Nordic Ghost Yeti (Scandi Carroll) | Haaland at City

Marwood said:
OK but how have teams adapted to handle City better?

What tactical adjustment have you noticed from their opposition this season that wasn't there previously?
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I would say defenders are being more physical with Haaland, trying to stop him bullying more They are not as bothered if he can get the ball if you can stop his movement.

But this is just my opinion.
 
Hammondo said:
I would say defenders are being more physical with Haaland, trying to stop him bullying more They are not as bothered if he can get the ball if you can stop his movement.

But this is just my opinion.
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I think the idea it's taken defenders over two years to realise getting more physical might help is a bit far fetched. Pretty sure that's the first thing a defender thinks of doing.

Plus his goalscoring is as good as ever. He's scored the same number of goals this season as he did same point last season.

There's just no evidence teams have adapted to him
 
Marwood said:
I think the idea it's taken defenders over two years to realise getting more physical might help is a bit far fetched. Pretty sure that's the first thing a defender thinks of doing.

Plus his goalscoring is as good as ever. He's scored the same number of goals this season as he did same point last season.

There's just no evidence teams have adapted to him
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It's not necessarily about stopping his goals, I'm not sure how many players can stop him, if any. It's about reducing his options. Makes it harder for other players to get involved.
 
Hammondo said:
It's not necessarily about stopping his goals, I'm not sure how many players can stop him, if any. It's about reducing his options. Makes it harder for other players to get involved.
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I think it's much simpler. City just haven't done particularly well in the transfer market over the last couple of seasons and Rodri is injured.

Those two things I think we can say are a definite.
 
Marwood said:
I think it's much simpler. City just haven't done particularly well in the transfer market over the last couple of seasons and Rodri is injured.

Those two things I think we can say are a definite.
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I would agree they have not bought a good player in a while. Your squad isn't great and you lack some technical players.
 
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