9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

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It's getting tiresome already with people suggesting we're better without him in the side. He's one of a very few in the squad who has unquestionably delivered all season. supply him, he scores, it's simple.

the supply is the issue, you can't have the squad we have and create nothing for him, that's unacceptable, he's making moves, we're not finding him. even a team like say Brighton would be laying them on a plate for him every week. Pep needs to get his finger out of his arse and come up with a way of creating regular chances for him, we're far too slow and predictable.

Johnny Mars Bar said:
As brilliant as this lad is he’s got to learn to actually shift his arse and play football, not just stand about in the box waiting for the ball like a moody ****.

Aguero learnt this. Am sure Haaland will as well.
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Pep doesnt want him doing extra, Southampton in midweek he dropped in to offer to link up then as play progressed I think kdb played a good ball in and he wasn't quite there, now had he not dropped in, he would have been on the end of it. He's a specialist, and the very best at it, he doesn't need to expand his game or do anything else he's not already doing he just needs to be used correctly.
 
Do we need to adapt to him more or is the problem that our midfield at present is woefully underperformed....or does he need to adapt to playing differently ( I'd say this is the lesser possibility)
 
I don’t get it, I’m sure at the start of the season we were playing probably trying to find him too many times when he was scoring for fun.

Now, we’ve stopped?
 
cleavers said:
He needs to work a bit harder for me, good teams defend from the front.
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I’m comfortable with him not doing as I would prefer him to be ready to pounce. However, you can’t play other lazy players like Mahrez too. The other 9 have to work very hard. This is why i would play him with Alvarez, as our forward line are just not pressing enough and not keeping defenders occupied. No overlapping full backs isn’t helping either. Quite easy to defend against. Pep needs to find a solution but I think it is worth a try. Mahrez may have to be sacrificed to achieve that. Foden and Grealish both need to work harder defensively too.
 
He's having a dry patch, all forwards go through it, when he nets he'll go on another mad spree.
The whole team are lacking confindence, once we shake it off this lad will be hot property again.

No biggie.
 
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Johnny Mars Bar said:
As brilliant as this lad is he’s got to learn to actually shift his arse and play football, not just stand about in the box waiting for the ball like a moody ****.

Aguero learnt this. Am sure Haaland will as well.
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The difference is Aguero had more technical ability in three of his left toes than Haaland currently has altogether.
 
Shaffer92 said:
The difference is Aguero had more technical ability in three of his left toes than Haaland currently has altogether.
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Goals production >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skills

Harry Kane's level of technical ability is miles clear of Aguero if we're being completely hhonest. Yet most Man City fans argue why Aguero has been Premier League's best striker ahead of Kane by highlighting goals production per minute & other stats...

Erling Haaland is indeed inferior than Aguero in term of skills, but I couldn't care less. A striker's job is to produce goals.

Haaland, despite his technical limitations, is easily the best striker in the world. He has delivered tons of goals in his career regardless if it's UCL, internationals with subpar Norway team or Bundesliga/EPL.

The likes of Aguero & Kane have never been on Haaland's level at any point of their careers.
 
Shaffer92 said:
That's in my top ten for the worst takes I've ever seen on here.
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How? Neither Aguero or Kane have scored more goals than games like Haaland is currently doing (27 goals in 24 games). The Norwegian has averaged around 1 goal a goal in Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund, Man City as well as for a shit Norway team.

I don't remember in any particular season with Aguero or Kane being the best striker in the world like Haaland.

For someone who isn't very technically skilled on ball, Haaland is doing alright.
 
cleavers said:
He needs to work a bit harder for me, good teams defend from the front.
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Not unreasonable. I agree he could probably put on a better press at times, but we don't want him buzzing everywhere pressing the defenders like others, he's not built to be able to sustain that kind of intensity all game and if his press does bring an opportunity he's probably not going to be in a position to take advantage of it because of it.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Not unreasonable. I agree he could probably put on a better press at times, but we don't want him buzzing everywhere pressing the defenders like others, he's not built to be able to sustain that kind of intensity all game and if his press does bring an opportunity he's probably not going to be in a position to take advantage of it because of it.
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No I agree, but against Southampton, and today, he didn't do enough for me, but he wasn't alone in either game.
 
No point him being in this current team as we don't look to find him with the early ball,instead preferring to make 10 passes when 1 would have been far more effective.

Yesterday he was making the runs,the ball was there to be played,yet he was ignored and we chose to pass sideways......it made no sense whatsoever.
 
Erling is actually the best striker in the world,the only problem is nobody pass the ball to him... 1 or 2 pass during the 90 min is absolute bad dream, we must feeding him minimum 10-15 times in one game! We love you Erling,stay in City forever
 
Cambijao said:
Goals production >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skills

Harry Kane's level of technical ability is miles clear of Aguero if we're being completely hhonest. Yet most Man City fans argue why Aguero has been Premier League's best striker ahead of Kane by highlighting goals production per minute & other stats...

Erling Haaland is indeed inferior than Aguero in term of skills, but I couldn't care less. A striker's job is to produce goals.

Haaland, despite his technical limitations, is easily the best striker in the world. He has delivered tons of goals in his career regardless if it's UCL, internationals with subpar Norway team or Bundesliga/EPL.

The likes of Aguero & Kane have never been on Haaland's level at any point of their careers.
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That’s like saying Messi isn’t on Ronaldo’s level if he ends up with a few less career goals
 
Anyone has a bet on him to get 40 premier goals cash in now! I think he will get well over 30 but if we keep this up not feeding him the ball the 40+ premier goals expectation will not come..
 
FantasyIreland said:
No point him being in this current team as we don't look to find him with the early ball,instead preferring to make 10 passes when 1 would have been far more effective.

Yesterday he was making the runs,the ball was there to be played,yet he was ignored and we chose to pass sideways......it made no sense whatsoever.
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we've been playing that way since the start of the season ,pass ,pass ,open up teams if there is a chance,if not pass,move pass move,the big lad has been making those same runs all season and isn't found ,but when he is boom , hes scored 27 goals so far with the way we play , we are just off it at the moment ,but we will get there
 
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