Semantics. Players like Kevin, Rodri, Bernie, Walker get rotated in some games to avoid injuries and maintain their form, not because they are not key. Precisely because Haaland is key (but also because we have Alvarez as well), Haaland won't be played more often than necessary, and will be rested probably more often than expected. He won't start every (league) game he's fit for, especially after big CL games March-May. My guess is he will start 30 league games injuries permitting.
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How many league goals will Haaland score this season?
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Semantics. Players like Kevin, Rodri, Bernie, Walker get rotated in some games to avoid injuries and maintain their form, not because they are not key. Precisely because Haaland is key (but also because we have Alvarez as well), Haaland won't be played more often than necessary, and will be rested probably more often than expected. He won't start every (league) game he's fit for, especially after big CL games March-May. My guess is he will start 30 league games injuries permitting.
Semantics. Players like Kevin, Rodri, Bernie, Walker get rotated in some games to avoid injuries and maintain their form, not because they are not key. Precisely because Haaland is key (but also because we have Alvarez as well), Haaland won't be played more often than necessary, and will be rested probably more often than expected. He won't start every (league) game he's fit for, especially after big CL games March-May. My guess is he will start 30 league games injuries permitting.
Well if he starts 30 games (I suspect closer to 35 will be the case) then he'll score 40 goals.
Well if he starts 30 games (I suspect closer to 35 will be the case) then he'll score 40 goals.
I hope he'll score 40, even if he gets only 30 starts. But it's not likely, imo. 35 goals would be a fantastic return anyway, and 30 would leave Sergio's record over a league season in the dust. As long as Haaland stays fit, his numbers will be great.
More interesting for me is whether we'll improve on our record of 106 league goals. I think we will.
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As long as he gets two more hat tricks in those I'll be a happy man and oh £500 better off :-)Well if he starts 30 games (I suspect closer to 35 will be the case) then he'll score 40 goals.
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Semantics. Players like Kevin, Rodri, Bernie, Walker get rotated in some games to avoid injuries and maintain their form, not because they are not key. Precisely because Haaland is key (but also because we have Alvarez as well), Haaland won't be played more often than necessary, and will be rested probably more often than expected. He won't start every (league) game he's fit for, especially after big CL games March-May. My guess is he will start 30 league games injuries permitting.
Even if he’s benched and comes on for the last 15-20 mins, you’d still fancy him to bag a goal against tired sides
Pep will start him in every game he's fit for.
It's weird that we're 6 years in and people still talkt about rotation ignoring that when Pep finds a player that fits a position perfectly, they don't rotate. Rodri, Walker, Dias, Bernardo in some seasons. For the first 2 years he was here, Dias was the 1st and 3rd most played outfield player in Europe.
When he bought Lewandowski, Pep started him in 92 of 105 games Bayern played, and he come off the bench in 9 of the other 13.
Haaland is going to play every game Pep can get him in, because he's the player Pep's been desperate to have for years, and 1 month in the team is already completely focused around him.
He will rest him by taking him off with 10-20 minutes to go when he can.
Pep would be stupid to play him every match he can with the injury history Haaland has...
Pep would be stupid to play him every match he can with the injury history Haaland has...
Pep probably knows that Haalands injury record is impeccable outside his time with Marco Rose at Dortmund, and he probably knows that Marco Rose got an incredible about of criticism for his outdated training methods causing loads of injuries throughout the Dortmund squad even for players who had perfect fitness records before.