I think he prefers a tall, strong ballplayer, yes. He went from Tadic as a false 9 to Seb Haller who's an absolute animal (in the Dutch league) and also very nimble on the ball. Kane would've been exactly this type of player too and EtH wanted him badly last summer, according to Whitwell's article.
Depends on how many comes under 'one of'. Top 5? I don't think so.
No one questions his talent or skills. His attitude, mental strength, leadership, application are the issues.
A players talent means nothing if they're not prepared to put in the hard work. Attitude and talent is what defines players. You only have one of them then you shouldn't be playing for Manchester United.
You seem to invent a lot of niche categories that fit into your argument (transition threat? That’s covered in pace & ball-striking) — and omit those that don fit (like dribbling, for example).
I know quite a few of the youth lads read the Caf, Callum Gribbin once famously called everyone on RedCafe clueless.
Fair observation from Gribbin
I’d bite your hand off
I get it. Let's call it 50m. Heck, why don't we just swap them?
Don't think to much about it. Some people just love a good moan. Their statements don't actually need to make sense it's just a vehicle for them to vent...
Well.... Not, everyone. The vast majority though? For sure
My thoughts too...
Youre really going there as a defence?
It is but he is also now in the conference so maybe the assessments of his ability weren’t too far off the mark.
As others have said, for a star player you cannot afford to say 'well, the team is playing badly therefore you can excuse that he's not played well'. Cole Palmer just had an outstanding season with a struggling Chelsea side, Salah a few years ago hit his usual goal tally when Liverpool struggled, Roy Keane was in the team of the season when Forest got relegated many years ago. The problem is the numbers and performances with Rashford drop off so spectacularly (just 5 and 8 goals in those two awful seasons) and it's just too much of a drop for a striker you ideally want to get 20-25 goals a season and dragging the team forward during difficult times. If the numbers dropped to say 15 goals then it'd be understandable but that fall is just way too drastic.
Rashford’s form and lower workrate are why he is left out.
Explain to me clearly how highly rated Rashford was in our academy against Sancho and Garnacho. I’ll say I think Garnacho is slightly more contentious but based on Garnacho emerging into the first team agaisnt Rashford, Garnacho has overall looked far better. Sancho honestly isn’t even a debate, he was considered a prodigy at academy level and immediately went to tearing it up at Dortmund. With Sancho talent has absolutely nothing to do with his major issues.There are other highly paid players who cannot carry a shit team on their backs...hell, even most world class players can't. The environment and system is by far the most important thing for a footballer regarding being able to be effective and play to their strengths. Who are the guys that inspire their teams and make a dogshit team work? Even Bruno went missing in 21/22, and he's probably one of the only players in world football who can carry a team on their backs. Looking at the highest earners of other top 6 teams, which players making at least 250k per week would've been able to do well in our 21/22 or 23/24 teams? You completely underestimate how dysfunctional and just outright bad the team and system was.
Garnacho and Sancho more natural talent than Rashford
Absolutely horrible take
20/21 was not a great season. He scored and assisted quite a lot of goals but his all-round play was very poor. The laziness, selfishness, poor decision making and struggle to dribble past players were all really starting to come to the fore that season.
From memory he was considered a brilliant talent in the younger age groups, but then he had a year or two where he dropped off a bit which is why the instant impact in the first team caught a lot of people by surprise.
I know what you did there.
