Rashford is the better goalscorer.
Welbeck is the better footballer.
Welbeck is the better footballer.
Danny Welbeck
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Tbf Welbeck 11/12 was better than the current Rashford. Really good all round game and could actually put the ball in the net. But Rashford in his prime (first half of 19/20) was threatening to be an absolutely top player. I don’t think there is much of a debate to be honest.
I was Welbeck's biggest fan, but he was always a great team player who linked things up, got stuck in and chipped in with 1 in 2-3 games as a striker. Which is fine when you have goals from out wide and number 10.
Rashford is more of a match winner from individual quality, Welbeck was about incremental winning of battles and making sure your decisive players can win it.
Rashford is more of a match winner from individual quality, Welbeck was about incremental winning of battles and making sure your decisive players can win it.
Welbeck is a better footballer, though scored some really nice goals he was inconsistent with them.
As others have said Rashford does well with space, when we played defensive counter attacking he scored goals consistently.
In a top team though you need what welbeck has, in our failure seasons we have been complaining we don't have more players like welbeck for a reason.
As others have said Rashford does well with space, when we played defensive counter attacking he scored goals consistently.
In a top team though you need what welbeck has, in our failure seasons we have been complaining we don't have more players like welbeck for a reason.
Probably two of the most frustrating players we’ve had. I never rated Welbeck but he did work hard. Still would rather have peak Rashford
I think Welbeck (at his best) suited his time and Rashford (at his best) suits this period. Both different types of players as a left sided forward but both as productive albeit in different ways.
Rashford d's stock keeps falling, we'll be comparing him to Bebe next!
Prime Welbeck would be the perfect foil for current Ronaldo - a player who is the focal point to occupy defenders and do his battling for him.
He was a very good footballer.
He was a very good footballer.
Still miss Welbeck. He was quality apart from the injuries and his inability to score the easy goals.
He was not a star striker for a top side, but a good squad player.
His linkup play was always really good and I think his partnership with Rooney was top class before Rooney had declined too much.
I think it was an error letting him go, but given his injury record since then it worked out quite well.
Problem is have we replaced him well? I say no. LVG wanted Wilson to replace him, but he was not good enough.
We then tried with older star strikers, but always lacked strikers on the bench. Martial and Rashford has not been good enough either.
He was not a star striker for a top side, but a good squad player.
His linkup play was always really good and I think his partnership with Rooney was top class before Rooney had declined too much.
I think it was an error letting him go, but given his injury record since then it worked out quite well.
Problem is have we replaced him well? I say no. LVG wanted Wilson to replace him, but he was not good enough.
We then tried with older star strikers, but always lacked strikers on the bench. Martial and Rashford has not been good enough either.
I got real scared when I saw that a thread about Danny Welbeck was the top post. I calmed down when I saw it wasn’t in the transfer forum! I wouldn’t put it past post-Fergie United to miss out on Nunez and then sign Welbeck…
I’ll have a fit Welbeck over this current Rashford. He’s a great team player, brings others into play and is a hard worker. Not world class and has a tendency to f up goal scoring opportunities but definitely a good and useful squad player to have.
Yes exactly
I actually think a prime welbeck would be good in an ETH team
Rashford prove yourself
How is Welbeck a better footballer? Rashford IMO is better in all facets except for heading.
And Welbeck is the much better team player and makes a much better effort. I agree that Rashford is much more talented than Welbeck. He is also the better scorer too.
If you combined the best attributes of the two, you'd have a complete forward
Funny how people have suddenly started to overrate him. The guy was a mediocre player who was rightly sold. The guy performed worse for Arsenal. Played under two great managers in PL and couldn't crack it. Rashford is miles ahead of him.
Spot on!
One the one hand I was disappointed when he left United, because he brought stuff to the forward line than nobody else could do. On the other, he clearly didn’t deserve a guaranteed place as his finishing was miles off good enough.
I was more gutted when we sold Chicharito than Danny. Goals wins you matches and danny could never be trusted as a forward
Worth a cheeky offer for a season? 
Agree he was not a certain starter, but a good squad player. Thought he worked well with both Rooney and Van Persie. Had a better partnership with both then they had together. Although Rooney and Persie much more clinical.
Yeah Jack. Danny played with the likes of Rooney in a Sir Alex team whilst Rashford has broken through in the midst of our worst run since the great man.
Works both ways you daft fecking melt
It was tedious for about 5 years after where every time Welbeck occasionally scored there would be loads of "och shouldn't have sold him" posts.
This was particularly ridiculous given that scoring was probably the weakest part of Welbeck’s game.
There was a period where he did look really good after we sold him to arsenal and then he had that awful injury and never recovered from
Absolutely dominated us in that first half.
Maguire is so slow, makes him look like the fastest player in the league
When fit he's always been a good player.
He's been outstanding. Really glad for him.
He really is a fantastic all around footballer minus goals and fitness,
Stark reminder that players who weren't good enough for us 8 years ago are better than our many of our current options.
If they were born in the same year, Welbeck would have had a better United career than Rashford imo, injuries aside.
Although tbf, it's easier for Welbeck to impress today given he's playing for the superior team.
If they were born in the same year, Welbeck would have had a better United career than Rashford imo, injuries aside.
Although tbf, it's easier for Welbeck to impress today given he's playing for the superior team.
Shame our forwards aren’t allowed to point to where they wish the midfielders to play the ball and our midfielders given all the time in the world to play said passes.
He is average, we are just complete crap. Gross scored twice ffs.
Gave us the absolute run around in the first half.
He is a poor/average scorer but a very good footballer.
This fecker always plays well against us.
ETH must wonder why we sold him.
He would start up top for us now
sad
very very sad
sad
very very sad
No, but he'd be 2nd choice after Ronaldo
He is obviously incentivized to raise his game against us, which he frequently does. Quality mid table player beyond that, nothing more.
Can't say Welbeck has changed any since he played for us. Great work rate, always gets himself in the best position to score, but couldn't put the ball in the net to save his life.