9 | Erling Haaland - 2022/23 Performances

[Churchlawtonblue]

I actually love it.Seriously !!

You need help oakie. ;-)

 

[youngbob]

What really encouraged me yesterday is that he didn't need 2/3 chances to finally bag one. As soon as he got his first proper sight of goal, he buried it. 3 goals from 16 touches (or whatever it was) is exactly the kind of stat we should be very excited about.

 

[citizen_maine]

What really encouraged me yesterday is that he didn't need 2/3 chances to finally bag one. As soon as he got his first proper sight of goal, he buried it. 3 goals from 16 touches (or whatever it was) is exactly the kind of stat we should be very excited about.

Wasteful. I'm not getting carried away until he's got it down to one touch, one goal

 

[Silva&Silva]

 

[Lavinda Past]

If Pep had got his wish it could have been so different,

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I honestly think that if Pep had got his way, we'd be watching both Haaland and Kane, with Alvarez away on loan.
There's much to Kane's game than just goals that Pep would probably admire imo.

Water under the bridge of course, and it will be interesting to see how Alvarez develops over the next year or two.

 

[Crooked_rain]

He is physically unique. That's what sets him apart. He reminds me of Jonah Lomu and Usain Bolt when they came along and were physically superior to their competitors. We've had big 6 foot 4 target men before but none have had the sheer pace that Haaland has. Accompany that with being deadly in front of goal and you've got a monster on your hands.

Yeah

Remember when Bolt come along, sprinting coaches were all looking for tall sprinters with that kind of foot speed, but they’re not easy to find, hence why he’s been a one off. 13 years later and the records still stand.

Wouldn’t surprise me if soon more football coaches and scouts are looking for Haaland’s physical attributes and trying to mould him into a striker. But as I said, these people are rare, that’s why they are who they are.

I work with a lot of amateur boxing setups, and In recent years they’ve often been looking for huge lads like Tyson Fury but with his level of coordination. In the 80s, 90s and after there has been fighters of that similar size, but there’s never really been one of that height and weight with that natural boxing coordination that he has, coupled with that size. They just don’t come along.

Haaland is arguably going to be like that. You might find other kids with some of the attributes but it’s the whole package that makes them a bit of an anomaly.

 

[argyle]

Whats happened to Marvin nowadays ?

Haven't seen him posting in a while. Hope he's doing alright.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Yeah

Remember when Bolt come along, sprinting coaches were all looking for tall sprinters with that kind of foot speed, but they’re not easy to find, hence why he’s been a one off. 13 years later and the records still stand.

Wouldn’t surprise me if soon more football coaches and scouts are looking for Haaland’s physical attributes and trying to mould him into a striker. But as I said, these people are rare, that’s why they are who they are.

I work with a lot of amateur boxing setups, and In recent years they’ve often been looking for huge lads like Tyson Fury but with his level of coordination. In the 80s, 90s and after there has been fighters of that similar size, but there’s never really been one of that height and weight with that natural boxing coordination that he has, coupled with that size. They just don’t come along.

Haaland is arguably going to be like that. You might find other kids with some of the attributes but it’s the whole package that makes them a bit of an anomaly.

To be honest, most scouts have been looking for Haaland's all their lives. It's just that only one exists.

Big, fast kids are picked up by clubs all the time. But as you say, he's an anomaly.

 

[SebastianBlue]

 

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