Backup to Gyokeres is the best solution.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 49
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 2
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Backup to Gyokeres is the best solution.
I know, I just think we will be forced to this as we I do not think we will be able to sell him for a decent fee.
If we can sign Gyokeres, then 100% the best solution, solution being Gyokeres becoming our starting striker.
Was really disappointing yesterday. You can forgive second season blues( worst I’ve seen though
) if the efforts there but the number of times the ball bounced off him and he just stood there like he was prime Ronaldo. Unforgivable in a semi final.I do feel the club will entertain offers but how much do they need to cut even - £40m? Not sure anyone is going close to that.
Either way, he needs to be playing elsewhere next season on loan or permanently. I think he would struggle in the Championship.
Either way, he needs to be playing elsewhere next season on loan or permanently. I think he would struggle in the Championship.
He’s showing absolutely zero signs that he can be a top player.
In this particular case, they are.
The worst possible outcome for a final for him/us was facing a fellow PL team where he has no physical presence or advantage. If Van den Ven plays, he’s toasted toast.
Will be amazed if he has any positive impact or contribution in the final. At best, the hope is fatiguing the backline some for others to work on.
He’s not someone I’d want coming off the bench at this level of stakes, let alone starting.
Wish him the best, but it’s blind hope because United, not for truly believing he has it about him to be an asset against PL opposition.
Will be amazed if he has any positive impact or contribution in the final. At best, the hope is fatiguing the backline some for others to work on.
He’s not someone I’d want coming off the bench at this level of stakes, let alone starting.
Wish him the best, but it’s blind hope because United, not for truly believing he has it about him to be an asset against PL opposition.
I don’t think he is even good enough to be a backup for any top ten side.
Club needs to recognise the mistake and get rid of this summer.
We basically have to hope a goal is laid on a plate for him like last night. That's the only way I see him scoring.
His last 3 games he's scored 2 and won a penalty, so by his standards he's in decent form. Hopefully he gets a lucky bounce go his way in the final and he can score.
Off the pace, can't link the play, can't hold the goal. Always complains
He's frustrating, he's frustated.
We need a better striker than him (John O'shea is better than him)
He's frustrating, he's frustated.
We need a better striker than him (John O'shea is better than him)
Thats not true though... we have seen him score some good goals.. heck he even scored a top goal against Spurs before.
Or he gets in on an angle is brought down for a penalty, something like that. The most unlikely outcome is him outplaying the opposition and tucking something away.
The stakes are so incredibly high now. Absolutely not the game for passengers or hindrances.
The Europa League is fun but the quality is not great - that’s how United and Spurs (14th and 15th place) end up in the final. As for the UCL, our group last year was also poor aside from Bayern. After nearly two full seasons, the evidence points to Hojlund not having the attributes to become an established Premier League level striker, irrespective of goals and assists against second and third tier European sides.
He was okay in the first half. He was good at holding on to the ball, making many good runs and was working well.
When Bilbao pressed us in the second half, he disappeared from the game, but managed to score a goal.
When Bilbao pressed us in the second half, he disappeared from the game, but managed to score a goal.
He was absolutely atrocious last night,.in the first half he got to the ball on the left hand.side unchallenged then miscontrolled it out of play, it was embarrassing, basic stuff he cannot do. He couldn't hold the ball,.he made the wrong runs, he lost pretty much every battle..and made a hogwash of the tap in.
It's got to the point where I feel sorry for him now.
It's got to the point where I feel sorry for him now.
Based on? They would fluke some wins against the likes of Saints and Foxes of this league. But with huge diference in intensity and physicallity, over the 38 game long season they would be much closer to relegation scrap than fighting for European cup spots.
Understand the knock-out cup competition is different to a league campain, but the clue how would they fare in England is the fact that possibly 16 and 17 worst team of this season are both in the final: with one of them comprehensively beating top 4 spanish club in both matches.
As for Hojlund, the only bit of optimism is that similarly strong built Drogba at the same age was struggling in the 2nd French division and matured way later than most other top strikers.
Tried to take a touch and fortunately it went in.
I don't know how he's getting criticism here. Brought his team mates into play, dropped in and laid the ball off a few times allowing Garnacho and Dorgu to make the forward runs, and scored a goal. I thought he had a solid 7/10 performance.
Yea I thought the same, just was looking at him thinking how has this guy become Man Utd’s striker, such a low technical level
Bottom half teams sure
How about teams who are 14th and 15th?
I see 8 goal involvements in 14 European games, 12 goal involvements in 43 games in all comps.
When he doesn't score he doesn't do much, yes it is that bad. Standards are incredibly low if he has been anything other than poor. We used to feel Dimitar Berbatov didn't do enough, now we convince ourselves that Hojlund is doing alright.
That goal he scored was tapped in with little confidence. I thought he almost miskicked
Quietly put him back into the box and onto the shelf.
It got a little deflection from the defender, and he put it in the goal. That's really what matters. The concerning thing is not how he took the goal, but all the bad touches and lost possession in the 90 minutes prior to that.
