CG1010
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I think we will see two upfront more this season.
I would love that and I can also see that happening in many matches, especially against lower league teams.
I think we will see two upfront more this season.
Rashford had his chance last season to stake his claim as our main striker but he came up massively short.
Lukaku is a fairly comfortable goal every two games player. Rashford should he know he needs to either match that or adapt to a wide position. If he doesn't do that then he's out. If he does then it becomes Mourinho's problem how to fit two top strikers in one team.
They're actually quite similar players in many ways.
I think they'll be a great pair - Lukaku will draw defenders in and Rashford will have a chance to run from wide as a result.
I've missed having a ton of pace up front. I'd love to see Lukaku, Rashford and Martial up front.It would be devastating if we could get it to tick....
What chance? How often did he actually play as a striker? Not a lot, did he?
I dont know why anyone would be worried. He will get enough games as Jose likes him and as long as he performsIt's a long season rotation, injuries, suspensions etc he will get games. He's still only 19 and will get chances.
If he's good enough he'll get that central spot. What he needs to do is play at the top of his game as a wide forward, get into the box, score goals. If he's banging them in out wide, or moving in centrally and getting the goals, then he can stake a claim at the central spot. Nobody deserves anything handed to them, if we want to be a top club we need to learn to disappoint players. Right now Martial and Rashford are expected to score goals from wide positions and provide assists from those positions. They can either step up and do that, or they can step off. If they want centre stage they need to earn it by being better than the man already there.
Look at Ronaldo, on paper he was a winger but how often at his peak was he hogging the central strikers space for us! Rooney/Tevez were just having to get out of the way.
10 games as centre forward in which he scored 2 goals. We need a lot more than that.
I actually think they could play well together. Both have a similar style reliant on different physical attributes, but Rashford needs to start scoring more.
Lukaku isnt a target man at ALL, when will this myth end?I still maintain Rashford could play off a target man. We played Lingard and Rashford up top last year - Rashford and Lukaku could well work
Right. Absolutely.Why is it that people are so obsessed with single players? Isn't it more important that the club gets all the success it can instead of aiming all its forces on nurturing a young talent? To me the responsibility should be on the players to upper their game and force their way into a starting 11. If he can get games ahead of Lukaku then he has done a really good thing. Just imagine where we'd be if a player like Luke Chadwick was given time ahead of Giggs or Beckham just because some fans were moaning over his lack of opportunities?!?!?!?!?! JESUS Christ!
Nobody is going to displace anyone. There will be rotation considering all the competitions we'll be challenging for. Plus, Rashford comes in as a sub for Lukaku and vice versa is a certainty. They could also play in the same lineup.If Rashford shows that he's better than Lukaku then surely he'll get his chances and displace him, no reason not to, it's not like we're shackled by the 'my captain shall always play' bullshit anymore.
Why is it that people are so obsessed with single players? Isn't it more important that the club gets all the success it can instead of aiming all its forces on nurturing a young talent? To me the responsibility should be on the players to upper their game and force their way into a starting 11. If he can get games ahead of Lukaku then he has done a really good thing. Just imagine where we'd be if a player like Luke Chadwick was given time ahead of Giggs or Beckham just because some fans were moaning over his lack of opportunities?!?!?!?!?! JESUS Christ!