As opposed to what ? Most teams employ tall CBs
Nordic Ghost Yeti (Scandi Carroll) | Haaland at City
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Yep, and if only Mbappe told Madrid early he wasn't coming. Feel they'd have gone for him then
He's a fecking predator.
I had Gerrard down for the first managerial casualty of the season. Villa are abysmal.
They are, but they’re playing Forest. They play Villa after this, another hat trick coming.
Burnley’s top scorer last year for the whole season had 9.
Six goals in two halfs!
To be fair, he's not come up against Lisandro ''the butcher'' Martinez yet, has he? 
Which one is the real Famers' league now
There’s some smart people making decisions at City when they decided not to spunk away £100+mil for a regressing Kane and focussing their efforts on signing Erlie instead
I think it's clear that there are real differences in levels of athleticism that Haaland is making quite apparent here, and that most PL CB's however tall aren't nearly up to the task in terms of acceleration, agility, etc. Those attributes could be more prioritised in future.
Just casually transferring his form from Bundesliga into the Prem I see. City is the perfect team for him. The only other team where he would have load of chances is Liverpool. There was no way he was coming to us while we were in such a mess.
He’s so damn good.
Shh! We don't talk about that around here!What about us mate
cnut was supposed to be rested. feck U Pep!
Are we the baddies farmers league?
Hope not, we really can't take another scandal like that
Still time… once he destroys the PL for a bit he might piss off to Spain.
He’s probably gonna outscore half of the clubs in PL, and no one should even be surprised. He’s far from a normal footballer, he’s a freak of nature.
Penny for Harry Kane's thoughts.
To be honest, he's having it much easier than in BL thus far. He needed to actually exert himself to score in Germany.
Only arsenal, Liverpool and Brentford have scored more than haaland this season
Tempting to go back and look at the posts written when we were linked to him and Solskjær wanted him.
Think it would have been fun.
Think it would have been fun.
They could but I think if those players could be found, on top of being good defenders, they would already get bought by clubs.
We missed out. We should have made a better effort to sign him ffs. But I guess he probably would never have joined us on account of his dad.
To be fair, he's not come up against Lisandro ''the butcher'' Martinez yet, has he?
He did while at Dortmund. Didn't score
Rashford is better than him.
Funnily, he is excactly how he is in FM
This is genuinely a paradigm shift for centre forward play.
Plays in an exceptional team and he is an exceptional talent.
Will smash every goal scoring record there is.
R9 levels of talent right now
Plays in an exceptional team and he is an exceptional talent.
Will smash every goal scoring record there is.
R9 levels of talent right now
You're right, it's a way stronger league
A freak of nature. If he can stay fit he will become one of the goats.
Was always going to struggle in the Premier League.
Won't get all those chances here, that he got in the Bundesliga. Will be found out. Etc. Etc.
Won't get all those chances here, that he got in the Bundesliga. Will be found out. Etc. Etc.
Why the feck would he, or any player, choose us over City at the moment?
Possibly, I'm saying that those attributes in a pure in terms of a defenders ability to man-mark, devoid of wider defensive sensibility, could see less capable players overall deployed in man-marking roles, perhaps in a 3 ATB with one CB assigned to follow Haaland wherever he goes. Like Herrera on Hazard, or Jones on Ronaldo, etc. Just a thought mind!
This was before his Dortmund move:
Quote from Haaland sr:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...ter-united-haaland-transfer-news-21152696.amp
In a perverse way I'm glad we pretty much threw away the league challenge in the first three games. Now I can enjoy Haaland properly.
Hope he never wins a CL like Aguero and KdB though!
Hope he never wins a CL like Aguero and KdB though!
No chance. He's nowhere near as good with the ball at his feet. He's a HUGE threat and the best CF in world football but this comparison is, at the moment, way off.
Human cannonball
It's quite incredible how well it's all gone for the City owner. They put themselves in such a good position then in walks the cheat code to decimate everyone. Ronaldo would've been out the door this summer if he ever joined them last season.
It's quite incredible how well it's all gone for the City owner. They put themselves in such a good position then in walks the cheat code to decimate everyone. Ronaldo would've been out the door this summer if he ever joined them last season.