Geedee Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 6 hours ago, beswetherick said: Hasn’t done it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke though has he Hes Norwegian mate I dont think he will find a cold night in Stoke that difficult. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Shame he didn’t select England as his national team.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I wonder if it’s anything to do with defenders not being able to give strikers a more ‘old school kicking’. It’s a soft free kick or pen if they do these days. And I think the finishing ability has gone through the roof. The drills etc they must do at top level these days… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Also @BIG D “Haaland is the quickest player ever to score 40 goals in the competition (Champions League) - reaching the milestone in just 35 matches, 10 fewer than Ruud van Nistelrooy, the previous record holder.” Kylian Mbappe is third fastest, taking 59 matches while two of the finest goalscorers of the modern era - Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski - needed 61 games each. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Pretty sure Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in a 42 game season. I would imagine he got to 50 in less games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 You really cant make the "put any striker in that City team and they'd do the same" argument because it hasn't happened before. The year before Haaland they barely played with a striker, Gundogan probably top scored. Jesus never got more than about 10 playing in this same system. Aguero was incredible, one of the best players in English club football history, and he got nowhere near Haaland's record. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl_For_a_Lifetime Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 12 hours ago, Kopparberg said: I wonder if it’s anything to do with defenders not being able to give strikers a more ‘old school kicking’. It’s a soft free kick or pen if they do these days. And I think the finishing ability has gone through the roof. The drills etc they must do at top level these days… There's definitely something in that, the likes of Marco Van Basten played on awful pitches against better defenders (Baresi etc) who if you did start getting on top of them would be able to perform a swift kidney punch or scrape of studs down the back of achilles with no one watching. That said, even factoring in every advantage Haaland has in terms of the City team around him, his levels of performance and consistency are astonishing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 15 hours ago, Kopparberg said: Also @BIG D “Haaland is the quickest player ever to score 40 goals in the competition (Champions League) - reaching the milestone in just 35 matches, 10 fewer than Ruud van Nistelrooy, the previous record holder.” Kylian Mbappe is third fastest, taking 59 matches while two of the finest goalscorers of the modern era - Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski - needed 61 games each. Incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 17 hours ago, Sham67 said: Pretty sure Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in a 42 game season. I would imagine he got to 50 in less games. Not his first 50 games though, that was his fourth season in the First Division.... (Looks like it took him about 65 games to get his first 50) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Back from injury just in time to ensure City win everything again. 2 great goals yesterday especially the second. He’s a monster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Born in Leeds. Wish he was playing for England. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Not sure how you defend against him. He’s like a Zlatan that’s fast, and even taller (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 19 hours ago, owls maniac said: Born in Leeds. Wish he was playing for England. The Yorkshire Viking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 The thing with Haaland as well is he's just extremely physically gifted. He has the frame of an old school centre forward but is also absolutely rapid. He has literally every tool you could ask for in a forward player, with natural scoring instincts to rival anybody. Closest comparison for me is the original Ronaldo. They certainly don't look the same but Ronaldo was a physical menace who could bully his way through games, was also lightning quick and one of the games most lethal finishers. Haaland has the same threat in that he looks like a physical and athletic mismatch against anybody, and scoring feels inevitable. Much like Ronaldo, I don't think it matters what era they played in, and I think the main hope to stopping him is sheer hope that his body starts breaking down from playing the way they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Think R9 was a more skilful player. He could dribble past several players and score. Haaland isn't going to do that, but if you knock the ball over the top or split the defence, he's so rapid that no one is catching him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Oh yeah that's definitely not a 1:1 comparison in terms of how they play or their exact attributes. But if you want strikers with the physical gifts to get themselves in the right positions and then finish the job, I'm not sure there's 2 better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Haaland has already won the Champions League with City which is something Agüero failed to achieve in 10 years at the club The scary thing about City is they're incredibly good even without him or KDB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 50 minutes ago, IWEDFM said: Haaland has already won the Champions League with City which is something Agüero failed to achieve in 10 years at the club The scary thing about City is they're incredibly good even without him or KDB Man City legacy (for want of a better word) is always going to tainted by the financial allegations against them. But the actual side when its gets on the pitch is a great side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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