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Tactics are at fault in some things but with many of his flaws playing system has nothing to do. His hold up play, his ball control, him not being able to win a header.....there is just too many issues at this moment.
He’s not though is he? The likes of Mainoo & Garnacho are technically good. Hojunds technical ability is one of his biggest weaknesses.
Excellent post
It is like people don't get the concept of inconsistency with new young player in a new league. He has even done better than I expected he would. Inconsistency is something that was expected, a common fecking sense. But many moaners look at the price tag and decide he was supposed to be this great finished product striker to get 25 goals in his first season. And all that in a mess of a team we have had this season. I can't understand the thought process of resident moaners that already decided he will never make it, I can't.
Agreed. This is all you need to read.
Saying that we'd like to see a future team built around these young players and not some of the players we've put up with for multiple seasons and who have never been part of a single title challenge in their time here doesn't mean that people expect Rasmus or the others to start every game in the future. It's about allowing their games to develop and assessing from there. Obviously it might not work out but i'm willing to give them a chance over the next few seasons and hopefully better players will come in and form part of a better structure.
His price tag is also not his fault
Hear, hear!
I really do disagree on this one. When the ball is played into him on his own Im quite confident he can trap it well, hold it, and hes very capable of turning his man. He's not a bad dribbler either. Maybe hes a little raw in this regard, especially compared to Mainoo who is a real outlier for his age and real beautiful abilitiy on the ball, but I just dont see the technical concern for Hojlund at all - if I think of players who I consider quite poor technically, eg Lukaku, he's miles away. Even Haaland can look quite clumsy and awkward in ways Hojlund doesnt. Just with regards the money spent and hoping for more, do you mean you were hoping for more within the first 10 months for that money, or generally? Because if he kicks on a bit next year and hits more than 20, then does the same the year after that for example, weve a 23 year old striker by that point, with years of PL experience, already scoring a lot. With a player so young, surely the amount spent has to be considered in time. If you sign a 26 or 27 year old of course you want a more immediate 'complete' player.
He's converting slightly above what is expected from "statistically average" player. I do think he's a good finisher, and if the team provides him good number of chances, he'll make it count.
oh absolutely he shouldn’t be leading the line next season, we need a proper striker and Hojlund should be the backup.
He objectively hasn’t been a good enough striker for Manchester United this season. The reasons why are subjective, not the fact that he’s been several levels below Alexander Isak, for example.
A huge part of that is due to the lack of threat elsewhere. Defenders don't have to worry about runners, passing around them, any movement in from the wings, or passing players on. They can focus entirely on marking their man. Centre backs track Hojlund. Full backs standup Garnacho/Rashford/Antony and stop their usual run and shoot. It's so easy.
100 %.
ETH thinks this is the redux of 2004-05 and we are seeing Rooney and Ronaldo in action in Hojlund and Garnacho.
I don't think it's just ETH, i think our wingers and Bruno don't really mesh well with him. Bruno wants someone with electric pace because he wants to put the ball first time into space and our wingers are just too dumb or selfish or both. I agree though that his age, attributes and attitude are all good and if in a year or two he hasn't developed, we can reevaluate.
Yes, without hesitation.
I don't think it's impossible, but from what we've seen this year a number of things would have to go right. Obviously, a title challenging side would by definition be better in all areas, so even if his current version he'd look a lot better just by virtue of playing in a better team and getting more service. He'd hopefully also have developed into a better and more mature player by then.
Exactly this. People comparing him to other strikers are missing the point. You could have prime Marco Van Basten up front and he'd also look anonymous with such a selfish bunch around him. They don't play for the team, they play for themselves because they are a pair of wannabee Ronaldo fanboys.
Just posted the same....
Not bad, but how about this. We pump long balls to him from deep, so he can fight a long and lonely fight with the centrebacks. Then we instruct our wingers to shoot at every opportunity, and never look to cross to him. When we reach about 70 minutes played in the game, and it opens up just a bit, we sub him off, so he is ready for the centreback fights in the next game.
Not sure what point you’re making to me specifically because I agree with you, we’re setting him up to fail
I agree about utilization, apart from that for his age, he is unusually good shielding and recycling the ball as a target man, which we utilize to some degree.
Harsh blaming Rashford against Burnley.
By Rashford I meant Antony
They also didn't pass the ball to him, instead they shoot and thus have high shot count and nothing to show for it since they didn't score (beside one from Antony)
His positioning in and out of the box is poor, he’s the complete opposite to when we had Cavani who was elite in that regard.
For me, it's the tactics. I don't think we've had any striker thriving under EtH in these two years, and the two n°8 tweak going into this season is definitely not working, so it's not just a Rasmus problem.
This is what Atalanta had him doing
The other way around is the way to go...the Amad experiment upfront didn't really work last game. Rasmus off and Wheatley on for the last 30 minutes would be the sub I make for the last few games of the season.
