9 | Erling Haaland - 2025/26

[Rodri’s ACL]

A win for the Matchday forum.

 

[skillman]

Inevitable. Bet he’s buzzing to be playing with all these newbies. That assist from TR for Haaland is the now the norm but would’ve been an absolute anomaly last season.

 

[MCFC1993]

Good to get the big man off the mark, got tonnes of runners around him which will only help.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

I thought he was good today and both goals were well taken. He's going to rack up some goals this season IMO.

 

[tackeds]

Dead excited to see how he does with the new signings around him. Linked up well tonight. Usual panic in match day thread when he hadn’t scored in first 15 mins!

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Looked both sharp and interested. You love to see it

 

[alexmcity]

Imo, 40 league goals this season, injuries permitting.

 

[TurboDuo]

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Love the big man!

 

[hilts]

Any person who thinks it would be a good idea to replace haaland is clearly insane.
He's the best around.
Could be the best ever.
This season he s going to be better than his first season.
Play direct to his strengths.
Maybe to coach from dipperland might bring a bit of that into our style of play

Best ever? At City? For anyone ? Best at what?

 

[Kun Blue]

Absolutely outstanding today. Big season ahead. Very well could smash his own record.

 

[Withnail]

Looked hungry today, very clinical finish for his second goal.

 

[Blumooniac]

Every now and then, we should all take a deep breath and think how lucky we are he plays for us.

 

[TurboDuo]

Not to mention

We use to have waaay better teams in time of Aguero and Sterling playing

Prime KDB , prime Silva behind them , supported by Sane also.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

2 goals so cant argue. He's got to sort his heading out though. That open net should have been easy but his timing of his jump (I dont think he even needed to jump) and execution was poor, and he's done a few like that

But yea good start and big game saturday

 

[Bri1975]

 

[Abattoir Blue]

He's now scored in all four opening day fixtures since he arrived (with braces in three of the games). And he's scored the opening goal in each of them too.

We need to appreciate what we have - an all-time goalscoring monster.

 

[alexmcity]

In terms of goal involvements per played minutes, Haaland is the best the PL has ever seen -- or maybe top-flight football in England since WWII...

The distance between him and Henry (2nd) is bigger than between Henry and Salah (4th).

Basically, Haaland is in a league of his own, at least statistically wise. But if he has another season with 50+ goals, it won't be just stats.

 

[alexmcity]

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Note the distance between Haaland and Aguero is as big as between Aguero (2nd) and Barnes (5th).

Again, he's in a league of his own.

 

[Centurions]

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That shows how blessed we've been in the last few years, all bar Franny Lee were playing under vastly different rules. Sergio & Erling are quite extraordinary.