Gary Lineker
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Or he could play as a 10 or either side.
But Semenya, when he's playing up there, he's getting a lot of the ball because he's a player that kind of likes to be in possession.
He's used to it.
So Haaland's like, well, I'm not going to get a touch here.
Now, we're used to seeing him play in a way with three up top, aren't we?
Either side.
the supposed forwards, right side, left-sided forwards.
And Haaland just has the reign and he can spin behind.
He'd largely do what he wants.
Now, he's never been a player that gets involved too much in the build-up.
I wonder how many times in his career he's played with two up top.
And it is a different skill because you've got to make your runs off your partner in many ways.
If he drops in short, you want to get behind him.
If he goes behind, you can perhaps go short.
Or he goes left, you go right.
But if he's not played that way very often because he's always been the main focus up front, it's not...
necessarily easy for him you talked about in the first 15 minutes where he would normally be making maybe he's thinking well is Semenya going to go do I I don't know I'm just thinking out loud but you know Alan would have grown up playing with someone else alongside him I grew up playing with someone else alongside me and then it was only in the latter stage of my career I played up top on my own
for quite a bit.
And it is different.
It's a different skill set.