Another game and another blank for Rasmus Hojlund. This time in Manchester United's crunch Champions League tie against Bayern Munich. But with Erik Ten Hag's men crashing out of Europe, and the finger of blame starting to point at his misfiring striker, is he really the problem?
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Any striker would struggle in this team , Rashford doesn’t pass, Anthony doesn’t pass Garnacho doesn’t pass, Scott doesn’t pass. Expecting a 20yrs striker to score from 1 shot a game is crazy. Why buy a tall striker if you are not going to cross the ball
Yeah,and he,s contributing nothing to the team.absolutely useless player at this point.we aren't in the bundesliga🤣if you can't link up and bring others into play,you are a lower level st in the prem.even haaland can but hojlund is a princess who,s too good for that 🤣
@@ShawnGitahithat was a judgement by the club. Can't blame the player.
@@ShawnGitahi first if all hojlund was never in the bundesliga at any point ever so comparing him saying this isn't the bundesliga was innacurate...second who tf is he linking up with...he has no one around him to link up with apart from garnacho and bruno who actually try to play one two passes with him, but the rest of the players are not on the same wavelength..i mean seriously how many times have you seen hojlund hold up a ball and try to lay it off to a team mate, only for the teammate to either not bother or have a poor first touch...stop blaming the kid for being a 'low level striker' he's actually trying...God knows martial wouldn't have scored the goals the kid's scored in the CL
@ShawnGitahi You clearly don't know football.
He has a pretty decent expected assists stat but linking up and bring others into is something he has been trying to do, we are just dysfunctional as a real. Also he is 20 years old. That are old and better players than him who can’t do this but he is trying. At the end of the day he wasn’t meant to be our main striker but a back up, regardless of this he has lacked service which he needs to score goals. Even Haaland would look below average playing in this team. Haaland can get involved in build at city or he can just be there to finish. But this isn’t city.
When Kane was 20 he was on loan at Leicester & Norwich scoring a total of 2 goals, United expecting a kid to carry them without playing in anyway that helps him.
It's peak when Dalot chooses to shoot from a tight angle than pass it back
I saw hojlund asking for it
Bro, I was pissed also
Goldbridge says that their strikers regularly have the graveyard shift and that's so accurate, their midfield is so awful it ruins the whole attack. Why let Mctominay do whatever he wants and ruin the whole balance just because he sometimes scores a goal, it reaks of desperation
My guys missed 8 big chances in the prem Graveyard shift or not, kid has been woerful when given the chance
@@Alex-tn3tq every striker misses chances just look at haaland this season but its key to keep creating chances for your striker which united is woeful at
@@destrolled5231 Haaland is also the top scorer Hojlund misses chances and doesn't score jackshit This lack of service nonsense is crap when the guys missed the same amount of big chances as Nicolas Jackson and Ollie Watkins
@@Alex-tn3tq I don't know where you got the 8 from, but no way he's been that wasteful. Does that Crystal Palace "tap in" that was a reflex redirection (not a shot) after a deflection count? Well then.
@@Alex-tn3tq he is also the champions League top scorer, he's a good player but man united have such a bad midfield it doesn't matter
Kane is an absolute dream for the other attackers: Kane can strike (both feet and head) and drop and assist so he can soak up pressure and still perform or provide others opportunities. He can also pass incredibly well long or short...
Put Kane in this Man U team and they will say he is the problem
Gives them space too purely because 'Kane is on the pitch', so he gets doubled-up or crowded.
Plus he bottles every big game he's in
He’s also ten years older than Hojlund. Need to cut him some slack. I blame the other players more than him.
same reason ronaldo martial cavani struggled in that team. graveyard shift
For a 20 year old striker with so little experience, he is rather good with his back to goal. The price paid is not his fault.
Exactly. Utd signed a young inexperienced player with potential for too much money. They now expect him to be the finished article and pundits are deciding what he can and can't do when he's not even finished developing physically.
@@sdemosi aint a bad price for the crazy work he puts in we got no one else that can do that
@@starc. That's because Utd's standards are so low. Putting in work should be the minimum requirement but at Utd it seems extraordinary as we have a dreadful club culture for over a decade. . Hojlund will improve but he's not ready to lead the Utd line yet. Case in point was his chance to score today. He should really have done better.
