The thing with Hojlund is that if the main striker doesn’t get the goals ETH can have no complaints, he has has two seasons to bed Hojlund in and he now has also brought Zirkzee. So, to me, it’s not really if Hojlund gets them or not, ETH has had plenty of time and money to sort it.
Shaw is class, and that is our issue. Do you really replace him when we have so many other areas to improve? Fair enough you can say ETH should be more ruthless, but that only really rings true if you don’t bring in 4-5 first team players in one window. If someone else comes in and brings in, say three big signings I would expect Shaw to be replaced – especially if he carries on with his injuries as he is going.
Martinez – all about opinions mate. He can be shit and our best CB! Though fans like his style and the fact he gets stuck in. I think he will settle down this season as it goes on. He plays quite a high line, as he is always having a dig at the forward so he likes to play on the front foot and that always goes down well with fans.
I think the issue surrounding Utd now is that a lot of people will say they are complete rubbish, and the criticism seems over the top. They are clearly not great, but on their day they can beat the best teams in the PL. They have also won more when being terrible than most over teams have in their best periods for years. I think the fact we have wone more than most recently really grates on some, and so they go over board on the negatives.
We’ll be lucky to finish top four, but I’d be disappointed to to improve on last season’s position. But a lot depends on ETH. Will he drop Rashford (Garnacho and Amad must start on the wings, or even Mount if fit), and then will he play two in front of the back four for a while until we get a few results. If he continues to pick Rashford then we really have no chance as it just shows everyone that you can stay in the team based on salary and not performances – so why would anyone make the effort?
We need to be clinical, nit just in finishing but we also need to be more clinical in creating chances when the opportunity arrives. We started really well on Sunday, just completely fell apart imo. But if we can play like we did for the first 15-20 mins all game then I would be happy.
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