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I don't blame him for being shoved out on the right and not offering much going forward as a result.

I do blame him for not showing any fecking fight or urgency the whole game. Fecking finished, idle Ronaldo was pressing and trying to force mistakes and make things happen more than him. It's the absolute fecking minimum and borderline unforgivable.
 
It's all on hope and a payer with him, he never puts in the effort when he plays on the right.
 
V.O. said:
I don't blame him for being shoved out on the right and not offering much going forward as a result.

I do blame him for not showing any fecking fight or urgency the whole game. Fecking finished, idle Ronaldo was pressing and trying to force mistakes and make things happen more than him. It's the absolute fecking minimum and borderline unforgivable.
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That is him. Presses one game/scores a goal. Puts out a PR how he is now "back and in a happy place". Plays the next game like he doesn't even want to be on the pitch.

I hope to feck we don't offer him an improved contract. Either he continues on the same or we cash in. We really need players like Martinez. 100% every minute and no concessions asked for.
Unless we have at least 11 players at that commitment, we can forget winning anything.
 
I'm getting tired of commentators pushing the idea that "Rashford's back to his best this season". He's had glimpses here and there (almost exclusively when he's played on the left), but he's mostly just been back to how he played in 20/21. Shit form in general and making it very difficult to actually build anything with him, but still managing to score a few goals. Just because he's playing better than last season doesn't mean he's actually playing well.

Anyone saying that he's even remotely close to his best (or even just playing well in general) is either massively overrating his form this season and 20/21, or massively underrating him when he actually was at his best in 19/20.

The one thing that is giving me hope and wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt is that he hasn't actually played on the left that often this season. When he has he's looked a lot better, and my hope is that once we have everyone fit maybe Rashford can settle into the left again and kick back into form.
 
He's just not good enough. The occasional thumping header (actually that one last week is the only one I remember in his entire career) and the facility to punish teams on the counterattack just isn't enough to justify making him a centre-piece of our team, never mind paying him over 200k/week. He has nowhere near the football intelligence to pull of the kind of tricks he routinely tries, and fails, to pull off (if I see another backheel...) I'd be more than happy to have him as an impact sub option, but he clearly won't accept that, and we pay him too much for that.
 
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The occasional thumping header (actually that one last week is the only one I remember in his entire career)
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You may want to see a doctor about your memory. He scored a header three days before that. He was shite today though.
 
Another bad game. So fecking inconsistent this guy.
 
acnumber9 said:
You may want to see a doctor about your memory. He scored a header three days before that. He was shite today though.
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Oh you're right! I actually missed that game (the Europa League right?) Still prior to this recent heading renaissance (he even won a few today), he's been a heading non-entity for the duration of his 6 years in the team.
 
Granted, he was played out of position. But today was a prime example why you should absolutely not hurry handing out contracts, particularly of the improved kind. Make him sign a performance-based contract or get rid.
 
Any manager putting him at right wing should be questioned.
 
Nah this is all on EtH playing him on the right. Imagine being Rashford, the only forward that is doing anything for us atm and then being asked to play out of position because of Garnacho and Ronaldo. It’s disrespectful and dumb by EtH. Just bad management.
 
Play him up top now when Ronaldo should be fecked off to Turkey or at least bench. When Martial is in full fitness move him to the left where he's best and everything will become better all of a sudden, until Martial gets injured again.
 
I never understood how coaches can't see that his performance drops off a cliff on the right. Whatever be the circumstances, there is absolutely no reason to start him on the right.
 
Redderp said:
Nah this is all on EtH playing him on the right. Imagine being Rashford, the only forward that is doing anything for us atm and then being asked to play out of position because of Garnacho and Ronaldo. It’s disrespectful and dumb by EtH. Just bad management.
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Not this word again. There's nothing disrespectful about a manager playing any player in any position.
 
Redderp said:
Nah this is all on EtH playing him on the right. Imagine being Rashford, the only forward that is doing anything for us atm and then being asked to play out of position because of Garnacho and Ronaldo. It’s disrespectful and dumb by EtH. Just bad management.
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Its mostly because the other two good right wing options are injured. Sancho and Antony are injured and Elanga isnt a good player. What else is ETH supposed to do? Just play without someone on the right wing? Rashford on the right is still better than Elanga anywhere.
 