@@sdemosi asking that of a 20 year old that one half decent chance thats asking a lot
@@starc. No I'm not. My expectations are that Utd have a world class striker. Hojlund isn't there, maybe he will be. But the club should have ambitions beyond maybe qualifying for the Champions League every season and winning the occasional cup. We won't achieve those ambitions without a great striker.
Finally, the elephant in the room is addressed by the media. Props. The service is awful. Greenwood was doing it when CR7 came back too. Its an ongoing problem.
Sacking the manager would be a good idea if we already haven't done it before 4 separate times, since Fergie we haven't a manager for more than 3 seasons so it's obvious there are more issues than 'manager bad' which include the lack of a sporting director as a huge issue. These bad performances are not the problem, they're the symptom of systemic issues within the club but fans seem to think that sacking and re-hiring a another manager will turn United back to where we were 20 years ago with these players which is pure delusion. United need to stick with ten Hag, bring in a sporting director, bring in more players who fit his system and then see how the team performs.
Agreed implementing proper structure should be their main priority but as long the greedy Glazers are there we will never be back to what we should be we just lost 28m by not qualifying in Europa now we are not even going to finish in top 4 and will be playing in conference cup since they are missing out i presume that they will be out around 40- 50 mil and i dont think this will be a good news for them in transfer while all those above us keep improving even Newcastle and some other bottom teams.
You are delusional. Why are you so certain that sticking with a manager who is clearly out of his depth will suddenly just sort itself out? There's absolutely no evidence of any progress being made, yet so many gobshite United fans have cooked up this fantasy that 7hag is elite and it'll magically just become brillliant after an arbitrary amount of years. You were saying the same about that useless clown Solskjaer, backing him despite the glaringly obvious fact that he was a terrible appointment. Wake up. The reality is each manager has actually been given too much time in the job. Do you not look at other clubs changing manager and progressing and think "hmm maybe that would work at United" Newcastle and Villa were on their way to relegation, they changed manager and with largely the same players made an immediate tactical impact. Get it out of your tiny, gullible mind that sticking with this atrociously shite manager is the only way forward for the club.
Stick with ten hag? U man are daft….this guy has a worse record than fuckin Gary Neville at Valencia. 50% loss rate after he’s been here 18months and spent close to 400mil signing 14+players. “Bring more players to fit the system”….bro what system? This team has no style of play and that stems from the manager. Yes, it sucks to have to find another guy but it’s clear as daylight that ten hag isn’t the man. We can’t lay a glove on any team in the top 10 let alone challenge for anything and yet this guy says we’re making progress.
Finally someone with sense
@@apexmva7614 by "sense" you must mean "blindly loyal to a dogshit manager"
I put it to you that even if we had Harry Kane, he would also not have scored a goal in the EPL this season. United simply don't create enough (or any) high quality chances. The wingers can't dribble past fullbacks (except maybe Garnacho) to cross the ball. The Full backs are terrible in attack, Dalot against Bournemouth decided to shoot from an impossible angle instead of finding Hojlund. And our midfield is mediocre at best. We have no threats from anywhere. We can't even score from corners and free-kicks.
I disagree. Drop Kane in and our attack improves instantly. Firstly, Rashford might be scoring if Kane is in the team. He improves how we circulate the ball in attack and even though Hojlund's movement is very good, Kane is legendary in his movement. So, Kane would probably be in the top 3 scorers in the league as he was for past 5-6 years. But this is all speculation.
Kane would be registering assists by doing the things Bruno should be doing. Quality, sensible passes to other attackers in and just outside the box. Kane wouldn't be doing as well as he is at Bayern but he would still improve Utd.
If he got 30 goals for that dogshit spurs side he would definitely have scored for you by now. He'd go and take it from midfield himself
i'd also suggest Kane would be winning and taking penalties for Utd. I am a Spurs fan, and the fact we have won a grand total of ONE penalty all season shows just how good he was at that side of the game. I know opposition fans hated him for this, but it's just a skill he had (it wasn't diving, it was just using his skill and experience to create the opportunity). If United allowed Hojland to even take penalties, that would help his confidence at the very least. But what United have is a bunch of selfish players that can't seem to operate as a fully functional team. Bruno is very talented. But he spends his time moaning rather than creating. Rashford is quick and direct but he doesn't really help the team create. In fact that stat that showed just how poor the three attacking mid/forwards were in creation was shocking.
