This.
Our offensive play under ETH, even for long stretches last year, is rancid.
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Our offensive play under ETH, even for long stretches last year, is rancid.
Funny, if McTominay squared it to Hojlund against Chelea instead of going for hat-trick glory and Dalot wasn't a fecking moron, we could be looking at two goals within a week which would be a satisfactory return for a young striker. The thread would be singing a different tune. Instead, our team has a collective football IQ of about 300. Also, if our team is so terrible (which many on here will point out), then you're admitting that our players are laregly incapable of creating adequate chances for our striker, correct? People writing him off already are insane.
Am I the only one who thinks the pass to him was not on for the Dalot situation? I think it defintely would have been blocked.
Signing a project striker for £72m whose body isn't robust enough to play two games in a row is so us
The pass isn’t possible. I assumed it was an easy one when people were talking about it before I’d seen it but he can’t actually find him there.
His near post run is a split second too late.
I nearly put my phone through the TV watching that. Absolutely moronic decision making.
Dalot could have also just taken one touch, while the player slid, and then did a little pass back to Hojlund. Or he could have did a little cut back (while holding the ball), letting the player slide, and passed to Hojlund or gone for goal himself.
Not as easy as people made it seem, but probably made to look easy by a better attacking player than Dalot.
Not as easy as people made it seem, but probably made to look easy by a better attacking player than Dalot.
He's been feed scraps. It's not like he's missing sitters we just don't generate enough chances for him to score.
He's not a world-class striker obviously but, as everything in this club, the problem runs deeper.
He's not a world-class striker obviously but, as everything in this club, the problem runs deeper.
Ya it would have , Dalot was right to shoot but he should have gone across the keeper
All good points but I still think we have seen enough footage to realize that the kid isn't all that and that we wasted a lot of money on him
Absolutely agree although that probably wasn’t the reason Dalot did not cross.
He’s 20. Not every young striker is a Mbappe or Haaland. Even Rooney, arguably the best teenager the PL has ever seen, was inconsistent for a good few years before we came good (more with temperament than lack of ability).
I think there’s a lot of good stuffs with Højlund we can work with. He’s strong, he’s very fast, he works his ass off and he’s disciplined with his runs. The weakness is with the ball, mostly. Won’t ever become a silky, playmaking striker but with experience and maturity he can be a pretty effective battering ram that scored goal off his physicality (or not, won’t be the first hot young prospect to flop). What’s clear at the moment however is he is not ready to be leading the line every week and we should’ve gotten another PL proven striker like Watkins even if that means paying through the nose to complement him. Alas, we spunked a combined £100m on Onana and Mount instead of doing that and look where we are.
And Bayern Munich. I like how you conveniently ignored that.
I agree with that. It's madness we are relying on a kid who wasn't a starter at Atalanta . Dumbass decision when you think about it
If Liverpool or City signed him and he made a few cameos of good running and nabbing a goal or two with better service we’d probably be asking how we missed out on him.
Hes not the answer to our current issue but I still reckon he’ll prove to be a good investment in the long run. But we need a seasoned striker for Højlund to act as understudy to.
Hes not the answer to our current issue but I still reckon he’ll prove to be a good investment in the long run. But we need a seasoned striker for Højlund to act as understudy to.
Almost £200m on Onana, Mount, and Hojlund, let that sink in...terrible decision making.
He probably has the hardest job in world football after Onana 
and he's 19, so I'll cut him some slack.
I actually respect him for never giving up and working hard. The goals will come.
and he's 19, so I'll cut him some slack.I actually respect him for never giving up and working hard. The goals will come.
throw £85m on Antony into the mix and it’s why he will be gone before the end of the season
If he wasn’t 100% fit we never should have bought him. He can’t start multiple games in a row so him being our striker signing was ludicrous, we should have utilised the money elsewhere if a guaranteed goalscorer wasn’t available at that price.
