Hojlund or Zirkzee as first choice striker?

Seems like whichever one gets subbed on plays better.

Start neither and sub then both on.
 
Captmfla said:
Zirkzee functions better as a no 10 but as of now, his ability is quite low to lead a premier league squad as a no 10.

Hojlund is more used to his no 9 role. He does get lethal at times. And sometimes he is also a goal poacher.

The no 9 role belongs to Hojlund.
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'for a second I thought you were talking about Andy Cole, not Hojlund.
 
Honestly, both were pretty awful today, Zirkzee for his holding up of the ball and subsequent run wins it. They are both too slow and immobile for me.
 
Hojlund needs service but is a better finisher / pure striker.

Zirkzee creates opportunities for himself and the team but is a worse finisher.

It’s actually pretty good having them both. They just need a few years to develop. Unfortunately we don’t have that time.
 
Neither is good enough today, but I retain hope that we can create a team where Hojlunds abilities can shine in the future. I have no such hope for Zirkzee as a striker, but maybe as a number 10.
 
Jury is out on both of them. Hopefully both can prove themselves in the remainder of the season so we don’t have to spend £60m on another striker in the summer.
 
Based on performances vs. Arsenal I wouldn’t mind seeing Zirkzee start against Southampton, but I wouldn’t expect him to suddenly put in a good performance. We solve the striker problem in the transfer market. Before then it just shuffling around players with a lack of quality.
 
Zirkzee has come back from that early sub and boos. To me he looks like he is growing in confidence. I want that infront of goal vs Southampton.
 
Ultimately I don't think either are good enough, or ever likely to be good enough, for United. But at the moment, Hojlund is offering us nothing. Literally nothing. He doesn't have the technique to hold the ball up and bring others into the game, he doesn't win headers, he hardly ever makes runs in behind and he's never on the end of any crosses that do go into the box.

After 18 months at the club, I actually think he's getting worse and the £70+ million the club paid for him is looking more and more like one of the worst pieces of business in the club's history (and that's saying something given the last decade or more).

Zirkzee, for all his shortcomings, at least gets on the ball and brings others into the game. Maybe playing him as a 9 with a license to drop and get on the ball might suit him, as he wouldn't have to do the extra pressing required of a 10 or have to drop to help out in midfield. But he's not going to score many goals doing that, plus when he does get chances, his shots are pretty weak!

They're not great options really!
 
Neither. Hojlund is offering absolutely nothing right now. Zirkzee doesn't play the role of a striker but at least drops in to play that #10, false 9 position and can build up play hold players off.

Martial probably would've done a better job than either of them I think...
 
Need Rasmus running and pressing. Zirkzee to come on when the team is a tired which gives him space to use his superior hold up play and lay offs.
 
It's an impossible choice. My opinion changes almost every week at this stage.

Zirkzee is far more involved in the game, has better technique and is physically stronger (although Højlund is not exactly a weakling). But he's also about as lethal as a kitten.

Højlund is more of a classic striker. When he receives the ball in the box I feel that there is a high chance of him scoring. The problem is that he hardly ever receives the ball. His fans will blame the other players for not passing the ball to him, but surely his movement is also lacking? He seems to be 5 yards behind where he should be all the time.
 
Nobody can definitively say one way or another. How it's currently being rotated is the best bet.
 
So we’re really flip flopping on this game to game?

The consensus is they’re both pretty poor to lead a United attack.

On Zirkzee, aside from the Everton game, he’s looked most at home behind another player. He’s an attacker but not a true focal point. Hojlund is, but remains too drawn into the battle rather than the football game which is concerning.
 
Zirkzee is a hell of a lot better with the ball at his feet! Night and day difference. It's like Martial vs. Rashford.

I suppose ultimately neither are good enough (yet - Zirkzee may have a higher ceiling but he looks like he doesn't have the drive to reach that ceiling). Then again, neither were Martial or Rashford.
 
Dans said:
Honestly, both were pretty awful today, Zirkzee for his holding up of the ball and subsequent run wins it. They are both too slow and immobile for me.
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Hojlund slow? Is that some sort of joke?

Sprinting wise, he's one of the fastest in the PL.
 
The biggest problem to Zirkzee is that he isnt being played in his best position whilst Hojlund is.

Zirkzee is a False 9 which we never play whilst Hojlund is a poacher/channel running striker which is always played by Amorims & his tactics.

Its like having Firminho and asking to play as a target man with Salah & Mane providing service for him to score.

It doesnt make sense & i hope Amorim can see that our front 3 should be interchangeable.

* Option A
Hojlund
Bruno - Amad

2 creators for 1 predatory striker​

*Option B

Garncho -zirkzee - Amad

2 inverted forwards focusing on finishing supplied by one false 9
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Playing Zirkzee against southampton alongside Bruno Fernandes trying to play balls in to Zirkzee to finish isnt his game - he is better suited to playing balls in to players like Garnacho & Amad to score themselves.
 
Neither to be honest, both are limited players. We need two goalscorers in our squad, at the v least. We haven't got any at the moment.
 
Just get Osimhen. Pretty much solves everything. He can press and finish like Hojlund and he’s a nuisance for defenders like Zirkzee, as he knows how to move around a football pitch. Something Rasmus seems to still not grasp.
 
I feel like Zirkzee has the higher ceiling but his bottom level is way lower than Hojlunds. Hojlunds level doesn't oscillate as much as Zirkzee but he seems more limited outside of finishing.

I've gotten fed up of Hojlund just trying to use his arse on defenders, only to lose the ball anyway.
 
Zirkzee got to start playing more football, and less hot potato. He's so fecking keen to get rid of the ball, it's almost comical at times.

Actually, he can still play hot potato, you just gotta tell him to be in oppo box and point towards goal.
 
Hammondo said:
Where do you get that from? He's pretty slow.
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He's really not. By the eye test he's clearly one of our fastest players (alongside Rashford and Dalot), and from memory last season he said in an interview that he thinks he's the fastest at the club.

The issue is that his movement isn't good enough so he doesn't utilise that speed anywhere near enough. The speed is there though.
 
MadDogg said:
He's really not. By the eye test he's clearly one of our fastest players (alongside Rashford and Dalot), and from memory last season he said in an interview that he thinks he's the fastest at the club.

The issue is that his movement isn't good enough so he doesn't utilise that speed anywhere near enough. The speed is there though.
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From the eye test I would say he's average speed for our team, I never see him beat a player with the ball.
 
After last few performances, definitely Zirkzee ahead. Hojlunds stats yesterday were horrendous.
 
We need to find someone, work a bit of magic in this window.. a loan signing, just someone who has some pedigree as a goalscorer. Not a link-player or No 10 etc. But a forward who wants to score goalsand can play a bit. What we would do for a henrik Larsson type-of-Jan-window. Experienced, temporary and full of quality.

I agree Osihmen is the ultimate answer, but he's not playing Europa League soccer. We need to find a nugget from somewhere....
 
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