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Sign a striker in the summer and have him as a proper back-up next season - if he still isn't showing enough signs then time to move him on in 2026.

Do feel as though this summer might be calling it slightly early - give the state of the teams he has played in during his United career.
 
Has he got enough instinct to get onto those square passes that having a proper wingback on both sides will create? Every time i watch him he seems hesitant to gamble in the box.
 
That moment in the 2nd half where he miscontrolled a pass and gave it away, we win it back and Zirkzee overplays a simple pass to Garnacho just about sums up their Utd career.
I think we need to move on Zirkzee next season some Italian club will take him but we are probably stuck with Hojlund as back up.
 
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I was excited when we signed Rasmus. Ok the fee was too high but we were doing mad things spending wise.

I didn't think he would be the finished article but I thought he had the attributes to become what we needed.

Been a water of money so far. Someone above mentioned £30k as a good valuation. Honestly that's about £25k too much. Seen more skill in Weahs cousin? That Souness signed. Makes Bebe look like a WC signing.
 
I don't know if Rasmus will be good enough long term - at the moment I suspect not however we can't ignore the fact that right now the entire squad is completely devoid of confidence and that will show up in the strikers more than anywhere else where missing 1 chance could very well lose us the match

We're creating very little meaning we simply have to take any chance that comes our way - every miss is magnified, every short pass, every mistimed run it's all compounded with the nerves and pressure the team is under trying to learn this new system whilst losing every week - building confidence in this negative momentum is incredibly hard but Amorim has to find a way to lift the mood because it could get worse yet

Playing a single striker system needs a strong, single minded and generally experienced player to be able to cope with the demands - we don't have that profile anywhere in the club so we're having to make do with 2x prospect players we took a punt on

Aside from trying Garna through the middle (who I think is generally more headstrong but will likely struggle more with the physical) we don't have a choice but to persevere with Rasmus for the rest of the season and hope a purple patch arrives to carry us/him through. He's at least better than Zirk imo

He doesn’t even miss any chances though. I’d be delighted and far more optimistic about his prospects if he were at least trying and failing to score.
 
Because I remember him last season, where he scored 7 games in a row, did great in Europe and he still is young, I still have some hope for him. I still hope that he has "JUST" ended up in a vicious spiral, where things do not work out for him, because the self-confidence is gone for both him and the rest of the team. There is no doubt that he really wants to do well and is frustrated with himself right now.

I am still there that I would prefer Højlund over Jackson from Chelsea, and I believe that Højlund will probably find a better form again at some point.

My slim hopes for Højlund therefore lie in:

- Broke the club record last season for the most consecutive games scored. He was only 20 years old, when he did that.

- Was really good in Europe.

- Still young.

- Continue to do well in Europe this season.

- Has a will to succeed.

I'm probably too naive.:lol:
Isn't this record held by RvN?????
 
Isn't this record held by RvN?????
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:

 
Has he got enough instinct to get onto those square passes that having a proper wingback on both sides will create? Every time i watch him he seems hesitant to gamble in the box.
It remains to be seen if we will have even one. Dorgu is completely untested at the level he's about to play in, and Dalot doesn't create anywhere near enough chances.
 
The season average game rating is 5.0 here for Rasmus, and I have rated him 4.8. This is strange because I like Rasmus but his performances have been poor. So I guess that means I still believe he can get it together and start scoring. It's always interesting how others rate the players. Typically I feel I am rating them low, but when the results are in I have usually rated them higher than the average.
 
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:


I don't really care. He's a terrible player
 
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:


Lets hope his fellow Dane can unlock him. Lad seems to be ignored by his team mates frequently, when he gets into good positions. Must also be hard that he's in and out of the team, so patterns of play and passing lines won't get established.
 
He’s a young player, and i is now the managers job to get the best out of him. It’s normal for players to go through loss of form. Let’s remember the player who potentially could have replaced him, Tel has zero goals this season.
 
He’s a young player, and i is now the managers job to get the best out of him. It’s normal for players to go through loss of form. Let’s remember the player who potentially could have replaced him, Tel has zero goals this season.

Seriously? Fecking hell, and half this forum wanted to sign him.
 
He's winning his aerial duels at a 24% clip this season.

5'9 Vardy is winning 52%. 5'7 duo Bryan Mbuemo and Adam Armstrong - both played at 9 for stretches this season - are sitting at 30 and 35% respectively.

There isn't a starting 9 in the league with a lower win %.

Said it before but unfortunately he brings all the negatives of a big number 9 with absolutely none of the positives.
 
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:


Football fans are kind of black-and-white (and particularly dramatic)
 
As I wrote in the Dorgu thread, I'm hoping that being able to replace LWB with an actual attacking player who can progress the ball (instead of having Dalot or Mazraoui there) will help relieve some responsibility of the 10s needing to shift wide or the striker to hold up the ball to aid progression. That way, if Hojlund is playing as striker, that frees him up to do what he's better at doing which is running the channels and finishing chances, rather than needing to hold the ball and help with ball progression (which has exposed his terrible first touch when receiving to feet).

