But Fred (well as i see it, i watched it only once) was surrounded with 3 players. Pass was risky. If Fred was wide opwn then sure but in thst situation you go for all or nothing.
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By the way. We'd be idiots to not give him a contract and to let him go. It's honestly mind boggling the way people on here react about him. He's a very good wide forward. But yeah, because he missed a header, let's bin him...
Yeah thats the reason people are sceptical about giving him a lucrative contract
You don't let good players walk for free. You just don't. You also don't sell players who are important to you. It's pretty simple. This isn't football manager where you have infinite money and can just choose to spend 100m on a whim on a player who offers maybe 3% more than Rashford can.
He's an inside forward who will likely score 20+ goals this season for us. People who want him gone are, being polite, idiots.
Terrible post 'dude'
If you're happy with rashford today then have at it. I disagree hugely and think in any successful era he'd have been out the door years ago. To me today epitomises why. The ultimate 'looks dangerous' player. Often looks dangerous, very rarely is
He shat his pants and didn't take a shot, while playing Fred into a difficult last ditch position. Shame about the header wide, good leap and just not the best finishing. He shouldn't be blamed for the draw. We should have created more and better chances but somehow with the shitsow of players like Ronaldo and Bruno we can't seem to get things right in the final third..
The pass was both the right option and played perfectly. It was a horrendous miss. We’d have won if he had started the game.
Imo it was not really risky as despite being surrounded Fred didn't need to keep the ball. All he needed was to slide and tap the ball into the open goal. It was quite a good pass btw.
P/s: imo it was actually quite difficult to miss as Fred did. The goal is 7 m wide and he was in the middle of it.
Bolded is absolutely spot on. Especially after last season.
The people rating him really have dropped their standards for this club.
Yet he is our joint top scorer in the pl and joint top assister?
I think the header was difficult, because there was a lot maybe too much spin on it.
Should have had a goal and an assist, instead he got nothing. Sums him up a bit. Good 15 min today.
Ya that's exactly the problem. Scored 1 or zero in over half of our games because playera as poor as rashford still make up key roles in our team
Scoring 3 in 9 in league and celebrating being top scorer is like celebrating top 3 in a three man race
He deserved all the drivel last season but not this year. He has been one of our better performers, came in for the last 20 produced 2 good chances the rest should be ashamed.
Another absolute sitter missed. Ronaldo almost certainly buries it.
I can't believe the support Rashford continues to get just for a couple of goals/assists earlier in the season. What about the last two seasons?
I can't believe the support Rashford continues to get just for a couple of goals/assists earlier in the season. What about the last two seasons?
Socred 22 in 20/21 and Ronaldo doesn't get to anything any more, so probably doesn't even get to that header or the ball that was passed to Fred.
I like Rashford but he’s a chance blowing machine
You aren't disagreeing with me. Follow the posts back. I said he won't ever be a 9 because of missing chances like that. He doesn't usually find the free space to even get a header away in the box like that
Ah I think I misunderstood you. Thought you meant him missing the chances was the reason he won't be a 9. Far more reasons than that. He is very good at what he is though, just playing as a 9 because we have no option.
Fred was better placed than Rashford to score there...
At least he looks faster.
So you're actually blaming Rashford for being the team's top scorer...? The other poter was right, you really are a parody.
Its not difficult to understand. Hes played in every league game while our other 2 strikers haven't. Its likely he'll be top scorer in those circumstances and his return is really poor. 3 in 9, ya he's 'top scorer' must mean he's performing brilliantly. Not sure what 'blame' has to do with anything maybe you're replying to the wrong post because it doesn't make sense here
But you seem to be using the fact that he's 'only' scored three as ammunition for him being poor. Ignoring the fact that he's also joint top assist. It's clear from your posts that you're anti Rashford so crack on, but he's actually looked pretty decent this season.
No im just realistic. I agree his looked decent, in fact in some games he's looked very good. But as has been the case for years with rashford those games are outnumbered by the games he's been poor to rubbish. I also think crediting him much today is symptomatic of a club that's stagnated. He's played worse this season but he missed a sitter to win the game and lost possession very cheaply more than once. I couldn't believe people saying they were happy with that 20 minutes.
And yes, 3 goals is a very poor return for him based on appearances and chances he's been given. He's not good enough for a top club. Id love if he was.
The fact that people are genuinely saying he should have shot for the Fred chance is absolutely laughable. Passing was 100% the right call and he played the perfect ball. Superb forward play which should have won us the match.
