He isn't without his faults, but if you look at the pass networks, he is basically receiving none of it. I swear some of the shitters behind him would struggle to pick out prime Ronaldo even if their life depended on it.
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Your name casts doubt on your judgement but I think he'll be ok
Neither of them is Harry Kane, but both are more technically adept than Rasmus.
Maybe, but most of the shitters behind him played with a 36/37 year old Ronaldo that scored plenty of goals.
Maybe, but most of the shitters behind him played with a 36/37 year old Ronaldo that scored plenty of goals.
And Rashford plundered 30+ last season playing as a CF/LW. So far, with Højlund on the pitch, none of our attackers have scored a single league goal.
Started his united career with so much hunger, desire. Now he is institutionalised amongst the trash he plays with.
I said it before and i'll say it again, we bought him 2 years too early. He is far too raw right now, would've been better off staying at Atalanta and learning his trade, or as a 2nd striker with us. Really poor planning by the club/ETH to rely on a young and unproven player in such a critical position. I do feel for Holjund.
Are you even watching our games? Our problems don't have anything to do with him. We could have Lewandowski, and it wouldn't make much of a difference.
Some of you are just complaining for the sake of it, and wanting to be right regarding the transfer. He is 20 years old and has done decent enough if you're able to analyse his game into a bit more depth other than just posting something pointless like "0 goals in PL, shit striker". It's like you're deliberately wanting to look dumb, pretending you don't know why he doesn't score goals.
If you were expecting Agüero or Suarez ability in how they were able to create chances for themselves, you can only blame yourself.
Some of you are just complaining for the sake of it, and wanting to be right regarding the transfer. He is 20 years old and has done decent enough if you're able to analyse his game into a bit more depth other than just posting something pointless like "0 goals in PL, shit striker". It's like you're deliberately wanting to look dumb, pretending you don't know why he doesn't score goals.
If you were expecting Agüero or Suarez ability in how they were able to create chances for themselves, you can only blame yourself.
Why sign a forward who is ill-suited to playing with the rest of your attacking lynchpins, Rashford just penned a new deal, Bruno is the first name on the team sheet, and Garnacho is the future poster boy of the club, Rasmus's technical shortcoming is counterintuitive to all of their natural playing style.
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You can keep saying it until you're blue in the face but it won't make you right. It was absolutely the right signing for the club to sign a top prospect who clearly in the right setup will score goals. Hes played in a terrible utd side with zero chance creation and as a result has been starved of goals, but his all round game has been superb and his application, even better. The reality is there were no other top strikers available outside of Kane. There were plenty of ageing players available, but we have made that mistake. Far better to sign a promising and hungry player, than someone on the down with nothing to prove. In the words of Gary Barlow, "have a little patience".
Your argument falls apart once you watch even a single game. He is just so clearly not technically deficient.
No that is plain wrong. Bruno loves to play a pacy player deep. Rasmus is extremely fast and makes the correct runs. For some daft reason Bruno never gives Rasmus the passes he gives every other player.
On top of that Ten Hag wants a striker that is excellent at pressing, which is exactly what Rasmus is, case in point the Chelsea match.
There isn't a single striker that would enjoy playing with Rashford if he's going to be as selfish as he is right now, so what do you want us to do? Not sign anyone at all?
What has Garnacho anything to do with Højlund? If anything, they have the potential to work well together.
And why is this myth about Højlund lacking technique still alive? Because he is a big, white Scandinavian, he has to be clumsy with the ball? He doesn't have elite technique, no, but you don't really need that to be a good striker. His technique is fine, it's just that he has to get used to having physical defenders on his back as he attempts to control the ball, which will come with time and experience.
0 G/A in 12 PL games is tough to swallow, no matter how you look at it. And you can't say he had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to work with considering a big chance missed vs Luton at the very least.
He started out bright but right now I don't see a 70m player in him, right now and for the foreseeable future.
He started out bright but right now I don't see a 70m player in him, right now and for the foreseeable future.