"not have scored" nah man makes service if it isn't given to him
Great video. Although he did score many goals R. Lukaku was also having the problems at Utd. It's like having a power drill with a defective battery
I honestly see a shade of Lukaku in Hojlund. That donkey first touch is so disgustingly nostalgic.
Stupid comment as he did score This is about not scoring
His goals in the first two games against Bayern and Galatasaray gave an idea about his potential. But he is not receiving proper service.
fukaku is a 🤡
I think this guy is younger then pellistri and amad, same with hannibal he shouldnt be compared to kane, he is having a great season for young striker 5 goals before christmas
Even haaland wont score goals by playing with mctominey anthony rashford garnacho dalot bissaka
he would actually as those are all the same style counter attacking fast pace players whereas hojlund and pep and arteta and EtH all trying to play opposite with tikitaka
I respectfully disagree with Højlund lacking the ability to function as a link up player. He is very capable of receiving a pass, holding onto the ball, and passing it to either a winger or an AM in the run. Obviously not on the same level as Kane, but he is not terrible at it either. Højlund has disappointed me a little bit with his tally (or lack thereof) in the PL, but I think he is promising and he does get into good positions. Just need that one goal to get started. Doesnt help that Man U sucks in the build up play. What are they even trying to do?
Even prime R9 would struggle with this squad... Rashford dont pass. Antony is playing on the wrong side of wing as he is one footed.. Garnacho always looks to take on defenders so he cant pass.. McTominay is just the weakest link in our team & that is exactly why Amrabat & Casemiro were struggling cuz of his mistakes Hojlund will be one of the very best soon.. Hes still 20 ;)
"sacking of your Ma.." Lmaoo. Great video. Adam has a unique way of analyzing things and present it in a funny way.
If wingers and midfielders will start create him chance he will score every match even ten hag said players not feeding him with chances
It's like these United players are uncoachable... Very strange indeed.
Crazy how manchester keep signing good players and they suddently stop blossoming or straight up kills their careers, meanwhile they still perform with their national squad 🤣 weird, weird, weird, isn't ? 😂
Was saying this all through last season, the amount of times people said United just need a striker, and I look at that team and think they wouldn’t know what to do with a striker. Martial might be a mannequin, but one thing he got really good at, when he can be bothered, is holding up the ball to bring other players into the game. And that was also what Weghorst was doing. United don’t have the creative players needed to service a goal poacher like Hojlund. Actually, I tell a lie, they have one, but he’s fallen out with the manager. I don’t think changing the manager would change anything because Rashford, Antony, Garnacho, they aren’t going to fundamentally change and become a creative powerhouse overnight. But we all knew this. We all knew Hojlund was a huge gamble, and the striker United really wanted and should have gone for was Harry Kane. But Kane is too expensive, okay, so go find another player like Kane, they do exist. There’s Kolo Muani, and Gonçalo Ramos, and Marcus Thuram, and all of those players moved this summer while United were figuring out how to not get their pants pulled down on Mason Mount. Maybe there’s another striker they could have found, whatever scouting department found Hojlund surely could have found somebody closer to the player they actually wanted? And I don’t think he’s a bad player, I think he’s young and he’s only had time to learn how to do certain things. But you’re asking him to be the final jigsaw piece in a puzzle United have been putting together for 24 months, and he’s the wrong shape. So do you persist with it and keep trying to hammer that piece until it fits or breaks, or do you accept you bought the wrong piece and go find somebody that’s a better fit in January? Because the alternative is that the squad you’ve just spent a lot of money assembling to play a certain way, is all wrong and you need a different group of players to fit this one puzzle piece. It’s not like you can’t win games with a more creative, less goal focused striker, United did well last season but also Arsenal have built their squad to do much the same. City have the model Hojlund would fit in, because they’ve got creativity everywhere, pre-Haaland their no-striker, all creator system was just an engine for creating high value chances that they’ve now put the most dangerous striker in the world at the pointy end of. United sticking with Hojlund isn’t just bad for Hojlund, it’s fundamentally changed Marcus Rashford’s game, and now a guy who scored 30 last season looks like he couldn’t find the net with a map and a compass.
Spot on
Great analysis here 👏🏻
Hojlund has probably made the jump too quickly to Utd. They've paid twice his value on the hope of his potential - but he's never going to grow in that team. A season in Serie A or Ligue 1 would help him no end. But you can't do that when you have invested pretty much your whole summer transfer budget in one player.
