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Rasmus Hojlund

Was it a mistake buying him and him alone up top? He’s absolutely got potential and I can see why some were excited for the signing but he looks like what he is. Pure potential and not ready to lead the line.

We scored just 58 goals last season and were crying out for a 20 goal a season striker but instead either Ten Hag or Fletcher decided to go for a guy who was outscored by Lookman last season at Atalanta and who has 0 goals in 7 PL games.

Of course our slump isn’t all his fault but how are we supposed to compete in the biggest games when we have a novice up top and someone who imo SAF would have brought in as an Ole style supersub to start his career at United until he was ready.

I keep saying we should bring in Toney in Jan but people counter (with a probably very logical) riposte that we’re not gonna go spend another £70 million on a striker. So if we’re not how do we reconcile the fact that we have a good striker who probably won’t really deliver for us for a couple of seasons and that’s if his confidence isn’t shot by then and no one else to get the goals we need right now?

posted on 30/10/23

comment by Taki Minamino (U20650)
posted 26 seconds ago
Who is doing the transfers now, are these ten hags signings?
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I think so. The Dutch connections are telling.

But as Ole has revealed, the reason Maguire got a game over others is because he cost the club a lot of money.... and therefore he plays.

posted on 30/10/23

Hojlund was not a mistake but not getting an experienced CF with guaranteed goals for a few seasons was.

However, the main issue for Hojlund is he's feeding off scraps, the players who occupy both flanks are incapable of creating quality chances consistently, that's his main issue.

posted on 30/10/23

Was it a mistake buying him and him alone up top?

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Nope. But playing him alone up top probably is. Looks lost and isolated. As does Rashford on the left.

44fecking2.

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 30/10/23

comment by Franko Cantona (U22187)
posted 35 minutes ago
If the whole team played with the heart and commitment shown by Hojlund yesterday the team would have left the pitch with pride even in defeat.

The boos when he was taken off instead of Rashford said it all and exposed the timidity of the manager hooking the kid rather than a so lazy and uninterested so called superstar.
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posted on 30/10/23

Hindsight says CR7 was right about every single thing he said about the sorry state of affairs in this club

posted on 30/10/23

comment by Robb - Under Neon Loneliness (U22716)
posted 3 hours, 10 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 minute ago
He’s certainly not the problem. If he played for City he’d have 5 or 6 league goals by now.
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That kinda misses the point though. Why spend that much on a striker to join a side that he was never going to succeed at this season. Surely it would be better to find a striker that would suit what we’re trying to do and plays to our strengths.
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What are our strengths at the moment?

comment by N2 (U22280)

posted on 30/10/23

Absolutely. I did say we needed another goal scorer as we just didn't have enough goals in our team.

I didn't think it would be this bad though.

posted on 30/10/23

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 4 hours, 5 minutes ago
Martial has always suited this team better but ETH loves the big lump striker. His Ajax period was telling. His success was mostly with a withdrawn 9. He goes on and changes to a target man and could not match the performance.

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ETH consistently played Martial and praised him last season, and Martial kept getting injured after playing about 45 minutes. It's not anti-Martial favouritism.

As for Ajax, ETH had success with a wide range of different profiles. He played a tricky false nine in his best CL campaign. More of a traditional target man in the league at the same time. And a much more mobile, dynamic centre forward in Haller in his second generation side.
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Ignoring Carrick who only oversaw 3 games, ETH currently has the highest win rate of any manager in United history. Not sure the criticism is fully justified yet.

posted on 30/10/23

comment by welshpoolfan (U7693)
posted 59 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 4 hours, 5 minutes ago
Martial has always suited this team better but ETH loves the big lump striker. His Ajax period was telling. His success was mostly with a withdrawn 9. He goes on and changes to a target man and could not match the performance.

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ETH consistently played Martial and praised him last season, and Martial kept getting injured after playing about 45 minutes. It's not anti-Martial favouritism.

As for Ajax, ETH had success with a wide range of different profiles. He played a tricky false nine in his best CL campaign. More of a traditional target man in the league at the same time. And a much more mobile, dynamic centre forward in Haller in his second generation side.
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Ignoring Carrick who only oversaw 3 games, ETH currently has the highest win rate of any manager in United history. Not sure the criticism is fully justified yet.
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I wasn't aware of that!

posted on 30/10/23

Ignoring Carrick who only oversaw 3 games, ETH currently has the highest win rate of any manager in United history. Not sure the criticism is fully justified yet.

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