1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Haaland unreal on the counter attack. Don't think he'll be the perfect fit at City that everyone thinks. Not the kind of player to operate in tight areas.

He'll be perfectly fine. 

This city team can play faster if they want to. More importantly pep is not stupid he won't play as slow right now with a monster threat in the box. 

Edited May 9, 20224 yr by Bob stark

10 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

He'll be perfectly fine. 

This city team can play faster if they want to. More importantly pep is not stupid he won't play as slow right now with a monster threat in the box. 

Still doesn't change the fact he's not the type of striker to operate in tight areas and he's going to have to adapt to playing against packed defences. I don't think he'll flop by any means but i don't think he elevates City to another level either. To me, City are no more of a threat with Haaland than they currently are with what they have available.

honestly bored of football at this point. when the already dominant force in England is getting the best young striker, the league becomes pointless. more dominance, more one club league. 

He's a bit individualistic though like Zlatan. He'll put up great numbers but CL winning sides require the entire team to be a machine with every clog doing its part. 

That being said, wasn't he Real bound but they didn't want to take the risk on his ankle? Fearing another Bale scenario? 

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Still doesn't change the fact he's not the type of striker to operate in tight areas and he's going to have to adapt to playing against packed defences. I don't think he'll flop by any means but i don't think he elevates City to another level either. To me, City are no more of a threat with Haaland than they currently are with what they have available.

This is horse doo, Type of striker! Haaland is a young potentially world class player just like de bruyne was, A truly good striker performs and finds goals even if hes the only decent player in the team, Drogba was amazing at turning up when we needed him to, All the best strikers in history exactly the same

The same was said about salah im a bit tired of hearing this from people like an entire squad should be re done to fit the perfect striker, Nah, Good strikers adapt to the team and do what's needed.

Haaland at city is a sweaty prospect and with their squad and current state its frankly worrisome

 

Edited May 9, 20224 yr by Kantesmini

26 minutes ago, Kantesmini said:

This is horse doo, Type of striker! Haaland is a young potentially world class player just like de bruyne was, A truly good striker performs and finds goals even if hes the only decent player in the team, Drogba was amazing at turning up when we needed him to, All the best strikers in history exactly the same

The same was said about salah im a bit tired of hearing this from people like an entire squad should be re done to fit the perfect striker, Nah, Good strikers adapt to the team and do what's needed.

Haaland at city is a sweaty prospect and with their squad and current state its frankly worrisome

 

Are you trying to deny the fact that certain players are a certain profile and therefore suit certain teams? We have a prime example of it playing up top for us. 

1 hour ago, enigma said:

honestly bored of football at this point. when the already dominant force in England is getting the best young striker, the league becomes pointless. more dominance, more one club league. 

Losers talk this way to be honest. I expect more from you. 

40 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Are you trying to deny the fact that certain players are a certain profile and therefore suit certain teams? We have a prime example of it playing up top for us. 

Like how many professed that lukaku was the man for us?!

Even costa played however to score goals, Its a debunked theory and belongs on football manager not irl

1 hour ago, enigma said:

honestly bored of football at this point. when the already dominant force in England is getting the best young striker, the league becomes pointless. more dominance, more one club league. 

Well domestically that is the case, City aren't unbeatable though. 

We just need to get recruit better, but the new owners won't want to be the 2nd, 3rd or 4th best team so we have to hope they make funds available for some transfers this summer.

32 minutes ago, Kantesmini said:

Like how many professed that lukaku was the man for us?!

He was declared the missing piece in the puzzle and the man to finish what we create.

Without realising we created as much as we did due to high pressing and fluid movement, neither of which Lukaku is capable off to an extremely high level.

Nah, I think the best argument was that he improved as a player because he had a high goal tally in a league where a 37 year old Fabio Quagliarella won the golden boot.

Pep's fluid attack even without Aguero has been really good, some of that will be gone when they incorporate the young Håland into the team since he's a real striker but make no mistake it will still be extremely easy for them to attack and to score goals, those players around him won't mind to do a lot of work off the ball and in such a team, such the talent that he is it's more likely that he'll destroy the league than not.

