He's become a complete nothing player.
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Slows down attacks a lot, recieves the ball, stops it dead, stands still with his head up for a few seconds, makes a short largely pointless pass and makes a little run that is easily blocked off and causes no kind of threat. He doesn't have the technical skill/pass and move game to play that kind of style. What happened to the raw, pacey, direct Rashford? At least that Rashford was always a threat, and difficult for defenders to contain, even if his end product was hit and miss.
Average today. He was gassed in that second half, he was the least fit player on the pitch for some reason
I wonder what the next PR episode will be with him. Maybe that he is carrying an injury ?
He did track back a lot more today. Going forward, it wasn't great, but I'm glad to see a bit more effort. I think Ralf has got on to him over running into a bunch of defenders and losing the ball. He's pretty much stopped doing it. He just passes the ball back now.
Should have waited a bit before typing
Even before tonight, what has Rashford doen more than Ronaldo this season, in fact more than any attackign player?Poor yet again but it's been the same story for 2 years, a moments player who no longer has moments..
He’s a huffy little bastard, isn’t he?
If most of our other attackers weren’t so desperate to leave I’d be giving him the boot as soon as summer comes. Alas, we probably need him. For now, at least.
If most of our other attackers weren’t so desperate to leave I’d be giving him the boot as soon as summer comes. Alas, we probably need him. For now, at least.
He worked very hard. Someone has obviously had a word about getting stuck in a bit more. Has absolutely zero confidence though.
Convert him to right back like we did with Valencia?
Put in a shift defensively today. Can't fault him for effort.
Clearly out of form, but he put in a shift. I don't want to praise him for it, it should be the standard.
Left back..........in the locker room
The most spirited he's played in a long while.
Just a shame that he seems to have completely lost the plot offensively and that's what we pay him for.
Just a shame that he seems to have completely lost the plot offensively and that's what we pay him for.
He's not a winger anymore and his pace dropping slightly has exposed the lack of flair he has for that role. He still has a quick burst, but I don't think he has the ability to do it for long spurts or the flair to consistently beat a man over a longer distance. As a striker, his movement would still be valuable, he still can shoot and will be more central. I don't think we can consider him a "forward" anymore. He either works as a 9 or nothing else. I'd give him a shot in that role, but would also buy another striker for competition purposes. The money gotten from selling Martial should be used for that.
Yea I was waiting for thisShould have waited a bit before typing
Still kept letting his man go at times. Just fail to see what he's bringing at the moment
Lacks close control and dribbling to play in tight spaces. Belted every cross in like he was shooting.
A better game from him from a defensive standpoint but he contributed very little as an attacker.
Actually looked like he was trying tonight but still, on a night where Maguire put the ball in his own net, managed to be our worst player. Without pace and space to run into he's just not very good. I think he's on his penultimate season here now.
Most notable thing he did all night was tackle Sancho.
Most notable thing he did all night was tackle Sancho.
Tried nothing as didn't want to fail so chose the simple ball. In the second half he tried a few crosses which he overhit. Worked a bit harder than recently.
A heavy 4, light 5.
A heavy 4, light 5.
Atleast he ran about a bit more
fecking tragic that has to be a compliment for a professional.
fecking tragic that has to be a compliment for a professional.
Dont know if its injuries or lack of confidence but he doesnt even seem to be able to run at or past players recently. If he has genuinely lost a yard of pace at this point in his career though from the back problems, he is in serious trouble career wise.
I have always found him to be over rated though his early months and other periods have been enjoyable, but I really think we should be lookign to sell him this summer whilst his stock transfer value wise is probably still high.
For the owners shouldnt let another valuable asset end up leaving free, for the wage structure he currently never deserves a new contract either. We should be learning from the curret players like Pogba and Lingard who will be leaving for nothing this summer when we could have sold them a couple of years ago and they have done pretty much nothing since whislt here anyway
I have always found him to be over rated though his early months and other periods have been enjoyable, but I really think we should be lookign to sell him this summer whilst his stock transfer value wise is probably still high.
