You’d wonder what sort of conversations are happening with him in the video reviews after games.
After last nights game for example - when the blind man’s guide dog in the crowd can see him angling to cut onto his left to wind up a shite shot from a bad position, with every defender knowing exactly what he’s up to from a mile off.
Is there nobody hitting pause and asking him to explain what in the actual fück does he think he’s doing? Are they asking him if he can actually be that thick and making him defend himself in front of his coaches and teammates?
If a goalkeeper kept going for crosses with his eyes closed and missing the ball, or kept diving to make saves with his arms behind his back, you would drop him. If a centre forward kept taking panenka penalties with his bad foot and keepers kept standing still and catching them - you’d take him off penalties.
Why do we keep picking a winger who does the same thing unsuccessfully every single fecking time?
It’s the same with Rashford on the other side, only he’s a bit less shit than Antony - one dimensional, greedy wide players are just so easy to defend against. If the fullback or centre back knows you are going to try and create space to shoot 99 times out of 100, all they have to concentrate on is stopping that shot.
A guy like Giggs shows that you don’t have to be the quickest, or the most skillful, or the most clinical to be a great wide player. Variety is everything and he could play the early pass, or cross from deep, or beat you on the outside and cross from the byline, or pull it back, or cut inside and skin you there. When you’re defending against a guy who can and does present multiple threats, it’s so much more difficult to manage.
If our lot weren’t so thick, they’d realise that by being a bit less selfish every so often, they’d actually create far more space and chances for themselves in the long run.
It absolutely boils my piss.