Neither does anyone else, 20 year old strikers that play and look like 70m players are as rare as Donald Trump making a factual statement
I’ll try and reserve judgement until we have Bruno, Amad, Shaw and Mainoo all on the pitch in the proper positions. That’s 3/4 playmakers on the pitch capable of creating chances, compared to just the one vs Bournemouth (Shaw at cb doesn’t count).
Also I’ve no idea why Dalot is getting so much shit for taking the shot on when there was clearly a defender between him and Hojlund. He can scream and pretend he was open all he wants, it wasn’t a great position to square it.
Also I’ve no idea why Dalot is getting so much shit for taking the shot on when there was clearly a defender between him and Hojlund. He can scream and pretend he was open all he wants, it wasn’t a great position to square it.
Which bit isn't right? That he's not ready or that we overpaid for him or that we needed a senior striker to share the burden?
His touch is dreadfully inconsistent, and passing is probably the worst in our forward line.
Bruno prefers one-twos and flicks, and often requiring the receiver to have a good first touch on his racking passes.
Anthony Martial, Wout Weghorst, Edinson Cavani, and Harry Kane have all linked up well with Rashford in the past.
Garnacho performs well alongside players like Charlie Mcneill, who enjoy being on the ball and interplaying with their wide-forwards. On the other hand, Joe Hugill failed to establish a partnership with Garnacho.
His technique is at par with Lukaku, and this league might be too quick for him to perform well in.
He absolutely does not. He thrives when he can send Rashford (or a pacy player) chasing a long ball and send him through one on one with the keeper. He is not a one-two player. He might prefer flicks, but he is awfully bad at it. Just never comes off.
Rashford plays an entirely different game for England than he does for United, and isn't the main man there. As for the other players you've mentioned, he has only really linked up well with Martial, and Cavani for a shorter period of time. For a long time now, he has been the "main man" and golden boy and could do whatever he wants without consequences - until recently, when Ten Hag decided to bench him. It's really odd blaming Højlund for Rashford's selfishness. Rashford isn't about creating chances, he prefers finishing them and creating for himself.
Sorry, but this just shows you don't know what you're talking about.
He also thrives when he can play a cross into the box for a player to get on the end of, and also when he can play a through ball for a player into or around the box.
See his assists to Martial and McTominay recently. Hojlund by the way is a pacey player who can chase a long ball into a channel.
There seems to be a couple of issues:
1. We don't maintain enough control over the games and our general attacking play is poor
2. Our wide players don't play early balls into the box, this is where Hojlund thrives at the moment
3. Hojlund has a lot to learn about playing with his back to goal in the PL and subtle movements and link up around the box
Hojlund would do better with better players around him that is for sure, it doesn't hide the fact that he also has deficiencies in his game which exacerbate the issue.
He’s young and raw but has everything to become an excellent striker. The best thing we can do for him is find an adequate striker to rotate with him, so we can rest him, keep him sharp and reduce pressure on his shoulders.
I really hope I am wrong, But I honestly think Højlund will have less goals and assist then Rashford currently has by the time he leaves the club, the team is not built for a poacher and he can't seem to create his own chances, I don't think he's a bad player, I just don't think he has the skills to be successful in this league.Whe
*When talking about his poor technical ability, I am refering to the times he doesn't or can't find the overlapping runners, instead passing the ball back to Scott or Amrabat slowing down or killing the move.
Time will tell if I know what I am talking about.
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It was a significantly better angle to square it than it was to take the shot on. He also could have passed earlier. Dalot’s decision making was abysmal and anyone could see that.
Dalot was then a significant cause of the goal at the other end a minute later, where he closed down the cross with no urgency whatsoever.
It wasn’t a significantly better angle, both require high precision, to find the far bottom corner to score or to thread it perfectly through two Bournemouth defenders before reaching Hojlund. If he had tried to square it it’s almost always getting blocked, Hojlund wasn’t open by any means. The one thing Dalot has been good at this season is his delivery from those positions, defending is a completely different story.
