Is Uniteds attack the fastest in EPL?

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If as expected, Rasmus Hojlund signs, will United have the fastest forward line in the Premier league?
I hear Rasmus can do 100m under 11 without even trying.
Rashford is a speed merchant, Antony is no slouch and Garnacho seems pretty fast to me.
Any statto experts out there?
 
Wonder how much it will matter with the new offside rule forcing all defensive lines to sit deep
 
Is Antony fast? If he is then he's completely useless at taking advantage of it. Never seen a more impotent player on the counter.
 
We are going to be a counter team that can hold possesion, so yes.
 
If we can't win the league we can always pick up a few medals at the Olympics.
 
Pexbo said:
Wonder how much it will matter with the new offside rule forcing all defensive lines to sit deep
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Wenger's idiotic proposal? As far as i know, it will be tested in a couple of youth competitions and i doubt that it will ever get the green light. Although with (a cretin like) Infantino, you can never be sure...
 
Samid said:
Is Antony fast? If he is then he's completely useless at taking advantage of it. Never seen a more impotent player on the counter.
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He is without the ball for sure especially. Seen it a few times tracking back
 
Arsenal's attack is pretty fast but Hojlund probably gets us closer to them.
 
If we ever lined up with Hojlund, Rashford and Garnacho then we'd surely have the fastest. Hell, I'm struggling to think of any attacking line-up in PL history that would be faster. The issue of course is that it's unlikely we'd use that combo as none of them suit playing on the right.

Antony isn't really at the same level. He's decently fast on the rare occasion he really shows it, but not exceedingly so. Sancho is a bit slower again. Martial's running style makes him look slower than he is but he still isn't particularly fast anymore. Bruno is quite slow.
 
Samid said:
Is Antony fast? If he is then he's completely useless at taking advantage of it. Never seen a more impotent player on the counter.
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Wide players are often deceptively fast but Antony is deceptively slow. The slowest fast wide player ever (if this makes any sense).
 
MadDogg said:
If we ever lined up with Hojlund, Rashford and Garnacho then we'd surely have the fastest. Hell, I'm struggling to think of any attacking line-up in PL history that would be faster. The issue of course is that it's unlikely we'd use that combo as none of them suit playing on the right.

Antony isn't really at the same level. He's decently fast on the rare occasion he really shows it, but not exceedingly so.
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Not a front 3 but I'd say that Henry and Reyes were as quick, back in the Noughties.
 
Antony and Sancho are quick without the ball but slow when they have it.
 
Pascal Quiff said:
Not a front 3 but I'd say that Henry and Reyes were as quick, back in the Noughties.
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Reyes was an exceptional talent when he first burst into the scene with Arsenal in the second half of 2003/04 -- as we saw glimpses of him I genuinely feared for the whole Premier League.
 
Kopral Jono said:
Reyes was an exceptional talent when he first burst into the scene with Arsenal in the second half of 2003/04 -- as we saw glimpses of him I genuinely feared for the whole Premier League.
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Remember Neville battering Reyes? That was a fun game.
 
MadDogg said:
If we ever lined up with Hojlund, Rashford and Garnacho then we'd surely have the fastest. Hell, I'm struggling to think of any attacking line-up in PL history that would be faster. The issue of course is that it's unlikely we'd use that combo as none of them suit playing on the right.

Antony isn't really at the same level. He's decently fast on the rare occasion he really shows it, but not exceedingly so. Sancho is a bit slower again. Martial's running style makes him look slower than he is but he still isn't particularly fast anymore. Bruno is quite slow.
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Anthony shouldn’t be playing on the right as he hasn’t got a right foot. He was sussed out pretty early last season with his cutting in so he could shoot with his left but really we need a player on the right who can actually cross with his right foot, not stop and pass it backwards, in fact I would drop Anthony and have him on the bench, Holjund up front, Rashford on the left, Garnacho can use both feet and so I would shove him on the right wing. Now that would be a pretty fast and skilful trio.
 
Melville Red said:
Anthony shouldn’t be playing on the right as he hasn’t got a right foot. He was sussed out pretty early last season with his cutting in so he could shoot with his left but really we need a player on the right who can actually cross with his right foot, not stop and pass it backwards, in fact I would drop Anthony and have him on the bench, Holjund up front, Rashford on the left, Garnacho can use both feet and so I would shove him on the right wing. Now that would be a pretty fast and skilful trio.
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Antony offers more than Garnacho in all round play and keeping possession. I can see why Ten Hag wants a more defensive winger alongside basically two strikers in Rashford and Hojland. Adds balance.

The ball wouldn’t stick putting Garnacho on too. He should be the end destination to use his pace to get in behind and not worry about other duties much.

If Madrid offload Rodrygo potentially when/if Mbappe joins he would be my big signing next summer. At United he would absolutely kill it and have Antony as a squad player.

We seem to be one star attacker short at least from contending for the biggest trophies.
 
Must be up there with/faster than Martinelli, Saka and Jesus - though if Havertz ever goes false 9, it'll bring that average speed down quite a bit :lol:.

Chelsea has Mudryk, Jackson & Sterling, potentially. But yeah, surely up there.
 
