In his first game he’s already registered a speed as one of the fastest in the league. He clearly isn’t totally match fit yet.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Goals
- 12
- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
How can you not get it through your head had we even possibly signed Kane, at over 120+ mill say if we could convince Levi to sell, on top of his astronomical wages that over the course of his contract it would have been completely financially stupid to spend on a 30 year old that would have limited spending elsewhere by a large amount. Not only that but what would Kane be doing differently currently other than some wayward passes and a better first touch, he’d be feeding on scraps the same as Rasmus is.
Not sure why you continue to cry about Kane, the ship has sailed
He wanted to come mate. It was in the media yaknow!
Oh.You didn't get it. Perhaps in English you don't use but in Spanish/Chile we use "learning" or "discovering our own body" when kids find mast*rbation
Eww.
Amazes me all criticism now of signing a 30year old Casemeiro with the fears he has dropped significantly....yet still loads of people banging on what an error it was to not spend £100m and probably another £50m in wages over a contract to sign a 30year old Kane.
It was for me an error not signing 2strikers this summer, but people were very unrealistic in talking of a young/old signing like Kane/Hoijlund with the costs involved.
Dont think it was a great game for Hoijlnd yesterday, but he makes the right movements. Still cant see any understanding with team mates aroudn him yet, which shold improve
It was for me an error not signing 2strikers this summer, but people were very unrealistic in talking of a young/old signing like Kane/Hoijlund with the costs involved.
Dont think it was a great game for Hoijlnd yesterday, but he makes the right movements. Still cant see any understanding with team mates aroudn him yet, which shold improve
The issue is sometimes he's a lone press. Rashford isn't offering the same intensity as him and the opposition know they can play it out that side.
Kane wouldn't get any goalscoring chances in this side either.
(Ignoring that wasting our whole transfer budget on another 30 year old fee and wages wouldn't have been the smartest idea)
(Ignoring that wasting our whole transfer budget on another 30 year old fee and wages wouldn't have been the smartest idea)
We’re not playing to his strengths. Has he received any balls that allow him to run on the ball from a position where he can beat defenders with his pace and then be in on goal? Not once. So far his only chances have come from crosses, and 1 goal, 1 disallowed goal, and the shot just over the bar. So he’s actually doing well.
Look at his Atalanta snippets. His not received any of the passes or been in the positions that made up 90% of his highlight reel for Atalanta
Look at his Atalanta snippets. His not received any of the passes or been in the positions that made up 90% of his highlight reel for Atalanta
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Aye, that poster has mentioned that Kane thing to death now.
Very very early days but the positives so far for me are:
- Workrate/pressing/energy
- Has made a few darts into the six yard box where he was unlucky not to score. looks like he could get a lot of those sort of goals in the future
- Can hold the ball up and bring others into play (although very raw at this)
There was a moment in the second half when a ball was played out to the left, their right back had a yard head start on Højlund, but Højlund got to the ball a yard ahead of him, meaning he blazed last him in a foot race. Højlund is fast.
My worry is that he’s not got enough finesse to really terrify defenders in the box. He doesn’t seem to have a great deal of control, which means he isn’t creating good shooting chances when he gets the ball (unlike someone like Berbatov, for instance).
He can certainly work on his first touch to improve it, but I’m not sure how much improvement he can make. He can work on making better runs, linking play, dragging defenders around - all that is easily coachable. What we need him to do is relearn how a football moves, to develop a different intuitive approach to how much pace and power and so on he uses.
I personally have been really impressed by Hojlund so far. I was really scared he would come in and look totally out of his depth and be off the pace. His movement has been great, his positioning has been good, he's dealt with the physicality pretty well, looked a bit gassed towards the end of all the games, and could do with better service but over all considering the lack of a striking options on the market so far very happy.
He doesn't look fast because he's huge, he's rapid.
He is going to be good for us. Built like an Ox, extremely fast and very good at leading the press. He has also shown ability to hold the ball up and start attacks. Not worried about him at all.
