he is essentially a pure goal scorer. Seems like he wouldn't have been a great signing for Manutd, anyway, considering we can't hold onto possession.
he's more similar to Lukaku than Nunez is.
I don't see how he doesn't get benched unless he makes improvements to his all-round game.
Right now, he's too one-dimensional to make a difference in key games and Baldy knows it. Alvarez will be doing heavy lifting.
How on earth is that possible?Evidence builds he probably won't improve City's goal total from last season. They'll be different but not necessarily better.
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Be interesting to see if/when Pep benches him for Alvarez, who is surely much better suited for how they play.Evidence builds he probably won't improve City's goal total from last season. They'll be different but not necessarily better.
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He is world class.I tried to tell y'all... but you didn't want to listen. I hope yesterday was a reality check for everyone who thinks Haaland is a ''world class'' player.
Haaland I can understand. What Kalvin-Phillips offers in CL that they hadn't had? I meant the guy never played in CL.I think Carragher was right and I think the same for Phillips. Both were bought with the CL in mind. They needed something different in those games to get over the line. I think both will help that.
Extra security in midfield. In some games they needed to protect a lead and they were leaking goals, he will help with that.Haaland I can understand. What Kalvin-Phillips offers in CL that they hadn't had? I meant the guy never played in CL.
I don't know who is worse, you saying he is world class based on his Dortmund career, despite every single average attacking player looking world class there or him judging him affter couple of games.He is world class.
But of course let's judge him on one game.
Haaland has the CL performances and stats to back him up. Not just the Bundesliga. He also has two goals and an assist in his first two PL games. It would be daft to say he isn’t a world class player.I don't know who is worse, you saying he is world class based on his Dortmund career, despite every single average attacking player looking world class there or him judging him affter couple of games.
Whether you agree or not or whatever, he clearly isn't judging Haaland off of one game as he made his posts before yesterday's match.He is world class.
But of course let's judge him on one game.
Obvious troll is obvious though. Repeating the same nonsense over and over again and waiting for bites.Whether you agree or not or whatever, he clearly isn't judging Haaland off of one game as he made his posts before yesterday's match.
White Lukaku is going to get humbled real quick and will be be off to Madrid or Bayern in no time.
City plays football that doesn't suit him at all. He'll struggle to score 10 league goals.
Sam Lee basically confirmed he's Injured already (go check his replies on twitter). He was absent from all training pics and vids.
And people in this thread were laughing when I said he would struggle to score 10 league goals.
He could be City's Hazard.
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.
How else are we meant to judge him world class?I don't know who is worse, you saying he is world class based on his Dortmund career, despite every single average attacking player looking world class there or him judging him affter couple of games.
Rashford is one of the most hated and abused players on this forum.This thread, Halaand goes missing for 1 match and he's a freud
Rashford goes missing for 24 months, he needs a clean slate.
You just can't help being bitter
Correct. Bournemouth defence was so shit scared of him they marked him out the game, freeing up the players around him.His movement and presence created the space for Foden's goal. You don't need to touch the ball to influence the game.
Ronaldo was great last year in CL too, but I don't think he is anywhere near world class. I am sure Lukaku had his years in CL too.Haaland has the CL performances and stats to back him up. Not just the Bundesliga. He also has two goals and an assist in his first two PL games. It would be daft to say he isn’t a world class player.
Haaland has more goals than games played in the CL playing for Salzburg and Dortmund. He’s done it over several seasons too and scored against some of the top clubs in the competition while doing so.Ronaldo was great last year in CL too, but I don't think he is anywhere near world class. I am sure Lukaku had his years in CL too.
I am jot saying he is not world class, he could well be the best player in the world until end of this year, but he still needs to prove feck all, IMO.
Fair point.Obvious troll is obvious though. Repeating the same nonsense over and over again and waiting for bites.
Haaland is averaging a goal per game in every club he has played for including the national team and in the Champions League he is the fastest and youngest player to reach 20 goals, as well as holding the best goal per minute played rating in the competitions history with one goal per 64 minutes played.I don't know who is worse, you saying he is world class based on his Dortmund career, despite every single average attacking player looking world class there or him judging him affter couple of games.
His off the ball movement will make it easier to destroy defensive teams. His stats will hurt, but his team will love him. Only way to explain his stats the last game is because he has 1 or more players marking him. So much more space then for KDB and others
It’s not a big ask to expect one of the supposed best strikers in the world to occupy defenders and be a lot more involved than Haaland was at the weekend. It’s not like loads of strikers haven’t achieved this before.He didn't touch the ball often but you very rarely see City with the kind of space that Gundogan, De Bruyne and Foden had when they scored each of their goals. That was only possible because Bournemouth had to use two, sometimes three defenders to look after Haaland. First goal is a great example- nobody was available to pick up Gundogan.