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Official Source[Premier League] Erling Haaland is named Premier League Player of the Season for 2022/23. (twitter.com)

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[–]Compromisedthrowaway 1504 points1505 points  (154 children)

Quick everyone act surprised.

Well deserved though

[–]TheBiasedSportsLover 1236 points1237 points  (139 children)

Some of the few allegations people said on Haaland before his Premier League debut vs West Ham

  • Haaland will be lucky if he scores 15 goals"

  • "Bundesliga Tax a.k.a. Farmers League Tax"

  • "Haaland can only score when he has space to run in behind"

  • "Haaland will be injury prone"

  • "Doubtful Haaland can cope with the Premier Leagues athleticism & physicality"

  • "Man City will become a worse team compared to last season because of him."

  • "Darwin Nunez will rinse Haaland as better signing"

[–]EdwardClamp 446 points447 points  (13 children)

I don't take fantasy football seriously but the Athletic did an article on it before before the season started and spoke to some guy who apparently does very well every year (top ten or something like that), he did a few rules for how to succeed and it went something like:

Rule 1 was not to start with players who are new to the league as you never know how well they will adapt.

Rule 2, ignore Rule 1 only for Haaland because he will be special

[–]honestlynotBG 181 points182 points  (10 children)

Well he was right about Rule 2 cause Haaland's basically been a set-and-forget captain material in FPL for almost the entire season

[–]BallsX 108 points109 points  (8 children)

He made this FPL season quite boring to be honest. Almost everyone has him and everyone captains him.

[–]DarnellLaqavius 52 points53 points  (1 child)

Don't forget the Arsenal and Brighton assets being ridiculously cheap.

Every team was basically the same and it made the season quite boring.

[–]BallsX 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yea around gameweek 28 onwards I think almost every started having the same team with minor differences like Odegaard instead of Martinelli or Mac Allister instead of Mitoma/March.

Doesn't help that a lot of people are just copying a few famous FPL youtubers selections as well.

[–]LevynX 34 points35 points  (2 children)

Yeah, honestly got fed up with the game for the first time in five years.

[–]Oomeegoolies 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Wasn't just Haaland. The entire team was far more template than usual because of cheap Arsenal and Newcastle assets (plus cheap Rashford) allowing you to have Kane and Haaland all season pretty much.

Hopefully next year prices are set in a way that feeds more into individual picks.

If Haaland is less than £14 he'll be in everyone's team. Obviously Arsenal, Newcastle and Rashford will get price rises.

Getting Kane's price right is a big thing too. If he goes United especially. Making him a tempting price to lure people away from Haaland and into Kane whilst making the doubling up of both unlikely without completely negating the rest of your team will be the big thing. If Kane is too much, everyone just goes Haaland.

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    [–]addictus_black 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    Its the same as salah has been the last few seasons, haaland won’t break the points in a season record

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      [–]Veni_Vidic_Vici 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      Except for last couple of weeks because of pep roulette and him missing chances. Also there was a point mid season where rashford was a better pick.

      [–]BoosterGoldGL 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      I put haaland captain week one and mostly carried me to a top 5% finish

      [–][deleted] 455 points456 points  (48 children)

      It's still shocking just how fast he was able to get out the gate though. Like I think a lot of the people trying to put him down before the season were obviously wrong, but it was totally reasonable to expect it to take him a couple of months to really get settled in to Pep's team and the PL as a whole.

      But no, instead he comes out and scores 9 goals in his first 5 games, which is frankly insane.

      [–]NevenSuboticFanNo1 299 points300 points  (14 children)

      He did adapt similarly quick at Dortmund, coming from a significantly weaker league. 7 goals in his first 3 games. He's just a freak.

      [–]piiracy 139 points140 points  (4 children)

      scored a hat trick in his first ever match for us

      [–]TobyOrNotTobyEU 217 points218 points  (4 children)

      It's the league that needs to adapt to him

      [–]tinhtinh 95 points96 points  (0 children)

      After 37 matches, we finally slowed him down in the last 4. It's working lads, team work makes the dream work.

      [–]I_Hate_Knickers_5 29 points30 points  (0 children)

      " I'm not trapped in here with you.. "

      [–]Loeffellux 19 points20 points  (1 child)

      this is not entirely wrong. Because it takes teams a while to know how a new player will intergrate into his new team and therefore how to play against him. You could see this with Paco who was amazing for us in his first year (where he didn't play much) but in his second year the other clubs knew how to deal with him better

      [–]robotnique 12 points13 points  (0 children)

      It's amazing how good Paco was and yet nobody will remember because Haaland just showed up and eclipsed him so severely.

