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- Yellow cards
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Need to get Henry as our striking coach and bench Benni who seems to be ballooning even more these days
Looked more lively than he has for some time. Needs to work on his finishing and I still think he's better at LW, but he worked his socks off and got into scoring position multiple times.
I'm not saying Sterling is the better athlete. Just that he's better from a technical standpoint in everything he does, so teaching him to finish and how was always going to be a bit easier than someone like Rashford who's less in control of the ball generally.
Everything but the goals. Had a really good game giving their defence a good workout and linking the forward line well. Absolutely nailed in the team when fit now.
Should have had a few goals tonight. Got better as the game went on although when we had the ball in wide areas his movement in the box wasn’t great so need to improve on that.
His workrate this season has been much much better though minus the city game but his numbers are poor. 10 league games and three goals, only scored in two games so needs to massively improve on that front. Think he’s ahead of sancho now should martial ever get and remain fit.
His workrate this season has been much much better though minus the city game but his numbers are poor. 10 league games and three goals, only scored in two games so needs to massively improve on that front. Think he’s ahead of sancho now should martial ever get and remain fit.
There’s no way that Sterling is a better finisher than Rashford. He’s got great movement and gets in really good positions but he misses loads of easy chances.
Thought he was very clumsy. It never seemed like a shot would come out of his feet in front of the goal. He has to learn how to do it more often. And when it comes out, he usually focuses on power rather than accuracy.
He’s not a CF and his finishing is shocking , not every shot has to be hit with power. Hardly the definition of a brilliant performance. And also he presses when he wants to press . ETH fecked him midway through the 1st half for not pressing
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We need a complete striker that when you get the ball you know he will finish it.
Rashford in a congested ball is hit and miss.
If Rashford is bearing down at goal after a high press, and he has the pace on the other players you know its a goal. Every other situation, I don't trust him.
Rashford in a congested ball is hit and miss.
If Rashford is bearing down at goal after a high press, and he has the pace on the other players you know its a goal. Every other situation, I don't trust him.
Yeh, spot on.
He was our CF today and wasted 4-5 great chances. In what world does a CF fluffing his lines repeatedly constitute a "good performance" let alone "brilliant".
Baffling to me.
However, there were bright sparks, sparks that show he's far better suited LW. It does feel he's got his confidence back. LW, please.
Very encouraging performance, need to put one of these chances away.
Commentator on my stream also said Rashford had to find the corner. It's a fair point, Rashford missed 3 brilliant chances in last 100 mins for Utd.
I even think he made a mess of that header today too, not sure how he ended up in front of it as it was a beautiful ball by Fred. His finishing has been woeful lately, really bad.
He's looking really sharp. He's not a striker and not consistent enough to be one, and that's OK. This happened two years ago when every other striker we had were being fecking awful and the spotlight was shone on rashford as he seemed most likely but wasn't scoring enough to carry the attack.
We badly need rid of Ronaldo and to sign a first choice striker because as good as martial can be, he's injured and out of form so much he can't be relied on. Rashford as a wide forward competing with Antony and sancho has loads to offer, think he looks really good overall.
We badly need rid of Ronaldo and to sign a first choice striker because as good as martial can be, he's injured and out of form so much he can't be relied on. Rashford as a wide forward competing with Antony and sancho has loads to offer, think he looks really good overall.
Never gonna be a consistent scorer. The sooner we get a proper striker which means he can compete on the left the better
Have a bleeding day off ffs. Rashford was fantastic tonight as were the whole team. We couldn't have played that way with sulky chops upfront.
Goals will come for him too if he keeps getting into those areas. The guy just can't win with some of you but then again a lot of you said Sancho was miles better than him so shows what you all know I suppose.
This is why Martial and Antony are better finishers they are calm and just seem to pass the ball into the corner.
Should be on the plane to Qatar. You can’t leave him out when he’s playing like this.
A 19 y.o Rashford would have played a better CF role today. I dont know what happened to him. His finishing used to be very good back in the day.
Excellent tonight. Neither finish was poor. Second in particular was a superb save.
Optimistic with his form
Optimistic with his form
Martial would have buried 2 of those chances. It’s going to be great to get them all back playing together again and let the confidence flow.
Come on mate, Marcus shot the ball very close to Lloris and with power, without any logic behind it.
If he shoots it far corner - Lloris doesn't have a chance
Yeah mate Henry never missed. Bottom corner with composure every time.
Martial didn't score that many goals last season for us or Sevilla so let's not forget that. He's not Lewandowski and he misses lots of chances too.
Still think he's a better number 9 than Rashford though but Rashy is better off the left.
Had a very good game I thought bar the finishing. Still think when martial is back he needs to move to the left and take sancho out the team for a while. However, martial can’t seem to stay fit for more than 2 games in a row so not sure if the likelihood of that happening.
He seems to have got that agility back and is taking players on or even beating them with a quick shift to create space for the chances which is good to see.
He seems to have got that agility back and is taking players on or even beating them with a quick shift to create space for the chances which is good to see.
Good reply you quietened me and Henry also
Could have done better on a few of those chances, but his overall game was very good today. Was dropping deep to supply other players, was good with his back to goal, wasn't being pushed off the ball easily. He just needs to continue working on his composure.
He along with many others in this squad will finally benefit from having a proper coach at the helm.
He along with many others in this squad will finally benefit from having a proper coach at the helm.
He's right though. And we've seen Rashford do it before so we should expect him to be able to do it there.
One thing is clear, he no longer runs into players aimlessly like he did all last season. His movement and work rate are much better, and if he can some how focus on his finishing he'd be lethal.
Yep very clear. One thing that none of the previous managers told him stop to do was those aimless runs into cul-de-sacs. Ten Hag is making him pick and choose when to run with it and he's been so much smarter with the ball. Taking huge steps this season, and he's making so many chances for himself too. Goals will come.
You can find plenty of goals where Rashford passes the ball into the corner.
Occasionally frustrating but a threat, and probably the best I've ever seen him press. He's not really ever come across as a natural in that department but it happened tonight.
That’s the beauty of bringing in Antony. None of Rashford Martial or Sancho are guaranteed to start anymore unless they show the required intensity and creativity. That’s what a player like Rashford clearly needs. He was crap everywhere for the last season and a half because he wasn’t working hard enough for his teammates and he wasn’t putting his chances away either. he’ll be fine anywhere across the front 3 if he’s putting in the work. Striker is probably his worst position out of the 3.
Typically when he's through on goal with goalkeeper to beat.
Cutting in on his right foot in and around the box he tends to always want to leather it.
He needs to add a bit of composure to his game and his finishing will improve.
He was unlucky Lloris made two really good saves on another day he would've scored those 2 chances with that finishing.
Yeah, that’s a fair comment. He’s doing so much to create chances for himself more goals will come. Ronaldo scored enough goals with that style of shooting. He’s no Ronaldo obviously but we know Rashford can be a 20 goal a season player. It wouldn’t take huge improvements to get to 30.
You mean… like Rashford does?
This just tells me you didn’t watch much Sterling while he was at City
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