I like the lad, he’s a trier & his UCL record is encouraging but last Summer wasn’t his time.
I like the lad, he’s a trier & his UCL record is encouraging but last Summer wasn’t his time.
Very happy to cut him all the slack going until we have a functioning team.
Just shambolic. He coached two of them too
4 games in 11 days is a lot.
For a player of Dalot’s quality and brainlessness the pass wasn’t on.
Antonio Valencia would’ve found Hojlund there.
He’s 21 in 6 weeks , it’s Lingard that’s 19He probably has the hardest job in world football after Onana
I actually respect him for never giving up and working hard. The goals will come.
I thought the same live, but still he should have tried it rather than a 2% shot.
And still kicked our ass and are in front row for next leg... So where that analogy put us?
Together with Scumfull United ?
No he wouldn't
How many of those did he start? &/or finish? Don’t worry, I’ll do the hard yards for you. . .
Galatasary. Start. Subbed 58 minutes
Newcastle. Sub. 29 minutes
Chelsea. Start. Subbed 84 minutes [I remember being shocked he lasted so long]
Bournemouth. Sub. 34 minutes
Let’s say games are 90 minutes flat. 4 x 90 = 360 so he’s played 205 or 56% of the available minutes [extra time not included so far closer to 50%.]
Now it’s either 1 of 2 things, of which neither are good. . .
1) He’s not fit enough to play 90 minites & hasn’t been since we signed him. So why sign him?
or
2) The manager doesn’t trust his big Summer Striker signing to play 90 minutes, knowing we struggled terribly for goals all last year. So why sign him?
Again, I like Rasmus but him being signed with questionable fitness/history of goalscoring is malpractice.
Edit: I think you may have been being sarcastic.
The guy is living on less than scraps, no matter who you put there they will struggle relative to their level. Harry Kane in this team will not get 40 goals, Haaland would not score at the rate at city, Evan Ferguson would be exactly like Rasmus. When the team as a whole functionally fails to create chances for all their forwards then whoever plays there will struggle. On the right you have dalot and awb who no one would say are good crossers or chance creaters, ditto on the left apart from shaw. Outside of Bruno and Eriksen none of the midfield can create chances, none of our wingers are great at creating chances. Half the team struggle playing intricate passing football, half the team haven't got the IQ to create space for the forwards. Now of course its not all the players, the coach has a part to play in terms of tactics, but when you are living off of reguillon floated balls, dalot 100mph cutbacks (and when he should cutback for you to tap in an open net he doesn't), mct who can't create anything, you're basically relying on Bruno picking a wonder ball out.
Having said that Rasmus at this stage in his career clearly wouldn't be and shouldn't be a starter for a team fighting for a title, nor one fighting for top 4 but these are the cards we are dealt by the glazers. He's not the Haaland wonderboy but he is also not being given the opportunity to shine by this dreadful team.
Having said that Rasmus at this stage in his career clearly wouldn't be and shouldn't be a starter for a team fighting for a title, nor one fighting for top 4 but these are the cards we are dealt by the glazers. He's not the Haaland wonderboy but he is also not being given the opportunity to shine by this dreadful team.
Sorry I should have put white text , I feel bad you went to that effort
Sure, but we cannot hold Rasmus Hojlund to the standard of Harry Kane.
There is still a big gap between our striker and the rest
Harry Kane would have to create those 10 goals for himself as well.
He is great. Running a lot and almost scoring a lot is what i love with strikers. We should have kept Wout and play him with Hojlund. New Cole-Yorke duo.
He isn't good enough 72m on him in the summer was pretty stupid. Yes he has some talent, but as usual United fans clearly overstating said talent
How can people be bumping his thread saying he’s not good enough after a 30 minutes cameo where he managed to get 2 good situations and other times was totally ignored by his teammates?
Simply not ready to lead the line for us. Probably should have stuck in Serie A for another season and time will probably tell we got our pants pulled down (again).
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