      I still think he would have scored buckets with Dortmund had he stayed and not returned to Spain to see his career tail off.

      [–]Professor_Abronsius 33 points34 points  (3 children)

      He’s hit the ground running in every club since Molde.

      [–]Deficit24 22 points23 points  (2 children)

      I like to think that he is still adapting. Like almost all players under Pep, it takes time to get a complete grasp of the system. I can't wait for second season Haaland.

      [–]Pertolepe 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      Next year watch him tie/break the record for most career PL hat tricks. Aguero is at 12. He's at 4.

      [–]ThatGam3th00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Nah watch him break Messi’s most goals in a season record next season.

      [–]RudeAndQuizzacious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      I actually think he did take a while to bed into Pep's team, it's just that he was scoring goals anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if he and City are even better next season

      [–]dingodiletti 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      I agree it’s a sight to behold, the sheer size and speed of the guy coupled with his 2 past club stints + his age projected he would actually probably do what he’s doing at City. Personally, I’m buzzing we’re witnessing a generational talent like him since being blessed with Messi and Ronnie for 12+ years

      [–]AdamMc66 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      I mean I didn’t pick him for my FPL which friends out to be a mistake. Trippier and De Bruyne saved my season.

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        [–]hopscotch1818282819 29 points30 points  (0 children)

        I think the only one that was a very reasonable concern was him being injury prone. I’m surprised just how fit he’s stayed.

        [–]BertEnErnie123 31 points32 points  (1 child)

        But it’s not like everybody said that. 95% of the people said that Haaland would destroy the prem.

        Every day people say dumb stuff, nothing new

        [–]JSBraga 49 points50 points  (10 children)

        "Darwin Nunez will rinse Haaland as better signing"

        42 games, 15 goals, 4 assists.

        #GoalMachine

        [–]Lyrical_Forklift 32 points33 points  (2 children)

        I mean Haaland is clearly the far better player but Nunez hasn't been too bad given it's his first season and we're clearly not functioning as well as we can.

        Won't take much improvement in finishing for him to be a top forward in the league.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        He needs way more than just finishing, but yeah. Kinda bad deal with that fee imo

        [–]JSBraga 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Yeah I was kind of hard on Nuñez with my last comment to show how ridiculous was the idea that he would be better than Haaland. He is a good player and Liverpool had a crappy season, which probably also affected him negatively.

        [–]punindya 37 points38 points  (4 children)

        Cold take: Alvarez has been a better signing than Nunez

        [–]AuxquellesRad 16 points17 points  (1 child)

        Arsenal would have wom the title if they had Alvarez, that's how good he looks to be.

        [–]Pasan90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Alvarez instead of Jesus and the title would be named ours.

        [–]imarandomdudd 22 points23 points  (1 child)

        Money wise, yes but Nunez has been fun to watch, both in his highs and lows. Very chaotic striker. Think he'll do great next season. Same for Alvarez.

        [–]Sneaky-Alien 10 points11 points  (0 children)

        Money wise, yes

        And player wise.

        [–]Sir_Psycho_Sexy_ 8 points9 points  (1 child)

        Eh, not a bad start given our season. He's also been played LW a lot too. He should have 20 with the chances he's missed obviously

        [–]JSBraga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        True, he had a good start of the season and he is still young and adapting to the Prem. I said what I said mostly because there is no way he would have been better than Haaland, but he is a good player.

        [–]mipanzuzuyam 12 points13 points  (7 children)

        Was some of these said by that Rory Jennings dude?

        [–]SpicyDragoon93 10 points11 points  (6 children)

        Yes and considering Chelsea's position on the table right now it's even funnier.

        Here's the full video:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1MjuGJ6C9c&t=605s

        [–]BallsX 9 points10 points  (5 children)

        Wow who is that guy?? Absolute donkey takes, arrogantly got almost everything wrong!

        [–]SpicyDragoon93 2 points3 points  (3 children)

        Rory Jennings, he's a Chelsea fan that hosts 'The Club' on YouTube with Buvey (Man City) and Adam McKola (Man United). He used to appear on The Kick Off before they left. I like him, but his bad takes are often really bad.

