Ok I'll bite and add my counter points as I pretty much disagree everything you commented. Fundamentally I feel it just demonstrates a massive drop in acceptable standards of the club, something the current regime at the club thrive on.
- Persisting with Rashford through the middle. It doesn't work. - Hojlund isn't fit. Martial is a crock. Sancho doesn't work up top. The club shouldn't be pinning all hope on a 20 year old who hasn't played in the league before. Martial shouldn't even be considered a dependable player in the squad, he is in a similar space as Phil Jones was at this point. The club is negligent in this department, accepting Rashford through the middle shouldn't be an option when we let Ronaldo go last November and have had two windows to sort it! 18 months ago we had Ronaldo and Cavani!
- Having no idea what to do in the final third, not a single player seems to have a clue. - We have fit no out and out striker / Goalscorer. Not a question of being fit, we are under stocked in that area of the squad and have failed to address properly in two windows. Bringing in a single 20 year the summer isn't enough or acceptable.
- Signing Mount whilst letting Fred go making us even more unbalanced in the midfield. - We all wanted Fred to go. Why complain now when he's gone. who is "we all", most on here would rather have seen Mctominay go over Fred and certainly Fred shouldn't have been sold without signing a box to box midfielder.
- Leaving the door open a crack for Maguire. -- You literally cannot force a player out the club. What's worse than trying to boot someone out. An unhappy player who stinks up the dressing room and mood around the club. Make him feel part of the team. Terrible man management to say you're not playing ever again. He's a first team player for christ sakes. The CAF's love affair of sticking them in the reserves for a year, literally never happens. Ccompletely disagree, he has been an awful player for the club for two years now, both on the field and in terms of mentality, media briefing. Put him in the reserves and separate him from the first team similar to what Arsenal did with Auba, he wants to play in the euros and would 100% leave if he knew he wasn't going to get a minute of football for the next two years. We didn't even have him in the squad today, so get rid.
- Persisting with Anthony every game. - Who else do you suggest we play on the right? An inconsistent Sancho or a not ready Pellistri? Anthony has had a season being first choice and the opening first two games of this season. He can't do two things consecutively right. If he (rarely) beats a man, he can't then find a cross. At this point I would absolutely give Sancho or Pellestri and run of three or so games on that side to see what they offer. Pellestri looks no worse than Anthony when he comes on and he will never be ready if not given chances.