What's hurt him this season is that his ability to time and make runs in the box to the right places has been pretty terrible - if he can grow even a little bit in that area, then he may come good (please for the love of God, come good).
 
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:


We just need to hope he can recover some of that form. There’s a player in there (maybe not a 70 million pound player, but a player nonetheless); we really could do with him finding his confidence again
 
I just want to see him cheer up and start genuinely competing for balls again, headers, closing down....just do it like you mean it, take that fecking scowl off your face and look like you enjoy playing ball.
 
We should sell him and Zirkzee and sign 2 strikers, one of them being Jonathan David, given the opportunity it presents. As for the other, Gyokeres appears to be as good as we can hope for, although I’d love to see us raise some money and go 9 figures for Isak, ideally.
 
Won't lie I still think they're is a player there. No doubt he's been shite this season but i did like what I saw last year.

If we are gonna sell him though we should also sell Zirkzee and sign two new striker instead of 1.

If we are only selling one I'm selling Zirkzee first. He does have strengths but he for sure isn't a striker.
 
Won't lie I still think they're is a player there. No doubt he's been shite this season but i did like what I saw last year.

If we are gonna sell him though we should also sell Zirkzee and sign two new striker instead of 1.

If we are only selling one I'm selling Zirkzee first. He does have strengths but he for sure isn't a striker.

We should sell both and get J. David +1. That said, I’d keep Zirkzee over Hojlund if given a choice. He simply isn’t a non-factor in football matches. Whether he is a natural 9 or not is secondary in comparison to Hojlund who is unable to impact a game in any way. The fact is, neither score enough, but Zirkzee is a player who has qualities to play well without him scoring a goal. If neither are going to score, Zirkzee may at least create a couple of chances or facilitate others.

There’s also the fact that Hojlund would have had his two years by summer, and Zirkzee would only have had one. So if any is to be given more time, I’d give it to him. And also, as pathetic as both of their goalscoring is, Zirkzee has still scored the most out of the two, I would imagine in less time too. It’s a no brainer to me. Still, I’d get rid of both if I can, but I imagine Zirkzee will instead begin his Italian loan affair this summer, and spend a couple of seasons bouncing arounf Juventus and Milan, possibly Roma, before we cut ties.
 
We should sell him and Zirkzee and sign 2 strikers, one of them being Jonathan David, given the opportunity it presents. As for the other, Gyokeres appears to be as good as we can hope for, although I’d love to see us raise some money and go 9 figures for Isak, ideally.

We missed our chance to get Isak when at Sociedad unfortunately. Agree that I hope we can move on both of these two in the summer
 
We should sell both and get J. David +1. That said, I’d keep Zirkzee over Hojlund if given a choice. He simply isn’t a non-factor in football matches. Whether he is a natural 9 or not is secondary in comparison to Hojlund who is unable to impact a game in any way. The fact is, neither score enough, but Zirkzee is a player who has qualities to play well without him scoring a goal. If neither are going to score, Zirkzee may at least create a couple of chances or facilitate others.

There’s also the fact that Hojlund would have had his two years by summer, and Zirkzee would only have had one. So if any is to be given more time, I’d give it to him. And also, as pathetic as both of their goalscoring is, Zirkzee has still scored the most out of the two, I would imagine in less time too. It’s a no brainer to me. Still, I’d get rid of both if I can, but I imagine Zirkzee will instead begin his Italian loan affair this summer, and spend a couple of seasons bouncing arounf Juventus and Milan, possibly Roma, before we cut ties.
I would keep Hojlund, my reason being:
He's younger, a regular at the national team (with great stats aswell), and from what I've gathered makes more runs compared to Zz, which unfortunately goes unnoticed about 99% of the time. Also, I've never seen him give up on the pitch, no matter how tired he is, he's really giving it everything. I also don't think i agree with you regarding his lack of quality, I would say it's more a lack of consistency, like the pass to Mainoo against FCSB. He had a quality run, and pass there. He needs to find the confidence and the form to do that instead of falling over or passing backwards.
But they're really equally terrible, I just think we need Hojlund more than Zz at this point.
 
The optics are bad if we sell Hojlund at the age of 22, a long way off from his supposedly peak years. We are supposed to be a club that develops emerging talent. But it will look like we gave up on him at such an early stage of his career.

The mistake we made was not to get a senior player to teach him the ropes ---- instead we got another young, inexperienced player like Zirkzee. But most careers are not linear. Either the scouts thought he was a sure thing or someone in upper management made a strategic blunder.

It seems like the decision was based on the assumption that Hojlund's career to take-off immediately at United after his 1st season. And its probably the 2nd season syndrome; where the PL defenders have all analysed him and worked out his game. Also, it doesnt help that he has had two managers within 16 months in an unstable team. That would not have helped his development.

Keep him for another season and look for development progress. But get a more senior striker to help him out.
 
