9 | Erling Haaland - 2024/25

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Probs need to get him a therapist before the new season. Kev, probs Grealish and Bernardo all gone, poor lad. :(
 
Lavinda Past said:
That's the problem. We're 'stuck' (not in a particularly bad way) with Haaland for another 8 or 9 years, so something has to change.

He's never going to turn into a Dembele-type player, so we need a system built for and around him. The ball is in Pep's court on this one.
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Change the approach to get the best out of him .
Play more direct ,we are lucky to have him .
We are not stuck with him ,if he wants to leave or we are willing to sell ,there would be a queue of top clubs waiting to sign .
 
King Jay said:
We would need a whole other striker to recreate whatever Dembele is playing. Haaland isn’t mobile enough sadly and doesn’t have the same abilities on the ball.
Pep needs to give the ones behind him the freedom.
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Marmoush is our version of Dembele. And a good version. Mobile, skillfull, energetic, chases back, good eye for goal, scores from outside the box.
 
skillman said:
Hope this pressing is a sign of things to come from him next season.

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Hopefully we can get better service to him than last season, real problem. Loads of games where he does nothing, but it isn't his fault!

Maybe him having Odegaard yesterday helped him out...
 
city9320 said:
Hopefully we can get better service to him than last season, real problem. Loads of games where he does nothing, but it isn't his fault!

Maybe him having Odegaard yesterday helped him out...
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Agreed in terms of chance creation. But there were a lot of games last season where he was a right moody, lazy fucker.

Whether he’s told not to press? I just doubt that when the rest of them are told to.
 
For me Haaland is actually a perfect Striker for this new look City (hope we get a top class winger too) his movement and pace to get away from centre backs is truly world class.
HE JUST NEEDS TO IMPROVE HIS AERIAL ABILITY!!
you can’t be 6’5 and not a threat from set pieces and floated crossed into the box. Thats not right. He just doesnt jump and meet the ball right. It’s probably the easiest skill for a professional to learn, but it doesn’t seem Pep even coaches things like that, it’ll be up to him.
Headed and set piece goals are usually VITAL in big tight games, so he needs coaching on this if he wants to get rid of his reputation of being a big game bottler he’s starting to gain.
 
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KDBPLGOAT said:
For me Haaland is actually a perfect Striker for this new look City (hope we get a top class winger too) his movement and pace to get away from centre backs is truly world class.
HE JUST NEEDS TO IMPROVE HIS AERIAL ABILITY!!
you can’t be 6’5 and not a threat from set pieces and floated crossed into the box. Thats not right. He just doesnt jump and meet the ball right. It’s probably the easiest skill for a professional to learn, but it doesn’t seem Pep even coaches things like that, it’ll be up to him.
Headed and set piece goals are usually VITAL in big tight games, so he needs coaching on this if he wants to get rid of his reputation of being a big game bottler he’s starting to gain.
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He's scored 20 headed goals for us in all games? He's 27th on the all time premier league headed goals list. He's been here 3 seasons. (I could name some xG stat here about his heading but then I'd be a complete hypocrite as I can't fucking stand xG.)

There's nothing wrong with any part of his game other than his utter disdain for running front post.
 
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