"It can be difficult sometimes to remember why we ever started liking football. What was it that first stirred us back in our childhood to make sure we were always by a radio or television at twenty to five? That led us to pore over the details in the Sunday papers? That made us belt a ball endlessly against the garage wall and keep detailed records of the games of Subbuteo we played against ourselves? It’s hard to remember now. Was it the legal wrangling? Was it the appeals to the court of arbitration for sport? Was it the futile pixel-by-pixel examination of offside decisions? Was it even the thrill of seeing the rich and greedy hammer much poorer opposition and then demand to be even richer? Was it human-rights-abusing states pumping money into the game to make everybody forget about their wars and torture centres? It’s so hard now to remember."
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/22/erling-braut-haaland-cartoon-freshness-borussia-dortmund-champions-league
I know, I know. But we can dream.
Great article
posted on 23/2/20
Yes, I read that this morning too, Radebe. Agree it's a good article and that Haaland is something else, and I do dream that he will come home as our no 9 once we go up...
Great three points and another clean sheet again yesterday! "Promotion form" restored, then?
posted on 23/2/20
I dream of Haaland wearing our #9 shirt next season in the Prem. Why not? Throw whatever money we have at him.
posted on 23/2/20
We had the chance batty but AR wouldn’t sanction it.
posted on 23/2/20
Sounds about right, Jonty.
posted on 23/2/20
Well, at least he didn't sign for Man U...
posted on 23/2/20
If AR had sanctioned it, what would people here have said?..
That was before he got his Dortmund break, nobody imagined he could be as good as turned out because everybody said he was in a no man's league playing against poor opposition!..
Love to have him here but if we'd got him to soon and it didn't work, then what?..
Hopefully the fan its said is in him is true to its word and he comes to us sometime in the not to distant future, but, I wouldn't have liked to have been AR if he'd said yes and it didn't work!..
posted on 23/2/20
That was before he got his Dortmund break, nobody imagined he could be as good as turned out because everybody said he was in a no man's league playing against poor opposition!..
^^^^^
Not sure about that statement Germany.
Top clubs (better than us) were after him.
The bloke wakes up in the morning and scores goals
for fun. He's a rare talent. And even at his young age everyone could see he's a natural striker. In our team,
with the amount of chances created, he'd be going mental with goals.
posted on 23/2/20
Batty, I've read a few times around here that AR said no 2yrs ago, were these clubs that are now looking looking at him then?..
I dare say no!..
He has proved himself a top player that can go far, nobody here knows how our player from his old clubs sister club will do, but he's had things against said!..
He should be backed until he's proven good or bad whichever way he goes!..
Have you seen Dortmund play?..
I've seen them lots on the box in the Sports bar with mates, and I'll say they're good enough to match most in the Premier league!..
The Quality of player around Haaland are as good as any, and thankfully he knows that!..
And no, I'm not trying to take anything away from Haaland!.
posted on 24/2/20
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 18 hours, 36 minutes ago
We had the chance batty but AR wouldn’t sanction it.
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when was this? - would he of then played for the U23s at the time?
something you often complain about, to be fair.
you can't have it both ways mate