Hojlund or Zirkzee as first choice striker?

I don't think it makes much odds who we have up front outside of prime messi until amorim has the team creating chances. I think haaland would get 15 goals in all comps for us.
 
I’d go with Zirkzee as he has some moments at least, Rasmus is waste of time at the moment.

If there’s a chance to move both on the summer we have to take it.
 
Crashoutcassius said:
I don't think it makes much odds who we have up front outside of prime messi until amorim has the team creating chances. I think haaland would get 15 goals in all comps for us.
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This is where I’m at. You want to spend on someone proven when the team is functioning at an ok level. If we were creating a lot or a ST was missing a lot of chances, then you can go and take the risk on a huge name signing. But we look absolutely diabolical in build up, so the reality is I think priorities are pick up David on a free (decent if not elite) and focus on adding some real athletes/pace into the CB/CM/RWB.
 
None of them will do anything with the chance creators behind them. Absolute crap being served to our strikers week after week. Besides that, I think Hojlund is the better bet, however it's only down to who is lesser crap from the two.
 
I hope ZZ and Obi can start some kind of partnership up top.
One has great feet and the other can finish.
If they could link up it could be productive.
 
tomaldinho1 said:
This is where I’m at. You want to spend on someone proven when the team is functioning at an ok level. If we were creating a lot or a ST was missing a lot of chances, then you can go and take the risk on a huge name signing. But we look absolutely diabolical in build up, so the reality is I think priorities are pick up David on a free (decent if not elite) and focus on adding some real athletes/pace into the CB/CM/RWB.
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Agree. Think we aren't that bad at the back if we don't have catastrophic injuries, but cm, am and wing back needs injection of legs. Bruno will like like de bruyne with 5 or 6 energetic runners around him
 
Clutching at straws here.. but I think Zirkzee looks okay as an option behind the striker.

Holjund.. make turn into a top striker but he's miles off at the moment .
 
Zirkzee gets on the ball, so that already makes him more useful that Hojlund, who plays hide and seek with it.

However, Zirkzee's game is all about his control, holding the ball, and then passing it off to other players. When he doesn't do those things, he becomes useless as he doesn't offer any real attacking threat at all. There were too many times today where Zirkzee was making poor choices with his passing and giving the ball away too often. In the attacking positions, he should really have done better. It's like he has no power in his shooting or when pulling the ball back for others.

Realistically, neither are good enough and do not solve anything for us. Out of the two, Zirkzee may be more useful for the time being. Scouting department have a lot to answer for, to be honest.
 
I said in the Zirkzee thread today - you can clearly see there is a player there. Not going to make excuses as the performances have not been good enough. Still, a player whose entire game seems to revolve around linking up and bringing others into play... is always going to suffer when in such a dysfunctional side and attacking lineup. A more individualistic, flair player like Garnacho can still sometimes look good even when the rest are shit, because he is a selfish player. A cog only works when there are other cogs it can work with.

Young player, first season in a new team/league etc and the usual stuff still apply. I would be tempted to give him time - although if we got a good offer for him I would take it. I dont imagine Zirkzee's wages are so high that he cant remain as a squad player and rotation option.

Hojlund seems the bigger problem as he seems to have regressed and offers zero, unfortunately. Not his fault that we failed to bring in a proper striker alongside him - he was never meant to come in immediately as our first choice/only #9 option. Still its difficult to see a way back for him at the moment, he just offers so little.
 
I like Zirkzee & currently one of the players i enjoy watching the most but I worry that he is just a dribbler.

His passes are not that good and his shooting is non existing.

Whilst I would rather keep Zirkzee over Hojlund, I think in terms of a squad Hojlund may edge it because he has shown some ability to get goals last season & might do off the bench.
 
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