Ill die on that hill about him not being prolific. Doesn't look a threat in the air, the box or in behind. Doesn't shoot from near or far so far so yeah I'll happily say he's never gonna be prolific and more than happily be proved wrong. He's a handful but we need more than that.
Also, it doesn't the matter the player I mentioned. Lots of youngsters change country and adapt. Jake O'Brien done OK at Lyon. Another young English CB at Toulouse. All the young unproven lads at Sunderland. I could go on. My point being new country/young age doesn't wash after a time.
I think so far he's shown he can be handful, but he's not had a massive opportunity to show what else he can do tbh. Yet to see him strike a ball, or have a 1 on 1 with a keeper.
And this is just black and white thinking when the reality is obviously more nuanced. Ligue 1 is a far lower standard than the PL for a start. Being a striker in the PL particularly is one of the hardest jobs in football.
Exactly, and people seem to constantly forget the fact that Barry didn't even go to an elite academy - he was playing 3rd division Belgian football three years ago, that was his route in. He'll develop later than most. The amount of football and high level coaching he's had is absolutely years behind most 23 year olds.
'after a time' being about 2 months and 300 minutes?
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
And Haaland is reported to be worth 180€ to 250€. We need to spend that on an entire team . You heard it here.
Just come out the Etihad v the RS. Haaland - Threat in the air. Shoots near and far. Prolific. And certainly a handful. If only!
I'd be happy signing ANY player out of their entire squad.Exactly, this is the laughable bit about people writing him off and writing all sorts of negative stuff. He's literally had about 300 minutes in an Everton shirt, most of which were crappy bit part sub appearances. Fulham first game really where he banked a solid 75mins from starting.
Yeah but first season as a 22 year old gets a pass from me. Lots of young players (and lots of experienced players) have poor first seasons in the prem and then flourish afterwards. The fact that some succeed straight away doesn't negate that in any way. I remember a lot of questions marks about Drogba and Bergkamp earlier on in their premier league careers. Strikers is by far the hardest position because you are judged solely on one metric which everyone acknowledges is the hardest to achieve. Scoring a goal. Barry has had enough chances in the last two games to give me encouragement. You can't underestimate how important confidence is.
Agreed. Most of his appearances have been when we are on the back foot too. His link up play was good against Fulham and he did a few excellent turns which makes you think he has something. He got into a great position to score a headed chance and he scored a disallowed goal. The play in the corner when he fell over was embarrassing and I'm not sure what happened but I also remember Lukaku's footwork being extremely clumsy at times and him knocking it out of play for no reason on multiple occasions. And Lukaku was the best striker we have had since Lineker.
Not sure if posted before, but he has a YouTube channel chronicling his time in England (amongst other stuff)
Not sure how good an idea these things are but I’m a nosey sod so will be watching.
iirc Onana has / had something similar.
Wasn’t sure on the opening montage of Manchester landmarks to introduce his new club move, or his assertion Lukaku was our highest ever goal scorer.
