Erling Haaland

[ScottSinclair]

Need another along with Haaland.

The drop off from if we rest Haaland would be enormous.

Would Alverez be that striker?

Think Gabby is more than good enough to stick around

 

[vmsuhail]

hope he saw what the fuck english football is today. doesn't get better or bigger than this. entire world is talking about this game today.

True. My streaming platform Hotstar clocked 300K+ viewers in the second half. I've never seen that before.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

I’m pretty sure he liked today (:

 

[southamptonblue]

Need another along with Haaland.

The drop off from if we rest Haaland would be enormous.

Would Alverez be that striker?

'IF' ....because it's debatable anyway...there was a drop off, we would have what we have, which is one of the best teams in the world! So rather than enormous, it would be negligible at worst.

 

[Paul1970]

Think Gabby is more than good enough to stick around

He isn’t mate . He scored a great goal today but he is not on our level im afraid . 1st goal in 35 attempts says he needs to go

 

[Bigga]

He isn’t mate . He scored a great goal today but he is not on our level im afraid . 1st goal in 35 attempts says he needs to go

Gabriel Jesus is around the team for more than just scoring, although I think he really wanted to win today, so made a couple of regressive errors, i.e., previous types of decision making.

Before coming back into the team pre-injury, he'd started being a team player and making the right decision in squaring the ball for a better placed team mate.

A shame he returned to that, really.

 

[JDV]

Need another along with Haaland.

The drop off from if we rest Haaland would be enormous.

Would Alverez be that striker?

Let's just get Haaland first

Delap could be an option on the bench along with Alvarez?

 

[AlanBalls]

Let's just get Haaland first

Delap could be an option on the bench along with Alvarez?

Yeah I think if we pick up Haaland we’ve got a great balance.

Haaland for our strongest XI with a slight style shift to accommodate a true goalscoring #9, with Alvarez and Delap in reserve.

If Haaland is unavailable or we just want to revert to a false 9 for a specific game, we’ll have the current lads plus Alvarez.

Haaland and Alvarez are enough for incomings up top imo.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Haaland and Alvarez are enough for incomings up top imo.

Depends on who stays or leaves. Don’t kill the hopes of the Nkunku fan boys…

 

[dannyboiblue]

Depends on who stays or leaves. Don’t kill the hopes of the Nkunku fan boys…

Have to agree if we add Alvarez and hopefully haaland that would be job done might be wrong but I don't think we need to add anything else and don't see any major outgoings that we will have to replace

 

[Deleted member 87819]

I don't think we need to add anything else

A DM at least I would hope

 

[JDV]

A DM at least I would hope

Definitely need a DM.

 

[FantasyIreland]

This lad and a replacement for Dinho and Sterling.

Anything else cab be covered by the brilliance in the academy,hopefully.....

 

[razman]

It's a round up of the reports earlier in the week, I see nothing in the piece which suggests it is anything but that.

cheers Tolmie !

 

[Dribble]

Think Gabby is more than good enough to stick around

Would Gabby want to remain a squad player long term? He's already been 'rested' from the last Brazil squad & there's continued rumours of Juve being interested.

 

[oldius]

Though he looks like the world's best prospect, so did Sancho.
It is a long way from being a potential transfer to being part of the strongest XI and a massive drop-off when he doesn't play. I am excited by Haaland's potential arrival but we will also have, already, one of the best squads in world football and it will be supplemented by the return of Palmer, the development of Delap, the continued excellence of Foden, the integration of Grealish, and so on...

 

[samuelyeboah]

Though he looks like the world's best prospect, so did Sancho.
It is a long way from being a potential transfer to being part of the strongest XI and a massive drop-off when he doesn't play. I am excited by Haaland's potential arrival but we will also have, already, one of the best squads in world football and it will be supplemented by the return of Palmer, the development of Delap, the continued excellence of Foden, the integration of Grealish, and so on...

Hot take but I think Sancho could have done well for us

 

[oldius]

Hot take but I think Sancho could have done well for us

Quite possibly. He is a talent but my point is that it can take several seasons to integrate. In his case, he is part of a mess. In our case, Haaland (should he come) will enter a possession-based team that does not play on the counter and faces deep-lying packed defences in nearly every game; it will be a challenge and not a given that he is immediately a success. He is probably as sure a possible success as there is though.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The worrying thing about this thread is that it is very similar to the thread on RagCafe when, six weeks after he had joined us, the Rag hordes were drawing up starting elevens that included David Silva. If Real do owt in the CL this season, like winning it, he'll fuck off there, and miss out on developing under the greatest coach in the land and all the world.

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Quite possibly. He is a talent but my point is that it can take several seasons to integrate. In his case, he is part of a mess. In our case, Haaland (should he come) will enter a possession-based team that does not play on the counter and faces deep-lying packed defences in nearly every game; it will be a challenge and not a given that he is immediately a success. He is probably as sure a possible success as there is though.

Salzburg was a possession-based team. In fact, often was Dortmund under Lucien Favre