He’s just too good isn’t he
Nordic Ghost Yeti (Scandi Carroll) | Haaland at City
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Did you watch R9 play? (Not being rude genuine question cos in my head he was still playing 10 years ago at his peak)
But do want to say Halaand is an absolutely incredible goal scorer, not dismissing him at all. But I prefer R9 for many reasons
Not yet but I don’t see why he would be loyal to City especially after Pep goes (which looks like next season).
Madrid would be stupid not to go for him (he doesn’t even have a high transfer history considering how city hid/lied about it).
I can imagine Haaland leaving when he is 25 ish & achieved as much as he could with City.
"I'd really value it if he just fecks off and stops playing for main rival and competing with us".
Doing it in the Bundesliga and PL not enough for you?
He is world class
He's scored plenty of goals in 4 leagues now, one of them the strongest league and the other one third strongest league. I don't see how going to the 4th strongest league would tell us anything we don't know about him.
What do you mean? I think he is world class.
I just think he can go even up a level up to GOATs type of talking about if he did this at some more clubs during his career like Real Madrid.
Would he be viewed the same quality of player if he did this scoring only for City for his whole entire career post 21 -
Or he did it at his first club, Dortmund, City & then a new club or league of Real Madrid aswell?
You really aren't bright when it comes to football.
Kane did well to leave the record and join Bayern.
Agree 100%, bus drivers are better drivers than formula 1 dudes cause they can drive cars and buses. Also if I need my car serviced I prefer the local handyman to a mechanic.
He is the best striker in the world right now.
You never saw R9 then. He's up there already though, freak of nature.
He scored 8 goals in 6 games in CL for Salzburg, 15 in 13 for Dortmund and has 24 in 25 for his national team. He already has proven himself.
Not many people did he was always out injured
His time with PSV, Barcelona and first 2 years with Inter was unreal. However even without his knee injuries, his longevity will be similar to Ronaldinho given his life style.
Surely you mean best pure goalscorer?. As a package, R9 for 2 years of his career was the best ever. Personally, Henry at Arsenal would still be my preference in premier league.
He will go down as one of the best pure goalscorers ever similar to Gerd Muller whether he stays at City or moves elsewhere. But deficiencies in other aspects of his game will always prevent him from being recognised as a true GOAT candidate.
He currently the 180th highest scorer in Premier League history, if he matches last seasons output he'll be at 63.
If he ups his current rate slightly, he could break top 10 in the next three seasons.
A genuine freak of nature.
If he ups his current rate slightly, he could break top 10 in the next three seasons.
A genuine freak of nature.
Except he didn't end his Dad's career, it's a good story but it isn't true
He's a cheat code. We can only hope he fecks off to Madrid in a few years.
His goals in today's match were a great indication. A LOT of strikers don't get to the chance before the defender on that first goal. His instincts in the box in terms of freeing himself into a bit of space and then sniffing where chances will fall are really top class. And most strikers don't bury the second goal so clinically. Whether you use the eye test or the data, the guy is an absolute elite finisher. Statistically, his goals versus XG is crazy and that sets him apart from a ton of other top class strikers that have also been very good at getting on the end of chances but were surprisingly pedestrian in terms of their odds of finishing them.
His goals in today's match were a great indication. A LOT of strikers don't get to the chance before the defender on that first goal. His instincts in the box in terms of freeing himself into a bit of space and then sniffing where chances will fall are really top class. And most strikers don't bury the second goal so clinically. Whether you use the eye test or the data, the guy is an absolute elite finisher. Statistically, his goals versus XG is crazy and that sets him apart from a ton of other top class strikers that have also been very good at getting on the end of chances but were surprisingly pedestrian in terms of their odds of finishing them.
i know, it was a continuation of misconceptions the post I quoted had
Couldn’t say the same. If City don’t click he struggles to influence the game. He was a bit of non factor in their biggest games last season. Someone like Mbappe is much more capable of winning a game if things aren’t going his side’s way.
He's a goal scoring machine.
Practically a goal a game player over the last 4 years, in 2 different leagues.
137 goals in 142 games in a 4 year period, they're freakish numbers, and he's still only 23.
Practically a goal a game player over the last 4 years, in 2 different leagues.
137 goals in 142 games in a 4 year period, they're freakish numbers, and he's still only 23.
Yeah he hasn't got that dribbling ability to create chances for himself all the time, but I think we saw glimpses today of City adapting to him even more. They were more willing to hit the long ball over the top to him
He's the most perfect scoring machine in football currently, that's beyond any doubt. It will be interesting to see if he can repeat last season's output.
My guess is that he falls off a bit and 'only' scores 25-30 goals this season.
My guess is that he falls off a bit and 'only' scores 25-30 goals this season.
Will most likely go down behind Ronaldo/Messi as the best pure goal scorer ever. He’s like if you took the late years Uber poacher Ronaldo and made him bigger/stronger/faster. Nothing about his game is pretty, but he’s ruthlessly effective and brutally efficient
What a player. He is absolutely unreal in front of goals.
Posting Jimmy Greaves like numbers at the moment.
It's funny how people are over the top when the subject is football.
At the end of last season, Haaland wasn't that great, just a limited poacher who made City play worse football. Now, after scoring two goals against the almighty Burley, he's possibly the best striker of all time.
At the end of last season, Haaland wasn't that great, just a limited poacher who made City play worse football. Now, after scoring two goals against the almighty Burley, he's possibly the best striker of all time.
We could have signed him when Ole was here. Hindsight and all.
Incredible player. Only injuries could stop him going all the way.
With Kane gone I don't think I remember a time where there was such a distance between the best striker in the league and number 2 (whoever that might be).
Hopefully it will be Hojlund.
Absolutely. I have never seen anything like that from any striker. I wonder how is he compared with other all time best strikers like R9, Muller, Eusebio at similar age in top level football:
Haaland
at 19: 44 goals in 40 games
at 20: 41 goals in 41 games
at 21: 29 goals in 30 games
at 22: 52 goals in 53 games
R9
at 18: 35 goals in 36 games
at 19: 19 goals in 21 games
at 20: 47 goals in 49 games
at 21: 34 goals in 47 games
Esuebio
at 19: 29 goals in 31 games
at 20: 38 goals in 39 games
at 21: 46 goals in 28 games
at 22: 48 goals in 38 games
Muller
at 20: 16 goals in 39 games
at 21: 43 goals in 45 games
at 22: 30 goals in 46 games
at 23: 37 goals in 35 games
The fact that he does it in the toughest league during one of the most physical and defensively organised era was even more impressive to me.
He is a level boss. He’s not tricky or particularly graceful, unlike Berbatov for example, but what he excels at is being a ruthless, inhuman, unstoppable scoring machine. He’s probably only going to get better, too.
He is a ridiculously consistent scorer but like I've always said, he isn't the type of player I'll ever tune in to watch play. Way too boring for my liking and that's one of the main reason he'll never be considered as the best ever striker for me.
The emotion generated by football plays a big role for me, it's not just about stats
The emotion generated by football plays a big role for me, it's not just about stats
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I don’t know if they’re deficiencies. Pep has him playing a particular way it would appear, but he’s demonstrated in other teams that his link up play and general play is quality too.
He is elite at getting into shot-taking positions, and he is elite at finishing.
His football is almost a party trick. Deadly as it might be.
His football is almost a party trick. Deadly as it might be.