The optics are bad if we sell Hojlund at the age of 22, a long way off from his supposedly peak years. We are supposed to be a club that develops emerging talent. But it will look like we gave up on him at such an early stage of his career.

The mistake we made was not to get a senior player to teach him the ropes ---- instead we got another young, inexperienced player like Zirkzee. But most careers are not linear. Either the scouts thought he was a sure thing or someone in upper management made a strategic blunder.

It seems like the decision was based on the assumption that Hojlund's career to take-off immediately at United after his 1st season. And its probably the 2nd season syndrome; where the PL defenders have all analysed him and worked out his game. Also, it doesnt help that he has had two managers within 16 months in an unstable team. That would not have helped his development.

Keep him for another season and look for development progress. But get a more senior striker to help him out.

I don't know if it matters. He's teammates with Mainoo, Amad, Bruno, Eriksen; the latter have good passing or ball control. But look at him now. He has neither.
 
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He's winning his aerial duels at a 24% clip this season.

5'9 Vardy is winning 52%. 5'7 duo Bryan Mbuemo and Adam Armstrong - both played at 9 for stretches this season - are sitting at 30 and 35% respectively.

There isn't a starting 9 in the league with a lower win %.

Said it before but unfortunately he brings all the negatives of a big number 9 with absolutely none of the positives.

It's just a symptom of our shit build up play and needing to go long all the time. We go long quite a bit more to the striker's head (not even striker making a run into the channel) and try to win the second ball.
 
The mistake is not about age. Owen was world class at that age. It's more about United having the worst striker in the whole Premier League teams, regardless of age.

Unthinkable that this could happen to one of the biggest Club in the whole planet.
 
The optics are bad if we sell Hojlund at the age of 22, a long way off from his supposedly peak years. We are supposed to be a club that develops emerging talent. But it will look like we gave up on him at such an early stage of his career.

The mistake we made was not to get a senior player to teach him the ropes ---- instead we got another young, inexperienced player like Zirkzee. But most careers are not linear. Either the scouts thought he was a sure thing or someone in upper management made a strategic blunder.

It seems like the decision was based on the assumption that Hojlund's career to take-off immediately at United after his 1st season. And its probably the 2nd season syndrome; where the PL defenders have all analysed him and worked out his game. Also, it doesnt help that he has had two managers within 16 months in an unstable team. That would not have helped his development.

Keep him for another season and look for development progress. But get a more senior striker to help him out.
Definitely agree, if we had kept an experienced striker like Ronaldo og Ibra, he might become the next Van Persie
 
Selling him at 30m doesn't do anything for us - it creates a decent PSR loss and the money can be raised in other ways. I would even say that if Amorim doesn't want him, the club should keep him by loaning him to a friendly club (and perhaps collecting a loan fee). Who knows whether Amorim will be here in the summer of 2026, and we have to think a little more long term which some of these non performing but high potential players.

Even Saliba did loans etc before he became one of the best CBs in the league.
 
It's just a symptom of our shit build up play and needing to go long all the time. We go long quite a bit more to the striker's head (not even striker making a run into the channel) and try to win the second ball.
So he loses 75% of his aerial duels and some how thats down to our build up play? As you describe it, it sounds like he is the problem with our build up play. If he was winning his headers it would help.
 
True, Højlund is the youngest player ever to score in six consecutive Premier League games. He scored 7 goals in 6 matches.

And here there are, if people should have forgot about it or just want to see it again:



I really feel like he has been going to the gym too much.

There's something young, thin and fast about Hojlund last season I feel he has lost.

I don't particularly rate him all that highly even last season I felt like we played with 10 men even if he scored a goal - but I didn't expect him to be this bad this year.
 
The mistake is not about age. Owen was world class at that age
All other things aside I’d wish people would stop making pseudo arguments like this. I’m sure you can find a player somewhere on the globe who jumps extremely high and is a good header despite being short. That doesn’t mean height doesn’t matter for most players’ heading ability - just like most strikers peak at 27-ish these days.
 
All other things aside I’d wish people would stop making pseudo arguments like this. I’m sure you can find a player somewhere on the globe who jumps extremely high and is a good header despite being short. That doesn’t mean height doesn’t matter for most players’ heading ability - just like most strikers peak at 27-ish these days.
Keep telling yourself these fables. Getting older does not mean you will suddenly get better. It's not a linear regression. Hojlund lacks the fundamentals and instinct of a top striker. First touch, passing, dribbling, movement. You can't improve on something you don't have.

He will most likely end up in Frankfurt eventually. Not equipped for a top level team or a team aspiring to become one.
 
Its difficult to say how good of a talent he is really. Unfortunately our club has had a habit of destroying the confidence, instincts and talent of several players. While we may have made mistake of buying him, he certainly made a wrong career move. I don't think he has been helped by the confused state at the club - for example god knows why he has become an immobile wrestling machine (at which he fails miserably) instead of emphasising his dynamism. Maybe this practice would help him a bit at future duels (dunno clutching at straws right now)?