[Rozay]

I’d be pleasantly surprised if he manages 5+ shots on target in the league for the rest of this season. It cannot be understated just how badly he has performed this season. Really unacceptable stuff. It seems his post match thread is frequently opened with ‘that was his worst game in a United shirt’. I don’t require him to be perfect at 22, but what he is turning out is simply unacceptable.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

It is the good players that determine what the bar for being a United player is though. And it may well have been Cavani’s best trait. But there are a lot of strikers who had great movement.

And besides, you have chosen to spin the comment into a ‘Hojlund’s movement should be as good as Cavani’s’ statement, which is the real unproductive part. It becomes difficult to have constructive conversation when sentences are voluntarily distilled and filtered and not taken in their entirety or in context. The comment made was in reference to whether or not our players pass the ball to the centre forward or not, which typically forms the basis of the defence for Hojlund. Cavani was given as an example of a centre forward who has played in our team in recent times, with some of the same teammates (notably the same 10 behind him), and received plenty of the ball from him. As you know, the point is to illustrate that said number 10 has little hesitation in passing the ball to a centre forward who has found some space. Not that that should have ever been in doubt anyway, it is common knowledge that Bruno will continuously try to play forwards through, whether in space or not. I believe the poster also specifically mentioned Rashford, who Hojlund has also played with, as having regularly found Cavani in space.

Given the above, would you say that it is productive to the debate for you to respond by saying that it is unfair to compare the movement of Cavani to Hojlund, and that we may as well not have the conversation if that is what we are doing? Or more a case of deliberately not addressing the actual point.

Too much text to defend wanting to have a pop at the lad.

The only thing that could be concluded from looking at a video of Cavani is that Hojlund's movement isn't as good. Which everyone who's ever watched both players for more than 10 minutes already know.

These things aren't said for useful debate or criticism. They are frustrated fans wanting to "dunk" on the lad.

We absolutely don't find strikers runs particularly well and Hojlund absolutely doesn't make the right runs quickly enough.

Your last post on here about not thinking he will register 5 shots on target for the rest of the season shows the sort of hyperbole that you want to use to knock the lad. It's grating.

 

[red_de_pologne]

Will probably end up a good striker in 3-4 years in Italy or Spain.

 

[Lyng]

This is what I've been saying.

Garnacho makes the runs that Hojlund should be making. Garnacho is more a channel running striker than Hojlund. Hojlund is just a poacher with a burst of pace when the defence is completely cut open.

So Højlund should be running down the flanks?

 

[Martial]

Either there is a conspiracy in football that every player from Manchester United and Denmark are all choosing to not create any chances for Rasmus Hojlund and only Rasmus Hojlund, whilst choosing to do so for every other forward.

Or he is just sh*t.

 

[Steve 007]

I got caught out with over optimism this season. Look like a right mug now.

I thought well done INEOS you’ve gone and concentrated on defence which is what we needed (I thought).

The attack will come good and if not with a solid defence you can concentrate on attack next window.

How wrong I was. I really thought Hojilund would get 20+

Rashford and Gernacho would get about 15 each and Bruno 15.

Now I’ve woke up. We have no striker. It’s unrealistic and unfair at his age to expect more from him but him and Zirkzee aren’t PL starters at this stage, at least not for a team with any ambition. Our attack is filled with young players who can’t consistently do it. Even Amad with all his potential cannot be expected to do it week in week out at his age.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

Either there is a conspiracy in football that every player from Manchester United and Denmark are all choosing to not create any chances for Rasmus Hojlund and only Rasmus Hojlund, whilst choosing to do so for every other forward.

Or he is just sh*t.

Yep those are the two options. A typically nuanced and balanced opinion about Hojlund.

 

[Tallis]

Either there is a conspiracy in football that every player from Manchester United and Denmark are all choosing to not create any chances for Rasmus Hojlund and only Rasmus Hojlund, whilst choosing to do so for every other forward.

Or he is just sh*t.

It’s not just Rasmus though. Zirkzee has struggled also in the #9 and so did Kobbie.

 

[Alan Partridge]

Either there is a conspiracy in football that every player from Manchester United and Denmark are all choosing to not create any chances for Rasmus Hojlund and only Rasmus Hojlund, whilst choosing to do so for every other forward.

Or he is just sh*t.

Yes because we’re just creating heaps of chances for our other forwards.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

It’s not just Rasmus though. Zirkzee has struggled also in the #9 and so did Kobbie.

The fact that no one in our side has more than a handful of goals probably indicates that we need to get better at creating chances.

