Haaland Goal v Sparta - Fluke or Genius?

Churchlawtonblue said:
Genius coupled with insane ability.
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Correct. And it was the sort of goal Denis Law was famous for. Instinctive finish,at an angle most forwards could only dream of attempting. Law scored plenty of goals throughout his career with Huddersfield City Utd and Scotland ,where he found the ability to project the ball to goal from the most awkward of angles.
Genius is indeed, the only way to describe that particular rare ability.
 
Who the fuck says it was fluke? Some rag **** in the red cartel media? He didn't shinned it.

And Savinho's pass was perfecly weighted so Erling could do whatever the fuck he wanted.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Maybe not so unique. Torres for City away at Newcastle was ,imo, on the same high level.
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Haaland's goal was unique.

Torres' goal was fantastic but there are 2 major differences that make Haaland's goal more difficult and more unique:

1. Haaland's volley was from a much greater height. Torres' was a lot easier to reach with his heel. Torres' was hip height, Haaland's was head height.
2. Haaland's volley had to change the direction of the ball. Torres just lifted it but it continued in the same general direction, Haaland sent the ball back the way it came.
 
kun said:
Haaland's goal was unique.

Torres' goal was fantastic but there are 2 major differences that make Haaland's goal more difficult and more unique:

1. Haaland's volley was from a much greater height. Torres' was a lot easier to reach with his heel. Torres' was hip height, Haaland's was head height.
2. Haaland's volley had to change the direction of the ball. Torres just lifted it but it continued in the same general direction, Haaland sent the ball back the way it came.
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He was so high he nearly took Nunes’s head off.
My only gripe today is that the press would have been creaming themselves till weekend over it if it’d been Rashford, Palmer or even Kane even though he’s in Germany, but no instead because it was Earling it’s just seething, bitter, jealous silence.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Correct. And it was the sort of goal Denis Law was famous for. Instinctive finish,at an angle most forwards could only dream of attempting. Law scored plenty of goals throughout his career with Huddersfield City Utd and Scotland ,where he found the ability to project the ball to goal from the most awkward of angles.
Genius is indeed, the only way to describe that particular rare ability.
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Tevez was good at that as well....the goal away at Blackpool and the league cup semi at United spring to mind
 
If you stretch, twist and turn ike Haaland, I can't play Twister against you.

A striker's aim is to score goals and good poachers find any contact to direct the ball through both ingenuity or graft. In some games, simplicity only gets you so far.

Everything hungry, hungry Haaland does should set a lesson for future strikers.

Genius.
 
malg said:
Well, did he mean it or was it just flukey. I'd like to think he meant what he was doing and Hoddle reckons he did as well.

Don't know how to add voting buttons, as that would probably help - bit like the Stones Goal thread.
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Haaland knew exactly what he was doing, even if he just launched himself and hoped that he would actually connect with the ball .... he fully knew what his intentions were.

He's arguably the only player around in world football today who could have scored that goal.
 
Put it on for a rag relative and all he said is that he should have been carded for dangerous play, then went on to explain how football is a bit shit now and he doesn't support the rags and is thinking of watching Swedish football instead.

When I laughed at him my wife gave me the look, she's running out of family that comes round.
 
malg said:
Well, did he mean it or was it just flukey. I'd like to think he meant what he was doing and Hoddle reckons he did as well.

Don't know how to add voting buttons, as that would probably help - bit like the Stones Goal thread.
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Just an ingenious bit of instinctive improvisation. The type that only certain players are physically capable of.
 
What else was he trying to do by swinging his legs 10ft in the air?

Did he mean to purposely aim it into the deck and have it bounce over the keeper? Probably not specifically that, but the aim was to connect and score, which he did, hence it's not a fluke.

It's like we like to have a laugh and say Rooney's shinner was a fluke but really it wasn't. the intent and the result was exactly as he planned, just the connection wasn't.
 
I don't understand how anyone could suggest it was a fluke.

What exactly do they think he was actually attempting to do if not put it in the back of the net via a flying back heel?
 
mexico1970 said:
Put it on for a rag relative and all he said is that he should have been carded for dangerous play, then went on to explain how football is a bit shit now and he doesn't support the rags and is thinking of watching Swedish football instead.

When I laughed at him my wife gave me the look, she's running out of family that comes round.
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If she has brothers that are bigger than you, you might want to bear it in mind.
 
I said on another thread, i honestly think he wants to scores goals like nobody has ever done before.
With the leap hes got it was easy enough to jump and kind side foot/guide the ball goal wards and score.
But honestly i think he knew what he wanted to do, a karate kick back heal.

As some one said, probably not bounce it off the floor and in but to score but still score all the same.

Hes a freak. I look at him sometimes and think hes the worst, clumsiest footballer ive ever seen and then he does shit like that and i remember hes a fuckin genius of the likes we wont see again
 
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