9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

[Brewster's millions]

He pissed past Gvardiol on that occasion.
It's annoying to see that he had the beating of him yet we didn't try that until late on.
The through ball opportunities are there so we should be testing CH's with his pace early on in the game.

One misplaced pass against Villa still led to a goal because they couldn’t handle Haaland’s pace.

Another hopeful ball forwards against Arsenal led to a penalty, obviously chalked off, because they couldn’t handle Haaland running at them.

Tonight Haaland trotted past Gvardiol when chasing the only ball played to him.

The balls don’t have to be 100%, he only needs half a chance and he causes havoc, but we refuse to pass it to him.

We must practice not passing to him in training.

 

[Fiikso]

Haaland's presence makes us slower and more predictable in our attacking play and worse at pressing and corralling the opposition in our defensive play.

Would like to see Alvarez given a run of starts.

He’s not fully ready. Always wants more touches than he’ll be afforded in the European game but I’m fully confident he’ll be ready for next season.

And like Pep said, we play predictable because of the processes and some players holding on to the ball far too long and then making useless passes. Mahrez was fuming with Rodri’s lethargy today but Mahrez isn’t one to talk

 

[Crooked_rain]

felt sorry for him tonight, he makes a lot of good runs and nobody gets their head up to see them. It’s clearly frustrating him.

It’s strange because he scored a lot of goals for us already, so obviously we can create chances for him but then at times like tonight and recently, we just seem unable to do it.

It’s almost like the players have had this very short, passing possession game drilled into them for years that it’s like a muscle memory where they don’t look up or too far ahead and just look for the nearest pass available. That’s why you always see the likes of Bernardo and Gündoğan, never getting their head up to see him make runs.

People say we are not as good a team with him, but I think that’s bullshit because if you took away his goals, I think we might struggle badly this season , when you consider the form of the other players. Him being at our club isn’t the reason why some of our players look half fit and not at their usual standards. He’s been one of the only players that maintained high standard for most of the season. He’s not the reason that Bernado wants a dozen touched before making a pass, he’s not the reason KDB plays like he has his boots on the wrong feet in 50% of the games he plays at the moment.

Haaland does his job. If the others played at their usual standards, we would be flying

 

[BLUEisville]

One misplaced pass against Villa still led to a goal because they couldn’t handle Haaland’s pace.

Another hopeful ball forwards against Arsenal led to a penalty, obviously chalked off, because they couldn’t handle Haaland running at them.

Tonight Haaland trotted past Gvardiol when chasing the only ball played to him.

The balls don’t have to be 100%, he only needs half a chance and he causes havoc, but we refuse to pass it to him.

We must practice not passing to him in training.

For ten minutes against Bournemouth I want to see the team do nothing but play balls to Erling. Early crosses, one touch intricate stuff in the midfield, through balls from Akanji, route one from Ederson, I don't care. I don't even care if we lose possession more than not. Just ten minutes of nothing but "get ball, look up, pass to Haaland", lather rinse repeat.

I'll bet we bag a goal off it.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

We need to get rid of the entire team except Haaland.

2 years of False 9 has made them brain dead to a striker's movements like Aguero!

At the start of the season.. we were shouting at Foden to square it.. now its the entire team!

And Pep is fucking saying it himself.. WE NEED TO FIND HAALAND!

 

[Shaffer92]

Has he exceeded my expectations? Yes.

Did I say that he wasn't a good fit for us stylistically? Yes.

 

[RayCTID]

We need to get rid of the entire team except Haaland.

2 years of False 9 has made them brain dead to a striker's movements like Aguero!

At the start of the season.. we were shouting at Foden to square it.. now its the entire team!

No need for drastic measures

 

[Tricky_Trev]

We have this summer to build a team that is able to recognise that Haaland exists. If we fail with that I think we lose Haaland the summer after.

 

[braut]

We are literally playing to his weaknesses and NONE of his strengths. I thoroughly blame pep.

He was never going to shine in a game with 80% possession against a team that has parked the bus.

He'll shine against better teams, that dare to attack.

 

[braut]

Watched the game with the mute button on , but my son stated BT mus thave mentioned during and after the game the pundits and commentators mentioned how angry Haaland was about twenty times , i was watching the game and avoided the BT brainwashing , he was frustrated a couple of times like many strikers are frustrated when they dont recieve the ball , but no different than Kane , Mbappe , Salah and other top class stikers , when the same happens to them.
But if a lie is told often enough it sometimes becomes fact , it certainly does with the UK sports media.

The commentators actually expressed their sympathy several times, and on multiple occasions pointed out runs that Haaland did and, quote, "being ignored by his team mates". They mentioned numerous times that he was clearly getting frustrated, and quote, "rightly so".