Yes everyone knows he played for Exeter City, how stupid!
Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund
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Ah yes i was here too mate. I watch Inter friendlies just to see what he would say after the match! Not many sagas of ours have happy endings. Berbatov and RVP were great when it ended
Like I said, the Carroll was a complete failure and shouldn’t be used in comparison to anything.
That said, I’m intrigued to see how it pans out if you sign him. Particularly since he isn’t exactly built like someone who fits your current playing style, so it’d likely mean you’d set up differently.
All the games in Norway, about one third of the games in Austria plus all condensed match overviews, all of his CL games. You?
Lukaku is a Center Forward that tends to move about a bit more than CF's usually do. His first and foremost skill includes opening up running lanes for teammate with his movement, and is a man you play the ball to to move it into the final third area due to his ability to handle the ball with help from his larger than average physique. Lukaku tends to take the ball to the 16m box and look for a quick pass. His weakness is first and foremost ball handling ability and pass accuracy. Lukaku is also in his prime and is not likely to develop any of his current skills that we are aware of. He's also not very defensively responsible and rarely makes a challenge in the defensive zone, then again he IS a forward. Lukaku is a very useful player, but primarily in a team that needs someone to carry the ball into the final third.
Haaland is first and foremost, a skyrocketing developing teenager. He still has time to develop parts of hi game to massive, or no improvement. Haaland differs from Lukaku in that he does NOT want to be the guy you play the ball to to hold it, but he rather wants to cut inside defenders and find pockets of space behind the defensive line for through balls. Finding that space and making himself available for a through ball is one of his biggest strength, that spatial awareness that will yield him a high amount of xDanger shots. In fact, Haaland almost never shoots outside the 16m box. If he shoots, its almost always a high xDanger stat shot. If Haaland gets behind the defenders in either a blind zone or in a spacial pocket, defenders can't do a lot unless they put in a slide tackle, he' just too strong for most to push off the ball. Haaland excels at playing through ball to his teammates, excels in transitional play, and enjoys having more focus on him, thereby allowing himself to create chances for teammates that will run into open passing lanes. He's a very good dribbler, great passing, and extremely unselfish.
The primary differences between Lukaku and Haaland is: Ball handling ability, how they use the space and passing lanes, role in tranitional and open play, foot quality (Haaland scores with both feet and head), shooting %, passing%, xDanger chances created and defensive responsibilities (Haaland is often in the back helping out the defensive side, only to rush up the pitch, outrunning nearly anyone in football on the quick break)
Lukaku netted 15 goals in 45 contests last year. Obviously Haaland has shattered that, but even if most of his goals are from Austria, 8 of them came in the Champions League against Liverpool, Genk and Napoli.
Criminal.
I know, I should keep it quiet really.
I don't even know if the kid is any good but I'm desperate for s signing at this point
+1It's a matter of principle, at this point. Sell Jones + Matic and buy this kid, what's the worst that can happen?
Good post! Why you’re still bothering with answering these posts I can’t understand though.
He played one or two games as RW and played every game as CF.
I was working a temp job in Stockport for a company where everyone hated each other. Spent every lunch reading RedCafe and watching SSN (was on in the canteen), praying to see "DONE DEAL".
Wtf of comparison with Lukaku, who can't stop a ball and scores often the 3rd, 4rd useless goal after the 10th missing
A pudding is something you have after your tea (the meal, not the drink) Doesn't matter what it is.
Funny you linked shit and tutty, thats actually urdu for shit....I think!
Back on topic. Haaland would be a great buy at 20million, even at 60million I think it'd be money well spent, but any more than that I'd be a little bit wary and think maybe there are other areas of the squad that could be addressed first. Still, it'd be a real shame to miss out on the lad.
This...
"Chip sandwich please"...you'd get laughed out any chippy for saying that.
It's a fecking butty.
I was in med school in india, with a key exam in two days, i stood up all night checking caf every few mins to see update. Needless to say the exam went exactly like how the whole sage went. Worth it!
According to The Guardian he will be the best player in United. Haaland #53, Pogba #55, Rashford #72, De Gea#93. Bad news, Lukaku is better than all of them.
The 100 best male footballers in the world 2019. 100-11.
(..or is Lindgard or some other United player top 10?)
The 100 best male footballers in the world 2019. 100-11.
(..or is Lindgard or some other United player top 10?)
I’m sick of hearing about Lukaku. Move on ffs
Going by this interview and other reports, Leipzig are out of the race.
