[Mister_Stubbs]

If we put faith in Rashford next season to be our main man then we won't challenge for the league, simple as that.

 

[pascell]

He's not good enough to be a regular starter but unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of player to drag our asses to a win.

 

[rpitchfo]

just no where near good enough at the moment...probably always the fastest player on the pitch but rarely see the benefit of that pace.

 

[Minkaro]

I don't think Rashford should be starting games. He'd be much better off coming off the bench, whether we're winning or losing, and just getting minutes up front like that. He had an incredible first season, but he's still young, and should be getting the promising youngster treatment, rather than the first-teamer treatment.

 

[Devil may care]

He constantly drove at the fullback but he lacks the guile and final ball right now to take advantrage of his speed.

 

[Fracture90]

He constantly drove at the fullback but he lacks the guile and final ball right now to take advantrage of his speed.

It really seems that all he does is turn on afterburners to run in straight lines when he has the ball at his feet.

 

[Lay]

It really seems that all he does is turn on afterburners to run in straight lines when he has the ball at his feet.

Pretty much. I have little faith in him when he starts to dribble.

 

[Fracture90]

Pretty much. I have little faith in him when he starts to dribble.

Shame tho, last year he was much more versatile which is probably because he was playing CF.

 

[MadMike]

I hope this doesn't sound too controversial, but I don't think he's a good enough dribbler or has good enough delivery to be on the wing. A decent speedy full back seems to have him beat most of the times. His pace is better suited at making runs in behind the defenders.

Maybe playing as CF is too soon for him at United, given that the pressure currently on our forwards to score goals (with the amount of chances we are missing) is absolutely enormous. Maybe a loan deal at a less pressurised environment could benefit him.

He might learn to play on the shoulder of defenders a bit better and hold up the ball when needed, like Aguero or Suarez do for their clubs despite their lack of size.

I still have enormous faith in him. He is very talented for his age.

 

[Acole9]

The fact he hasn't scored a Premier League goal since September is clearly playing on his mind. In an ideal world he'd be taking out of the firing line but at the moment we have very little in terms of alternatives. I do worry if we ended going into next season with him as our first choice striker, he's not ready for that yet.

 

[horsechoker]

He needs to improve his finishing if he's to lead our line for years to come.

 

[Sylar]

Has played more than I thought he would this season. Some of his better performances have come from being a sub. I think hes still an impact player and should be used as a sub (rather than starting out wide)

 

[AN17]

• Poor decision making most of the time, inconsistent end product.
• Never looks in control of his dribbles, easily dispossessed in tight spaces.
• Looks like his prolific scoring was just a purple patch.

 

[Ødegaard]

I hope this doesn't sound too controversial, but I don't think he's a good enough dribbler or has good enough delivery to be on the wing. A decent speedy full back seems to have him beat most of the times. His pace is better suited at making runs in behind the defenders.

Maybe playing as CF is too soon for him at United, given that the pressure currently on our forwards to score goals (with the amount of chances we are missing) is absolutely enormous. Maybe a loan deal at a less pressurised environment could benefit him.

He might learn to play on the shoulder of defenders a bit better and hold up the ball when needed, like Aguero or Suarez do for their clubs despite their lack of size.

I still have enormous faith in him. He is very talented for his age.

Can't for the life of me understand how that would be considered controversial...

 

[Bobcat]

I hope this doesn't sound too controversial, but I don't think he's a good enough dribbler or has good enough delivery to be on the wing. A decent speedy full back seems to have him beat most of the times. His pace is better suited at making runs in behind the defenders.

Maybe playing as CF is too soon for him at United, given that the pressure currently on our forwards to score goals (with the amount of chances we are missing) is absolutely enormous. Maybe a loan deal at a less pressurised environment could benefit him.

He might learn to play on the shoulder of defenders a bit better and hold up the ball when needed, like Aguero or Suarez do for their clubs despite their lack of size.

I still have enormous faith in him. He is very talented for his age.

That's not controversial at all, i'd say it's pretty bleeding obvious to anyone with eyes. Hes got wonderful pace, but lacks the trickery and guile to make the most of it. Sure enough he beats most fullbacks in a footrace, but since most teams seems to play deep vs us (and with great effect) there simply isn't any room for Rashford to run into.

