So Sesko needs 8 goals in the second half of this season to match him? I’d take that bet.
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So Sesko needs 8 goals in the second half of this season to match him? I’d take that bet.
He isn't playing in all competitions partly because Hojlund didn't score in his second season.
If he can get one tomorrow and help us get through Brighton, your bet looks a good un. He'll need the FA Cup though. I'm well up for him after Burnley. Haaland-lite, second half at least.
He's playing in all the competitions Utd are in, just like Hojlund. So that's probably how.
Not sure if serious.
I don’t think you’ve thought that through.
Hojlund was one of the reasons we arent in europe this season. Certainly the reason we signed Sesko
But Sesko plays for us.
The others just play for other teams.
I wasn't really.
Generally speaking all competitions doesn't really mean all of the competitions there are to play in. It just means all the competitions he's played in with the club in that season.
A league 2 player could also score 42 goals in all competitions for their club.
Bruno is such a damn king. I love the guy. Hopefully he stays here for a bit longer, even though it seems we already wanted to hound him out. He deserves some kind of title as a farewell to his career here in the next few years (please be the PL
).Motd did a good segment the other night praising Sesko's movement, and after the Arsenal-Liverpool game, Ian Wright was bemoaning Gyokeres' lack of movement and comparing him unfavorably to Sesko the night before.
So his movement is, in my opinion, the strongest part of his game. It's already on another level to Hojlund (or least what I saw of Rasmus last season).
His finishing is still a work-in-progress (this is one aspect where I think Hojlund may still be stronger than him at the moment) but the 2 finishes against Burnley were quality. He looks like he's better at those instinctive first time finishes than the ones where he's through on goal and needs to take a few touches and has too much time to think about it.
Similarly, he's decent at one touch link up play with players around him, but he can be poor when he has to take control of ball and hold it up (diabolical at it the other night in the first half as it happens). Even though we should be looking to play him in behind as often as possible, a centre forward still needs to hold the ball up from time to time so he needs to improve on that.
All in all though, I do think he's an upgrade on Hojlund and the goals will come if he keeps making the runs and the players around him feed him.
So his movement is, in my opinion, the strongest part of his game. It's already on another level to Hojlund (or least what I saw of Rasmus last season).
His finishing is still a work-in-progress (this is one aspect where I think Hojlund may still be stronger than him at the moment) but the 2 finishes against Burnley were quality. He looks like he's better at those instinctive first time finishes than the ones where he's through on goal and needs to take a few touches and has too much time to think about it.
Similarly, he's decent at one touch link up play with players around him, but he can be poor when he has to take control of ball and hold it up (diabolical at it the other night in the first half as it happens). Even though we should be looking to play him in behind as often as possible, a centre forward still needs to hold the ball up from time to time so he needs to improve on that.
All in all though, I do think he's an upgrade on Hojlund and the goals will come if he keeps making the runs and the players around him feed him.
He now has the same amount of league goals as Hojlund in just over half the mins played. 2013 for Hojlund's 4 league goals last season, 1041 mins for Sesko's 4 goals in the league this season
He's also a streaky striker a bit like Rooney was, so dont be too surprised if he continues scoring a couple more in the coming games. Equally he's probably going to continue to have some lean spells on the other side of those streaks. Hopefully posters can be a bit more rational when that happens in the future
He's also a streaky striker a bit like Rooney was, so dont be too surprised if he continues scoring a couple more in the coming games. Equally he's probably going to continue to have some lean spells on the other side of those streaks. Hopefully posters can be a bit more rational when that happens in the future
Ultimately, time will tell whether the decision to have Sesko over Hojlund will prove correct or not. Admittedly, statistical evidence from this season favors Hojlund. But another stat is that Sesko has matched Hojlund’s league goal tally from last year despite it being January.
We gave Hojlund a fair shot, it did not work out. It may have done given more time and/or a different coaching setup, but there are always going to be ifs and maybes. Let’s hope Sesko can the number 9 we need, otherwise in a couple of years, he may have a similar situation as Hojlund’s.
He’s got WC potential, his heading and striking of the ball is elite. He’s just not put it together.
His builds different but I think van persie is comparable. Similiar precision striking and took him time at a young age to develop.
His builds different but I think van persie is comparable. Similiar precision striking and took him time at a young age to develop.
RVP held back by injuries. Even in his first few seasons, his striking was always wicked and consistent. RVP is a natural striker. He could find small opening through blockers and goalkeepers. It’s like Becks. You can see the technique consistently from the beginning. RVP is the Becks of forward. Robben, Greenwood and some other wide forward can strike the ball consistently very well too, but RVP and Becks have some extra with their technique. they don’t require as much space with more dribbling to execute their striking technique.
First years as 21 years old. 3:30 onward for his goals. Same striking technique and playing style/ movement during his prime in later years.
Sesko has some nice shots in him, but he’s not consistently striking the ball with power and control . He is more of the training make it better type.
