Interesting listening to Barney Ronay and Johnny Wilson on Haaland.
No increase in city goals this season but a mark increase in goals conceded.
Obviously they have to play more direct to Haaland which leaves them more open.
If they donāt win the league or champions League this year the signing will have to go down as a mistake even if he scores 70 goals. Itās seems ridiculous on paper but thatās the level they are operating at.
Didnāt you say yesterday this was the best standard of league in years. You would think City would then be scoring less and conceding more, but they have maintained their scoring rate. Haaland is surely a complete triumph then?
The opposition have improved. Itās not as easy for city.
He can score a 100 goals but city arenāt as a good a team with him in it. Can see
Him being dropped for a big champions league game.
Pep loves to bowl a googly in those games.
Arsenal have improved, spurs have improved, outside of that, I dont see any great change.
he is 22 playing in a new league, in a different style. He has 25 goals in 19 games and City are always better in the second half of the league. City have to play Arsenal twice.
Erling will be grand and City will win the league. He gives them their best chance of winning the Champions League too. What good is 80% possession with no shots. It will suit him too when teams donāt defend with 10 men behind the ball in the latter stages
City would have been top in pretty much any other season with 45 points at this stage.
What Arsenal are doing is incredible and out of Cityās control.
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First time watching Haaland in a full match all season. Very underwhelming. Hope for the lad he has Bournemouth or someone like that at home soon again to get things back on track and fill his boots.
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No tags tonight after being vindicated yet again. Heās destroyed city.
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He didnāt see much action in second half
You have great insight on the soccer.
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Time to drop Haaland and launch a study into what he got up to during the World Cup break. Give it to Alvarez til end o season.
Heās looking increasingly like a Norwegian Kris Boyd. Boyd would score the 3rd, 5th & 6th in a 6-0 home win against 9-man Dunfermline but wouldnāt get a touch of the ball against Celtic.
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heās been found out at the highest level, heās not in the German pub league now
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Haaland didnāt want to know about it after Romero clattered into him early in the game. That lay down the marker.
Is he a jibber?
he doesnāt like it up him, the crafty EPL defenders have him sussed, a good boot up the hole early doors and his done
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Did he have a poor record against Celtic ? I canāt remember
1 career goal against Celtic. It was an end of season game when Celtic had already won the league by around 15 points. He scored in a win for Rangers at Ibrox.
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Haaland is going to have some fun in the 4th tier of the English leagues. Heāll do untold damage against the likes of Grimsby, Hartlepool and Gillingham.
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