Erling Haaland

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One dimensional is the key phrase. We already have the best goal difference in the PL and it's the same 3 points for 1-0 as for 5-0. Except for Eddie' (so far!) all our players from 2 to 47 can score goals. Can't imagine them being told "Give it to Haarland" with every attack. Hasn't worked for the Rags and CR7.
No, we may adapt out play a bit to accommodate Haaland, Haaland will be expected to adapt his game to accommodate our play more.
I don’t think we would buy him if we thought he couldn’t / wouldn’t though.
 
i don't agree I think we are as good as we are, especially defensively, because of the control and movement the false 9 gives us. I think Pep will sacrifice a little of that for the right striker. Haaland is one, but I think the are are very few Pep is willing to let even a little of that control go for, and even then Haaland will be expected to adapt to our movements. Delap could be another but we are a long way from that knowing yet because it isn't just about goal threat.
If we assume Haaland will score 25-30 goals for us they won't be 25-30 extra goals for the team. If we are lucky there will be maybe 15 ish extra team goals, hopefully in the tight games not the 4-0 s.
I think your both right,

We miss so many chances in a game its unreal & frustrating.

Don't know the stats but I bet our goals from set pieces arnt top 5 & goals direct from the corner won't be up there either maybe someone can comeback on that maybe over the last 3 seasons
Anything Phil, Gabby,Jack & Sterling have done in that false 9 dropping deep then Haaland would do that no bother, what Haaland gives us is goals & power when we need to break teams down, Champs League games where he will get more space & time

I agree we have scored for fun without 1but we have also lost & dropped points without 1 big games aswell

Sterling still scored 3 last night yet I still feel he frustrated me with poor decision making & his finishing isn't top class although his 1st was a trademark special he played well so please don't think I'm singling him out just does frustrate me with his poor finishing the pen last night then the shit finish on Wed that Kev finished off
Gabby, Torres Mahrez even Agueros last 12 months was frustrating at times & missed opertunities inc all those shit missed pens
If people think we will go backwards with Haaland then your crazy imo

Biggest problem we have is keeping everyone happy therefore Liam Delap will be better going out to a big championship or if we are lucky new or mid Prem team?

Haaland, Gabby & Delap doesn't work imo even though Gabby can play wide

Exciting times either way
 
globally, barce have a much bigger presence than us, the gap is closing like lifts in a sky-scraper we're goin' up they're goin' down. Like the dips, they have a fan base swollen by a period of success in the european cup, and the old adage "once a (insert name) always a xxx holds true. Someone desired by the Madrid clubs will not have the same outlook as we do, multi-millionaires tend to be like this. We see it as a no-brainer, on and off the pitch, but we do not know what other factors are important to the player, nor will we find out. The fact we are even one of 3 or 4 genuine destinations for AH is proof of how far we have come. Not that long ago just the idea of us chasing a superstar would have been scoffed at. All we get now is fear-based bollox like "oil money club, yooman rights shite, yada yada.... well, f'kem.

Yeah that’s what I meant by status. That’s all they really have over us right now IMO.
 
If we sign him, it won’t be without Pep’s say-so and Pep only gets players who he thinks will work with the team. There will be a plan for him either way and it won’t just be battering balls into the net.

He’s a brute but that’s not all he is, let’s face it. He got a lovely assist against us last season by dropping deep and a nice flicked ball around the corner. He has it all and that’s why he’s so sought-after.
 
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