 

[Chaky_Best]

He's only playing at Manchester United because he's quick, he's from the Academy and he's from Manchester.

He's poor with the ball, can't give a proper pass, doesn't have an eye for it, he can't dribble a player unless he push the ball and runs.

Our modern Lingard.

It just shows what our academy produces these days.

I'm very disappointed with him.

 

[Rockets Redglare]

• Poor decision making most of the time, inconsistent end product.
• Never looks in control of his dribbles, easily dispossessed in tight spaces.
• Looks like his prolific scoring was just a purple patch.

Unfortunately I agree and the more I see him the more I believe he isn't good enough for United (although that isn't to say he never will be).
I'm actually disappointed when I see his name on the team sheet these days, and Mkhi and Martial should be ashamed that they're being kept out of the team by Rashford and Lingard.

 

[2 man midfield]

He's very obviously not a winger. He needs a loan spell where he's guaranteed to be the main striker, or given more minutes in the reserves. It's not doing him any favours really, being played out of position week after week. He's getting gametime but his confidence is shot.

 

[sashiko]

and Mkhi and Martial should be ashamed that they're being kept out of the team by Rashford and Lingard.

how can Mikhi be ashamed if this is what Mou does with no grounds? He says Rashford shouldn't be criticized and then openly allows himself to criticize Mikhi, subs him, not letting him to start....you'd say a MU man won't hurt his team like that but he does.

 

[Amar__]

He's only playing at Manchester United because he's quick, he's from the Academy and he's from Manchester.

He's poor with the ball, can't give a proper pass, doesn't have an eye for it, he can't dribble a player unless he push the ball and runs.

Our modern Lingard.

It just shows what our academy produces these days.

I'm very disappointed with him.

Yeah, all that while we have 60 or whatever million foreign player who is his competition and is playing even worse than him.

 

[Special_One]

He runs and runs and runs, take him out of the squad for three or four games.

 

[ivaldo]

He's only playing at Manchester United because he's quick, he's from the Academy and he's from Manchester.

He's poor with the ball, can't give a proper pass, doesn't have an eye for it, he can't dribble a player unless he push the ball and runs.

Our modern Lingard.

It just shows what our academy produces these days.

I'm very disappointed with him.

You're way off the mark. Who are the comparative players doing better than him?

 

[fellaini's barber]

Yeah, all that while we have 60 or whatever million foreign player who is his competition and is playing even worse than him.

How does that affect what he said about Rashford?

 

[Amar__]

How does that affect what he said about Rashford?

It doesn't. He was also being critical of our academy.

 

[AP88]

Needs a loan in a more laid back environment; under an LVG or a Pocchettino, he'd be fine, but Mourinho isn't the man to polish him. Send him away and bring him back more complete.

Leicester's direct 4-4-2 would greatly suit him.

 

[fellaini's barber]

It doesn't. He was also being critical of our academy.

Not that I support his statement but what's wrong with criticising our academy? Our best player from there in like more than a decade is Danny Welbeck and he's shit

 

[Amar__]

Not that I support his statement but what's wrong with criticising our academy? Our best player from there in like more than a decade is Danny Welbeck and he's shit

Criticising our academy while using Rashford as an example is simply wrong, because that same Rashford who is our academy product is playing better than some foreign stars for who we paid big money.

 

[manunited1919]

Needs a loan in a more laid back environment; under an LVG or a Pocchettino, he'd be fine, but Mourinho isn't the man to polish him. Send him away and bring him back more complete.

Leicester's direct 4-4-2 would greatly suit him.

He would benefit from a loan, but not so much because Mourinho isn't the man to polish him. He just needs to play in his natural position as striker on a regular basis, and without the pressure of playing at Old Trafford where perfection is expected in every performance.

 

[Kostur]

Needs a loan in a more laid back environment; under an LVG or a Pocchettino, he'd be fine, but Mourinho isn't the man to polish him. Send him away and bring him back more complete.

Leicester's direct 4-4-2 would greatly suit him.

I'm afraid Leicester won't be much interested in developing out players.

 

[AP88]

I'm afraid Leicester won't be much interested in developing out players.

Why? They're in reality a midtable club, who've failed to add significant quality in attack with Slimani and Musa; hes the perfect Vice/partner to Vardy, immensely quick, a perfect counter-attacking asset.

