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Foreign media rate English players for the last match. Rashford's performance being rated highly.
Martial and Rashford should have played over 4500 minutes each this season? What are you smoking and why do you want us to be battling with Chelsea and Arsenal for Europa League places?
That's because he is shit. It's bizzare you'd decide Welbeck (did you see his 'attempt' last night?) would be a better selection. Frankly, he shouldn't even be in the squad.
Debatable really.Think Rashford provides more for England.
Southgate is killing Rashford's confidence with his negative tactics and favouritism of Sterling.
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Missed a big chance but there wasn't a lot on for him last night beyond that. I wouldn't worry about a young player missing a chance at the World Cup.
I haven't seen any stats to back up whether or not he fails to put away one on one chances more often than other strikers his age, but it will come with time and with patience.He misses way too many of these one on ones. He needs to be ruthless.
Just a few posts earlier you compare Rashford to Welbeck as a criticism!.
You're going to find few who agree that Welbeck should be starting for England.
This guy sucks at 1 on 1 situations. I don't ever think he is going to be a top striker for club and country. On watching the highlights, I got flashbacks of the leicester game where he and lingard messed up easy chances to put the game to bed. Makes me appreciate guys like RVN and Kane even more. You either have the composure or you don't and unfortunately,he doesn't have any. I just hope he becomes a good squad player in the future who can perform at the clutch if called upon . Stop comparing him to the likes of dembele, sane,mbappe,martial. These guys are on another level entirely. But I do believe he is better than the likes of welbeck,iwobi etc.
PS: atleast he hit the freekick just over the bar instead of blasting it into orbit.
Young Ronaldo (and Rooney for that matter) missed plenty of 1 on 1s, it's definitely something that can improve with coaching and experience.Yes, he seems to struggle with 1 on 1 situations. It seems he is more effective in other kinds of chances where he doesn’t have much time to think and he just hits the ball, like the goal against Liverpool. He may be overthinking those 1 vs 1.
I hope you are wrong regarding composure, isn’t that something he can learn from good coaches / other players / and experience? You might be right, as I don’t remember young Cristiano ever missing 1 vs 1.
I agree, however I'm not sure he justifies a place in the full England squad at present. Sterling's form for England has been poor - 2 goals in 40 games now - but Rashford can't make his case for displacing him. That should really tell him the level he's currently at and how much improvement is required. Perhaps his rise through the ranks was too accelerated, due to the impact he made on his introduction to the Utd first team.Young Ronaldo (and Rooney for that matter) missed plenty of 1 on 1s, it's definitely something that can improve with coaching and experience.
This is a really good point, he's still only 20 but because he broke through so early people expect him to be a complete player already. In reality, he's still got a lot of development to go through as you'd expect of a player his age.I agree, however I'm not sure he justifies a place in the full England squad at present. Sterling's form for England has been poor - 2 goals in 40 games now - but Rashford can't make his case for displacing him. That should really tell him the level he's currently at and how much improvement is required. Perhaps his rise through the ranks was too accelerated, due to the impact he made on his introduction to the Utd first team.
I think he's suffering from the FM generation assuming his 'progression' will move him from a promising 18 year old to world class 21 year old if you play him enough.
If you think about genuinely 'world class' strikers, they've almost all showed more at 20 than Rashford has, in terms of goal scoring anyway. I mean the very top level, your Ronaldos x2, Rooney, Messi etc. Hell, even 'late-bloomer' RVN was 21 and 22 he scored 31 in 34 and then 29 in the Eredevisie.
When you look at our first choice strikers over a pretty long time, it's basically: RVN/Rooney/Saha/RVP/Ibra/Lukaku. Do we honestly think Rashford can reach that level? If not, should we still want him as a first choice player?
I think he's suffering from the FM generation assuming his 'progression' will move him from a promising 18 year old to world class 21 year old if you play him enough.
