[NinjaZombie]

I don't know why he doesn't just keep it simple, hold the ball up and look to pass it. Maybe Jose's instructions are for him to take his man on and try to get behind.

 

[kouroux]

Massively overhyped on here.

Can't even do the basics right and has the strength of a schoolgirl.

He does the running out of play thing every game.

It infuriates me and you could see it from a mile away to.

 

[JB08]

For the umpteenth time, we should loan him out. Him being here is of very little advantage to either party, in my opinion.

 

[Kevin]

His standard run the ball out move today. Offered nothing, defending was worse than Martial's as well.

 

[DWelbz19]

Not really going for him. Hopefully he gets a game where he bags a goal or two in the league cup soon, or something. He looks bereft of his confidence that he started his career with.

 

[Raw]

For the umpteenth time, we should loan him out. Him being here is of very little advantage to either party, in my opinion.

I didn't think we'd play Zlatan this much. I would have been perfectly happy to have Rashford take most of the cup games and 1 or 2 easy PL games. Playing him out wide does him no favours.

 

[Classical Mechanic]

Dribbling the ball out of play all the time is embarrassing.

 

[SirScholes]

Rooney would of been the smarter sub rashford does not offer many defensive qualities
Looks a little unsure as to what is being asked of him in that position

 

[JeffBoomTetris]

He is an attacker. But even Sunday league players know that you should keep an eye on the ball while defending. The way Walker destroyed him on the right was very irritating to watch

 

[Devil may care]

Showed his inexperience today when he just needed to keep the ball and tried to be Ronaldinho. Jose went against his nastural instincts by putting him on instead of Young IMO, who is a workhorse winger with a lot of experience, pretty much what we needed to double up with Darmian on Sissoko.

 

[Acole9]

He's not going to get many opportunities of starting if he carries on playing like that. Walker had him in his pocket and he was so wasteful when he had the ball.

 

[AXVnee7]

Unlike Martial I don't think he has the necessarily skill set to adapt to a wingers position. Maybe 2 up top with Ibra dropping deeper to cover the left side?

 

[OB]

I think what would help him is playing as a striker. We need some games when we have score 2-3 goals, and then we can sub Zlatan off in those games. Or atleast try to play him on the right, instead of the left.

 

[bosnian_red]

He needs some time out of the team just to get a little break and get his head together like how mkhitaryan got. Also shouldn't get subbed in on the left wing ever (or just play there). Also shouldn't get subbed on when we are holding on to a 1-0 lead as he really isn't good defensively and also is pretty useless in the air.

Said at the time he was the completely wrong sub for that situation (though it cried out for Rooney really), but at the same time, he has to do a lot better then what he did. Looked atrocious in the bit he was on.

 

[donkeyfish]

He didn't look ready to play. It will be difficult for Mourinho to trust him as a sub in this type of game, if he keeps showing such a weakness in 50/50s. He looked nervous and cautious.

Not overly concerned, most young players have crap periods.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Very poor cameo from him today.

 

[Dante]

His crossing ability makes him better on the wing than Martial.

Rashford provides a threat from both inside and out. Martial is only really effective when he cuts inside, but RBs aren't giving him the space to do so this season. Pining after the days of his debut season is futile. The freedom he once had is never going to be there for him again in the PL.

Rashford's play has matured, imo. Granted, his touch has been off. But his decision making has improved massively. Once everything comes together, he'll make a fine wing-forward. Martial's future is as a CF.

 

[Bwuk]

Not good enough as a wide player.

I'd loan him in January for 6 months to someone who would play him up top every week.

Sunderland with him and Defoe could be a good move.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Not good enough as a wide player.

I'd loan him in January for 6 months to someone who would play him up top every week.

Sunderland with him and Defoe could be a good move.

Loaning him out would leave us very light up top if we had a few injuries.

 

[Dobbs]

Rashford provides a threat from both inside and out. Martial is only really effective when he cuts inside.

Disagree with that. He can't go on the outside when on the left wing, that his big problem in that position. He's no left foot at all so when he does get to the by line he's got nothing. It's part of the reason he runs it out so often.

Imagine playing Valencia on the left. That's what we're doing with Rashford. In fact it's worse than that as he's not a winger at all.

