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Even in the areas he's better than Osimhen at, Hojlund is still not great compared to other strikers. But more importantly, for the way United play it really isn't an argument of Hojlund vs Osimhen, it's whether we should have even been looking at this profile of striker in the first place. Kolo Muani always made more sense for the way Rashford and Antony play. He's pretty much a functional Martial and would have made our wingers better while contributing reasonably well himself just like Firminho used to do for liverpool.
Absolutely agree. Would be much more fluid, as it's clear having a striker as a focal point is pointless with the current squad and their ways of playing.
The one against Bayern. Højlund is in line with the defenders. He even does the move like Coman and gets free, but he never gets a pass from Dalot. Instead, the latter just runs straight forward straight into a clean tackle.
Stop taking nonsens. Rasmus is almost 2km/h faster.
If Dalot had cut back it would have been two on one and a tap in for Rasmus. The first time pass wasn’t really on though.
Agreed, but I'm starting to worry that Rasmus will only be fine and never come near to the level we had hoped. ETH did him dirty by bringing him to a dysfunctional club and expecting him to lead the line and bang even just a measly PL 10 goals this season and we're at a point now where his game is visibly regressing from what were actually pretty impressive performances in his first 4 or 5 games.
I shared stats that conclusively show that Osimhen has reach much higher top speeds.
Do you really not understand that this is campaign-specific data that shows each player's top speed attained in this season's Champions League (a grand total of 4 games for Osimhen) alone and not their top speed in their career? Is that really your understanding of what we're talking about when we discuss which player is the faster runner?
You only took serie A.
That's irrelevant because unlike you, what I shared wasn't an average. It was a single moment top speed. Osimhen has run a 36.6 km/h time. Do you understand you can't undo that by sharing stats from some other time when he ran slower? You've gone forum shopping and picked a figure that is thoroughly meaningless, first because he has already well-surpassed it, and secondly because it is an average that tells us nothing about the actual top speeds reached in that period.
A single moment doesn't point as clear a picture of a players overall speed as average top speed. If you can't understand that then there is no reason to argue.
It is interesting that Hojlund has received more passes per 90 min than Haaland.
It does, but some responsibility for chance creation also falls on the forward himself. The best cost a lot of money for a reason and it's not because they tap in chances that are laid on for them by others.
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Quality of passes, is also a thing. But which can not be measured in theory.
About Martial, probably is because Martial knows how we play, how others move, pass etc.
There are clear deficiencies, but clearly too there are instances of the team playing around Hojlund. It seems to me there might be a trust issue there.
Backs up the video. Haaland is a freak so he will always score, even if he has more big chance misses than Højlund.
Charts showing totals for the season and not per 90 numbers are one of the dumbest ways to use stats, and entirely deceiving.
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it’s been proven at this club that time will only make it worse… i agree with you though, it is very difficult for this young man to come to this circus and perform. He has shown potential, the way he drops back, his physical ability, his speed. He really seems like a decent material to work with, but he needs service around him. I read somewhere yesterday that he is the striker with the least opportunities created for him…
admit it, you’re related to him aren’t you?
