Olecurls99
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It was reminiscent of last seasonWas especially strange seeing him refuse to do any defensive work when he wasn't in the game offensively either.
It was reminiscent of last seasonWas especially strange seeing him refuse to do any defensive work when he wasn't in the game offensively either.
In my eyes, Rashford hasn't really been on it since Barcelona at home and his effort levels have really dropped. In the final vs Newcastle, he barely attempted to track back and support Shaw despite continual overloads. If that were any other member of our team, they'd (rightly) be getting pelters. Same happened yesterday, except this time he didn't score (or even have a shot?) either.
If he really ditched the hard work and grew the ego back for a fecking good half of a season, then I don't know what to say, the guy will never be great. You can't really say he's not fit either, you can see he's still explosive when he runs and moves.
We better see a different Rashford tomorrow or I'm going to be livid
Feel like we have the same old people now coming out of the woodwork to try and scapegoat Rashford now he's gone a few games without a goal. It's so bleeding transparent.
The truth is he's playing in a totally and utterly abysmal front 6. Without Casemiro, Eriksen and Martial our front 6 isn't even top 10 standard and that's not an exaggeration either.
Without his goals this season god only knows where we would be. We certainly wouldn't be in a top 4 race that's for sure and I doubt we'd even be in the top 7. Erik Ten Hag would be in a world of trouble too.
Antony hasnt been great at all, Weghorst is a waste of space and Sancho hasn't improved one iota. Garnacho has had a few good cameos but he's still very raw and obviously he's injured anyway at the moment.
We are so so reliant on Rashford. We can't win football games if he doesn't play well. That's not a good sign at all for this team.
Literally nothing you have said there excuses him from not putting a shift in during a crunch game like that.
It’s so fecking frustrating because, every now and then, he has a match where he leaves it all out there. So we know he has the engine to show more than he did on Sunday. If the mood takes him. The fact he half-arsed this most recent performance is on him and him alone.
Absolutely hilarious as usual a bad game and it's always the same comments he can have a bad game feck anyone can, we only feel Rashford having a bad game more than most because no one else can score, it can't always be down to him the other players need to pick it up when he isn't on form but there is no one else either in form or who could do it so we come back to Rashford or bust he cannot do it alone.
Again this is a myth that he didn't put effort in. He probably tracks back no less than other wide forwards do for other teams.
Considering he's the only player we have who knows where the goal is he should be playing upfront. That's until Martial can start regularly again of course.
Don't get the hate constantly with him. Without him we'd be all calling for Erik Ten Hag to be sacked because we'd be mid table at best.
Now that really is a myth. He’s in the 10th/11th centile for players in his position for tackles/interceptions. And has been for years.
Even if say Antony tracks back more so what? Hes fecking useless. 7 goals and 1 assist. Rashford has 27.
Why are we trying to pin the blame on the front runner for the Utd player of the year? I can't get my head around it. If we had somebody else contributing upfront we would be comfortable in the top 4.
Again. You’re creating fictions. Literally nobody is blaming him for anything. They’re commenting on his last performance, in a thread about his performances. That’s how this forum works.
Again this is a myth that he didn't put effort in. He probably tracks back no less than other wide forwards do for other teams.
Considering he's the only player we have who knows where the goal is he should be playing upfront. That's until Martial can start regularly again of course.
Don't get the hate constantly with him. Without him we'd be all calling for Erik Ten Hag to be sacked because we'd be mid table at best.
This isn't "hate" for him. It's people being peeved watching him stand around while Shaw was 2v1 constantly all game at Newcastle. Stop referencing his fecking goals and being an apologist for him, no one here is doubting how big he's been for us this year. That doesn't excuse a blatant lack of defensive work.
Jesus the constant need for this fan base to just excuse away everything because of what a player did in a different game is maddening.
I'm sorry but the hate this lad gets is a joke and you know it.
Weghorst, Sancho n Antony are much bigger problems than Rashford is.
When we play a decent side which of our forwards do you think they fear most?
Eager to see Rashford up front. This season he has developed a lot as a finisher, and I'm sort of tired of seeing him on the left, not tracking back, and mostly losing the ball after failed dribble attempts. I think Rashford could be the nr. 9 we were hoping to sign this summer.
He has 10 starts as nr. 9 this season, scoring 6 goals + 2 assists. I'm not so sure left wing is his best position anymore. Until this season, Rashford was never the sharpest finisher but now he has developed into pretty much everything what you want from a striker. The wingers should seek to assist just as much as scoring goals, and they also need to put all their heart into defensive work. Rashford instead, always thinks finishing first, and looks half bothered when having to track back. I'd like to see him as a striker rest of the season, and then perhaps we'll come to that a new left winger (e.g Felix) could be just as good an investment. Jet to see, but imo worth a shot.I feel the same but it’s hard to be hopeful when he’s so often underperformed in that position. Which is always followed by pleas to let him play in his best position, on the left. He’s just not the type of player who can handle receiving the ball with his back to goal in crowded central areas.
Now here’s hoping this reverse jinx does the trick!
It's so clear how much more dangerous we are playing him at the 9 instead of Weghorst, my god.
Back at it. Made that finish look comfortable. Wish he would look for his teammates a bit more in certain situations but I think his selfishness is justified for this season.
I think he's gotten too used to playing with non threatening players like Wout and has developed a habit of doing it all by himself. Hopefully with Martial's return we'll see a more balanced version of him. He and Tony have always had great chemistry.Aye, might be harsh but there were a number of occasions where 1/2 touches pass and move was on and he just tried running it. Ended up nowhere.
Can't have many complaints when he's scoring the winner.