For the owners shouldnt let another valuable asset end up leaving free, for the wage structure he currently never deserves a new contract either. We should be learning from the curret players like Pogba and Lingard who will be leaving for nothing this summer when we could have sold them a couple of years ago and they have done pretty much nothing since whislt here anyway
He’s not there mentally. Forget tactics, skills and fitness. He is struggling mentally. He seems like someone lacking confidence. He knows he hasn’t been at his best (far off actually) and he just seems to continue struggling. His facial expression when he got subbed indicated that he knew he flopped yet again and that he deserves to be subbed. He isn’t able to get over it
Think he's not been the same since that back injury in January 2020. Until then, he was player of the season for us.
Thought he was bloody awful again. Zero confidence in the lad. Anonymous in the first half. 2nd half last 10 minutes when he switched left he just looked like he had given up.. stood about watching, maybe he was injured.
Had spells in the game where he put the effort in. Still saw sometimes when he didn't bother tracking back.
Still looks as though this level of football is too much for him.
Still looks as though this level of football is too much for him.
He was definitely better than he has been recently. Still nowhere near his best obviously, but it's a step in the right direction.
At least he put a shift in. Sancho better of the two though.
I largely agree but I think there's a psychological element too. Something's off. He doesn't try things, he gives up, he plays it safe, hides, doesn't play for the team. I'm not sure about him as a CF either. His biggest asset in any position was running in behind or running off defenders and that's gone. He's never really shown goal poacher instincts, nor is he good at holding up thr ball, nor is he currently showing much willingness to press. 37 year old Ronaldo was tracking back today more than I've seen from Rashford in a long time. There was a moment a few games ago, Sancho was through and rather than pass to Rashford he shot. Rashford threw his arms up in the air and stood still. The shot was either saved or hit the post and rebounded a few yards from Rashford. He didn't even move for the ball. Bruno was more than twice the distance away and sprinted for it, getting a shot that was just blocked. If Rashford has shown the same attitude as Bruno we would likely have scored. It's just one example of many that makes me think Rashford's head has gone. His heart isn't in it for whatever reason.
He doesn't actually know how to kick the ball more than 10 yards without absolutely twatting it, does he?
Worked a lot harder so good to see there’s some fight in him. Hopefully on the road to something better.
I thought he was better today than the last few games.
I think its time to move on if he wants insane money. I just dont know where will he fit. He cant lead the line and is struggling on the wings.
But he was decent in first half and worked hard. I just hope he finds a role in which he is comfortable
But he was decent in first half and worked hard. I just hope he finds a role in which he is comfortable
Think he has been told to keep it very simple and not try anything flash, which he did, and so offered next to nothing, but it was still better than what he's done recently.
I still think he has that off the ball movement. It's how he's gotten his goals this season, but I don't think the distance runs that he used to do off the ball in the past are there at the moment. We can use him as a 9 partly because we have Bruno. Bruno would compliment him perfectly with the right ball and consistent opportunities to chase them closer to goal. Additionally, his ability get forward, would allow Rashford the freedom to move into channels at times. To support this, we would need to finally fix our midfield. We can't keep allowing our team lose control of games due to this.
I think we should still give him the benefit of the doubt in terms of a chance to get into form in that position, but after next season, we should sell if he keeps performing like this. We should sign a striker that will directly compete with him. Not an older/younger player, but one in his prime. That way we guarantee that even if he proves not to be the player we hoped he would be, we wouldn't suffer for it. Sancho has already taken the left wing, the right is up for grabs for the younger players ( Elanga/Amad/Pellestri/Whoever). Fernandes is also there too. Fernandes and Sancho can carry our attack through the experiment.
His best performance since about March last year.
A number 9? Really?
Has he ever scored, or even challenged, for a header at goal?
And one of the main problems I remember with him when he was played up front before was not getting into the six yard box.
So two of those goals that were scored today wouldn't even have been chances if Rashford was leading the line
Hit the nail on the head here! I think it’s a complete lack of confidence tbh. I think a loan would do him the world of good! Still a decent player in there, at least better than we’ve been seeing anyway
Wtf has happened to this guy. Absolutely anonymous attacking wise. Body language was awful again. So many instances where he made no effort to get back. Didnt show the energy of someone who actually gives a shit.
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