His decision making clearly is lacking, you only need to look at his haircut to see that. He has a football brain the size of a pea.
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He is so frustrating I almost got mad at him topping off a terrible performance with a beautiful finish. I don't know why.
He will score one goal and fans will be going crazy over him again. Overrated because he is an academy player. His decision making is so poor. Fair enough a young player can make the wrong decision if he is in the box and doesn't square it or misplaces a pass like he did last season costing Lukaku multiple tap ins. However, Rashford goes beyond this. His decision making is pure arrogance. The team needs a goal and he is shooting and slicing the ball from outside the box or from positions he can cross. This is not a one off thing he does this consistently. We went a goal down against Southampton and he started to go on pointless runs, he does it everytime. He is not a team player. Far too much ego, especially since he was given the #10. That shirt should've been earned not handed to him. I wont even go into the other glaring holes in his game, his decision making alone is a reason why he shouldn't be a starting striker. People actually believe Rashford upfront is good enough for next season. If we want to challenge we need consistency. Rashford wont be ready for 2-3 years and even thats questionable.
He's such an average player it's unbelievable. I'm sick of the Chuckle Brothers starting every game (Lingard & Rashford). Rashford's top level is probably as an impact sub, but he's nowhere near the quality required. Alexis has played so much better than Rashford recently but because one is from Manchester and one is an ex-Arsenal player on a ton of money, the reaction to their performances is vastly different. I can't see this club going anywhere in the near future.
Sentimentality is going to hold us back.
Sentimentality is going to hold us back.
Great effort. Rashford is what was the word.. primitive?It's not his desire to shoot that annoy's me, he's never actually in the box at the end of a cross, there was a few times he was moving towards the ball when Shaw had it.. He is the 9! should of been on the shoulders of the CB's not coming to play a 1-2 ect. That's where Rom excels, he's always far post/ in the box ready and waiting for the ball in the box.
There's still time to reach Mbappe level, i'm remaining hopeful! That said, we are yet to see a consistent season (goals + assists) from him.
If he wants to be the main CF then he needs to learn that sometimes less is more. Stay in the box, make yourself an option and work the opposition defenders. Don’t go where you want or shoot from where you want.
He only needed to look at what Raul Jimenez did for an example.
He only needed to look at what Raul Jimenez did for an example.
Very poor player in between sporadic games of brilliance. Are great players all as poor as this when they're young?
Surely not!!!
Surely not!!!
I've said for a long time, I don't want Lingard and Rashford to be the first choice, they are not going to help us win the league next season, we need a player like RVP who could score 30+ season and proper RW. So Rashford can stay on the bench as deputy to the striker and learn and improving themselves before ready for the first starter in the future
We need to stop with a romantic story about academy stuff.
We need to stop with a romantic story about academy stuff.
Once again he was absolutely terrible in the build-up and his decision making was also very poor most of the time.
He's a great player when given some space and when we play on the counter, but in games like these he doesn't offer much.
He's a great player when given some space and when we play on the counter, but in games like these he doesn't offer much.
I agree. Doing what Jimenez did tonight isn't easy, though. He was a nuisance, and a physical one at that, all match. Practically a perfect game by him.
Rashford is good at running the channels, decent at running at defenders in counter-attacking situations or situations where the opposition defense is somewhat unstable, and he obviously has a good shooting (and to an extent crossing) technique. However, it has been clear for quite some time now that he offers little when facing goal with an established defence ahead of him. He drops off to get involved, and it usually leads to little else than some free space to fire off a very speculative shot, or running into a blind alley. Combined with signs of hype-induced hubris and very inconsistent decision-making, it doesn't get any better. He's young though, and I hope that can be worked off him.
He's a young player and is inconsistent. I think people's expectations of him are too high. He's been superb under Ole but it's unrealistic to expect him to be a match winner every week.
He might not have played so well in the last few games but he has still had key contributions. He scored 2 in the last 3 games and put one on a plate for Lukaku at Arsenal.
The biggest issue today was a lack of attacking options. Rashford, Martial and Lingard didn't play well and Ole had no options to change things off the bench.
He might not have played so well in the last few games but he has still had key contributions. He scored 2 in the last 3 games and put one on a plate for Lukaku at Arsenal.
The biggest issue today was a lack of attacking options. Rashford, Martial and Lingard didn't play well and Ole had no options to change things off the bench.
His body language on pitch, I've noticed it for a few games now. Maybe I'm not reading it right but he reminds me of Ronaldo at his petulant best. Only he's no where near that level of performance.
he isn't a team player and I don't like this. shooting from random positions or delaying pass to teammate in better position... it's very annoying.
We don't.
Problem with Rash is when he's not having a great game, he's trash, and immediately that. There's no in between for him. Either a star or trash. We just want an in-between that's all.
He was given the number 10 and didnt earn it. Young players make bad decisions in terms of not squaring a pass or losing the ball. However, Rashford does it out of pure arrogance. Stupid long shots from outside the box. He wants it to be all about him. Lukaku is a much better team player, Rashford has all the ego of ronaldo with the current ability of an impact sub. Poor movement and very one dimensional. He hits the ball the same way whether he is in the box or outside the box.
I'm not pretending he had a great game but he did score.
His performance was once again painful to watch yet he just strolls around confident he’ll play the full 90 next match. It’s infuriating. The club and Ole in particular has mismanaged him of late. Doing him no favors. Fergie would’ve yanked him before the half today. It’s worrisome to say the least.
Hmm yeah so ?
It was a goal at 95 minute and it was still a pretty crap performance. It's not the kind of goal that elevates the performance if you ask me!
