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We'll see, if Sesko misses a couple of chances who will make the first 'told you he wasn't good enough ' quote.To be blunt, if a player crumbles under the pressure here then they just aren't right for this club. There will always be pressure here and they'll need to be able to bounce back from scoring droughts and play a part. You had world class players crumble under the pressure at Old Trafford when we were on top with Sir Alex, it's always been a thing. Yes we have to help develop them and have people to take the pressure off and lead, but Hojlund didn't really look like a footballer at all while here. It's one thing still doing your thing but missing chances in key moments (Garnacho for example), but the kid still showed his talents and would have the balls to try things. Hojlund just disappeared. Being able to handle that pressure and perform under it is what separates players at top clubs from mid table clubs. So the knives being out doesn't mean anything. They need to perform regardless and the knives come out for everyone one time or another and it's up to them to show they can handle it.
He'll get his chance, obviously. I see no reason to play him against City when the three forwards ahead of him have performed better so far.So we are now paying 70 million pounds for players to warm our bench. How wonderful.
Why do so many posters keep using that mocking term solely about Sesko - even before we completed the deal?Yep, because those three have scored a load of goals in the first 3 games haven't they.
When you spend over £70m on a shiny new striker, you have to play him. Its as simple as that.
1 bad game isn't crumbling under pressure. I don't give a feck if some random children question players. That will always happen. Sesko will prove of he can handle it over the next year or 2. That's all there is to it, doesn't matter if people criticize in the mean time.We'll see, if Sesko misses a couple of chances who will make the first 'told you he wasn't good enough ' quote.
I remember both Vidic and Evra having nightmares against city I think it was, but you could say they crumbled under the pressure.
What I'm really saying is, give all the players/team this season to gell, and let's see the team progressing and improving every month.
What point are you trying to make in all of this?So we are now paying 70 million pounds for players to warm our bench. How wonderful.
You should see the comments about Gyokeres or Wirtz. They are already colossal flops and failures (apparently)
This "1000 minutes" patience only applies for Utd players though who fail to impress at the beginning of their Utd careers.
Thats the thing people here are just not listening to.I understand he should be given time but I'm speaking more from the point of having watched him the past two seasons and not being impressed in general. You can go back and see the posts I've written about him before the transfer and it'll hardly be of praise. He's just never impressed me as a top striker.
Of course I hope it goes well but after the fact that he wasn't brought on against Grimsby until late and he wasn't one of the first players to take a penalty despite being the taker for Leipzig last season, I'm already thinking this will be a other flop signing.
I assume Cunha is still injured so he may get a chance to start unless we play Bruno further forwardHe'll get his chance, obviously. I see no reason to play him against City when the three forwards ahead of him have performed better so far.
i don't even think he's looked bad. He's done OK, it's just that Mount, Cunha and Mbuemo have been better.
Nail on the head. This is another reason young players fail here. Fans influenced by media and hype mixed with a need for instant success and an overreaction to it not coming.Everyone needs to chill out in this thread. If Hojlund got started game after game then there’s no reason why this guy won’t eventually - if anything Amorim is doing the right thing phasing him in. Yet you lot are still piling the pressure on.
Seriously just shut the feck up man
After taxesOsimhen also says " ..But give me 300k a week ".
We all need to be outraged that we signed another Hojlund and call Sesko a flop!What point are you trying to make in all of this?
Note Hojlund scored 4 league goals in 24/25, not 6.Its funny how you count champions league goals for one player and not the other...Sesko scored 14 goals for Leipzig 2023 - 2024 season while Højlund scored 10.
The following season Højlund fell of a cliff for us and only scored 6 while Sesko scored 13 for Leipzig.
Now if we take total goals for both Sesko scored 18 for Leipzig in 23/24 while Højlund scored 16. And then in 24/25 Sesko scored 21 and Højlund only managed 10 in total.
