I'm not trying to take anything away from him really, I do love the little man and he scored a crucial. I just feel he is below his standard currently and he is disappointing in that particular area. He is beginning to get better again though and this is a great time of the season for him to come in to form. I still much prefer Welbeck currently though.
Maybe some of my frustration today was due to the manner in which he was subbed on, it didn't make any sense to me putting Welbeck out on the wing when I thought he was playing very well up top.
It's decent at best but your emotions are getting the best of you. In terms of receiving the ball and actually doing something with it, we saw him do that consistently against stoke. If you still disagree then watch the game and tell me the instances in which you felt he was poor.
I'm watching the same game you guys are but it's honestly getting a bit tiring reading these lazy arguments about Hernandez's build-up play when recently he's looked sharper than he has earlier in the season. Against Blackburn, he was terrible. Against Stoke and today with Chelsea he was much better. It wasn't anything spectacular but it wasn't as bad as you and jimmy are making out.
Ever since he's arrived, Ferguson has commented on how he needs to improve technically. I'm not sure if this goes over your guys' heads or not. After SAF said that, there's been a gradual improvement with Chicharito's play. When he first came here, all he did was play the pass back to sender and then turn and run. We used it to good effect but I knew that in this type of league, that's not something you can do forever especially if you're playing for United.
I know his build-up play hasn't really ever been that great but I can tell from watching him for a while that he's definitely working on it. I think some of you get caught up in the big picture and just dont see the small changes he's trying to make to his game. If you're not paying attention to it, you won't see it. This isn't me saying I'm better at seeing something in players than you. It's me simply saying I dont think you're really looking at the full picture when it comes to Hernandez. From what I've seen from him thus far, I dont think he'll be just a finisher. Ferguson's comments don't back that and what Hernandez has said consistently doesn't really back that either.
In some way or another, our strikers are expected to contribute to the game. Currently, Welbeck's hold up play is better than Hernandez's. There's no disputing that. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean that Hernandez isn't making improvements even though it might not be glaringly obvious. If you compare his approach to the ball now and what he's trying to do with it when he receives to it to when he first came here, you'll notice that it's not the same. Like I said he's slowly integrating more things into his game and I dont think we'll consistently see the fruits of that until late into this season or next season. He's had a late start due to lack of a proper pre-season.
This isn't really all targeted at you but it's provoked me to respond once again. It's the same shit with DDG. Just lazy arguments and the same shit gets recycled without there being much thought to it.