I see that point but Haaland is not that easily shaken - he's been tackled hard before (not just in the EPL) and kept on scoring. He's not easily shaken by such treatment.
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I’ve seen balls crossed the line that weren’t given as goals, it’s a neither here nor there argument
Whether Halaand shirks it against everyone it’s not like anything I proposed
Fact is Romero scythed him down and from that point on he wasn’t willing to front up any aggressiveness resulting in the league’s top scorer not even having a touch in our box.
You may disagree but refs do pay attention to hard-men like Romero - and for each "silly" hard/rough tackle he the yellow (or even red) card will come up more easily.
Romero have gotten away with some rash tackles, but that will be harder and harder.
I think you and some others tend to overexaggerate the impact Romero's tackle had on Haaland and City. Haaland is not the only player on the City team who can score goals. Name one of City's attacking players who had a good game. And neither of their players did not manage to supply Haaland. Emerson kept Grealish quiet.
And as a result of his tackle, Romero now misses the next EPL game.
You are clearly underestimating or not at all appreciating the impact, while that in itself wasn't the sole reason for Haaland's its definitely not to be discounted or in your case overlooked as a key factor
I reiterate - the league's top scorer didn't have a shot on goal or a touch in the opponents box (our box). He was marked by Cuti and even when Romero had the ball Haaland didn't press or tackle him.
Die on your hill - the lack of significance of that tackle, i'll keeping on politely disagreeing
Yup, like how life became tougher for Fernandihno and Fabinho
Are people seriously defending Romero’s first yellow and claiming it as some kind of psychological victory? Like Haaland hasn’t been fouled before or Romero doesn’t do stupid shit nearly every game.
It is more likely to restrict how Romero can play the rest of the game (up against the most physically imposing striker in the PL) than Haaland, who now knows the guy marking him has to be careful.
And it eventually leaves us down to 10 men, which definitely makes things easier for City/Haaland.
It is more likely to restrict how Romero can play the rest of the game (up against the most physically imposing striker in the PL) than Haaland, who now knows the guy marking him has to be careful.
And it eventually leaves us down to 10 men, which definitely makes things easier for City/Haaland.
He is an aggressive player but he really needs to know where and when and more importantly when not to.
If Dier had done what he did the forum would have melted.
If Dier had done what he did the forum would have melted.
I like the job he did on Haaland and he got an acceptable red card IMO, took one for the team after been thrown under the bus by Peresic(?) with that dodgy hospital pass.
I don't mind if he picks up the odd red if it's necessary, he plays on the edge and I think we just need to accept it.
I don't mind if he picks up the odd red if it's necessary, he plays on the edge and I think we just need to accept it.
The mental gymnastics to defend more stupid rash tackling.
6 cards in 6 games since he's came back from the WC and now he'll miss more football for being stupid. Leaving the leg in on a yellow was even stupider than the first challenge tbh.
6 cards in 6 games since he's came back from the WC and now he'll miss more football for being stupid. Leaving the leg in on a yellow was even stupider than the first challenge tbh.
Yep. You'll notice everytime the ball went near Haaland he was too focused on seeing where Romero was instead of focusing on his own game.
It worked. At a cost of course in the end, but it meant we saw Haaland fail to have a shot on target for the first time all season. That's not coincidence.
Any top attacker will keep on eye on his marker - that's nothing new. You, like some others, really are naive to believe that 1 rash tackle puts Haaland off; as if this is the first time someone tackled him hard. The whole City team failed to deliver the balls Haaland needs. His game is not built on touches; in fact, in some games, he's scored he's had like 7-8+ touches during the whole game.
Credit to Romero for his defensive work but that was not down to that one rash tackle
And you are clearly underestimating Haaland as a player. It was certainly not a key factor in Haaland playing poorly. His game is not based on being much-involved build-up during games at all. He's often had games with less than 10 touches.
But, yes, Romero did very well against Haaland. And yes I do like him being tough - but not without a good timing.
One key factor to Spurs' win was a huge blunder by Rodrigo and Kane took his chance.
It was not at all a special or skillful tackle, which was done in the 25th minute in CIty's half with no danger ahead at all, and then bragging about it by posting it on his Instagram account is really silly: it was a cowardly tackle that any defender could have done - it was not as if they went shoulder to shoulder and he outmuscled Haaland. And when refs see defenders posting "bounty tackles" on social media they may be "marked".
If any opposition defender had tackled Harry Kane that way, no Spurs fans would have been impressed.
A top defender will save his "possible yellow" in case of a dangerous situation that may occur (well, I know it didn't) and he was sent off with 10 minutes left to play.
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The wankhorn definitely hung his leg into Romero to make it look worse but once Romero plants his leg there and doesn't get the ball it's always going to be a foul and it gives the wankhorn the opportunity to make the ref make a decision - if he wasn't already on a yellow it would be a reasonable foul for the team in the situation, but because he's already got a completely unnecessary yellow, it's now potentially hindered us very badly.
Don't really have an issue with that yellow.. Grealish gets chopped down 5/6 times per game, he's right to try and make the opposition suffer for it. Every referee is giving a yellow card there. No way around it, Romero needs to be smarter about picking up first half yellow cards. Still, think he was outstanding for much of yesterdays game and bullied a guy who's scored 25 times in 20 league games. City's play didn't help Haaland, but our players played intensely throughout.
I know Romero was abut rash with the tackle but Jack Grealish is a joke. He just leaves his leg in all the time, even on the 2nd yellow he just extends it and make sure there is contact. He's a twat, and shit.
Agree. It's fundamentally all Grealish has. But the two things aren't mutually exclusive. Romero does stupid shit and Grealish is a dandy leg dangling Wankhorn.
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You can say we'll he's been tackled before ect ect but it's happened before Tyrone Mings hit him hard and early and he had by his standards a quiet game . It's a fact that there is a physical battle of speed and aggression and dominance that if won gives you an edge. The player may still score but you have to let him know he faces a physical battle. If he feels he can do what he wants when he wants he will murder you. If he's thinking about imminent contact when he's taking down the ball you buy yourself a few precious nano seconds and those are the margins top flight sport is built on.