We are not going to score enough goals

Leftback99 said:
Kane wouldn't have changed anything tonight. The whole attack is completely disjointed.
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True but I don't expect that Bruno will go missing every week like he did tonight. Let's not pretend Kane wouldn't have transformed our front line, bigger picture.
 
Leftback99 said:
Kane wouldn't have changed anything tonight. The whole attack is completely disjointed.
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I know you were responding to a comparison comment but I think both Kane and Hojlund would have made a difference tonight. The only time Rashford looked somewhat dangerous was when he was on the left side. He shouldn't be our CF, sadly we don't have any choice right now.
 
We create so little, but what do you expect when you have wide players who just don't do not do the bare minimum you need from them. Rashford also isn't a striker, doesn't mean he's shit, he's brilliant, it's simply not the way to make the most of his talents.

It's not like we miss lots of chances, Wolves created so many opportunities tonight. We crumble and look clueless the close we got to the opposition goal.

It's a worry that it's the exact same issues again.
 
Worrying that we are already 4 goals behind Newcastle, 3 behind Brighton and 2 behind City after just one game
 
Hoilund will fix one issue tonight in having Rashford up front but that right wing is utterly useless, this formation crowds the center of the pitch and its going to be the same old problem all the opposition has to do is crowd out Rashford and Shaw.
 
croadyman said:
Worrying that we are already 4 goals behind Newcastle, 3 behind Brighton and 2 behind City after just one game
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Wouldn't read much into that.

We scored plenty of goals to start the 2017-2018 campaign and then we finished 4th in goals scored after essentially keeping pace with City to start the season(in goals scored and points for a while).
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
Wouldn't read much into that.

We scored plenty of goals to start the 2017-2018 campaign and then we finished 4th in goals scored after essentially keeping pace with City to start the season(in goals scored and points for a while).
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The fact we don’t have quality backup 9 is mental
 
Judas said:
We create so little, but what do you expect when you have wide players who just don't do not do the bare minimum you need from them. Rashford also isn't a striker, doesn't mean he's shit, he's brilliant, it's simply not the way to make the most of his talents.
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Can't help but feel like most of our goals get scored when we don't have the ball very much. Like whenever I see us with 30-50% possession that seems to translate into "tons of shots" because we are RAPID and Rashford is world class when he has space to run in and Bruno is good enough to find his runs. But whenever we have the majority of possession (Wolves being a case in point) we end up giving away chances simply by being lax with the ball when our opponents fall back

Vaguely remember Mourinho's old mentality of "the team that makes the least mistakes wins the game, and it's harder to make mistakes when you don't have the football". There's an element of truth in that, but the corollary being - just don't -make- those stupid mistakes WITH the ball and you the have the best of both worlds. Currently we are having a lot of the ball - and making a lot of mistakes

- edit: I FOUND MOURINHO'S SEVEN POINT PLAN TO WINNING

Jose Mourinho said:
1 The game is won by the team who commits fewer errors.

2 Football favours whoever provokes more errors in the opposition.

3 Away from home, instead of trying to be superior to the opposition, it’s better to encourage their mistakes.

4 Whoever has the ball is more likely to make a mistake.

5 Whoever renounces possession reduces the possibility of making a mistake.

6 Whoever has the ball has fear.

7 Whoever does not have it is thereby stronger.
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This feels oddly applicable to our players.
 
GazTheLegend said:
Can't help but feel like most of our goals get scored when we don't have the ball very much. Like whenever I see us with 30-50% possession that seems to translate into "tons of shots" because we are RAPID and Rashford is world class when he has space to run in and Bruno is good enough to find his runs. But whenever we have the majority of possession (Wolves being a case in point) we end up giving away chances simply by being lax with the ball when our opponents fall back

Vaguely remember Mourinho's old mentality of "the team that makes the least mistakes wins the game, and it's harder to make mistakes when you don't have the football". There's an element of truth in that, but the corollary being - just don't -make- those stupid mistakes WITH the ball and you the have the best of both worlds. Currently we are having a lot of the ball - and making a lot of mistakes

- edit: I FOUND MOURINHO'S SEVEN POINT PLAN TO WINNING



This feels oddly applicable to our players.
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And this shows why SAF, Klopp, and Pep are in a different class to Mourinho. His teams are based on fear. his best team (Porto...) was a team that played with confidence. Deco was outstanding, and was a player whose task was to retain the ball.
 
