Yeah his confidence is great, and should see him through any slumps in form. His pace and determination to get to the ball is amazing too, like making up the ground on the header forward by Zlatan which Simpson ended up having to foul him for. His teammates know he'll get to the ball, so he makes a great outlet for us to pump balls behind their defense and force them to scramble back.
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Hes only 18, ffs. Madness.
Love his confidence, and how he plays with a smile on his face.
Love his confidence, and how he plays with a smile on his face.
He even said In an interview he's changed his game so that when his touch is off (like today) he will always try to score. We saw exactly this today. Continue to play him and his performances will improve.
Players aren't supposed to have that kind of awareness and pro-active attitude at 18. Genuinely top level prospect.
For those of you that follow cricket, he reminds me of a slogger. He's just running at the ball all the time which is good I suppose (gets him goals). I do wanna see him in a more composed manner though but if that's not what he's about he should stick to his strengths.
Not so good today but his pace still caused them some problems and got a goal too.
He's got a 7.4 average rating for today's game which I guess is more because of his popularity than his actual performance. I had him as our worst player of the day actually, or maybe I should say least good, but that's more because the rest were so good rather than Rashford being terrible. He wasn't very friendly with the ball and lost it quite a few times, but his speed and willingness to take on players is exactly what this team needs and has been missing (except from Martial last year).
A goal every 79 minutes in the league so far this season.
It's almost as though we need to rate this lad as an 18 year old and not a man. The guy is going to be phenomenally good and I bloody well hope we keep him. He's got years to finesse the parts of his game to imporove and Zlatan will be a great guide, but his positional sense in the box is way ahead of his years....
Yeah pretty much what I thought. He has games like this quite often, his technique is just not always perfect, he can't be consistent for a few years yet I would imagine, but as he said himself he is teaching himself to still get on the score sheet when not playing well, and the level of maturity that shows is superb to me, to realise he will sometimes play poorly but know he still has to contribute is great, if he can actually get that trait locked down he will be flying.
Another goal for the boy wonder. I really enjoyed his interview before the start of the match too, he's such a down to earth lad. He doesn't appear to be interested in sodding around like a lot of young players do these days, he just wants to concentrate on becoming a top player.
He should not get dropped with the form he is in. He has done well so far out wide in an unnatural position for him.
I think he has to be a starter. He plays with no fear and it is that unpredictability that can open up defences. He also has a knack of being in the right place at the right time. Great positioning and intelligence at a young age.
I still don't get this questioning of his technique.
Maybe the only possible criticism of him, and one does sound more intelligent criticizing than praising. "Yes, he may be good for a young player, but he needs to work on..." Makes you sound like you reflect on the matter. Fact is, everyone can improve. I actually thought his hold up play against Simpson was good. He does miscontrol the ball from time to time at pace, but it is at pace...
He has games where his touch is off like today, but he still make an impact. There will be a game probably in the next few weeks where his touch will be perfect again and it will make the questioning look ridiculous because he does have superb technique just he can be quite inconsistent. It's gotta be stressed though we are literally watching him decide what player he wants to be, its incredible the difference between his first few games and now.
Scary potential, no intention to compare them but even Cristiano wasn't this consistent for us at 18.
Currently our best attacker. He has to start
He just has a knack of scoring goals.
Was sloppy with his touches throughout IMO, but can't fault him much if he scores. Plus only 18. Great talent.
Was sloppy with his touches throughout IMO, but can't fault him much if he scores. Plus only 18. Great talent.
Not his strongest game, but still found a way to get on the scoresheet, which is a great attribute to have. Scary potential. I hope we continue to manage him properly and develop him into the player we all hope he will become. I don't think he needs to start every match by any means, but he should definitely see plenty of action. He's earned it.
I think some fans over rate him. He is good but he has more embarrassing moments than Rooney like running the ball out of play etc.
Try to remember that he is just 18 years old. He makes a difference every time he is on the pitch.
Agreed. But just think back to all the hype and love afforded to now rubbish players (most successful one being Arsenal bench player welbeck... Ffs even Cleverley got amazing praise on the caf back in the days, so much glory was awaiting him and us) who came from our academy and you can understand their giddiness when finally a half decent one arises. He's the new Ronaldo. Feh.
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That's not an embarrassing moment. That's called trying to beat a man. Only Messi tries that regularly without losing the ball. Compared to most, Rashford has an astonishingly good dribble success rate, and he's still only 18.
He is 18 and is already better than Welbeck or Cleverley will ever be. The situations aren't comparable, in Welbeck's case it was United fans desperately wanting a manc to succeed despite the clear lack of talent to do so, in Rashford's case, we finally (after more than 2 decades) we have a local talent coming from our academy who genuinely has world class potential and who already looks excellent in the first team.
It's a bit sloppy is all. His dribbling comes off a bit loose and not very tight like when you see Martial run with the ball, and he's more reliant on his pace rather then technique. His touch is pretty good for the most part, but again like his dribbling, it's a bit loose at times like that one counter attack where he had a great chance but the touch let him down. Of course, it's normal for an 18 year old, but his technique is probably one of the weaker parts of his game.
He wasn't good on the ball today but his energy, his movement off the ball, his pressing make up for that even when his touch is off. And then of course, he ended up getting a goal so it was another productive performance. Hopefully, he is able to improve his dribbling and touch in the future. He won't have Martial's close control in dribbling at pace but he can still be very effective at carrying the ball at pace.
Another goal today, making him our most efficient goalscorer currently with an average of 0.75 goals per game, with Ibrahmiovic on 0.67 and Rooney on 0.17.
I agree but when he played as a main striker, his second touch was a tackle, not good enough.
This isn't normal for an 18 year old. It can't be improved. If you watched Pogba when he was 18, his touch was just as good as it is now.
In my opinion, Rashford is already playing at 95% of his potential. The 5% he can improve is his strength and his maturity.
he has grown a lot in a short period of time so is just probably feeling effects of that because before his technique was his strongest suit. Mind you, i still thing he has a very good technique but i agree with you, can be a bit sloppy when running with the ball...
I wish people would just be excited for the guy rather than trying to bring the tone down. No one said he was the next Ronaldo, but he can still be an excellent player.
No because his technique in other games has been much tighter. Today was a bad game as everybody has pointed out, highlighting he not only can but already has played at a better level than today. In some games his technique looks top, he is better than today.
Mourinho doing a fantastic job of destroying his career.
What is it in your opinion that limits his potential growth/development to merely strength and maturity?
Why can't this particular 18 year old improve his passing, dribbling, control etc. when most players of that age would anticipate a reasonable degree of improvement in those areas?
How did you rate Lingard higher than Rash?
His 18 years old for fecks sake
Look at Ronaldo then and look at now. Completely different players.
This shit again.Need to mature in his game a bit. It's all good and exciting to see him willing to take on players and being direct but too often he ran into blind alley and was trying to take on too many players.
He also needs to get his head up, saw him mess a few attacks trying to take on 3 defenders when available pass options were there to see had he just lifted his head.
Nice poacher goal which is always nice especially for a striker.
He also needs to get his head up, saw him mess a few attacks trying to take on 3 defenders when available pass options were there to see had he just lifted his head.
Nice poacher goal which is always nice especially for a striker.
Pogba was always tall. Rashford has only been used to his long legs for a year or two.
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