9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

[Trojan1962]

Give him time for Gods sake

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Had an absolute stinker. Topped off by that Wanchope-esque miss.

Poor debut. He wasn’t the only one.

 

[meeesh]

No you’d have passed out about 89 minutes ago

That’s actually true haha

 

[Agueroooo9320]

We need to learn how to make him play and it’s not have him lumbering around off the ball for 99% of the time. Alvarez looked like the only one on his wavelength. It will come, but he needs time.

think we play very different to how he is used to in other teams. just needs extra work in the training.

 

[RayCTID]

A quiet game but still a valuble exercise leading up to the opening game.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

We need to play to his strengths , his movement in the first half was superb we just didnt give him the ball , he will score for fun when we can get the ball to him in the right areas.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Sterling is a better finisher. :-)

Two abysmal efforts today but we all know he is a finisher. I’d be more concerned about him if he didn’t get in the positions. He could have had a hat-trick today against the 2nd best side in the league. Nothing to worry about with him. The bigger worry is who Pep plays alongside him, we looked far more dynamic once Grealish and Mahrez were hooked.

 

[geek24601]

Well off it. Needs to improve his involvement by dropping deeper at times to actually touch the ball. A lot of work needed on his game. I would start with Alvarez next week.

 

[SWP's back]

Well off it. Needs to improve his involvement by dropping deeper at times to actually touch the ball. A lot of work needed on his game. I would start with Alvarez next week.

You can. On the right. Haaland will be the 9.

 

[jollylescott]

My preference would be to start Alvarez next week with Erling. It just felt like the two suited one another.

 

[Bazzmand Show]

Will be fine, saw enough signs today that show his quality.

 

[Feed the Elk]

He will be awesome - strength and power, we need to work to his strengths.

It will come

 

[geek24601]

I don't understand this Haaland Vs Nunez thing. Haaland has had 3-4 years at the top proving how good he is. Nunez has had one decent season in the Portuguese league. The season before that he netted 6 in 29 appearances.

Am I missing something here?

Nunez looked the far better player today but Haaland will improve.

 

[Revolver]

All the great players miss chances at times. It’s if he’s doing so constantly then we will have to worry. No reason to think he will.

Alternatively I’ve been uneasy that some City think we have bought a robot whose going to effortlessly score lots of goals. These people are going to have to be patient.

 

[geek24601]

My preference would be to start Alvarez next week with Erling. It just felt like the two suited one another.

Drop Haaland and bring him on 2nd half. Needs time to adapt to how we play.

 

[Kamaro011]

All the great players miss chances at times. It’s if he’s doing so constantly then we will have to worry. No reason to think he will.

Alternatively I’ve been uneasy that some City think we have bought a robot whose going to effortlessly score lots of goals. These people are going to have to be patient.

I always expect he will adapt just like every player that new to our system, he will be fine.

 

[mmc]

Not worried about him at all, worried a little bit about how we will play with him. But for the most part we will be playing teams who park the bus, so naturally he will get more opportunites

 

[Shaffer92]

People jumped down my throat when I said he was still a big time project. It's like no one actually watched full 90's of him at Dortmund.. The more worrying thing for me is Liverpool is one of the few teams in the league that give space behind their back line. Still think he'll come good but it's going to take time.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Totally killed by the greedy nature of FFS. Got into the game as soon as Alvarez and Foden came on. It's still early days and I wouldn't judge him based on some irrelevant game.

 

[RayCTID]

Nunez looked the far better player today but Haaland will improve.

Nunez has played more preseason games than Haaland. Nunez didn't look too clever earlier on either.