9
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 36
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 2
Hojlund and De Ligt now have 2 PL goals each this season
Had the time to take a touch or even swing his left foot and take a shot
Perhaps we could do swap for whoever plays 9 for Bolton Wanders or Morecambe or Fleetwood or Salford City. They could not be worse.
Invisible, must have hardly touched the ball.
He tries but it just hasn’t happened for him. The dummy was ridiculous lack of confidence. As a striker one would think hed be begging for a chance like that.
I'm starting to wonder if he has a serious medical or physical issue with balance. He always seems to end up on the ground whenever something happens around him or to him.
I think he probably knows it, to be a bit fair to him. Won’t have passed him by that he hasn’t scored a league goal for months and months.
How on earth does he not get a touch on this?
Red cards and playing with 10 men for a full half or for an hour in the Arsenal game isnt such a setback when you consider we basically start every game with 10 men by playing Hojlund.
Sometimes I wonder if it's unfair to expect this much of a lad when playing for a club that had the likes of RvN, Rooney, Yorke, Cole, RvP, Law, Cantona and also an Ibra up front - or is it all on the club?
I mean I don't think it was necessary a bad idea. It's little moments like that that can quickly unsettle a defence.
Quick flicks, little shimmies or in the case a instant dummy can illustrate a particular side of invention and creativity. Unfortunately Hojlund lacked the awareness of his team mates and how congested it was in the area.
But, at the same time and what with his form and the constant failure of him making a stand out impression in the oppositions area, you really should've expected him to instantly control the ball and release a quick strike at goal.
Goalscoring opportunities aren't exactly arriving at his feet on a consistent basis.
Quick flicks, little shimmies or in the case a instant dummy can illustrate a particular side of invention and creativity. Unfortunately Hojlund lacked the awareness of his team mates and how congested it was in the area.
But, at the same time and what with his form and the constant failure of him making a stand out impression in the oppositions area, you really should've expected him to instantly control the ball and release a quick strike at goal.
Goalscoring opportunities aren't exactly arriving at his feet on a consistent basis.
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If he took a touch that chance was 100% over as his touch is awful but he has to swing a foot at it, the ball from Yoro was perfect.
He complains all the time that no one passes him the ball but when they do he does that then still fecking complains.
It was actually a really terrible idea because he is a striker who was happy to waste a shooting chance without a shout or even scanning the box beforehand. No red shirt was at any point prior in that area, he just wanted nothing to do with it and is developing a tendency to duck touching the ball wherever he feels a hint of uncomfortability. All of Ten hag's signings in general are quickly showing to have questionable mental fortitude. It's like they came to the PL too soon and have their confidence sapped by impostor syndrome.
At this point needs a loan to just get some playing time in a less demanding situation.
'We don't provide him with chances' etc. etc. when you are bereft of confidence, you don't particularly want the chances for fear of missing with them, as written multiple times in here and as we saw today. I don't agree with Amorim just playing this kid endlessly and trying to force him through this crisis. It is clearly having the opposite effect and compounding absolutely everything.
I said previously he didn't look like a PL player with the way he is playing, but those saying he should be loaned to the Championship... he'd be eaten alive there if he carried his exact same game that he has now across. He needs to play in a league where athleticism is low enough to make his own qualities look better and he won't get that in the Championship where defenders are overzealous, aggressive, powerful and really up for a physical game. The pace of the PL is frazzling him; he can't keep up. You can see that the time he takes to process things from: time to decide what he wants to do with the ball; where he should position himself; how long he actually has to use the ball are all a genuine struggle for him and that's why he is always flustered and pressured into doing things he doesn't really want to do at a pace he doesn't want to do said things at. It's a catch 22 that fundamentally leaves him treading water no matter the PL opposition. Ipswich were awful, yet their CB's had him mostly extremely easily contained; all of his movements, ideas and actions easily snuffed out bar the in the box stepover, which was caused by Yoro's skill startling the backline.
People talk about his reluctance to shoot, or the fact he doesn't have many shots, but not the why in how that has come about. If you can't read the game in real time, you're always going to be steps out of sync and "too slow" in body, but the reality is that the 'first steps in your head' saying is absolutely paramount and that's where, for me, I see a player who is plain and simply below the PL bar - he doesn't "see" the pitch or know how to interact with his surroundings, which is why he is nearly always in the wrong places at the wrong time - he doesn't switch on in key passages of play and either make himself available or cunningly sneak off to find some dangerous pocket of space to pounce from. None of it. There's no striker instincts in there, which is why he needs to be spoon-fed obvious opportunities or he won't be in a single position to score in a full game. You just cannot impact and affect games if you can't keep up with what's happening. This before his technique - or lack thereof - is discussed or the number of shots he does or does not take. Positioning and reading of play are everything for a striker, any kind of striker, and that gives more cause for concern for me than anything else in his game - he just doesn't look the part and he rarely surprises, let alone outsmarts his markers, where a good to great striker leaves them absolutely baffled and fearful after giving them the run around for a mentally fatiguing 60-70 minutes to the point they have the invariable lapses in concentration that sees opportunities to capitalise rise exponentially. It's the opposite with Rasmus: he wilts in-game and his markers grow, which is where we are seeing hooked earlier and more frequently as Amorim familiarises himself with the league.
