Really quite simple, ETH needs to ask benny McCarthy what’s he’s doing as a striker coach because the goals have not improved since he become the striking coach, accountability starts at that point and then the manager, who is rapidly losing his support with such drab football.
I genuinely think Hojlund will struggle to get double figures in the PL, it’s not all on him but if you can’t hit the target against the bottom team your going to struggle 6 games no goals, right now if Antony martial is fit he should be playing and Hojlund coming from the bench against tired defenders where he has less pressure to score. He will struggle to cope with mounting pressure if he goes 10 or 11 games without a PL goal, the media will be out for him, another United waste of money , I fear for him?
We had no reason to spend £64m rising to £75m for a player that had not scored double figures in any of the top 5 Leagues.
Right now, if I was John Murtourgh and ETH I would be very worried if the rumours of Paul Mitchell are true, this crazy spending for the sake of spending has to stop and a team like United with a wage bill of nearly £300m must be able to find much better striker options for the squad positions than the following options available ;
M Rashford/ Age 26 low on confidence but good every other season so from a 5 season contract of £75-85 million cost to the club you might get 50-55 goals as an average or 10-11 per year and 5-6 assists
A Martial / Age 28 highly injury prone, sulks when he doesn’t play and his numbers are less than Rashfords You might get 15 PL games a season and 5 goals and 5 assists but then he sulks cause he’s on the bench!
Antony who is the biggest waste of money ever in the PL, the fact that ETH gave him a contract of £10m per year when he earned £25k per week at AJAX is a serious bout of nepotism that needs someone higher up than the manager losing their job for this travesty of mismanagement.
He’s going to play 25 games max, off field issues we knew about and still signed for someone who offers absolutely nothing in the PL at best 5 goals and 1 or 2 assists. We overpaid by £50m
Bruno who is are captain, on his day is a fantastic player, however it looks like the dross around him are dragging him down to their levels, his pass completion can be barely above 70% this season and he’s not hitting the net either at best with pens 8 goals and maybe 12 assists.
A Garnaucho - a wonderful talent but he should be kicking on this season and looking for double figures, unlucky so far but has £100m release clause in his contract which is a first for us and in itself hugely concerning?
Facundo Pellistri - Has the talent but he’s never going to make it in the physical PL, this guy will never get you 15 goals 10 assists in the PL so we should sell and upgrade.
Mason Mount - if you could chose the one English Attacking player from a very talented group right now who you should not buy , it would be Mason Mount, low on confidence, wants to play in a position that’s occupied by a better player and we gave him a £250k per week contract and spent £55m on him with 12. Months left on his contract!
Again if he get 5 goals this season I’ll be amazed. We overpaid by £20m
R Hojlund - A young kid with potential, quick strong but raw. Never scored double figures in any of the top 5 leagues, we overpaid by £35m again and if he ends up with 7 PL goals from this point that will be a huge upgrade on Weghorst
And finally we come to the Crown Jewels of the United squad;
Jadon Sancho won’t play, won’t turn up on time to train but happy to collect £350k per week and swan off on loan to Dortmund while we pay half his wages.
Seriously enough is enough, again we overpaid by £30m and this guy has no pace for a league that demands pace and intensity he’s had 2 and half years, maximum he’s produced is 5/6 goals 4 or 5 assists pathetic !
How many PL goals will they score between them even if you replace Sancho for Amad Dialo than at best you are looking 35-40 PL, now look at a the teams ahead of us ?
I don’t blame Hojlund, he’s a kid that at least has the right attitude and work ethic but if Murtourgh and ETH think they’ll keep their jobs when Jim Ratcliffe takes 25% controlling share, they are not reading the room correctly.
The club has overspent at least £140m if you throw in Martinez( I love this player but why are we discussing a new contract at £200k per week, no he’s not even a starter for Argentina!) and Casemiro in the last 3 years and that sizeable figure gets you a Herry Kane or a Victor Osimhen, if not the top tier then it gets you the one below with Ivan Toney and Mitoma, now if a young Hojlund was learning his trade and replacing Ivan Toney or Rashford had to play on the right sometimes to accommodate Mitoma or start from the bench occasionally we would be able to go from a team that struggles to score 60 PL goals a season to one that might score 75+.
Fans say it can’t be done, it’s not possible to jump so much from one season to the next, then how comes Newcastle, Brighton and Villa all look to be on a trajectory to do just that and have being improving in the goalscoring charts for the last two seasons?
Better coaching, better recruitment, more humble players not on £200k per week, better infrastructure, better managers, all of the above may be true but the real reason is these clubs recruit better men, not pampered boys who cry over the manager calling them out in training and more importantly they recruit better human beings who give everything to make the most of their very privileged opportunity in life.
