Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Born in Leeds, why didn’t bloody Southgate act sooner?
He's a very special player and a sign of the PL taking over - a few years ago he would have gone to Real or Barca.
Some discuss how to best defend against him, I think they have it the wrongly round. They need to (somehow) stop his supply rather than hoping to stop him when he gets/touches the ball. i.e. he can't do his brilliance if he doesn't get the ball...
Easier said than done against City of course
Lets hope he has a little niggle and has to miss our game
He must have an English great grandparent from the Norse invasions a few years ago. A missed opportunity to get him in the England team.
Born in Leeds, why didn’t bloody Southgate act sooner?
He must have an English great grandparent from the Norse invasions a few years ago. A missed opportunity to get him in the England team.
In two years he’ll almost certainly be playing under Pep in La Liga.
I’m not sure if excited was the word but I was intrigued at the prospect of seeing a few players in opposition over the years. The ones that stick in the mind were John Wark, Trevor Francis, Eric Gates and Ian Rush. They all turned out to be pretty good in their own way.
As for your first question, he is known as RoboStriker in our house, almost a different species to other footballers. Amazing player, just too good.
Since our rise to the PL, I've treated a visit to any Albion game like I did when we were in div 3. I've always gone to watch us no matter who we were playing and couldn't really care less who is in the oppositions side whether it be Christiano Ronaldo or Grant Hanley.
That said, I've never looked forward to seeing a player in the flesh more than Haaland - he appears to be a freak visually and statistically - and I've never looked forward more to seeing how Dunk, Veltman and Webster try and keep him quiet even though it is 3 games away.
2 questions
1. Is it just me? I appreciate Haaland at City is bad for the game and all that but still. I've never seen anything like it
2. Has anyone ever gone to the Amex or an away game and been genuinely excited about seeing an opposition player?
if he sees out his career vaguely injury free he'll be the greatest pure striker that's ever lived
I can only compare him to Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) who was destroyed by injuries. Both are/were essentially perfect strikers
Has anyone ever gone to the Amex or an away game and been genuinely excited about seeing an opposition player?
Dunk breaks his leg, simple
Born in Leeds, why didn’t bloody Southgate act sooner?
He must have an English great grandparent from the Norse invasions a few years ago. A missed opportunity to get him in the England team.
if he sees out his career vaguely injury free he'll be the greatest pure striker that's ever lived
I can only compare him to Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) who was destroyed by injuries. Both are/were essentially perfect strikers
Dunk breaks his leg, simple