Who is pushing for the treble??Some of you really have trouble thinking more than a few months ahead of you don't you? Hojlund wasn't signed to push us to win the title this season, this is a multi year project and Hojlund was signed with the potential of being our leading forward for the next 10 years plus.
With this in mind, a few weeks out at the start of the season is nothing.
Not sure where you all got it in your head that we were pushing for the treble this season, our squad is still woefully underequipped for a title charge, we're looking to build something long term not this season.
One must be pretty deluded to think we have the capacity for a treble.Who is pushing for the treble??
That's what I would like,however my gut feeling is Luckhurst is probably right on thisBring him on for 10 minutes on Saturday.
I have a habit, of following my fellow countrymen in football, and I am very excited about this kid. I have had some concernes whether it was too early for him to make a move as big as the one to United might be, it probably might have been good for him to stay another year at Atalanta, and get more experience, more goals under his belt, but sometimes an opportunity arises, and you just can’t say no, and just need to seize the moment, and I have absolutely no doubt about his qualities. A former youth coach was asked to describe, where Højlund stood out, apart from the obvious, he said, that Højlund continually tried to improve himself, via extra training, extra hours in the weight room, learn more about the importance of diet and so forth. He is described, as being very focused, confident in his abilities, but with an understanding, that success as a pro footballer is not a given, and that he needs to work hard to improve.Having a look at his goal record....I think its actually very very good, almost a great record for a teenager. I think Erling Haaland's numbers as a kid is skewing things a bit. He spends 1 and a half seasons at Copenhagen aged 17-18 scoring 5 goals in 32 games, with all goals coming in his second season there before he transferred to Sturm Graz in the winter window. He then spends the rest of the season there and a little bit of the start of the next season scoring 12 goals in 21 games aged 19. Then moves to Atalanta, is behind Zapata and Muriel who he then overtakes as a starter and scores 10 in 32 (20 of them starting). Adding to that he has scored 6 goals in 6 games since joining the Denmark national team..... that seems like a pretty good record/trajectory to me. Personally I have a sneaky feeling that given time the kid will surprise a lot of people.
Not shocked if this is the case. The noise around him being potentially ready for the Arsenal clash has died down and there hasn't really been a substantial update for a while.Tweet
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Luckhurst saying the opposite
Yeah looks very much like Custis is going to be eating humble pie on this oneNot shocked if this is the case. The noise around him being potentially ready for the Arsenal clash has died down and there hasn't really been a substantial update for a while.
When he is available, I'm also expecting a handful of substitute appearances.
fixed.Start Martial against Forest and bring Højlundon after 60-70 mins. when Martial succumbs to his injury.
True but it's a somewhat positive update on what Luckhurst was saying yesterdayTerrible first game to be back for.
Really could have done with it being this week's match
You are creating a strawman argument and then making up your own conclusions. Typical caftard.When signing a player who's injured and unavailable for potentially the first two months of the season, you would really have hoped that the club could have negotiated a slightly less extortionate fee. Overpaying significantly for an injured player whose credentials lean more towards potential than certainty. Typical United. Unless he fully lives up to that potential, it'll be hard to call it a good deal. When paying like 50% above value for a player who's injured at the time of transfer, the bar is quite high for what constitutes a worthwhile signing.
We should sign multi million pound players based on who is moren available for the fist 2 months?Is this guy crocked or what?
Ivan Toney will be available soon. Not sure what the thinking was in signing this guy.
Is this guy crocked or what?
Ivan Toney will be available soon. Not sure what the thinking was in signing this guy.
I can't tell of you're kidding. Someone tell me he's kidding?Yeap. He was last seen moving around Carrington in a wheelchair. How Murtough and ETH were so dumb to buy him when the wheelchair was a red flag in my humble opinion. Typical United.
He's not. He won't be able to play football again hopefully he'll be able to move with a walker in a couple of years. It's only about him regaining mobility in his lower body at this point and give him, some, life quality.I can't tell of you're kidding. Someone tell me he's kidding?
The caf have already decided, we should have just paid the extra 30m for kane, and unless he is scoring in every other game he is shit.You are creating a strawman argument and then making up your own conclusions. Typical caftard.
Unless you are in the delegation, there is no way you would know the terms. How do you know the negotiation team didn't renegotiate the terms?
Besides, it was clear that United wanted to buy more than Atalanta wanted to sell. So we had to offer them a price that they couldn't refuse.
Out of curiosity, how long do you give him before deciding whether he has lived up to his potential? And how do you define what his deliverables are?
Sadly, I think you are correct. He will be pronounced a flop after 2 games.The caf have already decided, we should have just paid the extra 30m for kane, and unless he is scoring in every other game he is shit.
also he should be fully formed 2 games in
When signing a player who's injured and unavailable for potentially the first two months of the season, you would really have hoped that the club could have negotiated a slightly less extortionate fee. Overpaying significantly for an injured player whose credentials lean more towards potential than certainty. Typical United. Unless he fully lives up to that potential, it'll be hard to call it a good deal. When paying like 50% above value for a player who's injured at the time of transfer, the bar is quite high for what constitutes a worthwhile signing.
He is not injured, he is not crocked. How many times must it be spelled out on hereIs this guy crocked or what?
Ivan Toney will be available soon. Not sure what the thinking was in signing this guy.
Funny thing is he’s already starting to be considered a flop before even touching the grassSadly, I think you are correct. He will be pronounced a flop after 2 games.
That's because you aren't appreciative of the number of football experts we have here. I bow to their Rinus Michel-level genius every day.Funny thing is he’s already starting to be considered a flop before even touching the grass
Think I have too.He's done more than Martial so far this season
MEN definitely bait hardI trust Laurie and Athletic much more (if not as unequivocally as some other posters here) than M.E.N and Luckhurst in particular. Like Ogden at ESPN, for every scoop or insight M.E.N get through proximity to club sources, another three reports will be skewed towards clickbait (either about how many players we're signing or how catastrophic the changing room/training ground mood is) or heightening the severity of real existing problems...