9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

[Goater=Legend]

Kane comes deep to collect the ball at times and his link up and hold up play is on another planet to what Haaland's is currently. He would get himself involved in the game.

He wouldn't be in the box though when the ball is played and we'd just have the same issues.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

He's been sussed out now. Be lucky if he scores anither 10 goals from now until the end of the season. We just simply are not playing to his strengths.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Let’s sign the best striker in the world and not play to his strengths.

 

[Shaffer92]

I guess my takes before we signed him aren't aging as poorly as once thought... It was the same way for a multitude of Dortmund games. Hardly involved but pops up with a goal because of his freakish athleticism. Are we playing to his strengths all the time? Probably not but Dortmund didn't dominate the ball like we do so there were more opportunities to get behind defenses... He needs to improve and meet the team halfway by improving technically.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

It seems he's expected to play false 9 and get involved with little toches and passes and affect the game.. In that case should of signed Harry Kane... Haaland is not and will never be a player who plays like that.. So either start playing to his strengths or suffer like we are currently

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Absolute passenger at the moment. Pep is so shit scared of conceding goals due to our shit defende,he won’t let people attack which makes him redundant.

 

[ArdwickBlue_M12]

Imagine we had leroy sane and sterling on the wings. Erling would have 35-40 premier league goals by now. We need more pace on the flanks

 

[SJT]

wingers are needed and a defence, proper chip shop of a mess

Haaland needs feeding with pace, not this fucking slow tika taka sideways and backwards build up?

the opposition defense are always in place by the time our turgid slow build has got into their box -ill with it.

WE NEVER COUNTER - NEVER.

 

[blueballs84]

Last season:
18 matches,
44 goals,
35 GD,
44pts

This season:
18 matches,
46 goals,
28 GD,
39pts

For all the excitement and hype all he has done is change the distribution of goals within the team. He hasn't added goals to the team.

And now we are more dependent on one single player rather than having multiple avenues to goal.

Perhaps more importantly he hasn't added points to the team, having a designated striker was supposed to be the difference in those big games where you might only get a couple of chances.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Let’s sign the best striker in the world and not play to his strengths.

We didn’t sign mbappe