If you think about genuinely 'world class' strikers, they've almost all showed more at 20 than Rashford has, in terms of goal scoring anyway. I mean the very top level, your Ronaldos x2, Rooney, Messi etc. Hell, even 'late-bloomer' RVN was 21 and 22 he scored 31 in 34 and then 29 in the Eredevisie.
When you look at our first choice strikers over a pretty long time, it's basically: RVN/Rooney/Saha/RVP/Ibra/Lukaku. Do we honestly think Rashford can reach that level? If not, should we still want him as a first choice player?
If you think about genuinely 'world class' strikers, they've almost all showed more at 20 than Rashford has, in terms of goal scoring anyway.
Saha at 20 had a total of 13 goals to his name and was about to flop on loan at Newcastle before having to move to a Championship club. Ibrahimovic had 13 goals to his name in Sweden and Van Persie has scored 16 in Holland. None of them had played for their country.When you look at our first choice strikers over a pretty long time, it's basically: RVN/Rooney/Saha/RVP/Ibra/Lukaku.
I think he's suffering from the FM generation assuming his 'progression' will move him from a promising 18 year old to world class 21 year old if you play him enough.
If you think about genuinely 'world class' strikers, they've almost all showed more at 20 than Rashford has, in terms of goal scoring anyway. I mean the very top level, your Ronaldos x2, Rooney, Messi etc. Hell, even 'late-bloomer' RVN was 21 and 22 he scored 31 in 34 and then 29 in the Eredevisie.
When you look at our first choice strikers over a pretty long time, it's basically: RVN/Rooney/Saha/RVP/Ibra/Lukaku. Do we honestly think Rashford can reach that level? If not, should we still want him as a first choice player?
- RvN at 22 had 13 goals in 31 games for Heerenveen in Eredivise that season.
- Harry Kane at 21 had 3 goals in 10 games in the previous season for Spurs, and was struggeling getting games - for Spurs!
- Thierry Henry was considered a flop at Juve at the age of 22 and was sold to Arsenal. By the time he had 160 games and 31 goals in Ligue 1 and Serie A. (Rashford will be 21 later this year and has 32 goals in 123 apperances for Man Utd in the PL.)
- Alan Shearer at the age of 22 had finished the -92 season with 13 goals in 41 games. In total he had 43 in 158 apperances.
- Didier Drogba played in Ligue 2 by the age of 24 and never looked special.
This was correct as of febuary this year;
According to Transfermarkt Marcus Rashford has played 3486 minutes as a centre forward for Manchester United at senior level, and provided 19 goals and 7 assists. One goal every 183 minute. Considering that he dont take penalties, I would claim that this is a decent return. Zlatan Ibrahimovic played 3847 minutes last season and had 28 goals (3 penalties) and 10 assists. That is one goal every 154 min excluding penalties. But that is Zlatan!
- He has not had a consistent run as a centre forward,
- He has been 18 to 20 year during this time period (and he was late Developer physically),
- Man Utd has been quite poor during his spell,
Compare it to what Harry Kane did for Leyton Orient, Leicester or similiar. In fact, compare it to Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Luiz Suarez at the same age and it is a fantastic record. Im not sure why so many expect so much. Is it because of the exceptions like Mbappe, Ronaldo and Rooney?
In short, Yes. Pundits generally speak of Rashford to be at the same talent level as Mbappe.
In short, Yes. Pundits generally speak of Rashford to be at the same talent level as Mbappe.
No they don’t.
There's been some staggeringly bad takes posted in here over the past few days but I think accusing the 'FM generation' of being overly patient is one of the most bizarre.
If you think about genuinely 'world class' strikers, they've almost all showed more at 20 than Rashford has, in terms of goal scoring anyway. I mean the very top level, your Ronaldos x2, Rooney, Messi etc. Hell, even 'late-bloomer' RVN was 21 and 22 he scored 31 in 34 and then 29 in the Eredevisie.