When they play it long to Højlund the rest do not show up in time at all. The midfield takes forever to get to him, or they intentionally sit back and watch him, waiting for him to win the duel. He's not going to score, because nobody besides McTominay has better finishing than him, yet they're using him to create chances for them. He's being used like he's some younger version of Weghorst. Back to goal, dropping down, holding up, making runs away from goal, playing others in. The current chaos is the remains of what was going to be the initial build - a supporting forward up top that plays the young scoring wingers inside the box. Sancho/Rashford/Antony were supposed to score and that sort of happened. I remember Ronaldo visibly cringing at Sancho missing his shots after he plays him in. It's almost comical watching Martial's reactions every time Rashford was heading for the box. The look he gives and his initial position showing up in space to receive for a shot and then realizing Rashford has nothing of the sort in mind as Martial makes a run away from center to drag a defender for Rashford to shoot yet again. He never gave up on pointing and waving as he gets ignored/unnoticed 90% of the time. Bruno/Eriksen had their very short runs as False 9s. Sancho had a pretty decent performance as one once before he decided to get better at playing FIFA at home instead till 4 AM. It's a team that is in a rebuild that now needs to rebuild from the rebuild.
Totally agree on this. Hojlund's hold up play is actually decent, he just got bullied against a more experienced Bayern team. But more often than not in the PL, there are no teammates nearby for him to play to after holding up the ball successfully. You've said it well about Rashford's tunnel vision issues, but it's not limited to the wingers. Dalot was a great example last weekend vs Bournemouth when he chose to shoot from a very tight angle after a good build-up, instead of squaring to Hojlund for a better chance. It's almost as if some of these players have some sort of hero complex. As for the false 9 thing, no one in the United squad is fit for this. Just see the exchanges between Kane and Sane in 3:42, none of Eriksen, Bruno or Sancho would make such a run into the six yard area after admiring their pass.
@@sususegar He does try to do too much. Not even Giroud would attempt to turn and dribble away from the defender. He does it, because nobody comes to get it from him. Three or four seconds with his back to the defender is all he should have to manage.
Another great video from our main man Adam Clery!
This is really a good video. Great job
Would be interesting to see if a more assist focused player like sancho came back into the team. Having bruno and sancho feed rasmus in behind could get him and man united a few more goals
How many assists did Sancho get for Man Utd?
@@st3pp3nw0lf86 get ten hag out of here and Sancho will be back to his dourtmund days
Sancho doesn't play for man utd anymore.
@@xoctovoid313 was sancho good under ole?
It is always easy when everything behind you i paved well, same thing applies to the manager having good owners, sporting director, transfer people and ceo
Bayern aside, Rasmus typically plays quite well with his back to goal.
Other than the analysis, the way you talk is a form of 'entertainment' in itself. Bravo!
The problems have been the same for a while. This is why Mourinho wanted Perisic. And what Ole wanted Trippier.
That too. The quality of balls played from the wings is extraordinarily bad. You can't really call them crosses when they rarely find a Utd player in the box. We also do all this inverted winger shite which works best if the winger has 2 working feet.
@@sdemosi that's the other thing. Inverted wingers need to be two footed.
@@anigerianninja4577 "has two working feet", I never said they had to be equally skilled with both of them just able to do enough with the other foot to not be entirely predictable. You read that into my comment. And the examples you cite are Messi and Robben? 😁 Yes let's just sign them then 🤷♂️
Great video and analysis. Now I see why Hojlund frustrated me, he's expected to do what he can't do. I saw this when he gets a bad touch from seemingly simple balls. Now I get it, he doesn't have the technique we need him to have. So we need to switch/tweak the style
Watching these videos to strengthen my FM24 strategic game.. Also growing ManU fan..well trying to grow. its a painful journey
United have been so terrible at playing out the back, I want to see them try the same thing that Bayern do at 5:00 here with Kane. Hojlund is big and physical and he has looked decent at contesting those long balls on the odd chance he gets them. Last couple of games we have had so many possessions where our defenders and Onana just keep passing back and forth to each other while the opposition slowly pushes further and further up until someone panics and makes a mistake.
You explained it very well
Yea, Rashford on the wing will only ever look for a dense group of opponents (3-4 is perfect) and then run at them with the ball, kick it into the middle of them ,and run after it hoping they'll just let him through. And Antony on the right, can't use his right foot, so he'll cut back in and try to hit one of the supporters midway up in the stands. Garnacho on the left, in fairness, is the best of them, and he'll sometimes try to get crosses in if he's not in the mood to score a goal himself.
