9 | Erling Haaland - 2024/25

[Keeper!]

Nah, even I'm not having that.
The midfield and creativity was better, certainly.

The players and the control of the game were far better.

We have not played to the big fellas strengths, he needs the ball early, he is a physical beast but the way we play now 90% of the game he is facing the wrong goal.

 

[Blue Bogey]

Defeat against Tottenham is not down to Haaland not putting the ball in the net. The chances he did not put away are nothing to worry about. When he is not getting chances is the time to worry.

The next game he starts he will expect himself to get a hattrick and the game after that the same. He backs himself and if he doesn’t score he will be frustrated but he will continue to back himself, that is what good strikers do.

 

[nellyonthewing]

No we weren't.

We were a better team a season or two before he came.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Hes literally the weirdest player ive ever seen.

He can look the worlds most lethal striker for 4 games then the worlds worst for 3/4 games .

Its very odd

 

[clarion]

The moment he starts scoring is the moment we start winning.

 

[Damanino]

on attacking players (att. midfielders, wingers, strikers) the breakdown of goals after 12 rounds in PL:
Haaland 12
Doku 1
KDB 1
rest (Bernardo, Grealish, Savinho, Foden, Gundo): total sum of fat fuck zero goals, but these players actually need to go the extra mile in scoring to compensate for the decent numbers lost of Rodri and J. Alvarez

it tells me one thing if Haaland gets injured for 2/3 months we can look into the Thursday schedule for Europa League next season.
but then even more mind boggling to sanction the Alvarez sale and Delap sale with no incoming attacker (because supposedly they would be unhappy with game time, then we sell them at a profit like Alvarez or Jesus ffs but in the meantime they help us)

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Great performance from him.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Hard to fault him overall. Sure he has bad games like any player but 17 in goals in 18 games this season shows he's still consistent even when the team isn't.

We would be fucked without him this season because pretty much all the other attacking players haven't been able to hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

It should put to bed the stupid argument we are a better team without him, play better and that other players would chip in and make up for his goals if he didn't start. Who would've done that this season? Bernado? Phil?

We've been shite and his ability to score was a big part of dragging us through the early part of the season and why we're still second in the league instead of mid table.

 

[Richie Rich]

He is alive.

 

[Blue-Ghana]

gone to real madrid this summer