Great potential, but the lad needs to learn to time his runs better. With his pace he can afford to give Cbs those extra few yards.
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I think you're being too generous to Marcus here. If I recall correctly, he played a lot as a winger in the academy, so I doubt taking on his man and driving forward is something new to him.
While Mourinho might have encouraged him to take on players, you can't pin Rashford's poor decision making on him. Things like him not passing to Martial for an easy goal against Brighton or to Lukaku against Burnley last season obviously had nothing to do with instructions. Besides, being instructed to take on players isn't equivalent to being told to be selfish.
Needs to be calmer on the ball. He doesn’t have to go 100 mph as soon as he picks up the ball. Lift your head up lad.
His decision making is so poor that most of the balls played up front to him is lost because he runs the wrong way. He is not a CF and would never be one as he does not take the ability to be one. The option for him is to play on the right and he is right footed so just go past people and put the cross in for Lukaku or whoever is on the left. He tries to score goals when they are better options. He tries to take on defenders, when he is not that good in dribbling. Yes he has pace to burn so use it for the good of the team instead of trying to be selfish.
For that matter 20 years is not that young in professional football anymore.
For that matter 20 years is not that young in professional football anymore.
Oh my 20 is the new 30 this season, will be scouting the maternity ward for our next purchases at this rate
Oh my 20 is the new 30 this season, will be scouting the maternity ward for our next purchases at this rate
Rooney was 18 when he moved to United and was already an established star. There are many players who played much better starting at a younger age than Rashford. He has played now three seasons with United. He has not shown much improvement in these three years. Lots of players by the time they get to 20 showed much improvement than Rashford. It cannot be said that he was not given the chances as he played a lot under LVG later on and of course under Jose.
You'd think at a club where players like Fletcher and most recently, Lingard, started to flourish only after inconsistent and frustrating early twenties that we could dispel this expectation. But naw, let's lose perspective and keep trudging back around in circles.
It clearly isn't, but I don't think his instructions are to be selfish (or, in his case, make terrible decisions). I think his game started to change for the worse last season when Martial took the starting spot from him. Since then, he's really tried to make himself noticed, rather than be a part of the team and being a cog in the system.
Fletcher did not get regular games because United had better players than him to play in midfield. He was just another player. Rashford doesnt have that kind of competition that Fletcher had anyway. He gets to play a lot of game but he has not improved much or at all. He is probably another Welbeck unless he transforms himself to a very good winger.
Fletchers loss for champions league final against Barcelona was an absolute disaster for us. He was much better than average player for us once he established himself.
Rashford is competing with mata martial Sanchez and lingard that’s no walkover for a 20 year old kid
Ahh its hilarious how these fans jump from one excuse to another for an academy prospect. When he doesnt perform on the RW its because he is better on the left. When he doesn't perform on the Lw its because he is a striker. When he fails its because he is better on the wing. . Such a joke. Even as a Striker his movement is so poor. In terms of getting away from his man in OPEN space its shocking or creating space for others its horrendous. Not to mention in the box movement. In the academy he was never rated that highly as a finisher. And since last season his attitude on the pitch is like he thinks he is already Ronaldo. As a winger is is worse than as a striker because he gets on the ball more often. We dont see him try to use dribbling or any sort of variation. Instead its an attempt to knock it up the pitch and chase it and he even fails at that as he is a straight line runner like Bellerin. And lets not forget the selfishness or maybe its just the lack of footballing IQ that he doesn't have the vision or decision making skills. Cost Lukaku at least 5 tap ins last season and ruined pretty much every counter the other day. He is young but why should he get away with poor performance after poor performance when Martial gets slaughtered for a few mistakes.
Oh my 20 is the new 30 this season, will be scouting the maternity ward for our next purchases at this rate
This. It took Lingard a while to learn the game.
Lets judge him when he is 24-25 and not now.
it is and will always beYes mate go on about the exceptions and try to pass them off as the norm.
Personally think expectations have been too high on Rashford as he broke through suddenly so strongly with a purple patch of goals that he has been over hyped. Kind of understandable as he is so fast and exciting to watch running at players.
May be his third season but he is still very young, though I really see an exciting impact player coming off the bench than a world class striker or winger many seem to have billed him as. Things missing from his game I think natural ability wise to be a top striker or winger.
People talk about Lingard flourishing in his mid twenties as an example, which may be true.......but it seems most people still want a new right winger. I see Rashford in the same kind of bracket as Lingard, Welbeck and a few other prospects locally we have had down the years, a valuable squad player but not a star player
May be his third season but he is still very young, though I really see an exciting impact player coming off the bench than a world class striker or winger many seem to have billed him as. Things missing from his game I think natural ability wise to be a top striker or winger.
People talk about Lingard flourishing in his mid twenties as an example, which may be true.......but it seems most people still want a new right winger. I see Rashford in the same kind of bracket as Lingard, Welbeck and a few other prospects locally we have had down the years, a valuable squad player but not a star player
If he's lucky, he'll replace Mata when Lukaku is fully fit. He's not been good for a longer period and it is those basic flaws that makes me wonder how good he really can become
Only absolute nailed on superstars are doing it at 20 years old. Rashford still has time on his side.