Of course Hojlund needs to improve a lot to be the long term answer here but some people need to take a breather it feels like.

 

[Tallis]

The fact that no one in our side has more than a handful of goals probably indicates that we need to get better at creating chances.

Of course Hojlund needs to improve a lot to be the long term answer here but some people need to take a breather it feels like.

Its not that I don't have concerns about Rasmus or Garnach or Kobbie but I feel like its important to protect / defend our young players at this current time as some fans are in destruction mode.

 

[Dannn411]

Yes because we’re just creating heaps of chances for our other forwards.

So many on here think strikers should just be able to magically score goals out of nowhere. Doesn't matter what's going on behind you just put the ball in the net. Its mental.

 

[fps]

On Rasmus’ movement, the coaching team need to decide if he gets to dictate the runs he wants to make or whether the passers from wide and elsewhere dictate them. At the moment it’s a halfway house where they still haven’t worked it out and Rasmus lacks the confidence clearly to have told the other players the runs he wants to make and where he wants the ball to go. Simple things like where he will be in the box when we’re in down the flanks, he’s never in the same place. This makes things impossible for everyone.

 

[Revival2024]

So many on here think strikers should just be able to magically score goals out of nowhere. Doesn't matter what's going on behind you just put the ball in the net. Its mental.

When your movement is poor and your first touch is horrendous, there isn't much anyone can do for you. Sure the team isn't at its best but the best forwards create moments for themselves through their ingenuity. Hojlund is a walking pogo-stick, the ball bounces off him and he spends half the time fighting defenders instead of making runs. His close control and running technique is shoddy.

He is not good enough and will be moved on quicker than he thinks. His age is no excuse either. If you can't hack the pressure here then Lecce might be a more palatable level.

 

[Shaw's Shank Redemption]

Garnacho is crossing to the same position every damn match. Yet Hojlund goes diving in to the goalkeeper.

He couldn't get his car serviced without crashing in to the back wall of a defender.

Is it that hard to make a fake run and then stop making that run to tap in a cut back in the box?

Hopefully this week without some games has given him some time to train and improve, but if he returns back with a stinker then it wouldn't surprise me.

With Zirkzee atleast we look like we play with 11 men on the pitch.

Even when Hojlund scored 15 goals last season, he really struggled to impose himself in the game and we felt like a team playing with 10 men with a striker that had no influence on the game unless he scores.

 

[romufc]

I’d be pleasantly surprised if he manages 5+ shots on target in the league for the rest of this season. It cannot be understated just how badly he has performed this season. Really unacceptable stuff. It seems his post match thread is frequently opened with ‘that was his worst game in a United shirt’. I don’t require him to be perfect at 22, but what he is turning out is simply unacceptable.

I dont even think its the shots on goal that we should look at, I dont think he can even hold the ball up more than 5 times from now until the end of the season.

We can look at him as a striker but I feel he lacks the basics as a footballer. He cannot make the right runs, he cannot hold up a football, he cannot make simple passes, he cannot head the ball... What can he do?

As a ST, who works in training daily, how can your touch be so poor? I mean I remember Lukaku being bad but that was his weakness along with other strengths..

No one can tell me what 3 Hojlund strengths... every time he gets the ball he slips, even when he shoots he slips.

 

[Schmeichels pinky]

It is quite telling that the loud critics in here mostly throws insults at him whereas nuanced posters like @Gandalf actually brings coherent arguments to the table.
It’s as if some of the former takes every attempt at explaining the circumstances under which Hojlund operates as a personal insult. The same goes for when he performs badly (or, more accurately for his most zealous prosecutors, every time he’s on the pitch).

Hojlund has obvious problems this season and even last season it was clear that he’s a player who needs to improve parts of his game. The question then and now was and is if you believe he can improve enough quickly enough - not whether he is sh*t, Sunday league level or able to hit a barn door.
He was bought because he has (or at least had) a skillset few footballers possess - high pace, good ball control at high pace, physicality and elite finishing. Now the zealots will ridicule me for saying that, but It’s a fact that that was how he was perceived broadly by experts, scouts and his own manager at Atalanta, Gasperini. Last season he showed all those skills in glimpses as well. I see how some thinks he falls over too easily, but he began his career here by dominating Saliba physically.
There was obvious room for improvement in his game of course, but let’s not pretend that only ETH or our scouts rated him.