        [–]EriWave 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        If you're looking for someone that speaks straight from the heart without the feelings stopping by the brain is he probably perfect lol.

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            [–]esports_consultant 9 points10 points  (0 children)

            Time to move on to one season wonder.

            [–]snharisa 79 points80 points  (7 children)

            Julian has been better than Nunez.

            [–]Fleshsausage27 43 points44 points  (6 children)

            Alvarez plays for a team with a functioning midfield

            [–]Borgatronification 59 points60 points  (4 children)

            Nunez had many chances which he should have scored, good midfield or not

            [–]LessBrain 19 points20 points  (0 children)

            Nunez has a much higher xG than Alvarez. Nunez is just an absolute terrible finisher.

            For anyone curious (PL only)

            Nunez 9 goals 12.1xg

            Alvarez 9 goals from 6.7xG

            [–]LevynX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

            • "Haaland will be injury prone"

            It's actually pretty noteworthy he's avoided injury for most of this season. He wasn't really injury prone like Phil Jones level but he had quite a few injuries in the past.

            https://www.transfermarkt.com/erling-haaland/verletzungen/spieler/418560

            [–]davidlindhagen1 39 points40 points  (3 children)

            I feel like most reasonable minds had forecast him slotting into the world’s greatest football machine and playing very well, no?

            [–]IronSorrows 12 points13 points  (0 children)

            Yeah they mostly did. There's always a few idiots and trolls and people going against the grain for the sake of it, and a few people making jokes after the community shield, then people remember them and amplify it in their mind ~9 months later and pretend everyone thought he was going to be shite

            Most people thought he'd be class. Most people made comments before his signing that this would sew the league up for City for years, and immediately started speculating on how long before he'd (please) go to Spain. Most decent FPL players started with him, or had a plan to get him in for Kane after the first game

            Most sensible people had him down as being a massive success, maybe with a settling in period for him and the team, and he still exceeded those expectations. Makes you sick

            [–]jjw1998 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            I think everyone did but I think the surprise was the fact that he did so immediately?

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              [–]matty80 16 points17 points  (4 children)

              "Doubtful Haaland can cope with the Premier Leagues athleticism & physicality"

              This is my favourite one.

              [–]AlmostNL 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              he's like 3 meters tall what were they thinking?

              [–]kakje666 7 points8 points  (1 child)

              " hmm yeah i don't think the 195 cm / 6'5 ft tall , 90-95 kgs viking can do it in the prem "

              [–]Alexanderspants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              English football fans just weren't used to the revolutionary idea of putting a big man up front, Pep really opened a lot of eyes this year

              [–]STICKY-WHIFFY-HUMID 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              Somebody watched a 6ft4 man run like a sprinter and thought he'd have trouble with Craig Dawson and Johnny Evans.

              [–]cimbalino 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              Think the injury fears were warranted, he missed too many games at Dortmund for a player of his age.

              And even City acknowledged that when they bought another player that could play his role

              [–]toyoda_the_2nd 4 points5 points  (1 child)

              Halaand seriously need to be careful with his body. Many huge players become injury prone. Like Pato, Ronaldo 9, Bale.

              Big player + running fast = tear muscle.

              [–]brunosmydad 16 points17 points  (1 child)

              The one that gets me every time is people saying he can’t deal with the physicality of the prem?? Like have they seen this 6’5 Norwegian Viking of a man???

              [–]matty80 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              I love how David Squires just draws him as a titanic death robot with beautiful, flowing blonde locks.

              [–]iamalittlepige 19 points20 points  (5 children)

              The hyperbole after the community shield was insane, saying that Darwin Nunez was already the better signing of the two lmao

              [–]006AlecTrevelyan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              Haaland will be lucky if he scores 15 goals"

              How do people not realise this was just a ploy by Tory Jennings to garner more views?

              [–]Youcantdoxme 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              All this fucking allegations made me take Kane over Haaland in my FPL. Fuck them. By the 3rd hat-trick I have missed, the damage is done

              [–]INeedAKimPossible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              Wasn't he fairly injury prone at Dortmund? His availability has been excellent this year though

              [–]alttogoabroad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              As a dortmund fan, i knew he was gonna turn PL into farmers league, but even i said he is Injury prone. However, it seems like the Dortmund fitness coach was the problem.