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It's still early but this side really does look short of goals. Antony/Garnacho/Mout need to score this season or it could be our downfall.
 
You look at the match today and can easily see why some fans are desperate enough to bring #11 back
 
Højlund might have potential, but he will just add another player that's a little rough. He will also have up and downs, miss some chances and make poor choices in the final third. It's inevitable.

I'm beginning to think this season will look at lot like last year.
 
I can't remember the last signing who was under as much pressure to deliver right away as Hojlund is going to be when he returns from injury.
 
We need a striker. Rashford is no use in that position and spends most of the game walking around doing nothing. Hopefully Hojlund can get fit, but we could really do with more than one at the club (no, I don't count Martial either as he's never fit, and not a striker really either. Barely a football player at times).
 
It was obvious to everyone striker was out weakest position, we had zero of them. I think it's madness we've only bought one, and a young player at that who we really need to start firing right away.
 
Big Ben Foster said:
I can't remember the last signing who was under as much pressure to deliver right away as Hojlund is going to be when he returns from injury.
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Returns? When was he playing for us to return from? He’ll be fine, there’s no real pressure on him, we’ll play better with him in the team as he’s more suited to the role than Marcus. I’m sure he’ll get a great reception from the crowd and won’t be feeling immense pressure, he doesn’t seem the type.
 
The lack of goals is a concern but as big if not bigger concern is just lack of control in midfield. Elite teams control possession and tempo of the game against lesser opponents. Which limits the chances the opposition has.
UTD on the other hand are very open to play against. You will get chances against this midfield.
Whether Mason Mount comes good or not, I think we can see it was a mistake to invest that much money on him and not on a holding midfielder. We got multiple players who can do what Mount does i.e. Eriksen, Sancho, Bruno
And I don't think Sofyan is the answer. To be honest I don't know much about him but we can agree he's a cheap option. Meanwhile Madrid, Chelsea, City are willing to invest huge money in that position.
On the striker end, we spend tons of cash on a young player who is going to take a season or two to get used to the league. We need an older backup striker who can fill in games for 2 season like we did with Cavani and Ibra
 
The fact that neither Rashford nor Bruno even hit the net with the headers, or got even close, was frankly an embarrassment
 
I only see positive news/comments on Benni McCarthy but for my money our forwards as a whole are getting worse rather than better. Far too many touches and not lethal at all. If it wasn't for Rashford purple patch last season I feel it would be talked about more.
 
lilcurt said:
I only see positive news/comments on Benni McCarthy but for my money our forwards as a whole are getting worse rather than better. Far too many touches and not lethal at all. If it wasn't for Rashford purple patch last season I feel it would be talked about more.
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The transfer strategy this season seems to bank on Rashford re-discovering his form. I've said this since the start of the summer if United signed a right back, right winger and a striker (accomplished via Rasmus) the dynamic of this team would change drastically. Garnacho and Antony aren't at the level of first team players transitioning from top four to league challengers at this point in there development.

Issue with United is every new signing is expected to hit the ground running because there's no core established group of players especially in the attack.
 
We decided to spend striker budget on unproven, young and injured striker. For who most of fans think that it was a good move by us.
We can blame only us for our current lack of goals.
 
Put Haaland up top today & not much changes. Best chance fell to Bruno, we simply don’t create enough for any striker.
 
RedTiger said:
Amazing considering we're practically playing 2 no10s.
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Neither of whom can really control the game. Bruno is a moments player & Im not even sure what Mount is.

We have no real way of creating chance after chance within this squad as far as I see it.
 
The impotence of our attack was a glaring issue last season and after a summer window our attack looks even more hapless, somehow.

We'll be damn lucky to even match our goals total from last season.
 
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