Haaland is a monster. I think he's going to have a incredible career. I don't remember when I last saw a young striker this good.
Best Striker in the World
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To put these numbers into context:
Messi's record 11/12 season:
Club
73 goals and 32 assists in 5221 minutes
72 minutes/G and 50 minutes/G+A
NT
9 goals and 4 assists in 810 minutes
90 minutes/G and 62 minutes/G+A
11/12 season total
82 goals and 36 assists in 6031 minutes
74 minutes/G and 51 minutes/G+A
Cristiano's record 14/15 season:
Club
61 goals and 23 assists in 4640 minutes
76 minutes/G and 55 minutes/G+A
NT
5 goals and 0 assists in 481 minutes
96 minutes/G and 96 minutes/G+A
14/15 season total
66 goals and 23 assists in 5121 minutes
78 minutes/G and 57 minutes/G+A
We might have a special season on our hands.....
Benzema with 15 LaLiga goal involvement (8 goals & 7 assists) after 6 games. Not even Messi & Cristiano has done that.
This thread is one of many examples why Benzema is massively disrespected on RedCafe & non-Madrid circles.
This thread is one of many examples why Benzema is massively disrespected on RedCafe & non-Madrid circles.
Massive qudos to Benz for having a superb start to this season, but 6 games is a small sample size though. He has after all played 800+ games of senior football... and he was kind of bleak against Inter in the CL. And yeah! Messi and Ronaldo has done that, just not to kick off a season. Remember when Messi had 96 goals and 30 assists in LaLiga in 68 games in 2011-13? ...or when Cristiano had 17 goals and 5 assists in 11 games in the CL in 13/14 in one of his 7 consequetive seasons with 10+ goals?
Maybe we should add Choupo-Mouting (4 goals and 3 assists against Bremer in the Cup and 6 goals and 3 assists in 176 minutes this season for Bayern) or Haller (4 goals in 90 min in the CL this season) to the list as well if we are just basing it on the last 7 games?
Benzema is on this list and in this discussion with the best #9s right now. How is that massively disrespecting him?
Clearly Lukaku on current form
Would you elaborate why you think Lukaku is currently outstanding? He is nowhere close to the output of Benzema, Haaland or Lewandowski so far this season.
I think he'll be the legitimate heir to Ronaldo. Haaland is similar in how incredible he is at doing the basics right: Runs, timing, being in the right position, chance conversion, athelticism, etc. What's most impressive about Haaland is that he still has so much room for improvement despite scoring a goal a game on average. I don't think there has ever been somebody who got the whole off the ball and athleticism part so right at such a young age. The prodigies of the past impressed more with their raw ability, not with their maturity early on.
That being said I think if we're talking about best player there are a few players with more potential than him. I think Sancho's best games for Dortmund have been better than Haaland's best games for them e. g.
Weren't you the one who posted players like Higuain are better than Benzema?
Which Ronaldo? Anyway Luiz Ronaldo is probably most complete young striker i've ever seen however despite Haaland not being an elite dribbler it's not really that important as long as he consistently puts the ball in the net.
Hmm.. Right now Haaland is ahead of Lew when it comes to MPG in Bundesliga. Perhaps more impressive to do it for Dortmund compared to BM.
Right now it’s difficult to differentiate between Ronaldo, Haaland and Lew.
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Haaland is physically on a different level to everyone else, plus he has the timing and attitude to boss any defender. I don't think anyone apart form Ronaldo has that ability (and obviously he's on his way down). Lewandowski is a good goalscorer but he's long past his best and playing in a team which feeds him goals. Kane is a has-been. Lukaku is a good player. Neither is anywhere near world class.
Lewy makes goals others do not make. And actually we talk about him getting better every year. His numbers atleast get better every year and that with him working much more for the team than he ever did before.
Prime Higuain is better than Prime Benzema in term of peak & way better goal-per-game averages in domestic campaigns. I happily stand still for it. Mourinho himself even said that if he couldn't hunt with a dog (Higuain), he would hunt with a cat (Benzema) instead.
That being said, Benzema is levels above a washed-up Higuain since 18/19 season.
Benzema was always better.
That's just untrue, though. You could argue Lewandowski is top 2 jn the world in terms of workrate for a striker. He is an enormous part of the reason Bayern generate as many changes as he does. And he most certainly "bosses" defenders in a way no other striker does.
Just come off his 2nd highest goalscoring season, in double figures already, and playing in one of the worst Bayern teams in terms of attacking output since he's been there.
And he's past it. Rightyo great evaluation. Plus saying just "good goalscorer" is very apt.
Differences of opinion aside, Lewandowski far past his best is the most hilarious take of this thread so far 
30 goals in last 25 games in CL.
Also he has gone 7 months scoring every game for Bayern which is 19 in a row don’t know how people don’t think he’s at his best
Look, he's a good goalscorer but he's past it ok? Plus his team is giving him tap ins to make his stats look better. Got to listen to the caf more often...
Great quote from Mourinho and anybody that has had pets or watches national geographic knows, a cat is a much better hunter than a dog.
Yeah the caf is right aren’t they has more goals in his last 100 apps than games but some say he’s nowhere near his best so it must be right
As good as Lewandowski is, he's no CR7. He's good, but Ronaldo is the best, while Halaand has the most value...
Haaland is closing in on the heading and placing of Ronaldo, the smartness of Benzema and Zlatan, the passing of Kane, the agility of Zlatan, he equals or goes beyond the strength and fitness of Lukaku and Ronaldo, his speed is like Mbappe's, he improves in dribbles but will never be world class, he exceeds in never going offside and scoring goals from all positions, he might be the best penalty kicker.
My vote goes to ...
My vote goes to ...
The only thing Haaland is likely to improve on is his heading. Outside of that he's as good as he's likely to ever be.
Lewanfraudski failed to score 
What?!! Just what?! What are you basing this claim on? You can literally see improvements in his allround game from one week to the next
Toney
What? Benzema has always being better throughout their careers. Not even a debate
Lewandowski is clearly out of the race. No goal against Fürth, the man is done at the top level.
Who is your next striker in your eyes except Haaland?
Their defender stole his goal and rather scored it himself than letting Lewandowski have it
A bit out of context but 23 yrs ago, I still remember
Pity they shat the bed a year later against Madrid which lead to Sir Alex losing faith in them.
It’s ‘led’. And do you do this every time someone reminisces about former Man United players? Someone brings up an RVN moment for example and straight away you’re like ‘it’s a pity he did x which led to Sir Alex losing faith in him.’ Somehow I don’t think you would.
Someone posts a Rooney clip and you immediately say ‘it’s a pity he held the club to ransom and made SAF look like a mug, which led to a loss of faith in him’. Nope, can’t see that either.
Weird.
Best goal of all time.
Who stole your pencil sharpener? What do Rooney and RVN have to do about anything? Just commenting on what happened at the time which was a let down, weird.
And it made the news even here in italyLewanfraudski failed to score
And that says it all. He's the best player in the world
It’s just an odd response from a fan to a great goal.
So is telling him that he would never make this kind of addendum to an RvN or Rooney clip. Is this a jibe about racism or smth?
Ronaldo sure looked like an old man the last few weeks. Slow, weak, bad coordination and 0 workrate. He needs to be more than just an old fox in the box to be in this conversation.