Andy Cole on Rashford, Martial, Mourinho plus a Lukaku/Zlatan partnership

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http://www.espn.co.uk/video/latest-videos/600/video/3277035

I'm having issues seeing the video at that link - so you probably all will too - but if you go to this url and scroll down you can see it.

On Rashford: "You look at Rashford and he wants to extend himself to be as good as he can be and that's very good. He's got a long way to go, he keeps learning and I think in football when you're young and keep learning you want to aspire to be the best - you never know where you can end up. He's scoring goals and bringing a lot of things to his game. I think he will end up as a centre forward but with Lukaku in the team and Zlatan coming back [he's playing on the left]. It's good that he's learning off the left and right as when he plays as a centre forward he'll understand the game a lot more."

On Martial: "I'm hoping he'll be at United for a long time because if you look at the talent that kid's got, he's frightening. He's got great feet. He scores goals, he creates goals and I look at him sometimes and I think he's misunderstood. People say he doesn't look interested, he doesn't smile or whatever but we've seen this season what he can do. I think he mentioned the other day that he's had his ups and downs with the manager but I think he just wants the arm around the shoulder and you'll definitely get the best out of him."

On Mourinho: "I think it is a result driven business. He's got his own way of doing things and that upsets a lot of United fans because they want to see football played like the way Sir Alex played the game. Every manager has their own identity. I get disappointed that we don't go out there and play the way we want to play but if he gets the results that people are looking for, people's mindsets might change."

On Lukaku & Zlatan: "Will be interesting to see if Jose does play the two of them upfront together. I was fortunate to play with three very good strikers and now he has the opportunity to do just that but because the way the game's played now, a lot of teams play a different way so it will be interesting but they're all quality players and will know what to do."
 
He speaks a lot of sense. Also interesting that he brings up his time at United because the topic surrounding players regarding "when will he get to play" gets brought up a lot but when we won the CL for the first time we had 4 different strikers and all of them played in the final. I don't see Ibrahimovic coming back as a selection headache. The only possible problem is if his ego allows him to be contempt with being rotated but I find it unlikely. I think Mourinho has picked his purchases well in terms of players temperment so squad rotation is a luxury we have and not a problem. So long as we win games players will be happy.

Another point he brings up is the age. They are still learning and some have more to learn than others. Dele Alli hasn't been as good as last season? Well, he's 21. Average-to-poor form isn't shocking. Martial's head is sometimes not on correctly? He's also just 21 so it's understandable that he'll get more easily frustrated than someone like Mata.
 
I remember that period when Cole was missing unmissable goals for us, was so frustrating at times, and then came 1999.
 
I remember that period when Cole was missing unmissable goals for us, was so frustrating at times, and then came 1999.


His first two years with us were painful. We were all so desperate for him to do well too.
 
I remember that period when Cole was missing unmissable goals for us, was so frustrating at times, and then came 1999.

i think our fans would have a very different reaction to both his singing and performances these days.

He speaks a lot of sense in that video though