Erling Haaland

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I'm With Stupid said:
Or will get the opportunity to. Haaland is so good because he had the chance to prove himself in the Austrian league, then the Champions League, and then the German league at a team that plays youth. Hopefully we trust Delap a bit more, but let's be honest, it takes a special 17 year old to lead the line for a top Premier League club.
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Just getting on the pitch here & there should be enough for now. If we actually practice it, getting balls into him, could be the difference in games where we might drop points. Him in the box with Aguero etc lurking nearby, would give teams a whole new nightmare if worked on.

I think it would be the same with Haaland too. Drop the football snobbery & accept that proper cfs & proper cbs, power, pace, etc can have a place in a quality football team. The more variety the better.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Delap doesn't lack anything.

It's just down to whether he can put it together at senior level.
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Well lets see if you are right. I dont doubt he could be a good player, but in football you see so many promising talents come in, do well initially and then fade away....iheanacho althouhh a good playee never reached tte heights some were predicting
 
simon23 said:
Which is why im questioning the suggestion that he is comparable to haaland.....this is pressumption at best, blinkered at worst
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He isn't. I replied to the suggestion of him 'lacking' this & that.

He lacks absolutely nothing. He now has to translate that to playing adult football.

Haaland was playing for Mooseshaggene B team at the same stage
 
Neville Kneville said:
He isn't. I replied to the suggestion of him 'lacking' this & that.

He lacks absolutely nothing. He now has to translate that to playing adult football.

Haaland was playing for Mooseshaggene B team at the same stage
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I said he lacks the pace and mobility of Haaland

regardless of where Haaland was at present he is well ahead of Delap in terms of development and has at least one natural attribute that Delap may not have (pace)
 
Any chance he drops his agent? If I learned anything from the Koulibaly saga, it's that we take our grudges seriously. And Raoila makes ADL look like an angel.
 
jay laruja said:
Any chance he drops his agent? If I learned anything from the Koulibaly saga, it's that we take our grudges seriously. And Raoila makes ADL look like an angel.
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yatesy94. said:
“The truth is we never were in negotiations with his club at all about him,” Berrada reveals. “It was very interesting to see the amount of noise that was coming out from certain media outlets and social media. I smiled because there were certain instances where people were reporting that the deal was agreed, done, about to happen, he was going to be announced in a few days, when we were never in touch at all with Napoli about him.
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That quote was from Omar Berrada’s Athletic interview. Took that off a poster in the Messi thread.

Just wondering if you had inside info with regards to your comment about City and the KK transfer saga. Did Omar just say all that to save face?
 
simon23 said:
I said he lacks the pace and mobility of Haaland

regardless of where Haaland was at present he is well ahead of Delap in terms of development and has at least one natural attribute that Delap may not have (pace)
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I don't know that he is faster than Delap. He may be, but Delap is fast, it's not anything he 'lacks'. He may also be more skillful than Haaland. That depends purely on how he adapts & whether he can make his tricks work, at senior level & if he can keep the composure to use them. Some of the stuff he does is straight out if the Rodney Marsh/ Frank Worthington book & might not work at all in senior football. He may not finish like Haaland st senior level. We will see.

But there is nothing he lacks. He has 'it' all. He has to be able to do it at the top level though. Some can't, at all.

If he can, still no reason he couldn't play with Haaland in the future. A proper back 4, two up front, problem solved.
 
Neville Kneville said:
I don't know that he is faster than Delap. He may be, but Delap is fast, it's not anything he 'lacks'. He may also be more skillful than Haaland. That depends purely on how he adapts & whether he can make his tricks work, at senior level & if he can keep the composure to use them. Some of the stuff he does is straight out if the Rodney Marsh/ Frank Worthington book & might not work at all in senior football. He may not finish like Haaland st senior level. We will see.

But there is nothing he lacks. He has 'it' all. He has to be able to do it at the top level though. Some can't, at all.

If he can, still no reason he couldn't play with Haaland in the future. A proper back 4, two up front, problem solved.
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Lots of maybes and what ifs....john guedetti springs to mind along with ihaenacho.

I agree delap looks promising but thats all it is at the moment

However id be hesitant about getting too far ahead with any young player
 
simon23 said:
Lots of maybes and what ifs....john guedetti springs to mind along with ihaenacho.

I agree delap looks promising but thats all it is at the moment

However id be hesitant about getting too far ahead with any young player
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I agree . Delap could well be a special player but we can’t seriously not make a major centre forward transfer on the basis of one goal .
 
Neville Kneville said:
Why the fuck does John Guidetti spring to mind ? Why not Jadon Sancho ?
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cause sancho is a winger...Guedetti and Ihaenacho are centre forwards - ie direct comparrionns in the same position of players who were mentioned d as the next big thing and to varying degrees failed to live up to the hype
 
simon23 said:
cause sancho is a winger...Guedetti and Ihaenacho are centre forwards - ie direct comparrionns in the same position of players who were mentioned d as the next big thing and to varying degrees failed to live up to the hype
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Guidetti was nowhere near even the same planet & had a good career.

Iheanacho has plenty of talent, nowhere near the pace or power.

Sturridge is the nearest striker comparison quality wise.

Delap is a Sancho level prospect.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Guidetti was nowhere near even the same planet & had a good career.

Iheanacho has plenty of talent, nowhere near the pace or power.

Sturridge is the nearest striker comparison quality wise.

Delap is a Sancho level prospect.
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Neve said Guedetti was any good but other predcited massive things for him and they never materialised -same with Ihaenacho and Sturrdige - none of them have gone onto be anywher enear consistent enough for a team with the ambitions our owners have

Of course Delap could break that trend - or he could just become another player we sell and move on - there is little to suggest either at the moment and thats the point - people getting way ahead of themselves after very limited game time just like the others before him

Of course he could go onto be a world beater - lets hope so
 
simon23 said:
Neve said Guedetti was any good but other predcited massive things for him and they never materialised -same with Ihaenacho and Sturrdige - none of them have gone onto be anywher enear consistent enough for a team with the ambitions our owners have

Of course Delap could break that trend - or he could just become another player we sell and move on - there is little to suggest either at the moment and thats the point - people getting way ahead of themselves after very limited game time just like the others before him

Of course he could go onto be a world beater - lets hope so
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Of course he is unproven, but 'lacking' 'little to suggest' is just insulting.

He might not make it but he's the best cf prospect I've seen at City & is about 2 years ahead of where Haaland was at the same age.
 
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