Cody Gakpo
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Reminds me a lot of depay when he had to make the step up from playing in Dutch league with impressive stats to then coming to united and struggling and having the same traits as gakpo of not quite understanding his best position and lacking the pace out on the wings
I don't get why Liverpool went for him.
This took me a minute to understand
Is it me or is he really slow, not sure if it's his height but just doesn't appear to have any acceleration
Still very early days but oof.
Not a good start to his Liverpool career at all. Has he won a game yet?
Not a good start to his Liverpool career at all. Has he won a game yet?
Liverpool have gone from having a midas touch in the transfer market to being gak poo.
A few nice turns and touches but he really doesn’t look anything special and certainly not a player to make a meaningful impact for a top team
Might as well sell him at half price now if you keep playing him as a striker. He will never have a decent performance there.
Looks the exact same player as v Rangers twice,Arsenal twice and at the WC v the better teams. Small sample size but he hasn't stood out when facing anybody decent this season.
Not as much as your obsession with inflating transfer fees for other clubs.
I feel he isn't suited to this league, he seems to lack explosiveness.
And he isn't as good as Diaz on the left. Squad player is his best bet.
He doesnt suit the premier league at all. Too intense for him.
From what I have seen of him, I tend to agree.
Yes the Europa games I wasn't impressed, he looked quite slow in the World Cup, players easily catching him up. You have to be careful looking at the Dutch league, with Dirk Kuyt going back there and scoring for fun as well as Memphis. I've liked Gakpo's shooting technique but I don't see him outdoing our left sided players or being a good enough striker to mould.
I’d rather that than slag off my own players.
I support Manchester United after all
Same as Donny! My biggest worry is the same could apply to FDJ (but that's another thread)
He will find himself on the bench when everyone is fit and nothing will be made of it. But the furore around his signing in the media was more about Liverpool beating United, rather than what he actually does on the pitch.
As things stand that seems very harsh on Babel.
Not really like Donny. Gakpo gas plenty of weapons like dribbling, crossing and shooting, he just lacks grit or intensity. Donny simply doesnt have a single outstanding attribute which is fine over here where everyone is crap, but in England he is bullied by everyone.
Mad that Liverpool keep playing him up top, when the only reason he ended up there was because United didn’t think he would really improve their options in that position. Our only choices are a perpetually injured Martial and moving Rashford out of his preferred role.
As much as I don't want him a to succeed, he is similar to Memphis in the sense that he has a few qualities that can be translated to the top 5 leagues.
Quite clearly isn’t and never will be a PL level striker. I just don’t see it at all. There is a player there, he’s not shite. But I said it when we were linked, I didn’t fancy him as our striker signing.
Ngogg level then. We'll see.
I’m far from a Liverpool Gapko fan and do think it might be a blessing in disguise we didn’t get him, but I really irks me how quickly people are to write off a young player who is new to a country, league and club and all that goes with it.
its like the Antony thread all over again. They’ve both got the attributes to make it at Liverpool and United respectively and just need time to settle in.
its like the Antony thread all over again. They’ve both got the attributes to make it at Liverpool and United respectively and just need time to settle in.
He's mediocre. Glad we didn't buy him.
Liverpool wish Nunez and Gakpo had the performances Antony has put in
The crowing about "beating" us to his signing has certainly subsided hasn't it.
You are completely correct. It’s always been this way. Fans are incredibly knee jerk. It much worse when it’s our own player though. And it happens constantly.
I’m delighted Núñez and Gapko haven’t worked out yet, but certainly in Núñez case you can see that he could very easily come good for them. If he improves his finishing, he’ll be a very dangerous player. Gapko has always looked pretty average for me, but it’s way too early to write him off. Like a season too early.
Gakpoo amirite
Should be playing from the left, surely. Never a striker. Doesn't have the aggression to put himself about and make an impact. That's okay with wingers, they come in and out of games and it's okay if the underlying numbers are good, but if your striker goes missing it is abysmal for the team.
Honestly, when’s the last game you saw Nunez play that he was even a nuisance in? He doesn’t even seem to get into positions to score anymore
Only 2 more games to go. Sky sports should use the same graphic that they used for sancho.
He’s looks slow and far too casual. He has some decent touches but I can’t see him being a success in England.
Kin'ellBecause we went for him and they probably thought Ten Hag had some inside knowledge on Dutch players, especially after they saw Malacia move for a small fee and hold his own in the league.
Seems to be a common theme for recent big signings from Eredivise.
Agree, I didn't see anything in him at the WC that suggested he'd make it at this level or be worth the fee they were asking. £15m, yeah sure, we'll take a punt, anything more than that and you're having a laugh. He has a long, long way to go and looks far too slow to cut it in this league at the top end.
Yeah might be, Martinez at least has that for two.