He’s struggling this season, but it’s mostly mentally. When strikers lose confidence if affects them more than anyone else (bar keepers, perhaps), because they often don’t get many touches to get into the game. So every time he walks onto the pitch he knows that his every action counts. He handled that perfectly last season helped by a very strong optimism, but as time has passed the team has only regressed and he’s begun doubting himself, including his runs (he didn’t get the ball much last season either despite making good runs again and again).

So the question still is whether or not you believe he can improve enough and quickly enough for us. The next months will tell, but I’m sure that he’ll be fine if he finds confidence again. If he doesn’t he’ll probably be best off leaving.

 

[Rozay]

Too much text to defend wanting to have a pop at the lad.

The only thing that could be concluded from looking at a video of Cavani is that Hojlund's movement isn't as good. Which everyone who's ever watched both players for more than 10 minutes already know.

These things aren't said for useful debate or criticism. They are frustrated fans wanting to "dunk" on the lad.

We absolutely don't find strikers runs particularly well and Hojlund absolutely doesn't make the right runs quickly enough.

Your last post on here about not thinking he will register 5 shots on target for the rest of the season shows the sort of hyperbole that you want to use to knock the lad. It's grating.

How many does he have on target in the PL so far this season, Mr Overrated Opinion?

 

[Rozay]

It is quite telling that the loud critics in here mostly throws insults at him whereas nuanced posters like @Gandalf actually brings coherent arguments to the table.
It’s as if some of the former takes every attempt at explaining the circumstances under which Hojlund operates as a personal insult. The same goes for when he performs badly (or, more accurately for his most zealous prosecutors, every time he’s on the pitch).

Hojlund has obvious problems this season and even last season it was clear that he’s a player who needs to improve parts of his game. The question then and now was and is if you believe he can improve enough quickly enough - not whether he is sh*t, Sunday league level or able to hit a barn door.
He was bought because he has (or at least had) a skillset few footballers possess - high pace, good ball control at high pace, physicality and elite finishing. Now the zealots will ridicule me for saying that, but It’s a fact that that was how he was perceived broadly by experts, scouts and his own manager at Atalanta, Gasperini. Last season he showed all those skills in glimpses as well. I see how some thinks he falls over too easily, but he began his career here by dominating Saliba physically.
There was obvious room for improvement in his game of course, but let’s not pretend that only ETH or our scouts rated him.

He’s struggling this season, but it’s mostly mentally. When strikers lose confidence if affects them more than anyone else (bar keepers, perhaps), because they often don’t get many touches to get into the game. So every time he walks onto the pitch he knows that his every action counts. He handled that perfectly last season helped by a very strong optimism, but as time has passed the team has only regressed and he’s begun doubting himself, including his runs (he didn’t get the ball much last season either despite making good runs again and again).

So the question still is whether or not you believe he can improve enough and quickly enough for us. The next months will tell, but I’m sure that he’ll be fine if he finds confidence again. If he doesn’t he’ll probably be best off leaving.

Spare me. Posters on here have long been hypocritical and feel entitled to tell others which players they are allowed to not rate, which players they are allowed to criticise, and then bizarrely adopt an alternative approach of ‘be real fans’, you are just ‘attacking’ player x, or a former playground favourite ‘you obviously just ‘hate’ player x’.

If this were the Amtony thread I’m sure you would not be posting this, perhaps simply because you agree that he is rubbish, and because YOU agree, it now becomes fine for anyone to criticise freely without you considering it excessive. Well that’s not how it works, people are posting many reasoned posts about why they think Hojlund is not good enough, you’re just not hearing them, probably because your opinion is that he is good enough, but is just low on confidence, and as such have decreed that anyone else’s assessment cannot go beyond that.

I think Hojlund is as rubbish as Antony is, this season has been worse than Sancho was and so on - so unless you are going to challenge everyone for speaking out against them as they are entitled to, then just state your defence for Hojlund and leave others to speak their own minds too. ‘Reasoned discussion’ on Hojlund doesn’t start and stop where you say it does, and anyone outside of that is not a ‘zealot’. In fact, you sound more like a zealot for the defence than an objective assessor, because the actual truth on the pitch speaks for itself.

 

[Smores]

A poacher who is almost never in the right spot to poach a tap in.

Honestly this should just be the bookmark for this thread because nearly everything else is waffling nonsense.

You've got posters crying we don't deliver him service. Since when do we play with just a poacher in this team? He has to be able to take the ball on the half turn, make a run with the ball and find space for the shot or pass.