Perhaps, but something i have seen in videos suggest he has very refined strike of the ball.
, he’s just not consistently doing it.
Its already been alluded to that he is a perfectionist.
The reason i say this is because as you said, some players naturally have this kind mental ability. It comes naturally, perhaps its comfort in repetition, ability to picture flight of ball etc.
Some players dont.
I think Sesko has it and I’m hoping Bruno can help him to refine it.
Starts out ahead of Sesko (Middle), Bruno (Right) and Dorgu (Left)
Ends up behind all three and not close enough to the play to be a factor. Pointless space if you ask me.
I get where you're coming from but I think you're being a little harsh on Cunha here. To me, it seems like he just wants to be in the best position to receive the ball and start one of his runs. Probably due to tactical/instruction reasons rather than anything else.
I don't think Matheus' workrate can be questioned. He has some work to do on his decision making though, he's currently way too often choosing the wrong option (mostly shooting instead of passing) in my opinion. Once the front three/four really click, we're going to see an attacking machine as they all have insane potential.
Has he now scored more goals for us than Hojlund managed? I think the Sesko next season is going to be a totally different animal
Hojlund scored 10 league goals in his debut season, don't think Sesko will reach that but I still think he is a much better footballer and a better striker.
Ah fair enough then yea. The hope was that Hojlund could kick on I guess but the system just never worked for us, really. We shall see if next year is better.
Šeško is on 4 league goal? I'm sure he can score 6 more, or even more, the rest of the campaign. Specially if Bruno is playing higher up the pitch and wingers actually try to find him.
The only fair way to compare them is how they both performed under the same manager. Sesko definitely coped with the physical and technical side of the system better, but they both struggled with getting chances and scoring.
I’m far more interested in how Sesko handles the premier league under a new manager, with a player like Bruno behind him. I said it at the time but any striker would have struggled with lack of rhythm in a new league when they’re starting some weeks and being pulled off early, then getting 20 minutes for a few games and being injured.
We’ve got a nice run of one game per week now and I’d be wanting him to start and play 90 minutes most weeks, unless he’s absolutely stinking up the gaff or we’re winning comfortably. None of this pulling him off at 60 minutes when we need a goal.
He can, I just don't think he will. It would be great if he could, but our attack is still trying to gel, and other than his last two goals, his finishing has been fairly poor.
The same as Hojlund last season
People bring up Hojlund's first season, but thats like bringing up Ole's 2nd and 3rd place finishes and not the fact he had us 7th when he was fired
He had done well at first but at the time he left he was doing poorly. Rasmus was the same, he had a good run of form first season after a slow start but then 2nd season was unable to even do the basics holding up the ball, linking play and scored 4 league goals. He had 6 in the europa league and in general did better in europe than the premier league. We arent in europe this season so we dont know what Sesko might do, but he had 4 goals in 8 champions league games last season
I always try to compare league goals only with league goals only as it's the nearest apples to apples comparison you can get but yea he was not good last season, my issues with Hojlund were that he just didn't seem that physical in the box. No such problem with Sesko.
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I like him. Has things to learn of course, but I think overall he's doing pretty well.
Pleased to see him score again. Should keep his confidence up.
Doing well enough considering the shit show around him
The only brightness on a black day.
Did alright, though I did forget he was on the pitch when he scored.
Took 70mins and Lacey for anyone to put a cross on his head.
Constant clever movement and very clear goalscoring instincts. If he ever becomes a consistent finisher we'll have a really, really good striker on our hands.
Didnt think he was that good other than the goal, but the took the goal well and positive to see him get his first header for us as theres lots of potential to do more of that
3 goals in 2 games
3 goals in 2 games
He needs to learn 2 tings quickly: can’t take more than a touch to set himself, does it far too often and the chance is gone, and second make runs to the near post, a few times the ball is fired in and he’s at the edge of the box. But slowly getting to grips with the league at least.
Pretty tough day for him, he had that one in the first half that he tried to lift, but there was also two other moments in the first half where he made a similar runs which were ignored.
I’d like to see what it looks like without Cunha in the team. Maybe Mount and Amad or Mbuemo. Cunha is giving him very little to work with.
I’d like to see what it looks like without Cunha in the team. Maybe Mount and Amad or Mbuemo. Cunha is giving him very little to work with.
Decent game.
Should start every game for rest of the year so we can see what we have. Does a lot right but needs to improve on not hitting it right at the keeper so much.
He's wasteful, but he's getting better. Just unfortunately where we are.
One big area of improvement is whilst he gets shots off and on target (good), they’re quite consistently straight down the hands of the keeper. He needs to get them into the corners a bit more and he’d be getting more goals.
Glad to see his freakish aerial ability is starting to pay off too.
Glad to see his freakish aerial ability is starting to pay off too.
This is what a young learning striker is supposed to look like. You can see where he’s a bit naieve or takes the wrong action but he’s also extremely dangerous and tough to deal with for CB’s all game