Pretty obvious it's between us and Dortmund. It depends on what Ole said to him. If he was promised first team football, Haaland will be a United player in a couple of weeks.
It would be the ultimate slap in the face of Ole if this kid has turned us down especially considering their history, same country and all that to go play in Germany. Even though we are poor at the moment turning down United for Leipzig would be an odd choice. I think he would prefer to play in the prem but it will probably all come down to what his advisors/agent will tell him to do.
Very strange if he went to Leipzig over United even if we are shite at the moment.
Bollocks. So Lukaku was a CL top scorer at some point when He was 19?
That list is bullshit. Anything outside the top 5 or 10 is a subjective opinion at that point. Some of those players either should be scoring higher or lower than they're currently placed, but then again, that's my opinion.
He was doing ok at Anderlecht wasn’t he? But not the stats that Haaland is posting
Okay lads, assuming if we sign him, are we going to pay his release clause of 20M or the touted 75M asking price of him? I’m asking because i am seeing conflicting reports on this
I have seen quite a bit of Haaland, probably more than most in here, but I will not pretend that I’m able to say with huge precision Haalands level and potential. I dont believe anyone can. And if someone say they do, one should be sceptical.
But I can say that the Lukaku-comparision is very superficial. It is made by people who see a big, strong and fast striker, and let their brain cheat a little making a lazy and fast analysis rather than actually studying them properly. In my opinion Haaland is closer to a young RvN in terms of style. But with a beast body and mentality. Will be interesting to see what he can turn that combo into.
But I can say that the Lukaku-comparision is very superficial. It is made by people who see a big, strong and fast striker, and let their brain cheat a little making a lazy and fast analysis rather than actually studying them properly. In my opinion Haaland is closer to a young RvN in terms of style. But with a beast body and mentality. Will be interesting to see what he can turn that combo into.
I like Haaland, but are there no links to Hwang, instead or aswell?
Sort of agree, but kind of disagree with this.
If Ole decided to approximate the Liverpool front 3, we would need two very fast wingers and a CF who can hold the ball and make passes that unlock the wingers with runs in behind.
Anyone who has watched more than 10 minutes of Lukaku could see that he has a terrible first touch and even though he is strong, does a poor job in holdup play. Just can’t control the ball enough to maintain possession.
He was never going to play CF for us because he doesn’t really fit our tactics as a CF. He felt (maybe rightly so) that it would be better to move on than stay with us whenever Martial was going to play CF. I never thought he was technical enough to play as a winger in that system either.
Haaland is faster than Lukaku and his movement in and around the box is superior. Looks to be a better finisher as well.
They play in different positions.
Shame something didn't happen before the hype-train started. We've shown interest and now it's blown up ten-fold.
What i'm able to fathom after reading several outlets is, Release clause isn't into effect or has other associated clauses along with it. If i have to make an educated guess, we won't be getting him for 25m or 75m like it's being quoted in the SUN. Somewhere in the middle probably.
The Lukaku comparisons outside of being goalscorers are nonsense. He plays nothing like him. Haaland also likes dropping deep and building up play. He reminds me of a cross between Rooney (without long range passing) and Mark Viduka. He can easily play in a fluid formation, he already does at Salsburg.
Not at all. He's still very young, and I think he'd struggle if he moved to the PL right now, at least it'd be a gamble. Both Leipzig and Dortmund are in a better position than us, and can offer a more stable path to success with less pressure. If he continues to do well in the Bundesliga, the world will be at his feet in a year or two. Two months ago I wouldn't lose any sleep at all if we missed out on him, but now I sort of want us to see this through after all the hype and nonsense.
This is the same club that was bidding £70m for Harry Maguire 12 months after he signed for Leicester for £12m. We don't have scouts. Plus the hype-train makes clubs sit up and take notice, unfortunately it does mean the fee goes up too.
Ole’s whole answer from yesterday:
Haaland if he signs for United : "We have signed another donkey aka Lukaku"
Haaland if he signs for other club: "This is how one should recruit. Top talent we have missed out"
Did I do it correctly!
Haaland if he signs for other club: "This is how one should recruit. Top talent we have missed out"
Did I do it correctly!
unfair criticism in this case though. We've tried hard to sign him from Molde, but he decided to go to Salzburg for playing time. Now we're trying hard again. Can't really fault the club here, they couldn't possibly do more. Ole even took the time to fly out to Austria FFS.
Would be ecstatic if we ended up with him. If not, then let's move on ... I'm petty enough to say I wouldn't want a player in the future who's snubbed us twice. Especially because he'd cost a fortune then.
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