Telling him to be more selfish has done more harm than good. He's now spending his developmental years shooting from anywhere on the pitch instead of developing his tactical understanding. I don't think he will be the kind of player to build a United team around but we've certainly got him believing that
So, that's what you want from a striker. Even if they don't perform well, they impact the game.
He hasn't played that well in the last 3 games yet he scored a crucial pressure filled penalty in Paris, played a brilliant through ball to Lukaku which should have been a crucial equaliser at the Emirates and scored again at Wolves.
I was really critical of his attitude under Mourinho. Some of his decision making was disgracefully selfish and irresponsible but I'm not seeing that now. He's just struggling a bit for form so needs others to step up to take up the slack. Lukaku was doing that but got injured.
A goal at 95 minutes when you are losing 2-0 isn't called having an impact that's my problem It's not a goal to elevate a performance from crap to acceptable .
If you want a better example it will be the PSG game. He was terrible but still had an impact in all 3 goals and was important. Now that's called having impact while you are off form.
Tonight was just poor all around and the goal isn't going to mask it because it didn't affect the game much. It was the last kick of the game.
I still see him as selfish as before. He needs to start becoming a team player and stop thinking it's all about himself. He gets sucked into his hype way too much at times.
You've just said your issue with him is that he's either a match winner or trash. You said you don't need him to be a match winner every game, just not to be trash.
Now you've said the goal made his performance acceptable?
No matter who was on the bench today, I would have left him on because he is capable of impacting games and he can make things happen, even when he's not playing well.
Yes, the goal was too little too late but would have been far more pivotal if Romero hadn't let in an extremely soft 2nd goal.
I'm saying the goal today isn't a goal to elevate a performance from crap to acceptable?
The goal was the last kick in an already lost game. It didn't impact the game at all, thus no one is mentioning it.
Otherwise it was overall a pretty crap performance. There's something called having a 6/10 performance. Not great but doing the job to a standard. Rashford games are usually 8 or 2 out of 10. It's like having 6 or 5 out of 10 performance doesn't exist for him.
That doesn't bother me because he will get more consistent with more experience.
What I like about him is that he keeps going to the end, never gives up and has confidence in himself that he can impact the game no matter how poorly he is playing.
Those are the characteristics of a United player and it's the type of culture that the club needs to get back to if it wants to be successful.
We all hope so. He's definitely still young and can improve a lot.
The last time I critcised him I said he was an Everton player and after he went on a good run of form. After tonight's performance I'm not sure he'd get a game for Tranmere, woeful.
Seriously though, I don't know what to make of him but I have serious doubts he is good enough for a top tier team. I don't consider us as one at the moment but if we are to get there we will have to be ruthless.
Seriously though, I don't know what to make of him but I have serious doubts he is good enough for a top tier team. I don't consider us as one at the moment but if we are to get there we will have to be ruthless.
His decision making pisses me off. Always tries to do everything by himself instead of bringing teammates into play.
He's still young and will learn from this but Ole need to bring out his hair dryer.
He's still young and will learn from this but Ole need to bring out his hair dryer.
He’s gone off the boil for quite a few matches now. Decision making is terrible.
I think he needs a rest, maybe not physically but mentally.
will we have the balls to drop him? he's not been the same since the return from injury.
He needs to realise he has to play with his team mates if he's ever going to be part of a successful team. Doesn't seem very interesting in forging footballing partnerships. Ole needs to ensure things like this are instilled and not allowed to become the norm.
The poster who said united is too sentimental is absolutely spot on. Rashford and Lingard are not the level of players for what we aspire to be, but due to being academy players many fans have a lot of bias toward them. They just lack in technical ability and i cant see either improving much for the standard which we expect of united. I really hope we make a move for Sancho, who looks a much superior player
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Rashford's poor form really gives us a problem now with Sanchez and Lukaku injured. That weakens us considerably in the final third.
If Pogba stops scoring and assisting from the midfield, we are suddenly fried.
If Pogba stops scoring and assisting from the midfield, we are suddenly fried.
Starting to think we should just patch the defence up with a low key signing in the summer and go all out to make sure we have some proper competition up front and in the middle. We've got too many players who are not performing week in week out because they know there's no one to replace them from the bench.
Rashford can be, but he really shouldn't be playing as a guaranteed starter. Hopefully now players are coming back from injury he drops to the bench for a game or two, make him focus on his decision making.
The problem is when we try to evaluate players properly on here we get called negative but the fact is that Rashford just, based on current level of ability, just is not good enough to start for Manchester United
How is a consolation goal impacting the game? You know what could've impacted the game? If he didnt try shooting from ridiculous distances, or he put a cross in instead of shooting from outside the box or if he used his brain and showed more movement in behind for Pogba to find. So overrated.
If Rashford was in a team like Everton he would have the same statistics as Calvert-Lewin. He plays in a better teams, gets more chances and ends up scoring more. He is not as elite of a talent as people believe. Worse heading I've seen from a striker, poor movement in the box, one dimensional 9/10 goals with his right foot, similar shooting style in the box or outside the box, inconsistent 1v1s, very loose dribbler and most of all extremely selfish. Positives are he has a good cross, skills and pace. And people believe he is good enough to fire us to a title next season? He needs 2-4 years to develop.
Every player has different high and low points in every season. On here is always the same, high points he's one of the best in the league, low points he's shite and will never make it here. High points when we are winning, low points when we have lost. Marcus is one of the best young strikers in Europe and if we think he's not good enough, there are a long, long list of ours that do. His ceiling is ridiculously high but along with that is the inconsistency that comes with age. Nothing you can do about it, it's the rite of passage to being a WC footballer.
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