9 | Erling Haaland - 2024/25

[super_city_si]

You really do not understand football if you think a false nine would work with this group of players

Cos playing with a striker is?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Played in a UCL wining team

Feel free to engrave an asterisk into his medal.

 

[kaz7]

A missed penalty from a player who contributes nothing else but score is a much bigger transgression than a missed penalty from a player who does other stuff too. He needs to be benched as punishment imo.

You are having fun today , just fuck off

 

[Dax777]

Once was a thread, Sergio or Erling

One was a world class player who won games for us
the other is……..

I can't tell who the other is supposed to be, since the above apply to both.

 

[kaz7]

Cos playing with a striker is?

False nine was with raz, sane ffs , jules , a peak gundy and kev and an in form phil. It would not be possible now

 

[Gordyola]

I can't tell who the other is supposed to be, since the above apply to both.

Sergio was world class and would regularly win us games,sometimes on his own, not sure Erling is at the moment

 

[bluenova]

You really do not understand football if you think a false nine would work with this group of players

Got to disagree with this - particularly with Haaland as the striker alternative. Clearly he's not getting enough of the ball, or enough chances, because the team behind isn't doesn't have as much control.

Pep's philosophy is control, and that comes from overloads. When Haaland arrived City had to adjust further back to compensate for his lack of involvement (and Haaland is the only player in the world good enough to make up for that lack of involvement). Currently, without any of Stones, Ake, Walker or Akanji being at 100%, we're not fast enough to take as many risks at the back, and without Rodri in midfield we're not blocking as much going through.

A false nine gives us an extra player to take back a little of that control, and hopefully create more space for our attacking players to start scoring more goals.

I don't expect Pep will try it, because the fixtures coming up give us a chance to get back on track, and I doubt he'd want to put more pressure on Haaland.

 

[Damanino]

him having to play almost every game and full 90 mins often 3x a week. this is fucking nonsense, and its 100% down to Txiki and Pep. they were ok to let Alvarez leave and bring in nobody to take a bit of pressure off of Haaland.

 

[Blu1]

We just do not play to his ability & it’s like playing with 10 men. Mental & it’s not his fault

 

[B\connellblue]

Well it looks like there's no change coming so, as anything suggested on here is immediately knocked back as unworkable. The only solution is to keep repeating the same tactics with the same players ad nauseam.