The difference is Aguero had more technical ability in three of his left toes than Haaland currently has altogether.
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.
System doesn’t suit Haaland and the system has needed refreshing for a while now.
We have possibly the most lethal striker on the planet right now and are playing slow, boring and sideways.
The bottom line is Haaland needs to adapt to our needs rather than us adapt to him. If he doesn't score and we don't win what have we got?
A deluxe player that's largely ineffective. He needs to link up with midfield better instead of being a goal hanger target man. Guardiola made Aguero work harder,(and it worked) time to get Erling working harder to drop back and put a shift in instead of being up top and most often marked out of the game
CorrectWe aren’t creating chances.
That I fear is down as much to the system or we aren’t moving the ball fast enough. How can you get a striker to adapt to not receiving the ball.
Serious question.
It's not just mahrez's fault!Play him in FFS
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.
We aren’t creating chances.
That I fear is down as much to the system or we aren’t moving the ball fast enough. How can you get a striker to adapt to not receiving the ball.
Serious question.
Serious response... You can’t. Haaland isn't going to change a proven way of playing.
Indeed, in his boots, I would be very unhappy with a lack of supply / tactics that had a negative impact on performance.
Pep is under-utilising his most powerful weapon and is so entrenched in his own methods that he appears not to even notice.
Haaland can’t possibly be happy with our style of play at the moment. I'd go as far as to say that at some point yesterday, he probably wished he'd gone straight to Real.
If I learned anything more about him yesterday, it's that Pep doesn't actually know how to use a striker.
I know that attitude has really cost him so far in his game. This place sometimesAs 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.
This and only thisIt'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.
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.
Edited for accuracyI feel Pep is afraid to get the best out of him.
Cant argue with that.You’re right, as soon as one of the midfielders get it and Haaland makes his run, it should be pinged to him. If it doesn’t work then fine, fight for the loose ball (remember Gundo’s third vs Villa?).
Pep is picking a midfield that nullifies his runs in behind.
KDB? Fine. But our game plan is to find KDB in space before giving it to him which means Bernie and Rodri have the ball far more often - neither of which have a pass in behind in their locker. Not consistently enough anyway.
Gundo should be playing. Experience, tempo, passing, arrival into the box and a fantastic player and attitude to boot as well. Teams would quickly realise that he’s lethal on the ball too and would suddenly need to put extra bodies on him and not solely KDB.
Spot on.Messi warped Peps thinking on centre forwards. Never thought he was that fond of Aguero either despite waxing lyrical about him. We have the most lethal.finisher on the planet and pep would sooner piss about with ball retention. Criminal .