Rashford is a very, very talented youngster, his ability is obvious. You only have to see him strike a ball to see how good he can be, but he's 20 years old, he's not going to be the finished article for years.
yes he can strike a ball very well and he has got plenty of pace to burn too and he will beat most defenders purely on pace too but he is not using those talents he has to become a better player. He seems to have become very selfish and he needs to understand that it is a team game. His best talents are those. He is not a good dribbler that can dribble past a number of players. He makes the wrong moves and wrong decisions when he plays as a striker. Now he is right footed and he can beat players like anything. He can hit the ball very well. All he needs to do is go on the right wing and beat the defenders and put in decent crosses to start with. That will guarantee his place in the team as we do not have any sort of attacking presence on the right side and Rashford is not going to be beaten for pace like Mata always does when the opposing left back attacks us. In fact due to his pace they would be reluctant to attack.
A big season for him ahead. He's proven to certainly not be a CF at least yet. We do need to see continued improvement in him though, in terms of output and decision making. He has tools to be a top player but needs to find his position first and foremost.
What he can do is beat men and get fans off their seats. LW/RW is best for him right now but really want to see his link up improve, I'm getting worried that he could stagnate so hope he gets a goal early in the season to get him going.
What he can do is beat men and get fans off their seats. LW/RW is best for him right now but really want to see his link up improve, I'm getting worried that he could stagnate so hope he gets a goal early in the season to get him going.
Rashford was shifted to RW v Leicester, as Mata/Darmian were heavily exposed. This is clearly our weak area and teams will try and exploit it. I have a feeling Rashford will now be given his chance to lock down the RW spot.
..............De Gea
Young - Bailly - Lindelof - Shaw
...............Pereira
..........Fred ---- Pogba
Rashford -- Lukaku -- Sanchez
I hope he can learn to play the position, as it is such a vacant area for us.
..............De Gea
Young - Bailly - Lindelof - Shaw
...............Pereira
..........Fred ---- Pogba
Rashford -- Lukaku -- Sanchez
I hope he can learn to play the position, as it is such a vacant area for us.
He is a player with plenty of pace, can cross and can shoot. Why does he refuse to make it as his own instead of trying to be a CF?
He strikes me as being a confidence player, when things aren't going well for him he tries too hard.
He needs to use his brain and also remember this is a team game and he needs to pass it to his team mates at the right time and not try to hog all the time and try to do it on his own.
When he first came into the team he seemed less predicable, more dribbles, little flicks etc He now seems to do the same thing again and again i.e. punt the ball ahead of him and try and burn the defender for pace. This makes him predictable and easier to defend against.
He needs to start mixing it up again - I'm not sure why this has changed, maybe the managers influence ?
He needs to start mixing it up again - I'm not sure why this has changed, maybe the managers influence ?
He needs to be making better runs too. In the above pic clearly Rashford(left) needs to make a dash towards byline so Pogba could feed him the ball
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I wonder if Rashford's development would be improved if he wasn't Lingard's lapdog and was being tutored by a more complete footballer?
Not saying that we actually have many ideal candidates to be a tutor, but getting this lad away from the 'Lingard circus' and concentrating on his game would help him fulfill his potential far more in my opinion.
Not saying that we actually have many ideal candidates to be a tutor, but getting this lad away from the 'Lingard circus' and concentrating on his game would help him fulfill his potential far more in my opinion.
What do you mean? Pricking about on social media and that?
Social media, plugging own merchandise, creating daft celebrations 24/7 etc. Basically living the dream life of a 14yo boy.
Rashford is a pretty normal 20 year old. He isn’t really that much like Lingard in terms of personality. They’re just friends.
Rashford has more quality than Lingard but thanks to him becoming greedy he'll never be able to show it.
Look forward to him playing as a striker & not a target man when Jose has gone. The fact both he & martial has struggled under Jose is no surprise - only makes the blame come down on the manager bit more.
Ultimately Jose has given us what was expected & managed to stall any development of our most highly expected youngsters whilst others are constantly on loan - when they might even look needed once in a whilst.
Not long left Rashy! Loved how he was a striker that was in the right place at the right time.
Ultimately Jose has given us what was expected & managed to stall any development of our most highly expected youngsters whilst others are constantly on loan - when they might even look needed once in a whilst.
Not long left Rashy! Loved how he was a striker that was in the right place at the right time.
He has been played as a striker and he has failed miserably everyt ime he has played there.
Yes because Lukaku has also really hit the yard running so far
Jose can hardly get the best out of his own makeshift target man - how is he actually going to get the best out a striker that he himself does not regard as striker in the first place
If the striker is not tall & overweight then he is simply not a striker to Jose - no wonder martial & rashfprd struggle! You could have Messi playing upfront & Jose would be the worst manager possible to get him to play up to his full capacity because he would prefer Lukaku centrally
He's missing too many fundamental aspects to his game to be a striker imo. At this level, anyway.
When has he ever done any of this?
He looked more confident and playing with freedom for England. His best position for me is LF. Cutting inside and shooting or beating a man and crossing. He could probably strike up a decent partnership with Shaw. It can’t be any worse than Young and Sanchez!
problem is we all want the next young player from the academy to be the next ronaldo or rooney, when in all likelihood he will just end up being a half decent player. which is ok. the true stars are rare.
Ah. Remember Kiko Macheda, who always was at the right time at the right place until Fergie stalled his development?
What player he could have been without management!
Ah come on. Macheda was always pretty crap. I was shocked that he ever got games for the first team because he'd always looked really average on the reserves. He just had a couple of good moments at the right time.
Martial is a very different situation.
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