Erling Haaland

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OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
I think the issue of general concern is that it doesn’t matter how many ‘fast’ wingers we might buy to help us counter attack if the opposition just sits deep for 90 minutes completely happy to take 1 point.
You’ve probably noticed that the majority of the teams we play defend deep and we only ever score counter attack goals against them after we’ve already unpicked them and scored to force them to play out.
We unpick them by using skilful players who can work intricately in small spaces - if we put a big lad up front then we’re lacking one of the players we need to unpick their defence in the first place.
And if having the ‘big lad up front’ reduces our ability to work our magic to score against a packed defence then we don’t get the opportunity to utilise that big lad in a counter attacking scenario because they‘ll stay sat deep and they ain’t coming out.

Having said that, I also subscribe to the notion that if we do buy him then it’ll be because Pep has a plan that will make it work . . . Me not being on Pep’s level of footballing genius means that I can’t see it is all.
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I understand what you are saying but what you are overlooking is the difficulty we face having to be perfect in the box with basically all our entries being on the ground...with a striker of Haaland's stature you add the element of a legitimate aerial threat...we don't get the type of stoppage time goal Kane got against us by him simply rising over a defender and finishing...we tend to score well crafted goals but not many "sudden" goals resulting from the work of a natural poacher...also earlier in the year pep went away from using inverted wingers, a lefty on the right and a righty on the left and we got on a roll,,,its so much more difficult breaking down low blocks when your outside men have to consistently turn inside into the block of defenders to get on their dominant foot...Mahrez is the only consistent exception which goes to show just how great of a season he has had...Sterling is no longer consistently effective off the left because his pace and space are negated by these deep lying blocks...on the right he can take on the outside defender beat him to the endline and then make a pass into the box or carry along the endline which is so much more difficult to defend against...Its why Foden does so much damage against a low block when he plays on the left...I would hope Pep goes back to using a righty on the right and a lefty on the left against the low blocks, with the exception of Mahrez who seems to be effective regardless...
 
If we don't pull this signing off we're consigning ourselves to second best for the next decade. Drastic? Perhaps, but that's how it feels. Really do hope the club hold their nerve and get this signing over the line. If Madrid match our offer, we need to improve it. No more stubbornness please.
 
Are Armenia there to play a friendly or just to injure Haaland some disgusting challenges
 
domalino said:
They are running away with La Liga and in the CL quarters so please spare me the idea they’re shit.
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OK, but compared to us right now they are a level or two below...I'm not comparing them to Barca or AM...or Dortmund or AC Milan...I'm saying choosing Real over City at this point in each club's standing would not be the best choice strictly from a sporting project perspective...and I'm telling you that with my two feet planted right here on planet Earth to answer your earlier question...City is better, deeper, plays a better brand, work harder on the pitch...period...that said, he can do whatever he wants...I'm not saying going to Real is a terrible move by any means...I'm saying its comes up 2nd right here, right now in 2022 and going into 2023...
 
He’s just come off injured. 47’

Edit: Think it’s a precaution. Took a knock just before the half and has come off along with 3 other HT subs. Didn’t mean to panic anyone :)
 
Xhavenjoe said:
The products are no longer called Uncle Bens.

They decided to change the name to just Ben after frequent accusations of racism against Uncle Ben’s logo – an illustration of a black rice farmer – and name. In plantation-era US, white people in the southern states would often refer to a black man as ‘uncle’ to avoid using the more respectful ‘mister’.
Last summer, Mars announced it would “evolve” the brand, in light of Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd
I'm not too sure how it affects us but the name change was seemingly a big thing in the states.

There are other examples of name changes with the same objective as the Uncle Ben one.

Country band Dixie Chicks changed their name to The Chicks, to help highlight racial inequality in the US. "Dixie" was often used as a nickname for the southern states that made up the Confederate States of America during the US Civil War era

The country band formerly known as Lady Antebellum changed its name to Lady A over concerns that the old name was racist . You might recall the song "Need you now" which won a Grammy for sing of the year. Antebellum means before a war and the term has been widely associated with the pre-Civil War period in the United States when slavery was practiced.
The band abbreviated the name to "Lady A" in June 2020 during the George Floyd protests in an attempt to blunt the name's associations with slavery

I grew up with Captain Bird's-eye with the big white beard and was OK for me then and now.
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Oh I had no idea they had dropped the Uncle part. Shows how much attention I pay when out shopping!
 
Apologies if covered elsewhere, but when can a formal offer to Dortmund be made/accepted?
 
bobom said:
Apologies if covered elsewhere, but when can a formal offer to Dortmund be made/accepted?
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Conflicting rumors about this, but as a rule, don’t expect anything official before the season ends
 
bobom said:
Apologies if covered elsewhere, but when can a formal offer to Dortmund be made/accepted?
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Depends when the clause activates.

If it activated upon closure of the January window, anytime, and a pre-agreement can be signed.

Likelihood is July 1st, given that nothing’s happened by now, but who knows.
 
bluthrunthru said:
If we don't pull this signing off we're consigning ourselves to second best for the next decade. Drastic? Perhaps, but that's how it feels. Really do hope the club hold their nerve and get this signing over the line. If Madrid match our offer, we need to improve it. No more stubbornness please.
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OFFS !!!
 
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