If posters think that we should be identifying his erratic runs and placing the ball just in the right spot for him to score easy chances each game they're mental. I'd beg those posters to actually ask themselves if that's all they expect from a united striker.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Just as an FYI to the ill thought out Cavani comparison, Bruno only assisted Cavani twice in 20/21, guess who he also assisted twice in 23/24?

 

[Cassidy]

Too much text to defend wanting to have a pop at the lad.

The only thing that could be concluded from looking at a video of Cavani is that Hojlund's movement isn't as good. Which everyone who's ever watched both players for more than 10 minutes already know.

These things aren't said for useful debate or criticism. They are frustrated fans wanting to "dunk" on the lad.

We absolutely don't find strikers runs particularly well and Hojlund absolutely doesn't make the right runs quickly enough.

Your last post on here about not thinking he will register 5 shots on target for the rest of the season shows the sort of hyperbole that you want to use to knock the lad. It's grating.

Whilst you have a point in some of your post, Hojlund has 6 shots on target with 24 PL games played, so with only 16 PL games left it is totally feasible and not hyperbole that he may not register 5 shots on target in those 16 remaining games.

 

[Apokalips]

Yes because we’re just creating heaps of chances for our other forwards.

The strikers are a large part of why chances don't fall to them, none of them are proven goalscorers are they? It seems as though people think strikers are only purchased for their finishing but there is a reason that top strikers cost more and score goals regardless of where they are and that is their positioning, anticipation and movement amongst other things.

People keep saying service this and that, but the quality of striker is a bigger thing and plays a huge role in the service you see provided. Why did Van Persie score more than any striker we had the season before he joined? Our service just randomly improved? Why did Fergie ever buy more strikers when all he should have been doing was improving the service to the existing strikers and saved the cash? Why has no one matched Kane at Spurs? The service just dropped off a cliff? It presumes that the strikers are just there to finish chances put on plates for them but if that was the case then why bother buying Hojlund or whoever and not just put a kid from the academy in and work on getting the best chance suppliers? Incidentally we actually have one of the proven best chance creators in our side yet people act like it's service and not the striker who can't hold the ball for more than 5 seconds nowadays and has no proven goalscoring record.

I doubt there is a club above 10th that would have Hojlund or Zirkzee as their number 1 striker right now but there are tons of clubs that would prefer to have Garnacho, Mainoo, Fernandes, Amad, etc. - i.e the suppliers. The only reason Haaland gets away with his below average basic skills is because he is an absolute beast at finding spaces, finishing, has a proven scoring record and physically outmatches defenders which Hojlund does not do yet, but there is also a reason that Haaland is an outlier and not the norm in what people look for in a striker at successful teams. He may become good enough at some point and I hope he does, but he is not currently good enough and that is very clear regardless of the excuses given.

 

[TheRedDevil'sAdvocate]

Just as an FYI to the ill thought out Cavani comparison, Bruno only assisted Cavani twice in 20/21, guess who he also assisted twice in 23/24?

Given Cavani's main role at United, more so at the age of 33, this hardly looks surprising. It doesn't say much about Hojlund, either.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Given Cavani's main role at United, more so at the age of 33, this hardly looks surprising. It doesn't say much about Hojlund, either.

As said, a pointless criticism in the first place but also a incorrect one when looked at in detail. A waste of everyone's time.

 

[UnitedSofa]

The lack of patience is astounding.

 

[simmee]

Which is the point I was making and Amorim was making the other day. He needs to keep making the runs and not get frustrated and deviate from running the channels because if he is patient the ball will come.

I have also seen posters complain that he is always in the wrong place in the box for crosses and cutbacks, seemingly failing to understand that without Hojlund (or someone else of course) making that kind of run the cutback would not be open.

 

[romufc]

The lack of patience is astounding.

This is ridiculous. What do you expect, fans to be patient for what 5 years for a 72m signing to play anything remotely to a professional footballer?

There is no evidence whatsoever that patience will lead to anything, in fact the contrary, he has digressed as a player in the last year.

He is at a point that he cant stand up straight when the ball is near him, he falls over by the sight of a football.

 

[Lyng]

This is ridiculous. What do you expect, fans to be patient for what 5 years for a 72m signing to play anything remotely to a professional footballer?

What a trainwreck of a post. I dont believe Rasmus will come good for us, but to suggest he isnt even on a level of a professional footballer is a downright idiotic statement that only adds to the toxic nature of these threads.
Especially given that he did okay for a young player under 22's first season for United.

 

[tomaldinho1]

This is ridiculous. What do you expect, fans to be patient for what 5 years for a 72m signing to play anything remotely to a professional footballer?