              [–]Kwetla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              • "Doubtful Haaland can cope with the Premier Leagues athleticism & physicality"

              Did these people see him?! He's 6ft 4 and build like a refrigerator! Defenders literally bounce off him! Anyone could see that regardless of whether he was a flop or success, physicality wasn't going to be an issue.

              [–]flybypost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              Don't forget the giant, fridge sized, CBs in the PL that will bully him.

              [–]OriginalSwearer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              I remember seeing he did have a couple injuries at Dortmund, I know pep rotates a lot and often Haaland is taken off before the match ends but can anyone enlighten me to the extent of his injuries at his previous clubs? Were they potential re-occurring or just impact injuries?

              I think I can speak for everyone in thinking the only thing that will slow this machine down now is potential injuries.

              [–]farqueue2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              In everyone's defence, they obviously were judging him before his latest firmware update

              [–]benjecto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              The idea that Haaland was widely expected to be a flop is a demonstrably bullshit premise.

              I don't understand this need by some people to be a martyr. Going around copy-pasting this shit because you saw a few posts on social media or whatever is just so deeply weird.

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                  [–]verddet 1086 points1087 points  (28 children)

                  But will he adapt to the league?

                  [–]LeAnthonyJavis 287 points288 points  (8 children)

                  Surely not. It’ll be disrespectful to the establishment

                  [–]whiskeymagnet22 46 points47 points  (7 children)

                  Lol who was the guy who said that?

                  [–]KngWzard 84 points85 points  (5 children)

                  Rory Jennings, that clip went viral deservedly so

                  [–]loveino 39 points40 points  (4 children)

                  He went out and said sorry afterwards lol. Still can’t believe his whole fucking point was “it’s disrespectful to those before him”

                  [–]KngWzard 53 points54 points  (0 children)

                  The apology was top banter though. "My knowledge was clouded by the likes of Timo Werner who came to Chelsea from the same Bundesliga with an impressive scoring record" lmao

                  [–]FallingOffTheClock 17 points18 points  (2 children)

                  He's a proper football history nonce which is weird given the fact he's a Chelsea fan. He has this weird viewpoint that history trumps all, for example he would probably argue pre-match that Nottingham Forest should beat Brighton becuase "they're two time European cup winners".

                  [–]whiskeymagnet22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                  I mean they did beat arsenal

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                    [–]FallingOffTheClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    Tory Rory. Landlord and conservative voter who spits sewer level takes.

                    [–]randomvariable10 142 points143 points  (9 children)

                    The right question is, Will the league adapt to him from the next season?

                    [–]smrkr 64 points65 points  (8 children)

                    I have a feeling, we will see Haaland and Alverez starting together next season.

                    [–]LloydDoyley 37 points38 points  (0 children)

                    4 4 facking 2

                    [–]Douchebagpanda 47 points48 points  (1 child)

                    Inject that shit directly into my veins.

                    [–]loveino 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                    I have a feeling that if this is right, I’ll have to buy more underwear

                    [–]practicalnoob69 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                    Keep going... I'm almost there

                    [–]Sparl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                    I hope not, this genuinely terrifies me as a football fan.

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                      [–]haynesthatpaynes 43 points44 points  (1 child)

                      Chelsea already mastered controlling him. 0 goals against them. Chelsea clearly best team in the league

                      [–]loveino 26 points27 points  (0 children)

                      The golden boot race is still on - Chelsea vs. Haaland

                      [–]MillorTime 14 points15 points  (0 children)

                      He's never played during a rainy night at Stoke. He may still be a blonde fraud

                      [–]quacainia 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                      Not yet, he doesn't have Harry Maguire type talent. Has some work to do

                      [–]Stay_Beautiful_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                      Put Maguire on City and Haaland on Spurs and lets see what happens (please)

                      [–]PlayThief 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                      remember the haaland vs nunez debate?

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                        [–]Chesney1995 557 points558 points  (9 children)

                        Season's not over yet. Be proper embarrassing for the prizegiving ceremony if Harry Kane turns around and scores 12 and bags 6 assists against Leeds tomorrow

                        [–]John_Carnage 225 points226 points  (5 children)

                        Sadly with Leeds this is probably possible

                        [–]JuanseCap 315 points316 points  (1 child)

                        and knowing Tottenham, they would still lose 19-18.

