Quote from: JeromeTash on June 13, 2025, 09:37:20 PM

I beg your pardon. Say that again? Grin

Last season, he wasn't even in the top 5 in the European Golden boot race, and you say he is irreplaceable? Maybe we are watching different leagues!

Truth be told, Last season was not good for him and if that continues even into the coming season, they will start to think twice about Benching/replacing him.

He had a bad season last season. His first bad season, and do you know how many goals he scored in that bad season? 31.
A player in his bad season scored 22 goals. How many strikers today can score 30 goals in a bad season?
In the league, he scored 21 goals, that's just 1 behind Isak and 7 behind balon d'or worthy Salah.
You don't compare players who had one exceptional season to a player who is consistently at the top level. I will say it again, aside from Mbappe, there is no striker who can bench Haaland. Not Isak, not Gyokeres,, not Retegui, not Lewandowski.
Haaland, like Man City, had a bad season, and that's all it is. But even in his bad season, he was among the top 3 highest goal scorers in the league. You can only say he's replaceable when another striker has consistently done better than him, and that is why I rate Mbappe ahead of him, but even Mbappe is not naturally a striker, even though he's the better goal scorer.