Yup, we are all dullards with severe memory problems.Alvarez is great, great, great. One of the best young players in the world right now, and one of the best strikers in England.
But I feel, looking at this forum, that a lot of City fans have forgotten exactly how good Erling Haaland is, since it's been nearly two months since we had the pleasure of watching him at full fitness. Remember the hat-trick against United? Remember the volley vs Dortmund? The 4th goal vs Palace, opener against Brighton, etc. Alvarez is good, but he's not THAT good. No shame in being not quite as good as one of the best young strikers in the history of the game, though.
If you're asking whether he's up the pecking order on the wings, though, I would say maybe? But he's clearly better centrally. I'd like to see a 442 regardless, as I'm really not a fan of Jack or the current iteration of Mahrez, and I think Foden is way better centrally.
I think footballers are incredibly lucky to get paid as well as they do. But whereas big pay checks can pay to relieve some of the daily stresses that the rest of us face. They don't remove all stresses and their job is essentially to play better than other incredibly well paid footballers not all of whom will have had the amount of moving, WC and continuous season that he has had.I'm of the opinion they are lucky to play football and get well paid for it, get out there and play and train as hard as required.
So let's hope you're wrong about his mental fatigue.
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Just imagine if he took pens ;)5 - Messi
5 - Mbappe
4 - Alvarez
4 - Giroud
Alvarez would be leading the race for the Golden Boot if he’d started the tournament in their starting 11 instead of Lautaro Martinez. He still might win it….
He can rotateMan, signing Grealish was comfortably the worst decision we've made since the takeover. I have no clue what our (usually excellent) board were thinking. You're right, this would be great, but it would mean Pep admitting that Jack isn't good enough, which we would never allow.
It would mean playing a completely different system to the one we play, clogging up the centre of the pitch, and giving up the control that our manger desires. Not sure what Grealish has to do with it. It's not like Pep has been breaking his back or the system to get him in the game.Man, signing Grealish was comfortably the worst decision we've made since the takeover. I have no clue what our (usually excellent) board were thinking. You're right, this would be great, but it would mean Pep admitting that Jack isn't good enough, which we would never allow.
What do you mean wouldn't allow ? Pep wouldn't play him if he thought he wasn't tgood enough,Man, signing Grealish was comfortably the worst decision we've made since the takeover. I have no clue what our (usually excellent) board were thinking. You're right, this would be great, but it would mean Pep admitting that Jack isn't good enough, which we would never allow.
And a tap inBut they did say it wasn’t a penalty & he got a lucky goal. That’s basically the same.
He knows the square root of fuck all does @MarsLlamaWhat do you mean wouldn't allow ? Pep wouldn't play him if he thought he wasn't tgood enough,
He knows the square root of fuck all does @MarsLlama
He pops up sporadically on threads to let us know how shit he thinks a player is then fucks off again.
Alvarez looks fantastic and everyone should be excited to see him develop under Pep.We have a few posters on here who are post generators! If everyone agrees with everything on a forum it gets boring!
Example Say “Alvarez is fantastic player” you get yeah with one or two posts say “Alvarez be average and Messi makes him look good” you will have more interaction!
Yeah, you're right. IMHO we have a star on our hands. Not saying he's gonna be as good as Sergio, but he's gonna be a star. He's pretty damn good already.We have a few posters on here who are post generators! If everyone agrees with everything on a forum it gets boring!
Example Say “Alvarez is fantastic player” you get yeah with one or two posts say “Alvarez be average and Messi makes him look good” you will have more interaction!
But how do you take an opinion seriously when it is completely unmovable, rigid and based on zero evidence?We have a few posters on here who are post generators! If everyone agrees with everything on a forum it gets boring!
Example Say “Alvarez is fantastic player” you get yeah with one or two posts say “Alvarez be average and Messi makes him look good” you will have more interaction!
But how do you take an opinion seriously when it is completely unmovable, rigid and based on zero evidence?
How do you take the opinion seriously when you know that poster hates Jack Grealish and simply can't fathom the idea that he's good even though he's not scoring lots of goals?
To add to this, the thesis itself about Grealish as our worst transfer ever is so one-sided! (to avoide more offensive take like narrow-minded or lame;)Alvarez looks fantastic and everyone should be excited to see him develop under Pep.
What people shouldn’t be doing, unless they’re cunts obviously, is turn his great WC performances into a dig at Grealish or any other player. It’s proper sad behaviour.
I thought the Alvarez performance thread was getting a bit too focused on Alvarez and his wonderful World Cup campaign, I'm glad we can now get on with the real issue: is Jack Grealish worth £100m.