Typical knee-jerk defensiveness the moment anyone dares criticise certain players in our squad. What, exactly, did Red Norse say that means he should be called a spastic or a moron? Ffs.
Based on what we've seen so far this season, we're better going forwards with Welbeck up top than we are with Hernandez. Based on what we've seen from his career so far Welbeck could well go on to become a better player than Hernandez ever will be. He's potentially got so much more to his game. How on earth does pointing this out suddenly become grounds for crucifixion? Of course, Welbeck might fail to kick from here, or even regress but he also might go from strength to strength. Time will tell. We look a lot better with him in our team right now than we do with Hernandez, that's for sure.
As for Hernandez, my personal opinion is that we'd be mad to sell him. He's a natural goal-scorer and there will always be room for players like that in our squad. Whether he becomes the next Van Nistelrooy or the next Solskjaer remains to be seen. At present he's a lot more similar to the latter than the former and anyone who's familiar with Ole's career knows that being a natural goal-scorer isn't always enough to be a guaranteed starter for United.
To be fair to him, he does seem to have been working on his link-up play and trying to become more of a well-rounded striker. Very early days. He's still young too and there's plenty of time for him to improve and develop his all-round game. The battle between him and Welbeck for a slot alongside Rooney can only be a good thing for the club in the season ahead.
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