His goal last night is what ‘service’ looks like for him. If we can lay 20 balls on a plate from a yard out then perhaps he can score enough goals. Otherwise it’s the team’s fault. He wouldn’t be capable of scoring any of the 3 other goals we scored last night, which is the problem and why there’s this narrative that he isn’t served enough to get goals here.
Mount’s first goal and Casemiro’s goals are your regular top striker goals. Nobody would expect him to score either. In addition to Mount, I’ve seen Bruno, Garnacho, Amad, Rashford, Antony and Mainoo all score goals like MM’s first. It’s just the quality required to play at this level.
When Amad skinned his man and played it to Mount who did the back-heel to Shaw - to me, it looked like he was clearly initially looking for Hojlund to make the common sense run in behind. Of course, Rasmus showed no instinct at all and eventually Amad went elsewhere. Fortunately Amad is good enough that his determination to get him a goal meant he could walk one onto his foot a yard out a bit later.
Mount’s first goal and Casemiro’s goals are your regular top striker goals. Nobody would expect him to score either. In addition to Mount, I’ve seen Bruno, Garnacho, Amad, Rashford, Antony and Mainoo all score goals like MM’s first. It’s just the quality required to play at this level.
When Amad skinned his man and played it to Mount who did the back-heel to Shaw - to me, it looked like he was clearly initially looking for Hojlund to make the common sense run in behind. Of course, Rasmus showed no instinct at all and eventually Amad went elsewhere. Fortunately Amad is good enough that his determination to get him a goal meant he could walk one onto his foot a yard out a bit later.
Our eyes aren't deceiving us every game. He offers next to nothing. Everyone else around him is some sort of threat - some obviously more than others - but he's the easiest striker to mark in the whole of Europe. He gravitates towards his markers, almost never tries to hang on the shoulder of the last defender and beat the offside trap, he is out muscled pretty much every time, and he couldn't trap a bag of cement. We are playing with 10 men every time he's on the pitch. Zirkzee, Maguire, Obi and Mainoo have all looked better in his position. He's beyond redemption, as far as I'm concerned.
Exactly that, this is what people expect when they ask for him to have service and for some reason people on here want to tell you that he works his socks off creating space for everyone else to score. Despite the fact that those players continue to do the exact same things in the exact same spaces when he doesn't play. Silent domination is always the go to defence of a player who doesn't contribute but people desperately want to pretend does contribute.
He lacks the basic instincts of a striker and his movement is poor. There is a reason that when Mount, Obi, Mainoo, etc. come on they're able to fashion chances and get shots off. I wouldn't be surprised if Mount hasn't had more shots since returning from injury than Hojlund has in the last 3 months, but somehow it is everyone else's fault that Hojlund doesn't even get shots off because "no service". Having a quick look at the stats and Casemiro and Dorgu average more shots and shot creating actions per90 than Hojlund does. You could put almost any of our midfielders up top and, at worst, they'd mimic his contribution.
Much better players like Berbatov, Martial, Pogba, Lingard, Nani, etc. have received a ton more critique and much higher standards demanded of them than people seem to demand of Hojlund. I would prefer to see Mount or Mainoo start up there because they could at least help us retain possession and ease pressure, I fear for us against Spurs. Yes, he may score a lucky goal or 2 in the game but that would be out of the ordinary and not proof that he is good, the most predicable result is him ending up on the floor constantly and any ball towards him resulting in a turnover of possession which we cannot afford in a final.
Despite the goal he was awful again, I'm sure he's a nice guy but it's embarrassing to watch such a technically poor player lead the line for us. Weghorst would genuinely be doing better.
Your either Danish Hojlund fan or didn't see the game? Either way 7/10 don't make me laugh, watch the game again if you still think he is 7/10 DM me and ill buy you a pair of glasses.
Whoever wrote the 72million cheque for this lad should be slapped around the street with a huge fish until they can't take any more
Horrific performance topped off by a strange and awkward consolation goal. It was like the ball came to him and he just froze on the spot and hoped the trajectory would do the work.
He has played 509 of the 570 minutes of our six knockout games in the UEL this season as the main striker, and only scored one of our 15 non-penalty goals.
He just doesn't have the ability to score goals at the top level. He plays with Bruno Fernandes in a team where Garnacho misses a bunch of clear cut chances almost every game, yet he can't put himself in positions to get shots away.
To be fair it came through legs and got a deflection on the way, at least he was in the right place this time
64+8 in bonuses if I remember rightly which you have to imagine will never be paid.
His value increased massively at the time of our purchase because clubs were looking for the next Haaland
He seems like a likable lad but he's not been good enough to be our main CF regardless of transfer fee. And for someone his size, he falls too easily. I expected him to be hard to deal with because he looked fast and strong. Mount's first goal was how I expected him to score goals... make a space to shoot while holding the defender with his body. But instead, he's more of.. uhhh a less clinical and slower Chicarito I suppose? and with worse positioning too. So I guess not even a worse version of Chicarito, just a bad striker.
Same fella that paid more for Antony!!
I said this at the time. I don’t think we go for him at all if Haaland didn’t exist.
Indeed. It may already be too late, but we must sell immediately this summer before the cat if fully out of the bag and we’re left with negative equity. It appears some Italian clubs still think he’s up to something, and we need to take their money while there is any on the table and move on.