Great that he got to complete a 90 minutes for us (even if he did look absolutely shattered after about 70mins).
His arial ability is so bad for someone of his height.
To put it mildly!
Biggest reason the comparison with Cavani doesn't work as he was always great with his head.
I don't think a player needs to have all of the same characteristics and abilities to be compared to another player. Their movement, shooting and instincts are very similar, and aerial ability can also easily be improved.
Getting into good positions all the time. Said before and I'll say it again, he'll score a few. I feel he could reach double figures in the PL alone
This guy will become a beast, when he gets better at headers he will almost be a complete striker!
A beast lives within his human body. If we can somehow sort our problems at LW and RW we’ll see Rasmus start torching defenders.
His biggest problem is that he's stuck with Rashford.
It truly makes me happy to finally see a striker going for the ball infront of goal, even sliding to try to get to the cross. Been a looong time since i saw that.
I don't think Hojlund's shooting is on par with Cavani's either. He was also a very energetic player in a way I haven't seen from Hojlund so far.
You mean the Rashford that has provided 3 or 4 good chances for him already, plus an assist for his only goal and another assist for the disallowed goal?
Got it.
Yeah because if we had a good left winger he'd get more chances.
I don’t really get why there’s criticism, he’s coming back from injury and has generally looked promising.
Let him develop a bit of an understanding with our wide players and full backs, he’s getting chances and working hard. I think a few of us were saying we’d be ecstatic if he can get close to 15 goals as a first season and I reckon he will if he stays fit.
Let him develop a bit of an understanding with our wide players and full backs, he’s getting chances and working hard. I think a few of us were saying we’d be ecstatic if he can get close to 15 goals as a first season and I reckon he will if he stays fit.
They will build an understanding, it takes time. Rashford and Martial built a good synergy over time until the latter become injury prone and lost a yard.
With training, experience they'll figure out how to get the best out of each other.
Never mind the lack of service from central players in midfield or the lack of service from the right wing, let’s blame the only player that’s assisted him this season.
You said Rashford was his biggest problem. But Rashford has provided several big opportunities (and assists) in 2 games. Doesn't sound like that big a problem does it?
No he wouldn't. Currently all the chances hes had have come from Rashford. The rest of the team needs to create for him too
Very happy so far with Højlund.
Last season I‘d see someone like Jesus fighting and holding up the ball up front and think to myself: that‘s what we need.
Højlund is much better than Jesus. Besides holding the ball up well, he is more physical, faster and has great movement.
He gets to the ball faster than almost all defenders, so I expect goals from him this season.
Last season I‘d see someone like Jesus fighting and holding up the ball up front and think to myself: that‘s what we need.
Højlund is much better than Jesus. Besides holding the ball up well, he is more physical, faster and has great movement.
He gets to the ball faster than almost all defenders, so I expect goals from him this season.
Still very raw, but it is refreshing to have a proper physical presence up top with lots of pace. It's what we needed for a long time and he's a great age as well.
I like what I've seen so far from him. A shame his RW and LW teammates have their own issues at the moment while he opens his nostrils in his hunt for goals but hopefully that gets sorted out soon.
More than happy with him but feeding off scraps at moment. Create chances and this lad will score....
He played 3 full games, Brighton, Munich and Burnley, he scored twice (although the Brighton goal didnt count)
For a 20 year old that just got to the new team, new league and all that is pretty brilliant.
He will come good. Very good.
For a 20 year old that just got to the new team, new league and all that is pretty brilliant.
He will come good. Very good.
Man Utd 3:0 Crystal Palace
Got a really bad feeling, little slip ball from Gore tonight and he's not sniffing it out.
He's not sharp, hopefully it's fitness but top strikers is all over that kind of slip ball.
He's not sharp, hopefully it's fitness but top strikers is all over that kind of slip ball.
He will be fine. He's only 20, and will get better.