Hmm..CL final..do you revert to the old system that failed or accept the best striker in the world to change a game ?? There is no team on the planet that can deal with the Duke of Erl.. long ball, wide ball, tap in..Combinationsong of past strikers, but Feed The Beast and he will score.We are certainly a worse all-round team with Haaland simply because we've changed our successful 4-3-3 system and even as 4-4-2 hasnt worked, Pep refuses to revert back to what made us so formidable.
Agreed. My point is that this current team with Haaland is not better than last years or the season before city teams but it Should be.Hmm..CL final..do you revert to the old system that failed or accept the best striker in the world to change a game ?? There is no team on the planet that can deal with the Duke of Erl.. long ball, wide ball, tap in..Combinationsong of past strikers, but Feed The Beast and he will score.
They clearly prefer someone who can tap out.A skill that Nunez hasn’t got.
They clearly prefer someone who can tap out.
harry kane and work rate don't make me laugh. kane probably makes us a worse team than before. we have no wingers for him to play in and he is too slow now to get back into the box. we will be a worse team with kane in it and probably have a few less points than now.I saw an interesting stat the other day. We're at the halfway point of the season & in the PL we've scored 50 & conceded 20.
At the same point last season, we'd scored 50 & conceded 12.
If the second half of the season mirrors the first, we'll be on 90 points, 100 goals scored & 40 conceded. If Arsenal do the same again, they'll be runaway leaders.
I wouldn't say we're better or worse with Haaland, we're just different, & I think both City & the player have to bend more toward each other.
HOWEVER, watching Kane tonight, he's that good a baller that he'd make our team as a No 8 or 10. Haaland wouldn't. In terms of workrate between the two, there's no competition, it's Kane again. We can work to make Haaland a better footballer & hopefully improve him over time, but we can definitely improve his workrate & all round contribution.
At times with Haaland, I feel like we're a player down & suffering for it, but then **!!!BANG!!!**, our Viking smacks in a fuckin hat trick! \0/
We've sacrificed all round team goals & greater territorial control for Haaland's goals, in the hope they outweigh what we lose.
The telling stat for me is that we've conceded an additional ⅔ the amount of PL goals, as we did at this point of last season which is highly unusual for us.
Unless we resolve these things VERY quickly, we'll soon be running out of games to catch Arsenal, whilst also having to look over our shoulder at the chasing pack.
We'll have to agree to disagree I'm afraid. I've underestimated Kane throughout his career, not realising just how good an actual footballer he is.harry kane and work rate don't make me laugh. kane probably makes us a worse team than before. we have no wingers for him to play in and he is too slow now to get back into the box. we will be a worse team with kane in it and probably have a few less points than now.