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Did you not mention this earlier in this thread as well? Which player does not idolize him? He's one of the best players of all time.
its going to be hard to compare striker goal scoring performance between seasons as we have another reset in the EPL with the new interpretation of the offside rule and there is supposed to be a toughening up of the contact causing a player to go to ground to make play flow and the EPL is also going to add more stoppage time like in the Qatar WC - I suspect that will assist the faster strikers playing on the shoulder - should be no “armpit” offsides (as needs to be daylight) and the defenders will not find it as easy to secure fouls by falling over strategically
whether this adds 5, 10 or more goals per club across a 38 game time will tell but if it is implemented as the EPL/refs body have announced surely it will make scoring easier
whether this adds 5, 10 or more goals per club across a 38 game time will tell but if it is implemented as the EPL/refs body have announced surely it will make scoring easier
Nope. It was just a light-hearted comment. Don't be so defensive, man
. I love Ronaldo as well.Stats wise he is a good Championship striker
As a 20 year old and he’s just been snapped up by a big team. Let’s go!
I think it’s pretty optimistic to expect a 20 year old to come from Italy and match the goals of a striker that plays for a team that finished above us last season.
If we can get 15-20 goals from Hojlund and Martial this season, it would make a big difference. I’d expect more from our wide players too, but less from rashford this time around.
Jesus scored 11 goals last season.
Can’t wait to see this guy lead the line for us. Let’s hope he silences the negative twats and does the business for us. Good feeling about this.
Scamacca going for a reported €20m. I know he's been out of sorts at West Ham, but if he could regain some form it wouldn't be a bad deal to compliment Hojlund
Yes he's a promising player, but I do worry about his upcoming 2 year mandatory service in Legoland.
I like the fact that he is classic no9 who will play (i guess) only there. It is a rare breed at this moment with market full of inside forwards.
I don't think 11 goals is that big of an ask for a striker at Man Utd. Toney got 20 goals, Wilson got 18, Watkins got 15, Mitrovic got 14 and Rodrigo got 13. If we really don't think he can match any of those then the signing is questionable. 11-12 in his 1st season would be ok if he can push on to about 15 the following season. Less than that isn't good enough for what we need I'm afraid.
These players probably took penalties for their respective team, right? In any case, I think 10-15 league goals would have been more than acceptable for a young striker joining a new league, and certainly not going to sound many alarms if he doesn’t hit it in the first year.
Nope. It was just a light-hearted comment. Don't be so defensive, man
Fair enough, apologies!
Scamacca is a good cautionary tale about why we shouldn’t put too much pressure on Rasmus immediately. Age 21 (first season in Serie A) and he scores 8 goals in 1,300 minutes. He then builds on that with 16 league goals the following season, before West Ham spent big money on him. Managed 3 goals in the premier league and West Ham are aiming to sell him.
Rasmus probably looks to have greater potential but essentially we are buying him after the equivalent of Scamacca’s 8 goal season. Even with the added experience of a great second campaign, Scamacca has still struggled in the premier league.
I think, if we are going to get someone else in, it has to be someone experienced and (I know people hate this phrase) premier league proven. Not sure who that would be but it’s someone like a Danny Welbeck profile (I don’t think he’d be obtainable for a sensible fee) who would be good to have as a rotation option.
Scamacca didn't look bad the few times I've watched him. WHU are losing patience with him quickly or maybe he's homesick.
I'm convinced Scamacca would be a great player for a club more suited to his ability. West Ham play too direct
It's easy to weave random narratives out of thin air
No, he’s talented and, yeah, I agree it seems odd West Ham want to move him on so quickly. That was what I was getting at - it might well take Rasmus a year to find his feet as well. Patience is going to be key.
Wilson 15, Toney 14, Watkins 14, Rodrigo 12. I agree that 10-15 would be a solid 1st season (ideally a bit more than 10).
I’m sure I’ve seen Antonio talking on a pod cast about that very same issue. He said something along the lines of you can see the class he has but Moyes football just doesn’t suit him as it’s hard work and physical and that just isn’t Scamacca so he fell out of favour.
Scamacca's struggles are mostly due to style of play imo. I think he'll do well when he moves to another club. Not sure Hojlund necessarily suits our style of play mind, but ETH clearly believes he can adapt to it quickly, so hopefully he's right. A 12 league goal season would be a good target to aim for imo. Anything more than that and I'll be very happy and excited for his future.
Yeah, I agree. Think it could be a sneakily good signing. Gets terrible service feeding off scraps at West Ham but I've heard snippets of Michail Antonio talking about how good he is in training. Him Rashford and Hojlund would have three of the hardest shots in the league. They can all just absolutely spank a ball which I love to see. Scamacca in particular has a real Tony Yeboah style ability for the absolute thunderbastard of a shot.
Even Chat GPT never saw him play
We've agreed a fee, will it really take the better part of a week to get him in? Why are we extremely slow here, I know i'm being impatient but he really needs to be training with us asap having lost so much pre season with us already.
Perhaps because we don't have the budget for it and we need to arrange payment terms or we are waiting for a sale first, no idea.
I think by Friday it'll be done and he will feature vs bilbao
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Stupendously high fee. I am not paying though so let us hope for the best
His stats show he scored a goal every 120 minutes last season. A goal every one and a third games.
He will fit United like a glove though, he's made for United and its what we have missed since Ibra left.
He will need a few years but him and Rashford will form a bromance next year
He can poach, head, has great pace, can hold up the ball, bring others into the game and he can take on a player.
I think he's better than any number 9 we have had in some time, he will get at least 10 goals in his first season in the EPL
Well just as we say that he's due to arrive tomorrow
Well just as we say that he's due to arrive tomorrow
I'm glad he is, onto the sales now and maybe Amrabat next
A goal every 3 games for a side that finished 5th in Serie A? Yeah erm, not quite.
Would really love for Rashford and Hojlund to form a scary partnership.
Man how I miss the rvn, rvp days when our strikers were world class. Let's hope this becomes true.
Isn't it not 4 months service if called up under the lottery system? I would imagine if that's the case his "numbers" won't be coming up.
Most likely it's because transfers these days involve more intermediaries than ever. Look at how long it took Arsenal to finalise the Rice transfer for example. There are just too many legal things to sort out with a million people in the middle all involved in some capacity before the papers can be signed.
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