Rasmus Hojlund | Match Discussion Thread 2024/25

Really feel for the lad. You can sense every time he gets the ball his confidence is just shot to pieces. Could probably do with a loan away and see if he can improve his game but I don’t think he will leave permanently in the summer.
 
It's a shame, 'cause initially he did seem to have some potential. It's just all went so badly wrong for him recently. You do have to wonder if some of it is down to all the changes, but that's the risk you take when you join any good team, you must adapt or it will soon be over for you.
 
I genuinely feel he will come good. Whether he gets the time and the chance remains to be seen. Fingers crossed.
 
I don’t think we can wait for him.

He deserved a 2nd season to show he could kick on.

He hasn’t done it Utd have to look at bringing in another striker
 
I dont think the striker is the issue. Haaland wouldn't get 15 a season with how we are playing. He cannot be judged until we improve. He showed last season he's got the instincts.
 
He can finish no doubt about that but he waits for things to happen.

Haaland makes a 1/2 chance a chance because his movement is so good and physically he’s so quick and strong.

Hojlund can’t even get on the end of half chances.

He looks like he needs a couple of years in Germany or Portugal to learn the game. Just isn’t ready for this level yet.
 
Hojlund is a good finisher but doesn't have the instinct of a good striker. He seems to need chances laid on a plate for him but is often not in the right place to put them away.
 
Just heard that Ipswich was the 13th occasion in 23 league games where Hojlund has not had a shot.
 
RVN said:
Hojlund is a good finisher but doesn't have the instinct of a good striker. He seems to need chances laid on a plate for him but is often not in the right place to put them away.
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We are talking ab out the same Rasmus Hoijland aren't we?
 
A lot was made about the ball across that he dummied rather than take on I don't think that was actually a bad dummy the guy who he'd seen coming in behind him just stopped.

That aside he's just having no impact in games.
 
I think he had a lesson in how to play the striker role from Obi today.
He needs to go out on loan to see if that improves him, only issue with that is it could make him look worse and devalue his stock even more.
Even Zirkzee seems to be improving better than him.
 
The aggression has gone the big smile has gone, he looks like Rashford went not looking interested at all.
 
That international break could do him some good.

I do think they've got to drop him even if it means putting Obi in from the start, Hojlund just can't be in the team right now.
 
jsp said:
That international break could do him some good.

I do think they've got to drop him even if it means putting Obi in from the start, Hojlund just can't be in the team right now.
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It really is playing with 10 men.

This is the only thing that is really winding me up about Amorim - his persistence in starting this guy.
 
Jayc1860 said:
It really is playing with 10 men.

This is the only thing that is really winding me up about Amorim - his persistence in starting this guy.
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His only alternative is a kid from the academy who probably isn't ready to start games.

If the likes of Amad, Mount and Mainoo were fit I think he'd have dropped him by now.
 
His confidence is totally shot.

At this point you are probably leaning towards playing Obi in the EPL ahead of him. Not that I think Obi is 100% ready but may as well get him some games in the league because we aren’t getting relegated and we aren’t pushing into the European places.

I still think Hojlund starts against Sociedad on Thursday, unless Amorim does something funky but he doesn’t really have the options to even do something outside of the box.
 
jsp said:
His only alternative is a kid from the academy who probably isn't ready to start games.

If the likes of Amad, Mount and Mainoo were fit I think he'd have dropped him by now.
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To play Mount, he'd have to drop Bruno.
I agree with @SuperRash the league and FA Cup are over for us, let Hoijland continue in Europe, but the rest of our league fixtures should be centred on playing those players who are going to be with us for the next four or five seasons, with a sprinkling of experience, it's the ideal time to give them some top flight games.
 
Matt Varnish said:
To play Mount, he'd have to drop Bruno.
I agree with @SuperRash the league and FA Cup are over for us, let Hoijland continue in Europe, but the rest of our league fixtures should be centred on playing those players who are going to be with us for the next four or five seasons, with a sprinkling of experience, it's the ideal time to give them some top flight games.
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He could play Bruno in midfield or play him with Mount behind the striker if we were able to be quite attacking with his wing back selections which hasn't really been the case so far.
 
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I didn’t catch the whole game but seemed he didn’t have a bad game, however really needs some goals as the team as a collective isn’t scoring enough.
 
Thought there were a few good runs where the ball wasn’t quite good enough for him to run on to.
 
I felt for Hojlund when he didn’t get a shot away to potentially win the game. He was slow to react, I think purely due to a lack of confidence.
 
Yeah a striker who's confident probably takes a better touch to get the shot away quickly.

He let it get to far ahead which meant he had to chase it and allowed Rice time to recover.

Gabriel also made a good block to stop one at the near post.
 
A fully confident Hojlund's first touch takes the ball away from Rice and towards his left foot ready for a shot. Any tackle from Rice would then almost certainly result in a penalty.
 
Did everything but score tonight.

If he keeps working that hard the goal will come
 
Much better from him tonight, needs to build on it.

He managed to pull off one of his flicks, and a good assist.
 
Needed that goal hopefully he can bring that confidence back after the international break.
 
Got the winner tonight against Portugal. Hopefully that confidence is starting to run through his veins again!
 

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