He's not as good as Rooney despite his stats being better. Rooney was often the best player on the pitch at 17 and 18.
100%.
Rooney was an all round force though, he was barely a striker at that point. I haven’t seen a British(or Irish) talent like young Rooney since and doubt we will for a very long time.
Who? Mark O'Mahony? Definitely don't think he'll be anywhere near as good.
We need the entire Brighton Xi, their board and their coaching staff
I’d prefer Gilmour to Mitoma.
Failing to understand the art of goalscoring in a nutshell.
What did I say?
The second goal was lovely but the first was bad goalkeeping and the last lucky. Good young player still.
Christ I’ve got too deep with this, I’ll leave it here
This is a very good comparison.
I was right. The new Harry Kane.
All the whilst some on the Caf hope Hojlund will bag 10-15 over the next 3-4 seasons.
The first goal was good anticipation and yes he could miss.
I think our standards are low if we think that first goal was anything other than easy.
Yeah he's good for an 18 year old but there's nothing special to his game yet. Second goal also was very nicely placed but he had no pressure on him at all during the whole run. People comparing him to Kane or as an alternative to Kane are a mile off. And yes I know Kane was nowhere at 18 but very few strikers have his trajectory.
I think you’re missing the point, it’s not how difficult the finish was; it’s the anticipation to be in the right place, coming back to make sure he’s onside. We don’t have anyone like that, you can be sure Martial would have been on his heels.
Reminds me of Cherno Samba
The clean striking, power and control very much reminded me of Rooney. I know you refer to it being an announcement hatrick, but the way he executed was so crisp and clearly within his remit - the long-range goal especially.
