He was outstanding tonight. Some lovely touches and link play. Shame the other two forwards were so poor. For the goal he did great to stay onside then the composure in the dummy and the finish sublime.
30
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 32
- Goals
- 12
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 1
He still needs to work on his intensity. I always feel he could do so much more. He has it all really, physicality and technique. There is nobody in our team currently, that has the composure for that finish today. I just hope he can continue to develop and we start including him more into our attacking play.
Most promising striker we signed since Martial. By a lot.
Most promising striker we signed since Martial. By a lot.
Good performance as a target outlet, laid the ball off well with some lovely touches and took his goal superbly. One of his best performances in what is turning out to be a decent if not spectacular first season - this lad could become a very good striker.
Was very good today with the chances he got. If he gets some proper runners around him, we're golden. At the moment it's mostly him and Bruno counter attacking with conviction, while the wingers are slowing us down.
Thought he had a good all round game today and took his goal well
For me hes our young player of the season
Think I predicted 13 goals in the summer so might be a couple short, but with his hot streaks of goalscoring I also wont be surprised if he gets more in coming weeks and makes it
Think I predicted 13 goals in the summer so might be a couple short, but with his hot streaks of goalscoring I also wont be surprised if he gets more in coming weeks and makes it
Took his goal very well. Always nice to see him score!
He's not a 1 in 2 player. You can convert it to mpG if you like, but that's not how football is played. I care about my striker having a better all round game, I'm not asking for much. Just looking at the stats and he had a 52% pass completion rate. Between him and Mbuemo, it's why we ended up playing on the counter.
He would probably be the 6th best in my eyes and yes, I expect more if you want to lead the line at our club.
More than entitled to think that, I'm just far from impressed with his all round game.
Strikers score important goals and he executed his incredibly well. I really dont know what else there can possibly be to moan about.
Lash, is this really the best use of your time? The guy scored again and had a decent game. Nobody expects him to be spectacular but he DID get us the winner and leads our team in goals in his first season. From a different country. In his early 20s.
Nobody disagrees we need another striker, but if it makes you feel any better, I'm sure Sesko is far from impressed by your posting game as well.
Nobody disagrees we need another striker, but if it makes you feel any better, I'm sure Sesko is far from impressed by your posting game as well.
This simplistic thinking is rubbish. You dont have more or less of the ball overall because when you clear the ball up to the striker he has 90% pass accuracy or 50%. Its a small amount of the picture. Far more of a factor is how well the whole team keeps the ball.
Anad had worse possession play than Mbeumo
He played quite well today. Scored and controlled the long balls quite well. Already 11 goals this season and he is clearly improving his game.
Let me introduce you to Lash
Fair enough, I hope he'll prove you wrong!
Hope he gets a few more before the end of the season, and thought he did well.tonight, he took his goal well and mostly linked up well, something he seems to be improving at. A good season for a player that is new to the PL and has had to.adapt.
His pass completion overall for the season is very similar to the other central strikers in the premier league, ones with far more experience. It’s really not unusual for strikers to have low pass completion in one off games like that because so many attempted passes are flicks ons or holding the ball up under pressure, where it’s a bit of a lottery. It’s not a metric I’d be looking to judge a striker on after they’ve scored the goal to win the team three points again.
I was actually dissapointed in his performance.
Sometimes he really struggles to get involved in the game and doesnt help the players around him much. I see him walking around a lot as well and doesn't press the best.
His interplay did improve every 25 minutes or so but it does sometimes feel like we are playing with 10 men through a whole 90 minutes.
At the same time, as soon as he scored his goal he pretty much did his job. So I was happy he did that but I don't want to overrate his performances through 90 minutes for a goal Bruno set up for him on a plate.
I thought even with all the missed opportunities Amad looked more exciting in the first half than Sesko.
For all the talk about Sesko not getting enough crosses in to the box - it's still Maguire and Casemiro who look like they have the best heading ability in the box instead of a 6ft+ striker.
Sometimes he really struggles to get involved in the game and doesnt help the players around him much. I see him walking around a lot as well and doesn't press the best.
His interplay did improve every 25 minutes or so but it does sometimes feel like we are playing with 10 men through a whole 90 minutes.
At the same time, as soon as he scored his goal he pretty much did his job. So I was happy he did that but I don't want to overrate his performances through 90 minutes for a goal Bruno set up for him on a plate.
I thought even with all the missed opportunities Amad looked more exciting in the first half than Sesko.
For all the talk about Sesko not getting enough crosses in to the box - it's still Maguire and Casemiro who look like they have the best heading ability in the box instead of a 6ft+ striker.
Was that Hojlunds best season? I remember being quite impressed with him early on
glad he got his goal.
What and quoting mpG isn't simplistic thinking? Sorry, but you can just completely ignore the fact that half the time he passed the ball, we didn't retain possession, but I think that's actually quite important. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think he has the overall game to lead the line for a club that wants to compete on all fronts. If he ends up being a 1 in 2 striker across the competitions, then the build up game is neither here nor there.
So do I.
I don't think experience particularly matters when it comes to passing, but it's not though having a quick glance. It's the same as Thiagos and Haaland but theyve scored double he has. Genuinely, it was a very well taken goal. That's not the bit I'm worried about and I'll be less worried about it when he puts up numbers like Thiago.