Frustrating that he missed the header. It was never a strength but he seems to have got far worse at heading since the back injury. Always looks tentative and feels like the ball usually hits him rather than him attacking it. Hopefully ETH has him working on that.
Frustrating that he missed the header. It was never a strength but he seems to have got far worse at heading since the back injury. Always looks tentative and feels like the ball usually hits him rather than him attacking it. Hopefully ETH has him working on that.
If Ronaldo gets to that, why does he not get to anything else? It is very easy to say a player will score every chance created when he isn't on the pitch - what about all the chances when he is on the pitch? Don't they count?
Awful finish, really should have been the winner but did everything right for the Fred chance, he can't control Fred's shite finish.
I am one of his biggest critic but the Fred chance it's easier for Fred to score rather than Rashford. He had a very difficult angle. Fred takes one touch and it's a penalty. Side foot it to anywhere within the posts and he scores. It's on Fred for the miss. Not Rashford.
Agree. Good post.
Awful miss but we looked more of a threat whilst he was on the pitch. Made more chances in those 20/25 mins than the previous 70.
None of our forwards/wide players are anywhere near good enough really for a title challenge. We are miles away.
None of our forwards/wide players are anywhere near good enough really for a title challenge. We are miles away.
Rashford is a decent player but thats all he is above average, as a forward, the only attribute he has is pace, everything else is average and if we want to move forward, to winning titles, and champions leagues, you can't depend on players like Marcus Rashford, because when the game is on the line you will always get a performance like thursday against Omonoia or the miss against Newcastle, whereas you have teams like city and Liverpool with more dependable finishers and its so tiring seeing him commended as being our most dangerous player on occasion. It feels as if we watch the game to give credit to our most dangerous player instead of celebrating wins.
I just hope Ten Hag is taking notes and realising the players he simply can't move forward with and I hope the Board supports him. I will start with Rashford, Bruno and Ronaldo. I have always maintained that you can't win titles with attacking players like those three in the same team at the same time, you might be able to get away with one and at a stretch two of them but definitely not three because all they do is shoot all the time and waste possession and for a possession based team, thats Criminal.
I just hope Ten Hag is taking notes and realising the players he simply can't move forward with and I hope the Board supports him. I will start with Rashford, Bruno and Ronaldo. I have always maintained that you can't win titles with attacking players like those three in the same team at the same time, you might be able to get away with one and at a stretch two of them but definitely not three because all they do is shoot all the time and waste possession and for a possession based team, thats Criminal.
He missed a chance; it happens. And it likely feels worse because of the timing and because of all his missed chances last Thursday.
Osimhen, a proper 9, missed an easier chance earlier this week v Ajax. These things happen.
Rashford is playing much better, setting up teammates, and scoring goals … credit to him and ETH for making that happen. It was a bad miss, nothing more.
Osimhen, a proper 9, missed an easier chance earlier this week v Ajax. These things happen.
Rashford is playing much better, setting up teammates, and scoring goals … credit to him and ETH for making that happen. It was a bad miss, nothing more.
Yeah, agree with that. Bad week on the finishing front but he looks an entirely different animal that the player we saw last season. He's sharp, positive on the ball, making stuff happen.
He's our third choice number 9, a left winger by trade who is coming on to replace one of our first choice number 9s, this one a player who is too old to seriously be considered a top level player but was filling in for our other number 9 was unavailable due to being injured, again.
He's our top scorer and saved us the last time he was subbed on.
You hate him? I don't think it's about football, is it mate?
Finally a sensible post.
Stinking timing to miss a chance like that but you've got to zoom out and i think he's starting to trend upwards again. Gutted for him that he missed it, would've really given him and us a huge boost
Agree with all that but it's still very much a case of never knowing what you're going to get with this guy. His miss today was like that one on one with the keeper midweek where he fired it horribly wide and the ref thought it was a corner.
I'm not being a jerk towards him, I like him and his record against the big teams is pretty outstanding actually but when is he going to turn a corner and be a proper elite level player that buries those chances?
he had an open goal, albeit from a steep angle, he just had to hit it inbetween the posts. Fred had a lot to do to get to the ball in time before the tackle and already had player or two for the block.. I think it's a 50/50 decision to be honest, just thought Marcus would believe more in himself.
The pass to Fred was perfect though, he should have scored.
It's not melodramatic nonsense to say a striker should be hitting the target from a few feet out in key moments in crucial games.
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