But Højlunds first season for United was not that bad, especially given he played in a much harder league.
Thats why some of us who have watched both dont see Sesko as some huge upgrade. He is better, but people need to keep their expectations in check and give him time. This isnt prime Kane.
Yes, you can see that, but there are plenty on here that won't. It just gets to me that certain posters have no idea of building a team/squad, like SAF did, and it took him three years. Some want instant success, and that success only comes with good players, fighting spirit, team work, belief in the manager and system.1 bad game isn't crumbling under pressure. I don't give a feck if some random children question players. That will always happen. Sesko will prove of he can handle it over the next year or 2. That's all there is to it, doesn't matter if people criticize in the mean time.
I meant ETH was most posters favourite.I am pretty sure it was Gyokeres.
We definitely have better players than the last season or the season before that but he still needs to deliver. I don't think we bought Šeško in the same fashion as we did Hojlund 2 years ago aka a striker "project".
You're spot on. Apparently you need 1000 minutes before you can cast an opinion on our new signing or otherwise you're "overreacting".
He has a knack for making the difficult look easy at times while being pretty inconsistent with the basics overall. It’s not a trait I tend to like in a player but he is young and learning and needs minutes to develop so hopefully Amorim takes the training wheels off soon.At least people cannot complain about his first touch after this play.
I thought staff were hopeful he'd be fit? If not then yeah of course Sesko should play.I assume Cunha is still injured so he may get a chance to start unless we play Bruno further forward
There is no mocking about it - Sesko is new and is a Striker.Why do so many posters keep using that mocking term solely about Sesko - even before we completed the deal?
We've also signed two new #10s and a GK, and we desperately needed a #9 whoever we opted for. Yet when it comes to Sesko, I keep seeing the 'shiny new striker' term used in a snidy way.
We thought he was a right man for us because he was so good with Ajax but we were obviously dead wrong. It seems that Ajax renaissance wasn't really his doing but it came mostly as a result of Ajax' board and their recruitment strategy- Overmars being the main guy.I meant ETH was most posters favourite.
I don't understand why we wouldn't play him. He's our only proper 9 and we are only playing one competition until January. The excuse before was that he wasn't fit enough or something. How is he going to gain any confidence or adapt to the new league if he has limited cameos?!He'll get his chance, obviously. I see no reason to play him against City when the three forwards ahead of him have performed better so far.
i don't even think he's looked bad. He's done OK, it's just that Mount, Cunha and Mbuemo have been better.
I am just wondering when is he going to start and when he is actually finally starting for us and what's the point on keeping him on the bench for so long? Does that mean that Amorim doesn't fully trust him or is it for tactical reasons?Everyone needs to chill out in this thread. If Hojlund got started game after game then there’s no reason why this guy won’t eventually - if anything Amorim is doing the right thing phasing him in. Yet you lot are still piling the pressure on.
Seriously just shut the feck up man
We thought he was a right man for us because he was so good with Ajax but we were obviously dead wrong. It seems that Ajax renaissance wasn't really his doing but it came mostly as a result of Ajax' board and their recruitment strategy- Overmars being the main guy.
I don't understand why we wouldn't play him. He's our only proper 9 and we are only playing one competition until January. The excuse before was that he wasn't fit enough or something. How is he going to gain any confidence or adapt to the new league if he has limited cameos?!
I am just wondering when is he going to start and when he is actually finally starting for us and what's the point on keeping him on the bench for so long? Does that mean that Amorim doesn't fully trust him or is it for tactical reasons?
It is mocking - and I'm sure you know that and it's why you've deliberately omitted addressing the mocking part of it.There is no mocking about it - Sesko is new and is a Striker.
We'v spent big money on him and he should be starting now - he's been involved in 4 games, appearing in 3 and starting 1, and then played both games during the international break.
He's clearly fit and ready to play, and we are currently playing without a Striker. So lets now play our new striker in the next game - he deserves that now.