Its really simple, we have wingers who dont cross the ball into the box and fullbacks who rarely overlap and thus dont cross the ball into the box therefore the only player feeding Hojlund is Bruno. Garnacho does put a few in to his credit but not nearly enough
Rasmus Højlund has scored plenty of goals for Manchester United in the Champions League before they crashed out so wrong to say he has not scored goals. He is yet to score his first PL goal but I don't think many should be to be worried about him not being able to translate his CL and Denmark form. The goals will come in the PL and what's scary is he is only 20 years old. The kid is still growing and already his pace and power is unrivalled in the squad. I think a lot will click into place when him and Garnacho develop their partnership more because the Argentinian is going to be key to constant chance creation. As a number 9 Højlund makes all the right runs and has not been spoiled with delivery considering the quality of his teammates. Bruno, Rashford, Garnacho can can all deliver more chances for him and that is going to happen when the chemistry improves.
Wed be better off going back to two up front. 2-3-3-2 would give eric the coverage of the field he wants for his passing game. Defence is covered and with two up front therell be no excuse for rashford, antony or garnacho to keep shooting now that theres be 3 to 4 players in or around the box in better scoring positions.
They don't need a stiker at this point, just put a random cm in front that can make plays and make him cf
I believe ten hag has had to play a lil more defensively lately because of the injuries and how weak the defense is unfortunately our attackers are suffering from it But I wouldn’t call that bad management
Rasmos can do the hold up play I don't think that is the main problem, the striker is younger and uppermicano is way stronger and more experienced than he is. I can tell you for free Rasmos is good with hold up play may be not very good link up play yet. Manutd simply didn't create or get behind the defence. Part of the problem is the wingers like you rightly said and Mctominay who played higher than Bruno in that game was also incapable of assisting or creating. He preferred to go backwards and sideways he rarely passed forward.
Did not expect the adepta sororitas to turn up in a football video!
He has more chance when both Erikson and Casemiro playing! they are providing ball for him so he could score. Since they are injured Højlund run dry. With them I am sure the goals in PL would come! we need midfielder like them!
Lets not forget that a 37 yo ronaldo outscored Kane with same team while being coached by ralf ragnick and without case, varane and the new signings
Buying a finisher and then surrounding him with players who only shoot, not cross is madness.
hes not the finisher type of striker
He’s a 20 years old going against Bayern with Neuer and they are blaming.
I think it has been easier for Højlund scoring in the CL since those matches has been with teams that focus more on attack than defense. Both Gala and FCK has a defense letting in goals pretty much every match! In the Premier League, teams have generally been standing back, leavin little room for the strikers...and with the half a chance per match utd creates for him, no wonder Højlund havent really hit the ground running...
harry kane scores 5 goals a season in this team, united doesn't work in any conceivable way
that moment when you realise Fred was putting in quite a shift at united positioning himself and running in the stead of 2 midfielders (mctominay is a ghost in the midfield) just so bruno and attackers could move up is wild. Now Scott is the highest playing mid, and he never has the ball, ETH is just hoping for a hail mary kind of goal from him with no actual plan. Then there's the wingers who can't cross or put the ball in any dangerous areas to save their lives. SO what do you expect from the 19yr old striker short of miracles? They one winger who could at least try to create some chances for other players has been booted because the manager wanted to scapegoat him. Like damn, united really is a dumpsterfire at this point. I feel bad for Hojlund, because he is good, his work rate and finishing ability are the realdeal, he just has no help.
Appreciate the 40K crossover
I feel like ETH was hired mainly to apply some law and order at a dysfunctional club, but as a coach he's quite behind the times - the point about setting up in a 433 is a case in point, this is the old dutch system which has been overtaken by other tactical options for years now.
if you looked at Höjlund scout video year ago it showed he made most of hes goals from passes near goal line by sliding
I disagree that he’s not good at holding the ball up, against Bayern it was just top opposition… Also XA is quite a poor leveller because it doesn’t take into account the passes that just never happened. Multiple times the widemen have taken a shot instead of passing, therefore not counted within XA. I get it was to make a point, but not the best metric imo.