Ish said:
Must be up there with/faster than Martinelli, Saka and Jesus - though if Havertz ever goes false 9, it'll bring that average speed down quite a bit :lol:.

Chelsea has Mudryk, Jackson & Sterling, potentially. But yeah, surely up there.
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We will need to bring Dan James back to increase our frontline's average speed. He's faster than Rashie.
 
Antony is kind of average pace for an attacker and I don't think Hojlund is that fast. Rashford is our only really rapid player.

Conversely I think we're quite a slow team in general, Shaw and Rashford are quick for their positions, AWB is deceptively fast but I think many of our other players have either lost a bit of speed due to age (Varane, Casemiro, Eriksen) or are average pace for their role (Antony, Bruno, Licha, Garnacho).

Not that speed is everything but Chelsea, Arsenal and probably Pool have a faster 3 than us. Spurs have a fast 3 if you have Son, Richarlisson and Kulusevski as the 3.
 
That pace is certainly one plus of having signed a younger CF like Hojlund rather than the better but slower and less mobile Kane. With Mount offering more mobility than Eriksen in midfield too our team should hopefully look a bit less pedestrian than last season.
 
Who's Kissing Cameras? said:
Garnacho is fecking rapid! Hojlund is quoted to also be incredibly fast.
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He (Garnacho) really isn’t rapid when you think someone like Rashford or Salah. Hojlund I’ll admit I don’t know and have never seen live but he doesn’t look ridiculously quick. Would be great if he is though.
 
tomaldinho1 said:
He (Garnacho) really isn’t rapid when you think someone like Rashford or Salah. Hojlund I’ll admit I don’t know and have never seen live but he doesn’t look ridiculously quick. Would be great if he is though.
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You forgot the goal vs Fulham the last minute winner?
 
tomaldinho1 said:
He (Garnacho) really isn’t rapid when you think someone like Rashford or Salah. Hojlund I’ll admit I don’t know and have never seen live but he doesn’t look ridiculously quick. Would be great if he is though.
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Box to box in about 8 seconds here is decent:
 
Salah Nunez Diaz is probably the fastest front line in the PL. Especially with the ball
 
Maagge said:
Box to box in about 8 seconds here is decent:
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This seems to be the clip which everyone is basing him being rapid on but I don't think we'll know until we actually see him. His body type looks to me someone who would be very fast if you ever timed him at 100m because when up to speed he's got the stride length and power but that doesn't matter that much in football, it's more about acceleration and how quickly you can hit that speed (remember Lukaku was 2nd fastest player when he was here because when he was up to speed he was rapid, it just took so long for that to happen), that's where his size might be a hindrance unless he's a genetic freak.

Garnacho is the opposite, I don't think he'd be that fast in 100m but he's got good acceleration and is dynamic with the ball which is more important for me. His dribble speed with the ball is probably very high compared to most other players.
 
Based on what I saw last season absolutely not. Højlund seems to have pace in a Lukaku way, in an open field he's very fast but the acceleration needed for short bursts doesn't seem that impressive.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea have a faster bunch of attackers than us.
 
tomaldinho1 said:
Antony is kind of average pace for an attacker and I don't think Hojlund is that fast. Rashford is our only really rapid player.

Conversely I think we're quite a slow team in general, Shaw and Rashford are quick for their positions, AWB is deceptively fast but I think many of our other players have either lost a bit of speed due to age (Varane, Casemiro, Eriksen) or are average pace for their role (Antony, Bruno, Licha, Garnacho).

Not that speed is everything but Chelsea, Arsenal and probably Pool have a faster 3 than us. Spurs have a fast 3 if you have Son, Richarlisson and Kulusevski as the 3.
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hojlund is ridiculously fast
 
tomaldinho1 said:
Antony is kind of average pace for an attacker and I don't think Hojlund is that fast. Rashford is our only really rapid player.
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Højlund IS that fast - it's one of his best qualities as a footballer.
 
tomaldinho1 said:
This seems to be the clip which everyone is basing him being rapid on but I don't think we'll know until we actually see him. His body type looks to me someone who would be very fast if you ever timed him at 100m because when up to speed he's got the stride length and power but that doesn't matter that much in football, it's more about acceleration and how quickly you can hit that speed (remember Lukaku was 2nd fastest player when he was here because when he was up to speed he was rapid, it just took so long for that to happen), that's where his size might be a hindrance unless he's a genetic freak.

Garnacho is the opposite, I don't think he'd be that fast in 100m but he's got good acceleration and is dynamic with the ball which is more important for me. His dribble speed with the ball is probably very high compared to most other players.
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" Per the Daily Mail, Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini said after a win against Lazio: "He is so quick, he’s under 11 seconds over 100m and that’s not even trying very hard."

https://www.givemesport.com/rasmus-hojlund-how-fast-is-the-inbound-man-united-striker/
 
We often get hung up on top speed but that is so rarely relevant. More important is acceleration for me. We’ve definitely gone up in both, mind, but I’d be surprised if we were the fastest in either category in the league.

Oh, and Anthony is not fast.
 
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