Hojlund is now compared with RVN, Shearer, Yorke and Henry! We are so so lucky to have this kind of would-be legendary striker in our club! My nephew is 5 months old. He has huge potential to become next Maradona. Both had same goal tally at this age.
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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You've missed the point. Hugely.
Nobody has said he is on that trajectory with the players they used to benchmark, they are simply saying a lot of top players weren't WC at this age, he needs time and coaching and there is no reason he can't become a top player.
The worry is his technical limitations. Benzema, Ibrahimovic, Kane etc didn't become technically good in their mid twenties. They had that aspect. Some had to become stronger something you can work on in the gym, some had to gain composure in front of goal which sometimes comes with experience, some had to take on more responsibility which can come once they start to see themselves as a more senior member of the squad. Technique hardly goes from were Hojlund is to were a Lewandoski is for example which should be the standard at Man utd. He looks to me as the sort of player who would play as the main man in a b-level club but not in a EPL winning, champions league winning side.
He has time to prove me wrong though, I actually admire his work rate.
Yeah, can we stop with the absurdity. What are being referred to are prodigies, performing at stupidly young ages, which is why they are prodigious and removed from the norm. Rooney, Ronaldo(Brazil) and so forth are not reference points for anything but other prodigies and their abnormal trajectories.
I think he has the right attitude and raw ability in terms of power, pace and strength for his age. His technicality doesn't stand out but there have been times he's been very technical so I don't think he "Hasn't got it", he just isn't doing it consistently - We just need to find out if thats because of his age/ experience/ injuries or whether he is just limited in that regard where you can look at plenty of players who if they have great movement can compensate for that, time will tell.
If we’d signed him for £10m from a random Scandinavian club, then we’d still be wondering what his potential is but with little or no expectation.
The fact we paid IRO £70m is where we’ve stitched ourselves up. That price comes with a proven record or strong potential that shows recognisable signs of improvement. We’re seeing none of those with Ras. Our fault for being desperate to sign someone at the time.
The fact we paid IRO £70m is where we’ve stitched ourselves up. That price comes with a proven record or strong potential that shows recognisable signs of improvement. We’re seeing none of those with Ras. Our fault for being desperate to sign someone at the time.
I don’t think he’ll ever be more than a good solid squad option at Premier League level.
Makes the Martial transfer look like a bargain.
Just doesn’t have enough to his game yet. It may come but the price we paid makes it seem like he was a sure thing. He really isn’t.
Just doesn’t have enough to his game yet. It may come but the price we paid makes it seem like he was a sure thing. He really isn’t.
Viktoria Plzen 1:2 Man Utd
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Glad he is proving me wrong
Hopefully he can continue this form to the PL.
Definitely our best striker than zirkzee.
Glad he is proving me wrong
Hopefully he can continue this form to the PL.
Definitely our best striker than zirkzee.
Got 2 goals and would probably have had a 3rd at the end but Amad refused to pass to him.
Played decent today against Plzen. 2 goals, even though he missed two chances. Still played his heart out, like he does every game.
Lovely to see him improve, and what a fecken beast he is in European competitions!
Definitely the better CF between him and Zz
Lovely to see him improve, and what a fecken beast he is in European competitions!
Definitely the better CF between him and Zz
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Leagues above any other striking option we have
Has to start against City
Lad keeps saving our ass in the EL.
Best game in our shirt. That second goal was world class.
Not a good look with the row with Amad after the whistle.
He's clearly not the finished article but it baffles me how quickly he is continuously written off. That 2nd goal was fantastic.
Just start him up top every game.
Everyone else looking absolutely dogshit and look who wins us the game again? Oh yeah
That "trash" movement of Hojlund coming well into play again as always. He had better hold up play than Zirkzee, and much more fight and aggression than Rashford, scores our 2 goals and wins us the match. Say what you want but he's our best option upfront at the moment and if you give him the ball he scores goals, it's as simple as that.
The responses in here from people saying he should be in the Championship and shit are braindead
Ah, it was Amad? Who was yelling on who there?
The Zirkzee and Rashford experiment needs to end. Everton was an anomaly.
Hojlund for all his faults will outscore those two morons.
Hojlund for all his faults will outscore those two morons.
Amad should have passed, likewise Rasmus refused on the next break.
They were right to be annoyed with each other but leave it on the pitch.
Goals since Amorim joined:
Hojlund: 5
Gyokeres: 1
Hojlund: 5
Gyokeres: 1
And has ...
Amorims system suits him perfectly and he's begun scoring regularly and getting in chances regularly. Hope it continues.
Three times the striker sideshow Bob is
Aging like milk in the sun
Won us the game. My MOTM. Keep it going consistently! Well done.
Good stuff. Clearly he is the best option up top for us, even though he has his own faults. He is getting to decent record this season too.
Was just coming to say this:
Champions league:
6 appearance, 5 goals
Europa league:
6 appearance (3 as a sub), 5 goals
The ever moving goalposts. People too arrogant to let go of terrible opinions.
'He doesn't get into goalscoring positions
His movement isn't good enough
His all round game is weak.'
He's 21, at what point do people start getting behind him rather than look for another flaw?
I think that Amad refused to pass (just wanted to score), Hojlund lost the ball while looking who to pass.
He was berating Amad for not giving him the ball in the 2nd last attack for the hattrick
Amad deserves it. Selfish fit.
None of our forwards fits the striker role in Amorim's system better than Hojlund. Make chances for the kid and he'll put the majority away. That's more than you can say for any of the other forwards we have.
Yeah it’s a non issue.
European Højlund is back. The second goal was yet another brilliant blend of technicality and physicality.