Great analysis, but maybe start with Rasmus being 20 years old so it is clear it isn’t an apples to apples comparison. How many goals did Kane score when he was 20?
someone send this video to Erik Ten Hag and his coaching staff! Plus the other players need to realize this too so they can atleast help out our striker score.
He can't score without the ball,they don't get it to him. The boys getting rusty,when he eventually gets the ball he's going to miss his chance through lack of opportunity.
Last few games I’ve seen McTominay getting right into postitions that Hojlund is already in and almost “stealing” the chances away from him
So are we going to give Martial the same excuse of not building the team around him because I tell you what at least the ball sticks to Tony Martial and he can link up play. Rasmus touch is bad and he always backs up into the defender rather than make space for himself. He needs to get in to the box more and demand the ball. Not ready and never was imo. We should’ve got an experienced striker to help him. Id move for Ivan Toney in January.
Man U won't spend on Ivan. Best they will do is get someone on loan for 6 months.
hojlund couldn't drop deeper cos that space by occupied by Mctominay playing as a second striker. Start playing Bruno as a number 10 with mainoo and Amrabat/Casemiro behind him for cover.
Put 2 creative wide men in the team, and a midfielder who can keep possesion and cover for Bruno pushing forward and he'll start scoring regularly.
That Sisters of Battle reference... 😮
Like if Pep was there, Rashford and Garnacho would suddenly start picking their heads up, bump into 3 defenders with dribbling or passing instead of shooting (who even does something stupid like that?). Or maybe a squad assembled by Louis, Ole, Jose and Hag is currently a Frankenstein and you actually have to stop jumping to conclusions before the rebuild is actually finished. Imagine Onana->Martinez->Shaw->"Proper Ball playing Midfielder"->"Proper creative winger"->Rasmus combinations
Pretty sure Utd had someone who did hold up the ball and move it to others. Tall, dutch guy. Some wingers (be that full backs or wide forwards) that can consistently deliver crosses and cutbacks would be handy. I wonder if Beckham feels like a move back to Manchester?
He did exactly that. Weghorst didn't need to score because he was actually bringing other players into the game who could score. It made more sense than what's happening now.
"shoot less often instructions" is missing for all players
Tactical genius from ten Hag.
If Antony is just going to be an inside forward who doesn't run past players, create or score then just play Fernandes on the right who does. Then you can have Mainoo and Amrabat/Casemiro/Mejbri as an actual existing midfield pair with McTominay doing his Lidl Lampard impression ahead. Left side is whoever, you want them to stretch the pitch and attract defenders and run at goal more than you want them to create, basically be a second striker but wide. United haven't had any run at all where they could play the same team and learn to play together either, to be fair.
Rasmus is a great striker. He is not getting any service. Put anyone up front and they will fail. Kane would not score goals either if he was playing for this team. Hojlund is the future and he will be a big star one day.
That pretty much sums it up. Hojlund is a good striker but not suited to this team. It's going to take a more pragmatic manager than Ten Hag to make it work
Question. Would sacking the manager make Antony, Rashford and Garnacho better assisters?
No but he plays them. So he sacks himself.
@@incognito96 bro you're a victim of narrative. Think about what you just said. There are no other wingers at the club. And you want to sack the manager for playing the wingers he has available.
@@abhishektyagi2128 easy platy 2 up front , why play a formation that doesnt work. Swallow yur pride like you did varane and play sancho, brig greenwood back as his charge was the same as antonys. Im sure their are other options. If he has to rely on them hes sacked himself.
@@incognito96 gernacho is worth playing at least he runs tries and scores in recent form
@@starc. only thing is his final ball, and awareness, which has too improve.
Thought I was tripping when the Adepta Sororitas showed up! Only in death!
Kane was dropping quite a lot in the game i dont know where that "cant drop" narrative came, they are amazing at recognising spaces, its not that he cant
Only solution to this is they need a creative deep lying midfielder like pirlo or xabi Alonso or even modric to continue the flow of attack while being able to defend well, but players like this are rare. And also Wingers have to create more chances for the striker rather than trying to shoot more. Needless to say, they need more players to be more creative. Not just Bruno making creative plays. Back then when Van Nistleroy was the pure striker, he had Scholes Giggs Beckham ready to pass him the ball. It’s sad cuz Sancho was that player who prefers assisting more than goal according to him in an interview but the guy is not disciplined properly
Van De Beek was being de bruyne for Ajax and now he will hang his boots. No injuries, just ManU.