8 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Pep's fluid attack even without Aguero has been really good, some of that will be gone when they incorporate the young Håland into the team since he's a real striker but make no mistake it will still be extremely easy for them to attack and to score goals, those players around him won't mind to do a lot of work off the ball and in such a team, such the talent that he is it's more likely that he'll destroy the league than not.

Augero was excellent in tight areas given his ability on the ball and low centre of gravity. 

The quality of football has dropped off in the German league, their teams were way off in the CL this year, so i'm still dubious to how good he will perform over here, the EPL has a lot of teams that will sit deep and frustrate him, from what i have seen of him his best play comes from having space, he can be sure that he won't get the space he gets in Germany over here, of course he could get on the end of everything city produce and score a sh*t load of goals, it remains to be seen.

That guy is a monster. At first you would argue whether he is the right fit for their style but I think he is smart enough to adapt. City score tons of goals from crosses. He can be at the end of them. He is a beast. 

City buying Grealish was a bit weird and so far it has not being a match but you never know how long it takes to adapt to new surroundings. It is not fair to say after just one season if he is a flop or not. 

I would think Liverpool would be the best match for Haaland in terms of style of football. 

Remains to be seen whether he is a success story but I feel he will be. He is just so driven and physically a beast. Also a personality that seems to be levelheaded. This is why I also believe Kai will have a brilliant Future with us. He is just a humble boy that is super talented and driven player.

Yeah he’s 99% a City man next season.

8 minutes ago, Mana said:

Yeah he’s 99% a City man next season.

Interesting to know if he considers City a big club. Or is it down to the big wages?  Hope he likes the City bench.

They'll walk the league next season. He's exactly what they need if they can keep him fit.

The more we live in Man-City’s shadow the more I really start to think what could have been under Roman, City are doing it all bigger and better, philosophy wise, planning wise, you name it. When they’ve finally got their hands on the UCL we can’t really say much. Just hope under Boehly we can ‘do a Liverpool’, because nobody can compete with the state owned clubs on this level.

2 hours ago, coco said:

The quality of football has dropped off in the German league, their teams were way off in the CL this year, so i'm still dubious to how good he will perform over here, the EPL has a lot of teams that will sit deep and frustrate him, from what i have seen of him his best play comes from having space, he can be sure that he won't get the space he gets in Germany over here, of course he could get on the end of everything city produce and score a sh*t load of goals, it remains to be seen.

Nah its still better than the italian league which was talked up before lukaku was purchased and it shows with the likes of havertz who's on another planet compared to lukaku

3 minutes ago, Kantesmini said:

Nah its still better than the italian league which was talked up before lukaku was purchased and it shows with the likes of havertz who's on another planet compared to lukaku

Werner scored loads in Germany.

18 minutes ago, Term_X said:

The more we live in Man-City’s shadow the more I really start to think what could have been under Roman, City are doing it all bigger and better, philosophy wise, planning wise, you name it. When they’ve finally got their hands on the UCL we can’t really say much. Just hope under Boehly we can ‘do a Liverpool’, because nobody can compete with the state owned clubs on this level.

Lets hope there is gold at the bottom of the clear-lake and not an old tyre in a dirty stagnant swamp

Ill get me coat!

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5 minutes ago, coco said:

Werner scored loads in Germany.

I'll see your werner and serve you a Balotelli

1 hour ago, DarkMata said:

Interesting to know if he considers City a big club. Or is it down to the big wages?  Hope he likes the City bench.

He made it clear he did not see us as a big club and had no interest in considering us. He was a none starter for us.

I would not be surprised if he spends the next 4 to 7 years at City before moving on to Real or Barca.

39 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He made it clear he did not see us as a big club and had no interest in considering us. He was a none starter for us.

I would not be surprised if he spends the next 4 to 7 years at City before moving on to Real or Barca.

I thought it was more about Dortmund, They wanted loads and man city have waited kept tabs and are now frontrunners as we are in no mans land etc

Edited May 9, 20224 yr by Kantesmini