MadDogg said:
I'm getting tired of commentators pushing the idea that "Rashford's back to his best this season". He's had glimpses here and there (almost exclusively when he's played on the left), but he's mostly just been back to how he played in 20/21. Shit form in general and making it very difficult to actually build anything with him, but still managing to score a few goals. Just because he's playing better than last season doesn't mean he's actually playing well.

Anyone saying that he's even remotely close to his best (or even just playing well in general) is either massively overrating his form this season and 20/21, or massively underrating him when he actually was at his best in 19/20.

The one thing that is giving me hope and wanting to give him the benefit of the doubt is that he hasn't actually played on the left that often this season. When he has he's looked a lot better, and my hope is that once we have everyone fit maybe Rashford can settle into the left again and kick back into form.
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Tbh, I think that Rashford is gone for good. The back injury and Solskjaer is to thank for that.

Even when he came back after the lockdown that season he wasn't anywhere close to being the same player he was - he just doesn't have the same dynamism anymore. He's still got straight-line pace but there's no agility or true explosivesness that he showed earlier in his career up until the injury.
 
Stadjer said:
Its mostly because the other two good right wing options are injured. Sancho and Antony are injured and Elanga isnt a good player. What else is ETH supposed to do? Just play without someone on the right wing? Rashford on the right is still better than Elanga anywhere.
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Rashford on the left and Elanga on the right is better than Garnacho on the left and Rashford on the right.
 
Shoving him to the right to accomodate Ronaldo basically wastes two positions up front. Even if Elanga isn't good enough at least putting him on the right and Rashford up top is only wasting one position. Everyone knows Rashford is useless on the right so what's the point? I can't even be mad at Rashford's performance because it's so obvious that that was going to be the case.

Any move designed to accommodate Ronaldo ends up hurting the team.
 
Skills said:
Tbh, I think that Rashford is gone for good. The back injury and Solskjaer is to thank for that.

Even when he came back after the lockdown that season he wasn't anywhere close to being the same player he was - he just doesn't have the same dynamism anymore. He's still got straight-line pace but there's no agility or true explosivesness that he showed earlier in his career up until the injury.
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Yeah, I think it's likely unfortunately.

The strange thing that season was that he looked like he spent the time off working on his passing and vision. When he first came back from the back injury he didn't have the individual brilliance that he was showing before, but his creativity and playmaking ability was actually at a level that he'd never shown before. The hope was that he'd maintain that improvement while also bringing the individual brilliance that he'd had before, and combine the two aspects to become an even better player. Unfortunately not only has he never regained the individual ability but he also completely lost that teamwork and passing that he showed for a while. Instead of the best of both worlds we ended up with the worst of them.

My one hope though is that he hasn't actually played very often on the left this season, and when he has he has looked fairly good. Not 19/20 good, but the best he's been since.
 
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Rashford on the left and Elanga on the right is better than Garnacho on the left and Rashford on the right.
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That is your opinion. I dont agree and i dont think Erik ten Hag does either. Elanga really is a terrible player. I expect more from Rashford on the right than from Elanga on the right. Rashford is a much better player.
 
Why not play him up front, with either Elanga or even Pellestri on the right. At least it is more natural.
 
gza the genius said:
Shoving him to the right to accomodate Ronaldo basically wastes two positions up front. Even if Elanga isn't good enough at least putting him on the right and Rashford up top is only wasting one position. Everyone knows Rashford is useless on the right so what's the point? I can't even be mad at Rashford's performance because it's so obvious that that was going to be the case.

Any move designed to accommodate Ronaldo ends up hurting the team.
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Rashford isn't much better up front than Ronaldo, or better there than he is on the right. In fact for the first month or two of the season I preferred Ronaldo. Rashford has improved a bit since (and Ronaldo has actually got worse), but overall I would still prefer Rashford on the left even if it means we have to put up with Ronaldo upfront for now.
 
Stadjer said:
That is your opinion. I dont agree and i dont think Erik ten Hag does either. Elanga really is a terrible player. I expect more from Rashford on the right than from Elanga on the right. Rashford is a much better player.
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Yes, and we all saw what those disagreements amount to on the pitch.
 
He still should be putting in an effort wether he's playing on the left or the right.
 