There is only one apparent problem Højlund has and its his first touch. His first touches are quite bad, and he would probably be much stronger in direct play instead. However, no one gives him chances and just do it themselves, and then fail. Højlund is the striker in PL to get the LEAST amount of passes
Kinda hard to score when most of your teammates rather kicking the ball for a goal kick than passing to you
In financial terms there is huge demand but no supply
I have to disagree two points in the video. 1) I think ETH is intentionally play with 2 8s instead of 2 pivots. While it is true that if either McTominay or Bruno can track back more to help with defence and link up play, it will be a big benefit to the team, I don't think it is McTominay leaving Amrabat alone to cover all the places, but a tactical choice. 2) Hojlund can handle link-up play, and actually he is quite good of that. However, he was overpowered by Upamecano and Kim, two players that linked up with United, sigh. The comparison of Bayern and United are not fair. Bayern has a bunch of long-servicing core players that in the club, even there are some tactical change, but their teamwork and partnership and well established. United doesn't have the same luxury or legacy in the squad.
Another great video Adam. Bet you're so happy you left What Culture. They've gone woke mad.
I think it's too late to judge Hojlund or his abilities, he is an younger striker who has come into a struggling team with not much creativity. Also the last few games I have noticed Mctominay in the striker's position while Hojlund is trying to give space to Mctominay which might be affecting Hojlund's positioning, this is the management and Ten Hag's fault, we needed another decent striker while giving some time for Hojlund to settle in, Greenword might have been that option and that got fucked up.
I agree bro Rashford, Antonio and Garnacho just don't give the kid the ball. It's so sad. Why then did we buy a striker. Some players need to be flushed out😢
@@rhesaparis5543The fact that they don't pass is whats the problem. I wouldn't blame højlund for shouting at them and demanding the ball when his teammate takes a shot from an impossible angle instead of even looking for him
Against Bournemouth Dalot didn't pass it to him, instead he tried threading it through defender, goalkeeper and near post. Instead he hit the side netting. Hojlund gave him a glare. Sir Alex warned United's senior players because they weren't passing the ball to Robin van Persie when he joined the club. They were threatened with being dropped. His goals won them a league. Pass Hojlund the ball and then blame him. He's scored a typical 9's goals in the UCL no real reason why he can't do it in the Premier League. His hold up play is very good, just look at the way he muscles his opponents. Has an eye for a pass too. Selfish pricks at the club are causing the problems that we see. Both on and off the field.
Hojlund not scoring is 100% due to lack of tactical nous. I was a big fan of EtH but now not sure he has the ability to adapt quickly and decisively to his available players and the opposition. Oh dear
Hojlund is simply too young and raw to do what Utd expect him to. They need a player who can drop deep and hold up the ball while bringing other players into the game. They do not need a "pure finisher" as a number 9 because they do not have the link up players to provide chances for that type of player to get on the end of. Hojlund isn't actually that either. He can do link up play but he's panicking. Mostly at Atlanta he ran into channels like he's doing at Utd but he was more confident about what his teammates were going to do. At Utd running into channels means becoming isolated because Utd's attackers are not able to judge when and where they should be moving to improve the odds of a successful attack. Utd goals tend to rely on moments of individual brilliance. When Hojlund receives the ball in the channels he may need to beat 1-2 men to score or assist for Utd. The obvious passes and layoffs won't work because the wingers and fullbacks don't seem to anticipate them. He will get little joy from Dalot, Reguillon, Rashford and possibly Antony although he's not as bad as is made out. That's why Ten Hag has been playing Martial. He's more in the mould of the player Utd need but unfortunately he doesn't physically compete so he's too easily pushed out of an EPL or UCL game. The goals Utd concede often involve simple fast passing movements that find space and get a good angle for a shot. Utd have too many players who don't seem to appreciate the basics of football. I'm not saying they are unintelligent in everyday life but they play a very naive football. That's how they get beaten by Bournemouth and other mediocre sides. Hojlund has to improve his overall game and he can do so but it's unlikely to happen as the lone CF for this Utd side. He's under too much pressure. It's not his fault. He's still developing his physique and technique and should not be in this position. I feel sorry for him. I believe he will be a very good CF some day but this is just too soon. Utd can improve things by signing an actual CF with good linkup play and a fast CB with good ball skills. That would transform them overnight. They will still need to upgrade more players to be title contenders but they woukd stop losing easier games to weak opposition.
