Minimalist
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That cheeky backheel though...
He played okay to good. His first assist was inch perfect, but there was no way he intended that to be. His second assist came from him running away from the goal, catching a lucky break by nutmegging the closest defender, & finding Herrera trailing. Neither one of these were brilliant plays, neither one of these were drawn up. I take the fact that he still makes bad runs head down with the ball (somewhat like the second assist) as proof he just isn’t improving enough & may never.
It’s a double edge sword - he shouldn’t be man of the match, &, if he is, we currently suck worse than we realize.
InjuredWhy was he subbed ?
He played okay to good. His first assist was inch perfect, but there was no way he intended that to be. His second assist came from him running away from the goal, catching a lucky break by nutmegging the closest defender, & finding Herrera trailing. Neither one of these were brilliant plays, neither one of these were drawn up. I take the fact that he still makes bad runs head down with the ball (somewhat like the second assist) as proof he just isn’t improving enough & may never.
It’s a double edge sword - he shouldn’t be man of the match, &, if he is, we currently suck worse than we realize.
EmbarrassingHe played okay to good. His first assist was inch perfect, but there was no way he intended that to be. His second assist came from him running away from the goal, catching a lucky break by nutmegging the closest defender, & finding Herrera trailing. Neither one of these were brilliant plays, neither one of these were drawn up. I take the fact that he still makes bad runs head down with the ball (somewhat like the second assist) as proof he just isn’t improving enough & may never.
It’s a double edge sword - he shouldn’t be man of the match, &, if he is, we currently suck worse than we realize.
Embarrassing
And yet still better than your postsHis play often is.
People really hate our academy products, not even one page of praise when he singlehandedly got us two goals. Ridiculous. Should we start calling it racism like in the Sterling thread?
Can you explain how he single handedly got us two goals scored by Lukaku and Ander?
Can you explain how he single handedly got us two goals scored by Lukaku and Ander?
Lukaku's was easy finish, Ander's was nice though, but he created them almost out of nothing. Easily MOTM.
Severely underrated on this forum these days. The majority would swap him for Jesus or Asensio in an heartbeat and yet he's had a much better goal/assist ratio than them even though he's playing in a Mourinho team. Such a class act.
Yep, notable how little praise he's getting given how eager everyone is to slag him off.
Yep, notable how little praise he's getting given how eager everyone is to slag him off.
He did well to create the two goals but i don't think he was exactly fantastic and worthy of outpourings of praise. None of our players were.
Wow look, he’s not total shit like some like to claim. When this cretin feck of a manger does one, he’ll no doubt move up another level.
Don’t like these comments if I’m honest.
He played well in patches yesterday, did some very good things and some poor things. He got us back into the game, some brilliant stuff within that, good to see. He tried hard, he showed some fight, he stuck at it which is great. Well played.
The other night he missed four or five clear chances. Don’t care who the manager is, that’s on the player. He misses so many 1 v 1 chances and it costs you points, it’s cost us points. That’s on him, his finishing is solely on him. Not passing to a player in a better position than him is on him.
Mourinho is getting plenty of things wrong, it’s an absolute mess but particularly with Rashford, the blame can’t all be put on Mourinho’s door. Rashford has to take some of that, plenty of that even.
I’ve said it before: when he’s consistant with his finishing, when he starts nailing these chances on a consistent basis, people will be more optimistic. But it’s not right to just lay a players performance on a manager. I’ve played rugby for however many years and I have never looked at a manager if my passing is off, my goal kicking is off, my 1 v 1 tackling is off. Those are my responsibilities and it’s up to me to make sure I’m strong in those areas. It’s the same with Rashford and parts of his game; it’s his job to be better in some of those areas, nothing to do with the system or anything like that.
Anddd breathe. I’m talking about our shit restrictive football that we play. No breathe again, you need it after that pointless rant.