19 | Julian Alvarez - 2022/23

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Shaffer92 said:
It's a hell of a gamble banking on him to hit the ground running with Sterling and Jesus out the door.

I've said previously that when I was watching Jesus at palmeiras years back, I could see the potential there at 18 years old. He was a fantastic athlete is what jumped off the screen. I watched enough Alvarez since the signing to at least form an opinion and I just haven't seen 'it'. Not a killer in the box like some on here have said, small and not super pacy. I think the PL is a bridge too far, too soon. Really don't know why Pep and Txiki have ruled out a loan so early and adamantly. Hope I'm wrong about him, obviously.
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Scoring 6 quality different goals in one game didn't do it for you?

You can believe he isn't ready for the prem, but you'd have to be an idiot to not see why others think he might be ready.
 
The 5 first team players that have walked out the door in the past 12 months scored nearly 400 and assisted 180 of the 864 goals we've scored under Pep.


Haaland is a genuine superstar, but on his own he can't make up for losing all 3 of the biggest goalscorers we've had under Pep. Alvarez has to step up from pretty much day 1. He doesn't have to be world class, but he needs to contribute.
 
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domalino said:
The 5 first team players that have walked out the door in the past 12 months scored nearly 400 and assisted 180 of the 864 goals we've scored under Pep.


Haaland is a genuine superstar, but on his own he can't make up for losing all 3 of the biggest goalscorers we've had under Pep. Alvarez has to step up from pretty much day 1. He doesn't have to be world class, but he needs to contribute.
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You are right to point out that we've lost a lot of goals with the departures of Aguero, Torres, Jesus and Sterling but it's worth bearing in mind that Aguero wasn't here last season and only contributed 4 league goals and 2 Champions League goals the season before. Despite that, we still managed to win back to back titles and were seconds away from reaching consecutive CL finals.

A more helpful way of looking at it IMO is to concentrate on the goals we've lost from last season.

Sterling - 13 PL, 3 CL
Jesus - 8 PL, 4 CL
Torres - 2 PL, 0 CL

So we've lost 23 goals in the league and 7 in the Champions League from the season just gone.

Haaland may not cover all of those himself but I suspect he won't be far off.

Then look at what our other forwards got and there's plenty of room for improvement.

Foden - 9 PL, 3 CL
Grealish - 3 PL, 1 CL
Mahrez - 11 PL, 7 CL
Palmer - 0 PL, 1 CL

I think we can expect a higher output from all four not least because they'll have more game time due to Jesus and Sterling's exits but they should also all benefit from the attention Haaland will be getting from defenders.

Foden will score more now he doesn't have to keep dropping deep all the time, Grealish will surely do better, Mahrez is capable of at least replicating last season and anything Palmer gets will be an improvement.

Let's say Haaland gets around 20 goals and the four mentioned above (less so Palmer) can improve on last season then I don't think we need to put too much pressure on Alvarez. We have to allow him time to adjust to a new country, language, league, club, system, teammates etc. Personally I'm just hoping he can chip in with the odd goal and anything else is a bonus.
 
Just watched the latest inside city clip. He looked very shy with everything going on around him. We forget sometimes these are still young lads, new county new language I wouldn’t be putting too much pressure on him this season I would guess that it’s going to take him 12 months to get settled in.
 
Segga said:
Just watched the latest inside city clip. He looked very shy with everything going on around him. We forget sometimes these are still young lads, new county new language I wouldn’t be putting too much pressure on him this season I would guess that it’s going to take him 12 months to get settled in.
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Exactly and amazing that English Jackie boy at 100m is allowed 12 months setting in, yet a young kid from the other side of the world is expected to come into this side and league and smash it apart.

If this kid plays a dozen games and scores a couple of goals he will have exceeded all expectation, give the kid time.
 
Keeper! said:
Exactly and amazing that English Jackie boy at 100m is allowed 12 months setting in, yet a young kid from the other side of the world is expected to come into this side and league and smash it apart.

If this kid plays a dozen games and scores a couple of goals he will have exceeded all expectation, give the kid time.
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Not sure many expect him to ‘smash it apart’ we hope he does well and are excited to see him but most understand this is huge leap for the lad and it will take time.
 
One of the biggest + of this lad is that he can score from anywhere. Whilst Gabby and Sterling couldnt strike a ball properly from a distance over 12 yards.
 
vincent said:
Not sure many expect him to ‘smash it apart’ we hope he does well and are excited to see him but most understand this is huge leap for the lad and it will take time.
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he is a hugely exciting signing but one for the future, too much expectation on him already for me.
 
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