Without starting the video im guessing the answer is because they're not giving him any service
He was also up against two of the best cbs around. I guess that counts for nothing tho.
kinda unfair to compare Kane with Højlund, but analysis is spot on.
0:01 Lack of service. ✌️
Tbf, at some point Ten Hag wanted United to be the best transition team in the world (which Spurs could have laid claim to at points under Mourinho and Conte... look what that got them). They don't seem to be doing much transitioning.
This was all good until the end. I back ten hag. We don't need to "fundamentally change the way we play football", we need to sack rashford and antony. Best manager at United since fergi (God bless his name)
I really like this breakdown of Rasmus's play, and it really highlights how a healthy Martial could actually fit well (great touch, good with his back to goal), and how shit recruitment at United has been
i love adam so much
Wondering what they do in practice???
what? rasmus højlund is great with his back to goal, best hold up play in the serie a last season (better than giroud). this guy does not know what hes talking about
That’s an easy question, no fucking one is passing the ball to Hojland for shooting… Not Antony, not Garnacho, no teammates passing the ball to him
At Hojlund's age Martial was banging in goals and assist for fun, if Hojlund is not getting service ..why cant the same logic be applied for Martial?
Because Martial doesn't do the stuff that hojlund is doing, and if you're ok with that, then probably would have preferred to keep Ronaldo in that same role
So why did the game go from competitive to a slaughter when he left? he is heavily marked and dangerous on and off the ball thus creating space. @@Yoshimo_
@@keithwhitfield4336 didn't get your point sorry
The point is...if Hojlund not service getting service is the reason for not scoring a goal, then why is it that with the same tools, you call Martial a donkey, to achieve what he has with a different midfield every game for 7 years and scoring 90 goals with 64 assist with no consistent service he must be a legend, the problem with our fan base currently is that no one looks at reality. Now that its Hojlund our midfield sucks, and all this bullshit about tracking back, when your striker gets to far off his makr he misses oppurtunity , when a defender is to far forward and gets caught in a counter attack he creates oppurtunity for the other team. se how that works....Martial and Rashford have been carrying our team for a long time now...its about time we put a little more respect on their names. @@Yoshimo_
I think Bruno Fernandes gets off very lightly here. If it's not Bruno's main job to create chances for the striker then who else's is it? The wingers arent really those types of players. But Bruno is supposed to be. I've watched (endured) almost every Man Utd game this season and i struggle to think of any chances that Bruno has created for Hojlund. Whilst agree that he struggles to hold up the ball. Most of the service he does get is some rushed hospital pass fired into him. Dare I say it but McTomminay or even Van Der Beek would be much more supportive in the number 10 role of the striker than the headless chicken football of Fernandes. They may be much more lacking in ability but they would help the team blend much better
bruno was overburden by carrying utd from day one arriving at the club then the captaincy just buried him hes not made for that so his true creative skill suffers for it
No one is blaming him, but the players that are supposed to create and feed him
How come? Man U was 3rd last season and now they are not even top 4.
@@thetruthsayer8347how come? United were a different side last time. Things change, Chelsea were UCL winners 2 years back, Liverpool were in doldrums a year back. United is shit, but Rasmus is not the problem
@@nananou1687 lmao. Why is it a different rule for him and not for Ronaldo? You people labeled Ronaldo as the problem and all he did was score goals as a good striker would.
ETH seems to have no idea what he wants from his players and when you're being outscored by Scott Mctominay theres an issue
My man lives in delulu land . Remember “delulu is not the solulu”
Doesnt ETH realize this simple fact? Then this is on him. He spent loads on players and let all players play to their ego and this is killing his team. He picked fights with ronaldo whos views makes sense, this manager doesnt know what he is doing but just having inflated ego like his small minded players
even last season without Rasmus United only scored 54 in the prem
that 40k reference really threw me off, I thought I clicked off the vid for a second
This guy has no idea of what Højlunds strenghts are. I understand the analytic part of them not playing him, but he is actually quite capable of link up play and tends to drive to the right flank as well. It does suits him to get the ball while moving towards the goal instead of with his back against it. But its not a weakness of his.
All players are not serving Højlund. They believe that he should prove his price tag all the way by himself. They blame ETH for favoritising him over other players. ETH is powerless to order his players to play he wants.