An international on a free loan would appeal to most clubs from 7th down.

 

[Hed Zitin]

Rashford plays like he thinks we have another 20 meters of football pitch to use.

 

[Womp]

Loan would do wonders for him imo, he's got the raw talent and attributes but he just doesn't possess the experience or understanding to lead our line yet.

 

[Ali Dia]

He's been very poor this season overall. If this was his first season people wouldn't be expecting all that much of him. I doubt he'd be in the England team yet at all either. Squad player in a top team at best this year. He's not a winger. Can't cross. Doesn't beat his man convincingly. Doesnt create. He was deadly one v one in the box last year. We aren't doing him any favours this year playing him on the wing. Hopefully it's just difficult second season syndrome for himself and martial because both have been poor far more often than good this year when we need attackers to help zlatan. Our football has gone majorly backwards again in the last while. Nobody is playing well in the teams attack apart from zlatan. We look completely out of ideas without one player which is embarrassing for a club paying the highest wages in the league. I trust JM will get it right eventually but we aren't playing at all well anymore.

 

[Kostur]

Why? They're in reality a midtable club, who've failed to add significant quality in attack with Slimani and Musa; hes the perfect Vice/partner to Vardy, immensely quick, a perfect counter-attacking asset.

An international on a free loan would appeal to most clubs from 7th down.

For that particular reason I believe, they have just too many strikers for that. Vardy, Okazaki who often partners him, Slimani, Musa, think Ulloa is still there, probably forgot about somebody. Then on the wings they've got rather established options and Gray who's also a young lad so I doubt Marcus would see much of a playtime there.

Now a team with very few strikers, that's what would benefit him. Think that this season it was B'mouth who got nearly all of their strikers injured (or was it last season?), this type of situation would be perfect for him.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Needs a loan in a more laid back environment; under an LVG or a Pocchettino, he'd be fine, but Mourinho isn't the man to polish him. Send him away and bring him back more complete.

Leicester's direct 4-4-2 would greatly suit him.

Not sure if serious...

 

[Raees]

I'd send him on loan abroad so he can develop his footballing brain and technical ability.

Sending him to a Leicester wouldn't make him a better all round footballer imo.

 

[roonster09]

I'd send him on loan abroad so he can develop his footballing brain and technical ability.

Sending him to a Leicester wouldn't make him a better all round footballer imo.

Yeah, should take a leaf out of Pereira's book and make most out of the loan deal. IMO we should send him to La Liga club.

 

[Mike09]

A young player like him and Martial need top players with great mentality around them. I'm talking about Rio, Vidic, Evra, Zlatan, Cantona, Giggs, Scholes and Keane. Mata and Mkhytaryan aren't in the same category. Carrick is too old to play regular and Rooney past it.

Sadly, both Martial and Rashford were born in the wrong generation where those players are already long gone now. So it's up to both Rashford and Jose himself whether the manager can find the solution to give these young players their confidence or whether the player can step up to a new level.

 

[Adam-Utd]

He constantly drove at the fullback but he lacks the guile and final ball right now to take advantrage of his speed.

I actually think he needs to slow down a bit when dribbling. He runs at full pelt but can't keep the ball under control unless it's in a straight line.

He should run them, then stop them and slow them down, then go again. Neymar/Messi are really good at doing this, they change the tempo of their dribbles and that catches defenders off balance.

If you just run full at full speed and try to cross or dribble it's so hard.

 

[Raees]

Yeah, should take a leaf out of Pereira's book and make most out of the loan deal. IMO we should send him to La Liga club.

La liga is the best place to go. I think he'd realise that in a more technical league that his pace isn't the be all and end all and it would teach him more about just being direct and 100 miles per hour all the time.

There is much promise with Rashford but I'd hate to see it squandered. I don't think staying at United and playing in such a pressured environment where he has to be so direct and relied upon is going to bring out the best in him.

Even someone like Martial could probably develop faster playing up front for a smaller side than he is under Jose but I think Rashford is in more need of a loan than Martial is. He seems more raw than Martial to me.

Martial at the end of the day is definitely a top 4 club footballer but Rashford could be a mid table footballer sometimes he looks so raw but at other times looks a world beater and therefore building up some consistency up front and getting goals regularly will really develop his edge in front of goal.