 

[Amar__]

I thought he !acted cocky today like he was trying to look like Ronaldo, he looked full of himself ever since camera showed him the first time when he was subbed on. He also tried one or two stupid moves that you expect from cocky players. It's really weird since he always looked like down to earth fella, and I always liked his attitude, but I thought his today's cameo was very unprofessional. Anyone else felt the same?

 

[Bwuk]

Loaning him out would leave us very light up top if we had a few injuries.

Zlatan will play every week.

Rooney will get rotated in too, and Martial. We have an abundance of options for behind striker too.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Zlatan will play every week.

Rooney will get rotated in too, and Martial. We have an abundance of options for behind striker too.

With Martial out on the left, if Zlatan picked up an injury it wouldn't leave us with great options up top.

I do agree that a loan could do him the world of good. It worked well with Welbeck/Evans in the past but we have had some shockers in that department too.

 

[Kevin]

His crossing ability makes him better on the wing than Martial.

Rashford provides a threat from both inside and out. Martial is only really effective when he cuts inside, but RBs aren't giving him the space to do so this season. Pining after the days of his debut season is futile. The freedom he once had is never going to be there for him again in the PL.

Rashford's play has matured, imo. Granted, his touch has been off. But his decision making has improved massively. Once everything comes together, he'll make a fine wing-forward. Martial's future is as a CF.

Just off the top of my head I can already remember three assists where he went outside and did a cutback in big games: west ham fa cup semi replay to fellaini i think, everton fa cup final (he also should have had about two more in the league game vs everton running around that poor fulback time after time), another fa cup game against numpties.

He could run inside and outside last season and has just lost form. He can be the future on the wing too, just having second season sundrome which is not abnormal for young players, no matter how talented.

Rashford is a limited footballer who we should hope shows he is not as one dimensional as a striker in the long term. Have always said his skill level seems limited but he makes good use of the few assets he excelled at in half a season. Let's see more. Jury is out.

 

[JJ12]

For the umpteenth time, we should loan him out. Him being here is of very little advantage to either party, in my opinion.

He's being used in the first team squad and if Zlatan gets injured we would desperately need him. I don't think he should be loaned.

He needs to be used centrally or not at all. He's not a winger.

 

[Ash_G]

Definitely doesn't feel that he's adapting well too playing wide, although now and again he has got a nice cross. Bit disappointed that Mou won't play him through the middle more where he impressed so much. I just don't get the need for Ibra to play so much up front/entire games. Can't be helping his confidence either which isn't ideal in case Ibra does get injured and all off a sudden we don't really have anyone with much confidence up top, with xmas fixtures we'll need to rotate Ibra eventually so we really could do with getting him in the goals.

Can't really see why Mou's seemingly against it as well. Rashford would naturally create space for Pogba by stretching the game, and provide runs for Mikhi/Mata/Pogba to find. I suspect though that it's Rooney who come in through the middle to alternate with Ibra during the xmas fixtures.

However it probably is good training for him as hopefully long term will improve his game and appreciation for how wider players operate which I think he's touched on in an interview recently. Right now though he's just not doing it from wide areas though and whilst some of that is probably not being as comfortable there you would expect him to be able to do a bit better than he is.

 

[pocco]

His crossing ability makes him better on the wing than Martial.

Rashford provides a threat from both inside and out. Martial is only really effective when he cuts inside, but RBs aren't giving him the space to do so this season. Pining after the days of his debut season is futile. The freedom he once had is never going to be there for him again in the PL.

Rashford's play has matured, imo. Granted, his touch has been off. But his decision making has improved massively. Once everything comes together, he'll make a fine wing-forward. Martial's future is as a CF.

Wow, I disagree with all of that completely. Martial is much better than Rashford, probably in both positions. Martial was double and triple marked so many times last season and yet he was still amazing. He's simply out of form, but i do think he's starting to turn the corner.

 

[Dante]

Wow, I disagree with all of that completely. Martial is much better than Rashford, probably in both positions. Martial was double and triple marked so many times last season and yet he was still amazing. He's simply out of form, but i do think he's starting to turn the corner.

Rashford will become a very good wing-forward and a very good centre-forward. Martial will become a good wide-forward and world class centre-forward.

In my opinion, at least.

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

I know a lot of people don't appreciate what Rooney has done at United but when I have watched Martial and Rashford play in the last few weeks it is incredible to see how special a young Wayne Rooney was for us in one of the best periods in the history of the club. Rooney was a top class player but was still bursting his gut out and playing different positions for the team as per requirement.Both Martial and Rashford seem completely disinterested and soft, Mourinho was absolutely right to have a go at Rashford today.