                        [–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

                        At this point I’d be up for it just for the spectacle (and I think most of us would)

                        We are currently dead inside it couldn’t hurt us more

                        [–]Krilox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        sad noises

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                            [–]NickNova3016 261 points262 points  (15 children)

                            If Haaland also wins young player of the season, will he be the only other player in the Prem to win both in the same season? I believe the only person to win both was Ronaldo.

                            [–]idosade 201 points202 points  (1 child)

                            I think Bale won in 2013

                            [–]TigerBasket 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                            God's he was strong then

                            [–]MarcSlayton 72 points73 points  (5 children)

                            This is Premier League Player of the Year. This is not the PFA Players Player of the Year. That is a different award, and is sometimes known as the PFA Player of the Year award.

                            Now the PFA Players Player of the Year will also obviously be won by Haaland this year too but the winner has not yet been announced. The PFA Players Player of the Year has been going since 1974, when Norman Hunter won it.

                            The PFA Young Player of the Year award has also not been announced yet. It will get announced the same day as the PFA Players Player of the Year Award. Again this award has been going since 1974 when it was first won by Kevin Beatie.

                            Most professional players regard the PFA Awards as being the most prestigious to win, as the winners are voted by their peers, other Professional Players playing in England. Players are not allowed to vote for other players at their own clubs.

                            The Premier League Player of the Year has been going since 1995, when Shearer was the first winner.

                            The Premier League Young Player of the Season award has only been going since 2020, when Trent was the first winner. C Ronaldo never won this obviously.

                            No player has ever yet won both the Premier League Player of the Season AND the Premier League Young Player of the Season, as only Trent and Foden have won the latter since it began.

                            In terms of the PFA Player's Player of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Year awards, then C Ronaldo and Bale won both in 2007 and 2013 respectively.

                            The other major individuals awards in England for footballers with prestige are the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA). These are voted for by journalists, and these awards are the original awards given to footballers and so are regarded as significant. They have been given out since 1948 when Stanley Matthews was the first winner. This award has already been announced for this year, and Haaland won it.

                            [–]AkilleezBomb 178 points179 points  (4 children)

                            Is this a ChatGPT response?

                            [–]MarcSlayton 25 points26 points  (3 children)

                            As if.

                            PS. Good luck to BVB today!

                            [–]I_Hate_Knickers_5 19 points20 points  (2 children)

                            You're definitely a bot.

                            Not that there's anything wrong with that.

                            🤖👍

                            [–]MarcSlayton 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                            First time I've been called a bot!

                            Next you'll be saying I pass the Turing Test!

                            [–]I_Hate_Knickers_5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                            Bot doth protest too much!

                            [–]Krilox 45 points46 points  (1 child)

                            I read somewhere that he wouldnt win it as they wanted to split it. Not sure if its true at all. But technically, if you win POTS/Y then you should win the young player award as well.

                            [–]Drugba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                            I can totally understand why they would do that and for the most part, I support it. For Halland though, I think they should give him both just to underscore how dominant he was this season.

                            I suspect that Saka would probably be next in line for YPOTY and Halland has basically doubled his goals + assists count.

                            [–]nmyi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                            Ahem, Gareth Bale 2012/13 won both >:(

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                              [–]MilkQ 127 points128 points  (1 child)

                              Absoutlutely love how they tagged a random skiier from Norway instead of the man himself

                              [–]MemeL_rd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                              clearly whoever this haaland in the image is, is a fraud

                              [–]doshydosh 25 points26 points  (2 children)

                              Why do it before season ends ??? Havertz can score a hat trick tomorrow and he would deserve then would He not ??

                              [–]phdthrowaway2020 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                              Breaking double digits would be quite the accomplishment for him.

                              [–]Roflitos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                              At this point of Chelsea score 3 goals under Lampard it would be worthy of a trophy.

                              [–]Pow67 105 points106 points  (1 child)

                              Didn’t see this one coming tbf… glad the prem are given recognition to a lesser known player in the league. Top player.

                              [–]-r4zi3l- 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                              Just wait until he grows and gets used to the prem

                              [–]Fisktor 142 points143 points  (20 children)

                              I really dont like having the logo in the middle of the shirt

                              [–]RabidNerd 27 points28 points  (0 children)

                              It's my favourite shirt. I love the badge in the middle

                              [–]not_your_hoodie 17 points18 points  (10 children)

                              believe me, the one area man city fails is making jerseys, our jerseys have been shit the last 2-3 seasons...14 year olds with photoshop design concept jerseys that look infinitely better than what puma does

                              meanwhile arsenal drops banger after banger jerseys..stylish and practical

                              [–]adichandra 16 points17 points  (3 children)

                              I’ll take shit jerseys for EPL trophy and UCL final vs Inter.

