9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

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We played 36 games so far, scored 85, conceded 31. The last season we scored 98 conceded 27. And Pep utterly fucked up our game trying to smash the biggest square peg into the tinniest round hole. Have nothing against the lad, but I hope I live in a different universe where he went to RM of wherever fuck he went to,but not us. But hey, I was never on of those who jumped on the Haaland bandwagon in the first place.
 
We played 36 games so far, scored 85, conceded 31. The last season we scored 98 conceded 27. And Pep utterly fucked up our game trying to smash the biggest square peg into the tinniest round hole. Have nothing against the lad, but I hope I live in a different universe where he went to RM of wherever fuck he went to,but not us. But hey, I was never on of those who jumped on the Haaland bandwagon in the first place.

Fucking weird this place at the moment. All hyperbole and no room for nuance.
 
In the first half I felt like they were deliberately using him as a decoy and allowing him to draw defenders away from the ball and allow everyone else space to work and get close.

In the 2nd half, we pretty much forgot he was there.

Some games, I genuinely don't understand what they're looking for from him because he's just marooned off up top and they aren't trying to play him in.
 
Don't get me wrong - Haaland is great and I'm glad we have him - but it's not just about team mates not passing to him, defenders are doing their job and making it hard and Haaland has to be clinical on the chances that come his way.
 
Frustrating. About all you can say.

The one chance he got, he burnt past Gvardiol and the finish was a bit off. Didn't get another chance.

There was a moment last night where the camera was on Bernardo as he was moving forward with the ball, it looked like he lifted his head to see Haaland, then the camera zoomed out and he passed it backwards. ffs.
 
A lot on here will not like we it but here goes .
We are gonna fuck up having the best striker in the Europe for years because we have a load of selfish players mainly Mahrez who is so desperate to be the main guy that he either takes penalties of the lad even though he has been told it’s haalands job I mean if we a pen next time you watch go against peo and still take it . We play boring football with no end product but we did before the World Cup so what’s changed ! . At this rate haaland will not even break 32 league goals unless things change . Feel so sorry the lad because he is making the runs but they will not pass . At this rate Real Madrid will be loving this .
Lol
 
We played 36 games so far, scored 85, conceded 31. The last season we scored 98 conceded 27. And Pep utterly fucked up our game trying to smash the biggest square peg into the tinniest round hole. Have nothing against the lad, but I hope I live in a different universe where he went to RM of wherever fuck he went to,but not us. But hey, I was never on of those who jumped on the Haaland bandwagon in the first place.
wow, Haaland is the least of our worries
 
I totally agree.
For a big bloke his heading ability and strength holding up the ball are both poor. If he could improve the latter he could drop short and bring other players into the game.
At the moment he constantly runs away from the player with the ball looking for a more speculative through ball which has not really been the City way.
Agree has to be stronger for the size of him, got bullied by the forest lads. Clear he is counter attacking striker.
 
We played 36 games so far, scored 85, conceded 31. The last season we scored 98 conceded 27. And Pep utterly fucked up our game trying to smash the biggest square peg into the tinniest round hole. Have nothing against the lad, but I hope I live in a different universe where he went to RM of wherever fuck he went to,but not us. But hey, I was never on of those who jumped on the Haaland bandwagon in the first place.
Is he also responsible for KDB's and Foden's poor form? He is a weapon that Pep does not know how to use him, Pep has no plan B and that's why he has not won the CL in the past 10 years. He needs to drift wide sometimes and not be central all the time, he is being too predictable atm.
 
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Is he also responsible for KDB's and Foden's poor form? He is a weapon that Pep does not know how to use him, Pep has no plan B and that's why he has not won the CL in the past 10 years. He needs to drift wide sometimes and not be central all the time, he is being too predictable atm.
He plays on the blind side of defenders and runs into the channels all the time. It is pointless him playing wide as close control and dribbling are not his attributes.

We need balls being played in down the side of the centre backs for Erling to cause panic.

We have been at our best when we get to the byline but that rarely happens now. Mainly because we play inverted wide players and full backs that don’t overlap.
 
Absolutety no different from any other top class striker , but Haaland is highlighted after scoring 32 goals whilst other strikers gesticulating and moaning at playing colleagues who have scored far less goals and there clubs do not get a mention, Mo Salah being the perfect example , and because some pundit with an obvious agenda only looking for negatives regarding our club states "rightly so" means f*ck all in my opinion.
I heard commentators supporting our striker. You heard commentators bashing our team. If you're searching for agendas, you will find them. Perspectives.
 
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I’d love us to try and get Henry as some sort of coach. Obviously he wouldn’t and Arsenal wouldn’t let it happen (swooping) either but stuff like this coming from one of the best strikers in history is gold dust.
 
Boils my blood that we aren't playing to his strengths. Opening game of the season, De Bruyne plays a surgical through ball into Erling who leaves the entire backline for dead with his pace and finishes first time; can anyone remember us doing the same since? He'll fuck off to Madrid in a couple of years if we aren't maximising his abilities and seriously challenging in the CL. Pep needs to sort it out, that's why he's paid the big bucks. He is hands down the best centre forward in the world but he is completely unsuited to our current mechanical football.
 
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