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That is your opinion. I dont agree and i dont think Erik ten Hag does either. Elanga really is a terrible player. I expect more from Rashford on the right than from Elanga on the right. Rashford is a much better player.
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Elanga at least works hard and puts in an effort. Rashford doesn't really do anything.

But really it's because Rashford on the left is soooooo much better than he is on the right. That's the big difference. Rather than having two weak wings I'd rather have one strong wing even if it makes the other wing slightly worse again.
 
Dec9003 said:
Any manager putting him at right wing should be questioned.
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Lyng said:
I don't blame Rashford. He is a lw asked to play RW.
Firmly on Ten Hag.
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Redderp said:
Nah this is all on EtH playing him on the right. Imagine being Rashford, the only forward that is doing anything for us atm and then being asked to play out of position because of Garnacho and Ronaldo. It’s disrespectful and dumb by EtH. Just bad management.
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Andycoleno9 said:
Our best player lately and then managwr puts him on his worst position. Strange decision.
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Still making excuses for putting minimum effort in.
We were short staffed, we have the Ronaldo Diva situation and yet Rashford won’t put the effort in because he’s ‘out of position’.
Seems to me that he’s dreadfully limited if that’s the case.
Offer a performance based reduced contract or get rid.
Also noting the absence of the Rashford defence mob who have been insisting that he’s better than sliced bread lately.
 
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Yes, and we all saw what those disagreements amount to on the pitch.
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That is very easy to comment because that just assumes it would have been any better with Elanga on the right and Rashford on the left. There is no way of knowing that. There is a way of knowing that Elanga isnt very good. We have seen that almost every game.
 
Never been a fan when he's played on the right but ETH either played him, Garnacho or Pellestri there today.

Just one of those days for the whole team. Nobody played well.
 
Skills said:
Tbh, I think that Rashford is gone for good. The back injury and Solskjaer is to thank for that.

Even when he came back after the lockdown that season he wasn't anywhere close to being the same player he was - he just doesn't have the same dynamism anymore. He's still got straight-line pace but there's no agility or true explosivesness that he showed earlier in his career up until the injury.
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Did Ole lobotomize him aswell?
The excuses this guy gets :lol:
But he was okay doing his charity work instead of being fully committed to playing football for the club that's paying him 150k a week
 
GifLord said:
Did Ole lobotomize him aswell?
The excuses this guy gets :lol:
But he was okay doing his charity work instead of being fully committed to playing football for the club that's paying him 150k a week
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Was he missing training today do charity work?
 
GifLord said:
Did Ole lobotomize him aswell?
The excuses this guy gets :lol:
But he was okay doing his charity work instead of being fully committed to playing football for the club that's paying him 150k a week
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Yeah it was the charity work that robbed him his athleticism, rather than a serious back injury. Totally.
 
Skills said:
Yeah it was the charity work that robbed him his athleticism, rather than a serious back injury. Totally.
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Stop peddling this myth about athleticism. He's still running the same as he did before except his decision making got worse. He peaked early and now all we're getting from him is inconsistent performances. 1 good performance vs liverpool and 5 mediocre ones vs midtable teams doesn't make him a good player
 
When you have so many gaps up front, creating another by taking your in-form forward and sticking him in his least favoured slot to accommodate a kid and an over-the-hill striker is wrong.

Ole dicked Rashford around after buying Sancho and Rangnick never invested in him. Let’s not make the same mistake again. He’s looked really bright playing inside left and up front in recent months. Now he’s suddenly getting consecutive games of being rested, playing in the hole behind Ronaldo or being asked to play on the right. I don’t get it.
 
He's been one of our most lethal players from the left and goals have been hard to come by most of the season and certainly were going to be today. With the players out we should've had Rashford in his best position instead neutering our whole attack.

Still with that said since the squad was depleted I'd expect more effort. Back in the past he's actually done well and provided crosses and assists for Cavani and others, he's had good games on the right but last season and today he's still dismissive about being there and it doesn't quite sit well with me still to get him on a big contract. I can forgive last season.
 
How the feck is Rashford not putting an effort on the right side of the pitch the managers fault? How? He can play football and could play the right side if he wanted to, he just couldn't be arsed to, that's why. Excuses always excuses.
 
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