                              [–]not_your_hoodie 7 points8 points  (2 children)

                              im with you there mate...if i had to sacrifice style for the UCL trophy, i'd take it no doubt

                              [–]adichandra 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                              I hate the sky blue and maroon combination, it looks horrible. Meanwhile the Dortmund like yellow jersey is decent though.

                              [–]KatieOfTheHolteEnd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                              The yellow shirt is in the so ugly it looks good category for me.

                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                              Next year's shirt is fucking beautiful

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                                  [–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (1 child)

                                  This is so disrespectful to the establishment

                                  [–]BigDaneEnergi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

                                  Still can't believe Rory said that unironically. What are you, a 130 year old aristocrat?

                                  [–]BonesNBows0102 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                                  Im surprised, seemed like Wout Faes contributed to more goals this year than Haaland did

                                  [–]Juil8991MC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                  Colour me shocked

                                  [–]WillowTreeBark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                  Hang on, when does Haaland start doing it in the Premier League?

                                  [–]Stay_Beautiful_ 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                  With Chelsea so close to him in the golden boot race I'm surprised they gave it to him with a match left

                                  [–]Brashmate 22 points23 points  (0 children)

                                  WHAT?

                                  NOW THATS SURPRISED ME

                                  [–]deez-nuts-are_nuts 18 points19 points  (8 children)

                                  Greatest first season at a new club ?

                                  [–]LucozadeBottle1pCoin 66 points67 points  (0 children)

                                  I mean it's pretty close to the greatest season anyone's had in the PL as a player, so probably

                                  [–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (4 children)

                                  Can't think of anyone tbh.

                                  Fat Ronaldo is the only one who comes close.

                                  Scored 47 goals for Barcelona in his first season

                                  [–]obrapop 26 points27 points  (2 children)

                                  I think that Ronaldo season was better tbh. That’s not to detract from the absurd season Haaland has had. It’s more just Ronaldo was single-handedly eviscerating teams in a way that Haaland doesn’t. Very different players.

                                  [–]twiggez-vous 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                  There's this compilation of Ronaldo goals, which looks very much like a compilation of a legendary player's all-time best career goals.

                                  Except it isn't. It's a compilation of all his goals at Barcelona, in a single season, in chronological order. Nearly every one is a sublime display of skill and pace.

                                  [–]obrapop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                  Wow, that does really put it in perspective. Total freak.

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                                    [–]cord1408 21 points22 points  (0 children)

                                    Suarez in Barca. Came off a ban, won a treble

                                    Edit: Haaland might do the same too. I'm not sure who'd have the better season it he did win it all with City this season.

                                    [–]robins420 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                    If he wins the treble, easily.

                                    [–]Salvador1010 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                    Man its hilarious how people were calling him a flop after that community shield game

                                    [–]Friendofabook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                    Mudryk was robbed.

                                    [–]MarcSlayton 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                    Deserved obviously. No-one else can come close this year tbh.

                                    [–]independent200 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                    Viking deserves it and could fight for ballon d'or this year

                                    [–]Cvein 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                    Norwegian oil prince

                                    [–]The-Last-Bullet 8 points9 points  (14 children)

                                    Hope the "farmer's league" shit ends with the Bundesliga

                                    It's a fantastic league and Bundesliga's second-best(debatable) player last season was the best player in the Premier League.

                                    [–]blackscienceman9 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                                    And Lewa with a bad season is still top scorer in la liga for his first season

                                    [–]kraeutrpolizei 10 points11 points  (3 children)

                                    He‘s a force of nature. That says nothing about the quality of the Bundesliga. Sancho hasn’t been close to replicating his success.

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                                      [–]Ubiquitous1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                      The jury is still out between this guy and Nunez

                                      [–]TheOnlyEn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                      Player of the season and young player of the season. Damn

                                      [–]rosicky7t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                      Much deserved, best player by far

                                      [–]Zandercy42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                      Weghorst robbed, he's gonna score 12 tomorrow

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