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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I wanna see it
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.