Haaland's 1 match against Brentford in the league this season. He's the best striker, he also scored 1 goal, 63% pass accuracy, 2 passes into final 3rd so 1 less than Sesko, 0 chances created to Sesko's 1. 23 touches - 7 less than Sesko, but 4 touches in the box 1 more than Sesko. Defensive contributions 2 - Sesko had 5, ground duels 50% and aerial duels 67% down from Sesko. Was fouled 1 time, 1 less than Sesko. 0 dribbles to Sesko's 2 successful dribbles.
So 63% pass accuracy (10 out of 16) instead of 52% (11 out of 21) and 0 dispossessed instead of 1 time for Sesko. Thats the difference between Sesko's performance and the best striker in the league, probably the best striker in the world against the same team
The 2nd best striker in the league played today and Sesko was miles better than him
At 22 hes slightly off Haaland's performance. He's 3 years older and considered the best
Sesko tried to find teammates in dangerous positions and was successful doing it 1 more time while Haaland kept the ball slightly better.Nicely taken goal. Certainly didn’t panic!
Yeah. Strange season really. Couldn't score at all in the league while scoring very will in the Champions League. After finally getting his first league goal he went on an amazing run scoring in six consecutive appearances, then once that ended he barely scored again either that season or the next.
Double digit PL league goals is kind of both the least you would want, but also a pretty decent haul considering the seasons we've had. He's also been out for a period and used from the bench for a while. In the end it's pretty decent, and he could get a few more.
I think there is plenty to build on for next season. Seen over multiple games, he could still impose himself more. On the other hand, he could certainly also benefit from better overall team play and more productive wingers.
I think there is plenty to build on for next season. Seen over multiple games, he could still impose himself more. On the other hand, he could certainly also benefit from better overall team play and more productive wingers.
Anyone know his shot conversion rate versus say, the top 5 leading goalscorers in the PL this season? Somehow feels like he really doesn’t get a ton of chances. Sure, movement is a part of it but honestly, it’s been a recurring theme for a few of our strikers recently.
I genuinely don't understand why we're just comparing how Haaland played against Brentford. Haalands overall game is fine, because you know he's getting you 30+ goals a season in all comps. He has been doing that in the Bundesliga and Prem for 6 years. As I've consistently said, if Sesko does that - then I don't care. He's yet to do that.Haaland's 1 match against Brentford in the league this season. He's the best striker, he also scored 1 goal, 63% pass accuracy, 2 passes into final 3rd so 1 less than Sesko, 0 chances created to Sesko's 1. 23 touches - 7 less than Sesko, but 4 touches in the box 1 more than Sesko. Defensive contributions 2 - Sesko had 5, ground duels 50% and aerial duels 67% down from Sesko. Was fouled 1 time, 1 less than Sesko. 0 dribbles to Sesko's 2 successful dribbles.
So 63% pass accuracy (10 out of 16) instead of 52% (11 out of 21) and 0 dispossessed instead of 1 time for Sesko. Thats the difference between Sesko's performance and the best striker in the league, probably the best striker in the world against the same team
The 2nd best striker in the league played today and Sesko was miles better than him
At 22 hes slightly off Haaland's performance. He's 3 years older and considered the best
Thiago had a mare today, but could have easily had a hat trick on another day. If Sesko had 21 goals this season, I would also not be as concerned.
Depends what you're asking really - SOT to goal? Or xG conversion rate?
Goal conversion (Sofascore):
Haaland - 21%
Igor Thiago - 28%
Joao Pedro - 21%
Danny Welbeck - 26%
Viktor Gyokeres - 25%
Benjamin Sesko - 17%
Think this will be SOT, which probably isn't fair with some of the speculative shots he takes on and penalty takers have a clear advantage.
Thanks bud. I assume none of those 4 chances Thiago had tonight would count because he couldn’t even get a shot away
I would have thought Sesko would be a bit higher, but I guess quality of chances counts a bit as well.
Yeah, good point actually. Who on that list aren’t on pens? Sesko and Pedro? I’m not sure about Welbek either
His finishing is already elite but every other area of his game needs some work. The kid has a future though, much higher ceiling than Hojlund.
Love him. He’d have had more if Carrick hadn’t persisted with his Mbeumo as striker experiment.
Superb composure for the finish
He is going to be pretty special.
I like him, I get the feeling he'll be a Dzeko / Mandzukic / Giroud type of forward. He won't light the place up, but he'll consistently score up on 20 goals a season
Almost the same performance Haaland had against them
Because hes the best striker in the league. Probably the world
If he puts in almost the same performance including scoring the same amount of goals its a very good performance for a striker
Took heavy stick during the matchday thread while he got on about the business of scoring a match winner and putting a fantastic performance.
He would run riot with more offensive manager. Cheeky goal tonight.
Feels like we're going to keep repeating the same assessment, goalscoring good, hold up and link up play needs to improve.
Some fans though are not going to have the patience to see if a young striker in his first season in the toughest league in the world can improve his all round game over time. They expect the finished article now.
Some fans though are not going to have the patience to see if a young striker in his first season in the toughest league in the world can improve his all round game over time. They expect the finished article now.
He has fed on scraps and done well. If it wasn’t for Bruno there would be little to no service. Luckily he is the cliche “big man with good feet” cause he has little to know crosses to feed on