Outside of book value, the notion of loaning is starting to sound like a stretch. As I said in a previous post, I think Rasmus is playing himself out of the club as there's nothing to salvage if he continues to perform so far below the PL bar.
I said previously he didn't look like a PL player with the way he is playing, but those saying he should be loaned to the Championship... he'd be eaten alive there if he carried his exact same game that he has now across. He needs to play in a league where athleticism is low enough to make his own qualities look better and he won't get that in the Championship where defenders are overzealous, aggressive, powerful and really up for a physical game. The pace of the PL is frazzling him; he can't keep up. You can see that the time he takes to process things from: time to decide what he wants to do with the ball; where he should position himself; how long he actually has to use the ball are all a genuine struggle for him and that's why he is always flustered and pressured into doing things he doesn't really want to do at a pace he doesn't want to do said things at. It's a catch 22 that fundamentally leaves him treading water no matter the PL opposition. Ipswich were awful, yet their CB's had him mostly extremely easily contained; all of his movements, ideas and actions easily snuffed out bar the in the box stepover, which was caused by Yoro's skill startling the backline.
People talk about his reluctance to shoot, or the fact he doesn't have many shots, but not the why in how that has come about. If you can't read the game in real time, you're always going to be steps out of sync and "too slow" in body, but the reality is that the 'first steps in your head' saying is absolutely paramount and that's where, for me, I see a player who is plain and simply below the PL bar - he doesn't "see" the pitch or know how to interact with his surroundings, which is why he is nearly always in the wrong places at the wrong time - he doesn't switch on in key passages of play and either make himself available or cunningly sneak off to find some dangerous pocket of space to pounce from. None of it. There's no striker instincts in there, which is why he needs to be spoon-fed obvious opportunities or he won't be in a single position to score in a full game. You just cannot impact and affect games if you can't keep up with what's happening. This before his technique - or lack thereof - is discussed or the number of shots he does or does not take. Positioning and reading of play are everything for a striker, any kind of striker, and that gives more cause for concern for me than anything else in his game - he just doesn't look the part and he rarely surprises, let alone outsmarts his markers, where a good to great striker leaves them absolutely baffled and fearful after giving them the run around for a mentally fatiguing 60-70 minutes to the point they have the invariable lapses in concentration that sees opportunities to capitalise rise exponentially. It's the opposite with Rasmus: he wilts in-game and his markers grow, which is where we are seeing hooked earlier and more frequently as Amorim familiarises himself with the league.
Outside of book value, the notion of loaning is starting to sound like a stretch. As I said in a previous post, I think Rasmus is playing himself out of the club as there's nothing to salvage if he continues to perform so far below the PL bar.
He is completely bereft of confidence and seems unable to find any space
It's criminal that we lack any depth to take him out for 3 or 4 weeks
Delap in contrast was dropping deep, playing on the shoulder, finding space and generally got much more involved in the game
Amorim and his team should make coaching Hojlund a priority
in saying all that for all his current issues we really missed his pace/physicality and had no outlet when he went off as a sub against Ipswich
It's criminal that we lack any depth to take him out for 3 or 4 weeks
Delap in contrast was dropping deep, playing on the shoulder, finding space and generally got much more involved in the game
Amorim and his team should make coaching Hojlund a priority
in saying all that for all his current issues we really missed his pace/physicality and had no outlet when he went off as a sub against Ipswich
This is the most unbelievable part really. It's staggering how terrible he is in duels. It's as you say, by random chance you'd expect to win more than that with your eyes closed. God awful, should have been booted to the reserves ages ago. He is actually the closest thing to playing with 10 men.
Seriously, what the feck was he thinking there?
What do you think we will do? Hope for him to come good and waste our time just like we do with so many of our flops or cut ties early and move on? I bet we do the former.
It’s the club because it bought a bang average player for a very high fee and a role beyond his level. Should have been a backup learning from someone experienced. He is still nowhere near good enough.
That Yoro pass... The likes of RVP or Rooney score that first time.
