When he initially came on he looked explosive and bursting with energy now I hardly notice he’s even playing. I’m willing to bet he’d do well elsewhere. Possibly Arsenal or Liverpool lol
It's literally backed by stats.
He's wasted so many runs this season, only to never see the ball.
We'll stick to other targets
Definitely agree that his positioning is awful. You can only go so many games with like 10 total touches and blame it on service level. At some point, you have to make yourself available to receive the ball more and get into good/dangerous areas.
Maybe his runs are trash?It's literally backed by stats.
His xG/shot has been consistently bonkers. When he receives the ball in shooting position, he’s close to unparalleled. He’s just never in shooting position.We'll stick to other targets
Definitely agree that his positioning is awful. You can only go so many games with like 10 total touches and blame it on service level. At some point, you have to make yourself available to receive the ball more and get into good/dangerous areas.
Is he close to a Haaland-level finisher? Because I surely haven't seen that from him.
This. I wrote a long post a few months ago going through the stats and my interpretation. If anyone wants to find it they’re welcome to.
Not denying that they're not always there, but we literally saw a prime example of this in the Europa League before the international break when he made a run to the front of the goal, only be ignored by Dalot.
Halaand level sounds hyperbolic but haaland barely touches the ball. Just give it to him in the box and he’s lights out. Probably the best finisher I’ve seen.We'll stick to other targets
Definitely agree that his positioning is awful. You can only go so many games with like 10 total touches and blame it on service level. At some point, you have to make yourself available to receive the ball more and get into good/dangerous areas.
Is he close to a Haaland-level finisher? Because I surely haven't seen that from him.
Yeah, Höjlund just doesn't get that kind of service. It has shown as clear frustration on him. He's bottom on stats "forwards played ball to". And I think touches in the box.
Would love to see him in a system where he has more freedom to move. Dortmund Haaland was a much more dynamic player that Pep has neutered a bit. You have this physical beast of a player with a high work rate and field sense and you keep him stuck up top waiting for the ball all game. But there's also few strikers that could do what he does when gets thise chances
Probably because his passing isn’t good enough for a pep team
What would happen if Haaland was playing
So there is a very clear delineation in the LFC squad of the players that have legs left and those that don’t.
Not close enough to give a full synopsis but a -45 goal differential is 19th in the table.. where they sit.
This season? Sacked Cooper when he was getting results he probably shouldn’t have been with a terrible squad. They might be in a real battle with Wolves if they kept him
Pep and City are so dreadful and such a brutal watch this entire season. (hell, even before when they were 'good / healthy') they are so slow and boring. Which, I mean... when you have to play 50+ or whatever most of the players play... all year long now for how many years in a row ... it just can not continue. Maybe that is why pep has people standing around playing keep away, because its just not possible to play fast n feverish football for 50+ matches with no summer / away from the game.