There is no evidence whatsoever that patience will lead to anything, in fact the contrary, he has digressed as a player in the last year.

He is at a point that he cant stand up straight when the ball is near him, he falls over by the sight of a football.

Annnnnnnnnd we're back to a car crash of hyperbole and slurs.

 

[romufc]

What a trainwreck of a post. I dont believe Rasmus will come good for us, but to suggest he isnt even on a level of a professional footballer is a downright idiotic statement that only adds to the toxic nature of these threads.
Especially given that he did okay for a young players under 22's first season for United.

Annnnnnnnnd we're back to a car crash of hyperbole and slurs.

I suggest you watch his games from the start of the season to now.

You can talk about coming good in what way? Is he going to get us 20 league goals a season?

https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask?q=rasmus+højlund+shots+on+target

He has had 6 shots on target in the PL for us this season, let alone goals.

Everytime the ball is played to him, he loses it. When he is dribbling and there is a pass on, he plays the wrong option.

When its time to run into the box... he is nowhere to be seen.

 

[Grande]

This is ridiculous. What do you expect, fans to be patient for what 5 years for a 72m signing to play anything remotely to a professional footballer?

There is no evidence whatsoever that patience will lead to anything, in fact the contrary, he has digressed as a player in the last year.

He is at a point that he cant stand up straight when the ball is near him, he falls over by the sight of a football.

There are literally no letters in this post, and the period marks are bullet holes in a foot.

 

[SparcMac]

I suggest you watch his games from the start of the season to now.

You can talk about coming good in what way? Is he going to get us 20 league goals a season?

https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask?q=rasmus+højlund+shots+on+target

He has had 6 shots on target in the PL for us this season, let alone goals.

Everytime the ball is played to him, he loses it. When he is dribbling and there is a pass on, he plays the wrong option.

When its time to run into the box... he is nowhere to be seen.

Absolute idiotic post tbh.

 

[romufc]

Absolute idiotic post tbh.

Well if you think he is amazing that is fine, I am giving my opinion of a ST who cost 72m and given the chance to lead the line.

He gets to start every game and has no impact in every game.

Can you name 1 game this season where you think, that was a very good CF performance...

If you can't.. maybe you are the ****

 

[Schmeichels pinky]

Spare me. Posters on here have long been hypocritical and feel entitled to tell others which players they are allowed to not rate, which players they are allowed to criticise, and then bizarrely adopt an alternative approach of ‘be real fans’, you are just ‘attacking’ player x, or a former playground favourite ‘you obviously just ‘hate’ player x’.

If this were the Amtony thread I’m sure you would not be posting this, perhaps simply because you agree that he is rubbish, and because YOU agree, it now becomes fine for anyone to criticise freely without you considering it excessive. Well that’s not how it works, people are posting many reasoned posts about why they think Hojlund is not good enough, you’re just not hearing them, probably because your opinion is that he is good enough, but is just low on confidence, and as such have decreed that anyone else’s assessment cannot go beyond that.

I think Hojlund is as rubbish as Antony is, this season has been worse than Sancho was and so on - so unless you are going to challenge everyone for speaking out against them as they are entitled to, then just state your defence for Hojlund and leave others to speak their own minds too. ‘Reasoned discussion’ on Hojlund doesn’t start and stop where you say it does, and anyone outside of that is not a ‘zealot’. In fact, you sound more like a zealot for the defence than an objective assessor, because the actual truth on the pitch speaks for itself.

I didn’t say they were. I said “most of his loud critics”, not all his critics. And by loud I mean the ones who post things like “he’s just sh*t” and hurl insults his way instead of actually arguing their case. I’ll never understand the need to do that. But if you don’t do that you’re clearly not one of them and can thus ignore what I wrote instead of taking offense.
On the actual criticism I think it’s fine to think he’s no better than Anthony - and no, I do NOT think it’s ok to throw up in his thread either. I think you’re wrong, but it’s fine with me. What I find problematic is when people criticizing a player begin to make things up so it aligns with their black and white world view, ie. “I think this player is bad so he’s always been horrible”. As for Hojlund I’ve seen people criticizing every aspect of his game, even objectively measurable things like his pace. Now, that’s never constructive and jut derails the discussion.
So, it’s very possible to think Hojlund is no better than Anthony while still acknowledging that he is very quick. Or that he’s not good enough for United, but the general opinion of him in the football world was that he was one of the biggest talents two years ago.
When you try to remake history, you change the focus of the discussion which I find counterproductive.

 

[tomaldinho1]

I suggest you watch his games from the start of the season to now.