Even Weghorst would attempt a shot. This should be pure striker's instinct.
Even Weghorst would attempt a shot. This should be pure striker's instinct.
Physically something seems to be wrong, the videos I saw of him before he joined, he could run with the ball and still be fast.
Against Ipswich there was a play in the second half where he had the ball and just a defender in front and one adjacent. He couldn't sort out his feet to run and just passed it back.
Mentally I feel he's going through it, he seems to blow his top after what he feels are fouls but then he will make a mistake and just smile.
If ever another United player needed a few months in Netherlands it's Hojlund, maybe Amorim will send him to Portugal instead.
Against Ipswich there was a play in the second half where he had the ball and just a defender in front and one adjacent. He couldn't sort out his feet to run and just passed it back.
Mentally I feel he's going through it, he seems to blow his top after what he feels are fouls but then he will make a mistake and just smile.
If ever another United player needed a few months in Netherlands it's Hojlund, maybe Amorim will send him to Portugal instead.
That dummy just sums him up doesn't it. Such poor mentality, watching Delap at the other end just showed what we were missing. Really needs to be out of the starting line-up.
I've seen in this game and the previous one Dorgu make runs and crosses into the box, Hojlund is nowhere near them. Sometimes it can't just be about passing accuracy, Hojlund has zero striker instincts
Was watching him earlier in the game too when he was on his own up front. He was standing very near the Ipswich defender despite their being acres of space around him. I'd have thought he try to find space to collect a pass.
It’s pressure magnifying into a negative feedback loop of more pressure due to poor performance. Fans always underestimate the global expectations playing for a club like Utd. He’s a novice in terms of pro level experience without any support from a senior striker.
Even last season for all his goals he has no capacity to feel like an 11th man for us on the pitch. It's the same for Denmark.
Now the goals have gone the lack of quantity and quality we are seeing on the pitch in terms of a player is really showing.
Now the goals have gone the lack of quantity and quality we are seeing on the pitch in terms of a player is really showing.
It’s unfair to expect it of him, because he’s not anywhere close to the level of those players. The original problem was buying a poor striker at an extremely inflated rate and not having any alternative. The club has fecked up royally and is paying the price at least until the summer.
That being said, I don’t think anyone had been expecting 25 PL goals out of Højlund.
Brainless player doesn't effect games, no touch, no movement, can't pass he offers the team absolutely nothing.
Absolutely. His confidence has gone completely and it looks like the weight of being the main centre forward at Manchester United has swallowed him up.
Im tired of this sentence, he is not coachable, he need to be sold end of story. We do not have time for this.
I still believe in him, sign an experienced striker (on loan or very cheap) to share the load.
When he does that how can anyone say the reason he has the lowest amount of shots is the lack of service? Can our players even find him or get the ball to him half the time? And when they do he's terrible.
It's the way he back into defenders instead of going for the ball.....let the defender try to win it off you after you've it in your control. I swear if I was Amorim I'll tell him do that just once and I'm taking you off, how thick is he really and why is he allowed to keep doing that.
Nothing to mold here, cannot create a Kane from a Bellion.
He has had enough time, service not great I know, but he does nothing to justify his staying here now.
He has had enough time, service not great I know, but he does nothing to justify his staying here now.
Same.
When he went off, Maz made a run into the box you'd expect a striker to do, especially with 10, that wasn't seen from Hojlund.
Hojlund was simply a body upfront. It can in real basic terms offer a way for others to get involved, we did kind of miss his presence, Zirkzee was very tired and has no pace but we need much more cleverness from Hojlund or someone else with pace and strength to delay the run and not just get bogged down or hide from headers.
Also before he came here I saw with Atalanta he's not agile or quick to turn with the ball.
With Dorgu and Garnacho there is a chance we can provide more if Hojlund gets back to what he was best at which is still limited for a club like United.
Hojlund was simply a body upfront. It can in real basic terms offer a way for others to get involved, we did kind of miss his presence, Zirkzee was very tired and has no pace but we need much more cleverness from Hojlund or someone else with pace and strength to delay the run and not just get bogged down or hide from headers.
Also before he came here I saw with Atalanta he's not agile or quick to turn with the ball.
With Dorgu and Garnacho there is a chance we can provide more if Hojlund gets back to what he was best at which is still limited for a club like United.
Watch his movement for that first goal, the ball is going straight for his head and he doesn't even jump. Another moment in the second half where he had an opportunity to shoot in the box and he stepped over it which may have been intelligent but isn't a trait of that selfish #9 who gets goals, he needs an extended time out from the starting XI but we don't have anyone to replace him sadly.
2 goals in 21 league games he is a Weghorst competitor for sure.