Erling Haaland

[The1nvisibleMan]

So will we be changing our style of play and tactics if we sign him

Probably. Just like how we did when we had no striker.

 

[I'm Blue]

So will we be changing our style of play and tactics if we sign him

Yeah hopefully we’re gonna stop wasting chances.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

this will be the biggest transfer of the summer, as such many things will be secret and subject to NDA’s however young lads with the world at their feet are likely to be excited, since he can’t state anything he’ll leave clues to secretly get it out there and relieve some of the desire to blurt it out.
So with this in mind let’s talk about his latest Instagram story.

Blue shoes ->
Shoes is the plural of shoe
shoe kind of almost rhymes with moon,

We can therefore extrapolate that the shoes have the meaning of ‘blue moon’ the song of Manchester City.

From this we can deduce he is announcing his agreement with Manchester city.

get the champagne out lads

 

[Sir peace frog]

Because his shoes are untied?

Untied, isnt that an anagram of
UNITED,
United - Together - Unity

Unity translated to Arabic = Etihad.

Who does Eithad sponser?
Manchester city

edited @TheThirdDeano :)

 

[christened at st marks]

Can you imagine him being fed by this

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Untied, isnt that an anagram of
UNITED, he's off to united

You gotta go deeper man

United - Together - Unity

Unity translated to Arabic = Etihad.

Who does Eithad sponser?
Manchester city

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

Haaland can't press because of his body.... What??

There’s some truth in what he wrote as it’s an inescapable fact that bigger built athletes simply can’t run the distances that lighter built athletes can.

It’s easy to see when you consider the build of runners. Big lads run the short distances like 100m and as the distances get longer the runners get smaller and lighter.

I’m sure Haaland can press but not as effectively as a lighter / smaller player (and that would apply to Lukaku if we got him too).

 

[bluemonkey71]

Can you imagine him being fed by this

absolute filth

 

[Bobby Heaton Moor]

Can you imagine him being fed by this

Jesus and Sterling seem to be the recurring problem here haha

 

[nmc]

So will we be changing our style of play and tactics if we sign him

No we’ll play him as a false nine !

 

[aguero93:20]

There’s some truth in what he wrote as it’s an inescapable fact that bigger built athletes simply can’t run the distances that lighter built athletes can.

It’s easy to see when you consider the build of runners. Big lads run the short distances like 100m and as the distances get longer the runners get smaller and lighter.

I’m sure Haaland can press but not as effectively as a lighter / smaller player (and that would apply to Lukaku if we got him too).

How many times will he be running more than 10k in a game?

 

[PALESTINIAN HEARTED MANC]

Can you imagine him being fed by this

I know we miss a lot of chances but to see that number of misses in one clip is insane. This is criminal

 

[Sir peace frog]

How many times will he be running more than 10k in a game?

no player apart from sergio and ederson covered less than an average of 10km per game in 2019, sergio was 9.75km per game,edi was about 4km i think we tend to cover less km per game with the system we are using this season for obvious reasons, if i find the more recent stats i will edit.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

How many times will he be running more than 10k in a game?

10k doesn’t come into it.
He’s got the build of a 1500m runner at best and if he fills out he’ll be built like a 100m sprinter.
Added to that, it’s not Just about distance, recovery time between sprints will be longer.
So, yes he can press, but not for as long or as intensely as a player with a better build for that type of athletic activity.

I want us to get Haaland but I know that we’ll need to alter how we play to fit a big lad like him into our system.

You don’t need to be a sports scientist to understand this, it’s an obvious that we should know through observation of the game.

It’s horses for courses, always has been and always will be.

 

[Sir peace frog]

@aguero93:20
ok another myth busted,
the myth haaland isnt built for pep, hes too big to close down.

match v Stuttgart this season

30 attempted tackles with 19 successful and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game.

He covered a distance of 9.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 33 sprints.


that is some numbers for a big fucker who cant close down :)

 

[abu13]

@aguero93:20
ok another myth busted,
the myth haaland isnt built for pep, hes too big to close down.

match v Stuttgart this season

30 attempted tackles with 19 successful and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game.

He covered a distance of 9.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 33 sprints.


that is some numbers for a big fucker who cant close down :)

So that proves it then he cant run 10k in a match :)

 

[Deleted member 87819]

These are two great analysis showing why Haaland is special at pressing:

Extraordinary Haaland - why exceptional movement and pressing make him more than a goal machine wanted by Man United and Real Madrid

Bundesliga football is back and you can hear live games every weekend on talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2. Last weekend, Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Erling Haaland showed why he is one of the most coveted…

talksport.com

Erling Braut Håland: A complete analytical breakdown of why he is so special

Last year, a young Norwegian took the football world by storm. After fantastic performances with the Norwegian youth teams, he made his…

onenil.medium.com

And additional interesting links:

Erling Haaland versus Dayot Upamecano: two rockets shoulder to shoulder

Simon Rolfes gives his views on Matchday 15's clash of the titans between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund, and in particular the meeting of Erling Haaland and Dayot Upamecano.

www.bundesliga.com

Haaland: Dortmund star touches world 60m record against PSG

The Dortmund star s father, Alf-Inge, has revealed that his young son was quite the athlete, which explains his speed and agility despite standing over 6ft tall.

en.as.com

 

[Sir peace frog]

i was very sceptical with all the hype surrounding haaland, i watched a view vids as we all have, however when he played v us, changed my mind , the reason being he has this aura surrounding him, you could see our defenders were very cautious of him, he didnt do lots in the game but what he did was class, the stand out were the assist and that run v dias.

still i wanted to see other stats, its important to get a full picture before nailing your flag to the mast , so i set out in search of the ugly side of his game, tracking kms in games challenges ect ect ect.

he challenges, he tackles,hes pretty good at tackling and challenging , hes big and strong has a first touch, and he runs his bollox off, the impression in the city match was he doesnt close down, imo that was an instruction via the manager,because in other games he covers the distancse and tackles .

i would hope if we did sign this fucking brute that pep would polish any rough edges off him and he does have rough edges, but the player he is now and the player he would become hopefully after being with pep for a couple of seasons would be scary.

its a yes from me to haaland, and i think it would be worth breaking ours or the prems record to get him.


if he signs for any other prem club, then i have the right to call him a big overated donkey :)

 

[blue oli]

So that proves it then he cant run 10k in a match :)

I really wouldn’t give a toss if he runs 2k or 40k per match if he scores a goal every game

 

[Sir peace frog]

So that proves it then he cant run 10k in a match :)

haha fuck off :)