I do worry about his head dropping soon, especially with the horrendous run of fixtures in-coming.
Also not fair to discount his champion league goals. Displayed some impressive finishing.
Also not fair to discount his champion league goals. Displayed some impressive finishing.
Højlund was wide open. Rasmus did what he usually does, which is pull back and both defenders continued running. It was a perfect setup which Dalot fecked up.
He could have played the ball to Hojlund for sure, it wasn't a tough ball to play and was a better choice than shooting.
The pass is not on, at least not without checking back to avoid the defender’s slide.
That's just before Dalot touches the ball, that pass is getting blocked by the defender closest to him. He probably should've tried the pass anyway but I don't think he can be criticised for going for the shot instead.
That's just before Dalot touches the ball, that pass is getting blocked by the defender closest to him. He probably should've tried the pass anyway but I don't think he can be criticised for trying the shot either.
Hojlund should've gone closer to the far post for the tap-in, he made the pass more difficult for Dalot with his movement.
That's just before Dalot touches the ball, that pass is getting blocked by the defender closest to him. He probably should've tried the pass but I don't think he can be criticised for going for the shot instead.
Not if hes a good player and yes he should be 100% criticised for shooting
Good players can penetrate opposition human flesh with a football? It's going out for a corner if he squares it, I don't blame him for trying the shot.
No wonder why he gets no service. There is an open goal but he decides to stand right behind the defender
No they can put a chip on the ball or perform a turn before playing the pass, they don't shoot from there when they have a no9 in the box
I keep saying it but in Garnacho, Rashford and Hojlund Utd have 3 highly one dimensional players at this stage of their careers, and being this way it is no surprise that they find it difficult to link up effectively. Antony has actually been an improvement on the balance as despite his chronic lack of penetration he gives you a lot more composure on the ball in deeper areas, he will keep the ball rather than just head down and run as Garnacho and Rashford will. Hojlund just doesn't get involved enough, some of that is poor choices by those around him but his movement and touch need to improve. He works hard, has good athletic abilities but he is not a good fit with those around him at the moment.
In real terms he hasn't had much to work with in the league. I've seen Halaand miss several chances better than that 1 this season.
Even if he'd scored every big chance he'd had this season, he'd only have a few goals.
Our service must be among the very worst in the league. Hojlund has faults and limits and raw parts of his game, but I can only remember him missing one or two very good chances. We put in 2 good crosses against chelsea, but to mctominay.
Our delivery in play and from set pieces compounds just how depressing we are to watch. You would imagine that even an average set of sunday league wingers and full backs could whip in a few threatening crosses a game, or make a corner beat the first man or be delivered at some sort of pace. It actually pains me physically to think about our delivery.
Our delivery in play and from set pieces compounds just how depressing we are to watch. You would imagine that even an average set of sunday league wingers and full backs could whip in a few threatening crosses a game, or make a corner beat the first man or be delivered at some sort of pace. It actually pains me physically to think about our delivery.
As much as we want a DM and CB (amongst other things) the more I watch us the more I think the focus in Jan, especially given how rare a top DM is, should be an RB loan/cheap signing. Someone essentially like Reguillon who will bit the byline and whip it in. AWB doesn't do this and Dalot is about as consistent as Lukaku's first touch. We also drastically underutilize the pulled back ball to Eriksen/Bruno on the edge of the box which has been so successful for us in the past, I have no idea why.
Ya it's like we try to fix problems, like fullbacks not being able to cross, and in doing so neglect areas we can cross from. The intent is good - we want to become a team with dangerous full backs, but we just dont have them. I do wonder if a striker like Hojlund would benefit more from wingers more inclined to cross early, rather than cut back onto preferred feet.
I think you have to commit to the vision we have unless ETH goes which seems quite clearly to have the inverted wingers with overlapping full backs. This season I do think people forget how young our attack is as well. It's essentially a 19 year old, a 20 year old and a 23 year old as starters + we've been playing with makeshift LBs and poor RBs for much of the season.
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