You can talk about coming good in what way? Is he going to get us 20 league goals a season?

https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask?q=rasmus+højlund+shots+on+target

He has had 6 shots on target in the PL for us this season, let alone goals.

Everytime the ball is played to him, he loses it. When he is dribbling and there is a pass on, he plays the wrong option.

When its time to run into the box... he is nowhere to be seen.

As a genuine question, why can't you just be balanced? A selection of your recent insights:

When he is dribbling and there is a pass on, he plays the wrong option

Everytime the ball is played to him, he loses it.

he falls over by the sight of a football

He is at a point that he cant stand up straight when the ball is near him

When its time to run into the box... he is nowhere to be seen

If you think he should get on the end of more crosses, that's fine, people can then debate you or not or agree, whatever. I will say the one time I have asked people to simply show some examples of when he's made the wrong move, no one could be bothered. It is a running theme in this thread, say something and then become conveniently absent when asked to prove it. If you think he loses the ball too much, I think all would agree but then why go to the extreme of losing it 'every time'. Like what do you gain from this?

 

[Shaw's Shank Redemption]

I suggest you watch his games from the start of the season to now.

You can talk about coming good in what way? Is he going to get us 20 league goals a season?

https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask?q=rasmus+højlund+shots+on+target

He has had 6 shots on target in the PL for us this season, let alone goals.

Everytime the ball is played to him, he loses it. When he is dribbling and there is a pass on, he plays the wrong option.

When its time to run into the box... he is nowhere to be seen.

Damn

 

[romufc]

As a genuine question, why can't you just be balanced? A selection of your recent insights:







If you think he should get on the end of more crosses, that's fine, people can then debate you or not or agree, whatever. I will say the one time I have asked people to simply show some examples of when he's made the wrong move, no one could be bothered. It is a running theme in this thread, say something and then become conveniently absent when asked to prove it. If you think he loses the ball too much, I think all would agree but then why go to the extreme of losing it 'every time'. Like what do you gain from this?

I can be balanced if he actually offered anything to be balanced about. Actually I lie, he can press better Rashford and Zirkzee so there is that.

You might think I am overreacting on this but, I believe it. Just look at his underlying stats.

I have compared 2 strikers below with Spurs who are around us (ST that cost alot but less than Hojlund) and Palace who we last played in the PL. He gets the ball 1/3 less than the other strikers, hes dispossed the same amount.

Arielly, he wins the lowest.. 24% of his ariel duels considering his size is really bad.

SHots taken all seasn 13 compared to the other players who are in the high 40's.

https://footystats.org/players/denmark/rasmus-hojlund

https://fbref.com/en/stathead/playe...4-2025&player_id3=e77dc3b2&p3yrfrom=2024-2025


Every metric you look at he is one of the worst strikers in the league, some people say eye test, well yeah he is bad at that too. How often is he on the floor? fighting defenders when there is no need.

You think he is good but there is 0 evidence to suggest it.

 

[tomaldinho1]

I can be balanced if he actually offered anything to be balanced about. Actually I lie, he can press better Rashford and Zirkzee so there is that.

You might think I am overreacting on this but, I believe it. Just look at his underlying stats.

I have compared 2 strikers below with Spurs who are around us (ST that cost alot but less than Hojlund) and Palace who we last played in the PL. He gets the ball 1/3 less than the other strikers, hes dispossed the same amount.

Arielly, he wins the lowest.. 24% of his ariel duels considering his size is really bad.

SHots taken all seasn 13 compared to the other players who are in the high 40's.

https://footystats.org/players/denmark/rasmus-hojlund

https://fbref.com/en/stathead/playe...4-2025&player_id3=e77dc3b2&p3yrfrom=2024-2025


Every metric you look at he is one of the worst strikers in the league, some people say eye test, well yeah he is bad at that too. How often is he on the floor? fighting defenders when there is no need.

You think he is good but there is 0 evidence to suggest it.

Sorry you're sticking to the quotes I posted from you? Just need to check before deciding if worth both of our time.

 

[romufc]

Sorry you're sticking to the quotes I posted from you? Just need to check before deciding if worth both of our time.

Well he may not lose the ball every time but it is about 70% of the time.

Statistically, by underlying stats, he is one of the worst strikers in the league.

Do you think he is good. Its well and good having a pop at someone's opinion but you have not yet rebutted anything.

A front line striker that starts most PL games has 6 shots on target... do you know how embarrassing that is? He is a striker right?

Is it not his job to make runs for players to find them?