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

I'm happy to see him lose his place in the starting XI as I don't think he's done enough to earn a starting berth, but I'm still hoping for more from him off the bench.

I'd like to see him replace Ibra at centre forward with 20/25 minutes left to give tiring central defenders something new to think about. He isn't working wide so let's give him a shot somewhere else.

 

[Dobbs]

Just off the top of my head I can already remember three assists where he went outside and did a cutback in big games: west ham fa cup semi replay to fellaini i think, everton fa cup final (he also should have had about two more in the league game vs everton running around that poor fulback time after time), another fa cup game against numpties.

He could run inside and outside last season and has just lost form. He can be the future on the wing too, just having second season sundrome which is not abnormal for young players, no matter how talented.

Rashford is a limited footballer who we should hope shows he is not as one dimensional as a striker in the long term. Have always said his skill level seems limited but he makes good use of the few assets he excelled at in half a season. Let's see more. Jury is out.

A few instances doesn't equate to a player being capable.

I thin it's clear he's no left side so after getting past the defender with his pace he then struggles. We see it time and again.

Sure he's struggling for form, he's young, this is bound to happen but let's give him a role that suits.

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

Was a terrible little cameo at the end, he seemed to mess up every time he touched the ball.

Looks a bit low on confidence, it's understandable there'd be a dip. He'll be back to normal soon enough.

 

[Dante]

I know a lot of people don't appreciate what Rooney has done at United but when I have watched Martial and Rashford play in the last few weeks it is incredible to see how special a young Wayne Rooney was for us in one of the best periods in the history of the club. Rooney was a top class player but was still bursting his gut out and playing different positions for the team as per requirement.Both Martial and Rashford seem completely disinterested and soft, Mourinho was absolutely right to have a go at Rashford today.

Any links?

 

[Kevin]

A few instances doesn't equate to a player being capable.

I thin it's clear he's no left side so after getting past the defender with his pace he then struggles. We see it time and again.

Sure he's struggling for form, he's young, this is bound to happen but let's give him a role that suits.

Those were off the top of my head, I clearly remember him going around people easily alot of times last season so I disagree that he is only dangerous going inside. All about confidence and form. I am not convinced he is that good a striker with that smelly shooting technique. He has one finish and that is the outside fifa finesse shot.

 

[Festive Sandvich]

As a striker or not at all. Thought the best thing about him last season was that ability to be in the right place at the right time, not sure how he can use that stuck out wide. Still got promise but playing him out of position is wrecking his confidence. As I say, 70 min sub/stand-in for Ibra, or get him out on loan to a club that will develop him as a striker.

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

Any links?

I meant during the game, Jose basically shouted very heavily at him after he got nutmegged

 

[TheSweeper]

It's got nothing to do with form. He was a substandard winger turned in to a promising youngster. Maybe lilke Henry but ultimately - arsenal never played him in the wings after that.

Sigh

 

[togg]

Too much happened too soon for Rashford. Everything clicked perfectly, but football is a very unforgiving sport. He's still so young and yet the expectation of him is the same for seasoned professionals. That was never going to happen. The one thing that annoys me is his inability to think defensively. All too often he has a half arsed attempt at winning the ball to almost see it lost and think...'well that is what defenders are for', or that is the feeling anyway. He has much to learn in that area.

I think he needs a reality check. Not a loan, just on the sidelines, although his agent will probably have other thoughts. Martial is going through this to. So much so soon. We have seen player after player go through this, some find their way back, many don't and end up in a mid to lower table teams.

 

[Cerpin]

Any links?

No link, but he was yelling at him "Marcus! Marcus! Marcus!" and then "come on!" This was right after he got beaten by Walker (I think), quite easily, near the sideline. I honestly do not understand why he's brought on towards the end of a match like this, where his only job seems to be to defend. Rather bring Young/Rooney on if that's the case.

 

[Dobbs]

Those were off the top of my head, I clearly remember him going around people easily alot of times last season so I disagree that he is only dangerous going inside. All about confidence and form. I am not convinced he is that good a striker with that smelly shooting technique. He has one finish and that is the outside fifa finesse shot.

He can go around people, problem is what then if he's on his left foot. Stop, turn, try and cut inside, run ball out of play etc.