He has had a tough week against the caliber of CB's he has faced but the hold up play has to improve. Can accept the missed chance, but he needs to offer much more in general play. Not getting enough passes, but he can't hold the ones he does get.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 38
- Goals
- 11
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 2
He’s not helped by the team, but he lacks fundamentals probably due to his age. We shouldn’t have got him as our only striker signing, and arguably shouldn’t have got him at all given the money spent.
Why is he starting? I don’t know whether it’s his fault or his teammates’ for not passing to him but he’s simply not in the game. We’re effectively playing with 10 men.
Again I have to come in here and ask what it is you want him to do exactly? He's playing upfront alone and the ball barely gets passed to him, our midfielders cannot string more than 2-3 passes and are constantly losing the ball. He isn't the kind of striker you just play constant hoof balls up to. He had 1 chance which he didn't score and that was it, yes he might have scored but even the most world class strikers don't thrive on 1 chance a game.
Was ok. Could have scored that one chance of course. Wasn't the easiest chance in the world though.
We’ve seen glimpses of what he can do, especially in Europe but today I thought he was poor and doesn’t look nowhere near ready to be the main man at club our size.
Doesn't look fully fit.
Didn't look like he moved about well today but then he's up against Van Dijk and Alisson. Alisson also did really well during that 1-on-1 chance.
What's wrong with the post? Is he not 20? Does he have a lot to work with? Explain to me what's factually incorrect with the post.admit it, you’re related to him aren’t you?
Really poor again today, he contributed very little, failed to charge down the keeper when he was coming way out of his box, cant keep possesion, and shot straight at the keeper when given a one on one then couldnt even tap in the rebound.
He needs a loan and to lose some of that muscle mass.
Needs more service and some consistency in his duelling. To be expected as a young lad, but we need to be able to rotate him.
I still don't see why the feck we paid that amount for him. He doesn't look like a superb finisher, he isn't great aerially despite the height advantage, he almost always has the ball trapped under his feet too.
He will hopefully have learned a lot over the last week. It should be a lot easier for him in the majority of matches to impose himself. I think he will figure it all out better in the second half of the season and will get off to a flier next season. Just a feeling. He’s too isolated as things stand. He’s raw, we all knew this
They are just obsessed with seeing him fail because they're crying about Harry Kane still
New game, different opposition, but the excuses remains the same.
Just the fact that you predictably rush straight in here to begin your frantic batting away of valid criticism of him.
Let me ask you this - are you able of conceding that it’s possible he simply isn’t good enough for Utd?
This would be the moment where he gets rested for our more experienced forward, if we could rely on Martial...
People keep goign on about service but the one time Antony actually does something bright, he runs right by his pass
He isn't the right fit for us, his movement in the box is horrific.
Just lacking a bit of flair really, doesn't look like he can create much on his own.
Need to play Rashford through the middle for a spell
I'll be more critical of Højlund after today than many of his recent performances. He didn't hold on to the ball well enough, and messed up the one big chance he got. It's not even that he didn't score it, but the finish was just really bad. Straight at the goalkeeper. Bad performance.
I haven't seen him getting a better pass than he got today in last 10 PL games...give him 2 passes like that in every game and you'll see another result. It's not his job to make other do great passing to him. He moves good and are available to be played to so many times but none of his team mates see him or can make a good pass to him. With a better midfield players he would have scored a long time ago...
There’s feeding off scraps and that’s this. Doubt Haaland would have anymore than 3 league goals this season for us.
This doesnt have a lot to work with excuse is starting to wear a bit thin, he contributes nothing to our all round game and loses possesion far too easilly when he has it.
I have a lot of time for him (and will have), but he had a mare today.
I know hes isolated but he needs to hold the ball better and win some fks. Got bullied abit. Had a decent 20 30 mins in the middle of 2nd half
He§s a good young talent, and will polish his game with time, but in a dysfunctional team like ours who sets to defend and play on counters and wait for one or two chances, we could do with a more clinical striker. In a well oiled machine he would miss 2 and score two. But this team is so reliant on individual brilliance its so painful. Ten Haag ball make him look worse than he is although today he could have done obviously better with finishing. But looking at some attacking play on the other side, you could basically write off all DIaz, Salah, Nunez based on this game.
He’s still waiting for a miracle to come
Striker version of Antony, works hard but sod all end product, his hold up play is not good, he is purely a fox in thr box which means he will often leave us feeling like we are playing with ten men which was kind of the issue we had with ronaldo...
That was the one, wasn't it. Should have made himself a hero today.
I think that's a terrible analysis. He was poor today but he certainly is capable of getting involved in the build up.
There's more to him but we aren't seeing it yet. Copium
Just as predictable as you jumping into this thread to laugh at posts who defend him.
Yes, absolutely. But I don't think that's the case. First of all, you're talking about us as if we're some elite team in the world. We're not. We're an average PL team, so we're not really getting these world class players you hope for.
Secondly, he has every single tool to be a top striker, I just think they need to be polished and improve them. Naturally, it will come with experience, like it does with young players. It's a bit worrying how - or a few others - can't see these traits. I know you're not a scout, but you don't really need a lot of football knowledge to be able to see these.
I know posters like you base everything on goals scored, though. It's fine, you can't help it. The moment you saw how many goals he had scored for Atalanta, you decided he wasn't good enough.
Now, I have a question for you: what do you think you would say if you saw Watkins or Toney at 20 years of age?
I don't think today was his sort of game at all, not with the way we currently are. Ironically, I think he would have scored today had he been playing for Liverpool and the way they played. They needed somebody to put the chances away, which I think is what his strength apparently is.
Saying that, I am a little annoyed at his chance. In these sorts of matches, games are won 1-0 with goals from positions like that. Just reminds me that he is still very, very raw.
Saying that, I am a little annoyed at his chance. In these sorts of matches, games are won 1-0 with goals from positions like that. Just reminds me that he is still very, very raw.
Lacking a bit of fire in his belly.
Sometimes you just need to want it more.
Maybe the weight/pressure is a bit too much every match. A few games when he comes in as a sub would help.
Sometimes you just need to want it more.
Maybe the weight/pressure is a bit too much every match. A few games when he comes in as a sub would help.
He tackles himself at times - everything he does is rushed or a struggle.
Winning 0.5 aerials a game this season at a 21% success rate.
Straight up bafflingly bad for a 6'3 player.
Straight up bafflingly bad for a 6'3 player.
Give over.Last season you were advocating us signing Weghorst…
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/wout-weghorst-2022-23-performances.475014/post-30271657
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/wout-weghorst-2022-23-performances.475014/post-30219532
Now you’re dying on the hill that is Rasmus Hojlund… I’d just give up talking about forwards if I were you mate.