True,however if that's the case why wasn't he left out of the travelling squad altogether
Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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If this doesn’t happen in the next few days it’s obvious we are stalling to see if Kane is possible.
Will end up with nothing if we do that
If our negotiators can wrap it up today, he could have his medical this weekend. It kind of makes sense.
I think that’s definitely what’s going on tbh. I mean getting both would show real ambition but we know that’s not going to happen.
Why would you think that? We have exactly zero chance at Harry Kane. It is Hojlund or bust.
Because he's still one of their players and no bid agreed yet? The point here is will he play or not. It doesn't really matter if he's only on the bench imo.
Incredible thought process
Aye alright, unique logic. We’re signing this fella. But I also think we’ll go for Kane as well if it’s doable, which it doesn’t look like it is.Yeah he's too far down the line with Bayern plus we haven't got another £100m to spend
You’ll see.
Where you getting even the tiniest belief from
I'm not stating we shouldn't play out from the back, but what I am saying is had we had a striker last season worth their salt we would have had more points on the board judging by the amount of big chances we created and failed to capitalise on.
There's more than one way of dealing with a high press, and just because a team plays out nicely from the back doesn't always lead to that team creating chances.
Most chances come from opposition mistakes, pressuring high up the pitch, which really has no relation on playing out from the back.
Atalanta won't want to reduce their negotiatiating hand by leaving Hoijlund out today, if they do then a deal must be close.
Why would that reduce their negotiating hand? I'd think it'd be the opposite, given he could get an injury or something like that playing.
City create a lot of chances by controlling possession and moving the ball from right to left and vice versa, this is massively helped by having a goalkeeper who can play out from the back. They also exploit gaps made by the possession by having a goalkeeper with superb long distribution. ETH wants us to be press monsters and obviously has an eye on keeping more possession when we have the ball, add the two together and we’re definitely in a far better position than last season.
I think it's unfair to be setting goal expectations. He's 20 years old, in a new league. I don't see people setting similar expectations on Garnacho, who is coming off of a similar season as an impact player. My hope for both, is that they continue to improve individually and have a positive impact on the team.
The reason I think we have gone for Hojlund at a young age is because he can help the team, without being the finished article. His pace and industry, will occupy defenders, which in turn, creates space for players behind him like Fernandez, Mount, Rashford, Anthony, all of whom are capable of attacking the space and creating chances for themselves (especially the wide players). He can also play with his back to goal, when we need to be more direct - again with the aim of servicing our other attackers.
Ultimately I can see him having a very Weghorst-like season. His presence will make the team function better, but it will be a pretty thankless job, working hard and mostly feeding off scraps. The upside being that with his potential, as he matures and improves, we can start to use him as more of a focal point and tweak our tactics to service him more.
The reason I think we have gone for Hojlund at a young age is because he can help the team, without being the finished article. His pace and industry, will occupy defenders, which in turn, creates space for players behind him like Fernandez, Mount, Rashford, Anthony, all of whom are capable of attacking the space and creating chances for themselves (especially the wide players). He can also play with his back to goal, when we need to be more direct - again with the aim of servicing our other attackers.
Ultimately I can see him having a very Weghorst-like season. His presence will make the team function better, but it will be a pretty thankless job, working hard and mostly feeding off scraps. The upside being that with his potential, as he matures and improves, we can start to use him as more of a focal point and tweak our tactics to service him more.
Match starts in less than 2hrs time.
Hope we wrap this up real soon. Believe it or not, he is always my first choice for this summer.
Greenwood had 17 goals when he was what, 19 then?
No source just a personal feeling. Can smell it. Not the only one either, a few including Howson think so as well. If this drags out another week or so then it’ll only strengthen that hunch.
Different level of talent.
I don't think some of you are living in the real world. Getting 10 non penalty goals in the PL is not easy at all.
Good post, agree with this, I think he has something about him and will score a few but I don't think we should pressure him to be the main man.
5 of those goals did come in the Europa League. Still, that would be the right kind of benchmark for Hojlund in his first season.
United was just a bridge too far for Weghorst that's why he completely bombed here and bolded part is just Revisionist BS and if Hojland ends up having season like Weghorst than I would be really surprised if he is given time and patience to even make it at United .
And please though it's ok not have extreme expectations but it's also important not go completely in opposite direction . Happy medium would be just fine .
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Dropped from the starting XI.. Flop
Not sure it is unrelated, he’s their apparent replacement. Everton were said to be in the running for this player but have been beaten to him.
Not playing! Let's gooo must be very close then. Very excited for this signing. He won't have a massive impact this year probably (well still better than what we had last year anyway), but think he can truly become a top CFTweet
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Hojlund won't play tonight in friendly.
Theres a house on fire and someone walks past you carrying bottles containing gasoline. Could be unrelated
Only way we wouldn't need another striker is IF Greenwood is returning and Martial could stay fit for more than 5 mins (no chance)
Yeah could well be related, I just wanted to caveat it
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Yeah we certainly need two new strikers.
Having said that neither of those two I mentioned are backups for a Hojlund type 9 unless people think we need more of a wide one
Pretty much in the bag then. Quite an underwhelming signing having gone into the summer hoping for Kane, and as usual we've grossly overpaid but hopefully he'll turn out well in the end. Don't expect big things this season and that's the problem; we needed an instant upgrade and instead, Martial will still be the best no. 9 in the squad (though having a hopefully always available Højlund should still help a lot).
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