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2024-25 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
20
Goals
7
Assists
1
Yellow cards
1
- Good pass to Garnacho, who should have scored.
- Good shot from an acute angle, which the goalkeeper only just saves.
- Should have finished better from the edge of the box.
- Better at holding on to the ball than Zirkzee.
- Much more in-game than Zirkzee.
 
Doracle said:
Hopefully we don’t revert back to starting him just because of one bad result. I view sidelining Hojlund as absolutely critical to our chances of looking a coherent team this season. Zirkzee might not be the long-term answer but he’s a far more gifted player.
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Just not true is it though
 
He at least tried to do something, not a good game at all, but still managed to be a lot better than Zirkzee, but then he start the next game and again will look totally lost
 
Hammondo said:
Our best striker by a distance I would say.
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Which is not the answer in any way.

What we have seen since Amorim has come on is neither Hojlund or Zirkzee are even remotely good enough to take us further.

We need to stop saying well he's better than someone else who isn't good enough and instead concentrate on getting a player good enough.

I trust Amorim will rectify this in January as it's probably our biggest need.

A top striker will win you games and we don't have one
 
lsd said:
Which is not the answer in any way.

What we have seen since Amorim has come on is neither Hojlund or Zirkzee are even remotely good enough to take us further.

We need to stop saying well he's better than someone else who isn't good enough and instead concentrate on getting a player good enough.

I trust Amorim will rectify this in January as it's probably our biggest need.

A top striker will win you games and we don't have one
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That's fair enough but for now he should be out pick.

It is unlikely we would spend big on a striker anyway, and there are other positions that will be looked at first.
 
The January market can be difficult, so there is a real chance we don’t bring in a top quality striker. In that “lesser evil” situation, it’s Højlund as the starter for me.
 
Probably our most hopeful prospect. Strong as an ox, never gets beaten in a one on one duel, good movement, good link up play, deadly finisher. What doesn't he do well?
 
The Hojland criticism on this thread really winds me up. Not that he's above criticism, he's far from perfect, but many here take it too far.

He's got to work on his positioning and teamwork when it comes to receiving passes. It's a massive weak point in his game.

But he's already shown to be a potentially elite level finisher, strong in the challenge, and capable of better than decent holdup play.

He's 21. Not starting 9 quality for a team like united yet, but objectively has the potential to be
 
Being Danish I am probably a bit biased but I think that Højlund has proven that he has potential and is a lethal finisher. If he was missing sitters in every game and otherwise just walking around the pitch like he couldn’t care less, then I could understand the criticism, but that is not the case.
Even Haaland would struggle in this United team.
 
Ricardo de la Vega said:
Probably our most hopeful prospect. Strong as an ox, never gets beaten in a one on one duel, good movement, good link up play, deadly finisher. What doesn't he do well
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The Dane said:
Being Danish I am probably a bit biased but I think that Højlund has proven that he has potential and is a lethal finisher. If he was missing sitters in every game and otherwise just walking around the pitch like he couldn’t care less, then I could understand the criticism, but that is not the case.
Even Haaland would struggle in this United team.
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If he was missing sitters I'd be fine with it as it shows he has the right instincts and you can work on finishing.

You can't work on instincts and being in the right place though. He just doesn't have it
 
lsd said:
If he was missing sitters I'd be fine with it as it shows he has the right instincts and you can work on finishing.

You can't work on instincts and being in the right place though. He just doesn't have it
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I think his instinct and movement are great - he just "has" it - the unteachable.
The only thing he doesn't have is service and sometimes his passing and knowledge of where others are isn't great yet.
 
Should score more, but if Bruno and Garnacho wasn't incredibly shit at finishing he'd have two great assists over the last two games. Do we need better? Definitely, but is he among the biggest problems? Definitely not
 
I don’t particularly rate him, but it is absolutely bonkers to not be starting with him in every match at the moment.
 
Not starting level for a team like United? Honestly. Starting level for United at the moment is not really a level to aim for. Højlund is way too good to start for us right now. He should at least be starting striker in a top ten club. The problem is located at the service desk. The best service in the last two games came from the guy, who should be at the receiving end of such passes. That is a shame. Rasmus would most likely have scored the goals that Bruno and Garnacho did not, but he can´t be the one to set himself up. If that IS the idea, he should demand the salary of those two employees for doing their work. If he had scored, this forum would have made him the GOAT by six o´clock making this post obsolete. By the way. What is the idea of playing Dalot as a left wingback? I don´t get it. It feels like playing Gandalfs cousin - "YOU SHALL NOT CROSS!"



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