I could understand if he was 17/19..... but he's 22 ffs.
At least people cannot complain about his first touch after this play.
I’m struggling to understand why people are panicking about him not starting. He had two 45 minutes as a pre season and barely had a training session with us before the Arsenal game. Amorim probably liked what he saw in that game from the front three and wanted to try it again for Fulham, given it’s also how we set up for the second part of pre season.
He played a full 90 against Grimsby on a pretty horrendous pitch and had cramps at the end of the game so bad that they didn’t want him to take a penalty. We then had a game three days later.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Amorim opts for another striker-less system against city as well.
For the record, I have not once mentioned we needed a new CM over a new Striker. We needed both.It is mocking - and I'm sure you know that and it's why you've deliberately omitted addressing the mocking part of it.
He's not just described as a 'new striker' - but as a 'shiny new striker'. And often in the derogatory context along the lines of 'spending all this money on a shiny new striker when what we need(ed) is a CM like Baleba'.
We don't get Mbeumo, Cunha, Lammens described as shiny new #10s or shiny new GK's. The 'shiny' part seems to be being used for Sesko originally from those who thought we needed a new CM more than a #9 - and has always come across as an insult to those fans who just want 'shiny new toys' (expensive attacking signings) rather than recognise how important a CM signing would be.
They also worryingly keep going on about how 'transformational' a new CM signing would have been for our play. The last summer we got all that was when people were pushing for Onana as a ball playing keeper because he would be so 'transformational' for how we play. I don't think that went as well as they thought.
Which is unfortunate, because we're going to be a bit average for a bit and go through some growing pains before we start to get better. All those fans who think we should be top 4 now after in for a shock, regardless of who the manager isThat's how it is with fans nowadays.
They have very little patience and expect everything to happen near immediately.
No idea or sense of how teams need to be developed or built.
Nobody looks at the big picture but react to circumstances.
At least people cannot complain about his first touch after this play.
The ball control isn’t great but his athleticism is impressive.
Which is unfortunate, because we're going to be a bit average for a bit and go through some growing pains before we start to get better. All those fans who think we should be top 4 now after in for a shock, regardless of who the manager is
Which of Mount, Cunha or Mbuemo do you think he deserves to start over at the moment?I don't understand why we wouldn't play him. He's our only proper 9 and we are only playing one competition until January. The excuse before was that he wasn't fit enough or something. How is he going to gain any confidence or adapt to the new league if he has limited cameos?!
Mount - We have to play a striker, its criminal not too!Which of Mount, Cunha or Mbuemo do you think he deserves to start over at the moment?
If one of them plays poorly against City, by all means put Sesko in for the next game.
Mount. Mason Mount has been actually excellent so far for us this season but Šeško has to start. Cunha and Mbeumo are too good to be on the bench.Which of Mount, Cunha or Mbuemo do you think he deserves to start over at the moment?
If one of them plays poorly against City, by all means put Sesko in for the next game.
People complain he has a very inconsistent first touch. Can do this, then simple balls will bounce off himAt least people cannot complain about his first touch after this play.
That's a you problem I'm afraid.Why do so many posters keep using that mocking term solely about Sesko - even before we completed the deal?
We've also signed two new #10s and a GK, and we desperately needed a #9 whoever we opted for. Yet when it comes to Sesko, I keep seeing the 'shiny new striker' term used in a snidy way.
Less of a deserve, more of a "false 9 doesn't work" even if sometimes they can all play decent. It just won't create enough chances not score enough goals. Start with a striker. Pick 2 of the 10s to compete with each other and the 3rd is a sub.Which of Mount, Cunha or Mbuemo do you think he deserves to start over at the moment?
If one of them plays poorly against City, by all means put Sesko in for the next game.
Which of Mount, Cunha or Mbuemo do you think he deserves to start over at the moment?
If one of them plays poorly against City, by all means put Sesko in for the next game.
