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Closet Gooner.
In terrible form, but still offering more than Antony, IMO.
Which is a crazy low bar to judge someone against who should be our most important/productive player
In terrible form, but still offering more than Antony, IMO.
In terrible form, but still offering more than Antony, IMO.
I stand by what I said in my thread about the likes of Saint Maximin, Bowen etc being better than him because they don't have such lows like Rashford. He's always been a purple patch player, I keep saying this and people didn't want to hear it.
Hopefully everyone recognises this now and don't claim him to be the best thing going the next time he hits some form. This constant praise and huge wages from the club, before they were warranted, have created this player. We were so desperate for our next saviour that we put him on a pedestal, and now he thinks he's made it (well, he has now in terms of money).
That's probably true. The nostalgic in me misses a good ol' 442 formation.There's not many of them round these days, to be fair.
What's the 2 for ?
Abysmal and a total detriment to the team.
Expect him to start at the weekend
Spending £400m and building a team that heavily relies on Rashford is a sackable offence in itself. He's always been inconsistent and thick. Add his growing ego, laziness and selfishness to the mix and we have the current iteration of Marcus Rashford, a player who has made next to no progress since he joined the first team, yet has somehow become our star player. Speaks volumes about how low the club has sunk.No, the other players mentioned such as Saint-Maximin, Bowen, and Mitoma do not have the same level top of performance as Rashford. Their productivity is about as reliable as a broken McDonald's ice cream machine. Even if Rashford stops playing football starting now and the other players continue playing for another ten years, none of them will be able to match his combined goal and assist numbers.
Our team heavily relies on Marcus to be our key player. If he doesn't lead the way in goal contributions by the end of the season, we will not finish in the Champions League spots. This is because our attacking opponents are not strong enough to make up for any shortfall in Marcus' performance.
OrTheres two ways of looking at Rashford.
He’s either
a) world class and in a bad run of form or…
b) an average player capable of purple patches
I’m firmly in camp B. I believe his purple patch will come …but it will also go again and unlike other world class players he can’t maintain it season in season out
We looked far better after the introduction of Garnacho on the left. The game opened upThat's not true, is it? Actually, I felt Garnacho was quite poor when he came on, and Antony did nothing of note on down the right.
The truth usually lies in between imo. Rashford is not world class but still a very good player.Theres two ways of looking at Rashford.
He’s either
a) world class and in a bad run of form or…
b) an average player capable of purple patches
I’m firmly in camp B. I believe his purple patch will come …but it will also go again and unlike other world class players he can’t maintain it season in season out
Do you think his personality is that of someone who would be willing to accept a limited role like that? Not to mention his wages.He’s definitely not world class and should be more of a squad player for us ideally when new owners come in. Doesn’t suit possession style football but is damn useful off the bench.
I would argue he’d score more goals and offer more assists from the bench. Coming on fully fit against a tired defence is how you want Rashford.
I know people at the club probably won’t want to hear that but to win trophies play people to their strengths.
That brilliant forward pass to Hojlund in 1st half was the Rash we love. Then again, made exactly same control error as Garna vs GK. Weird coincidence and United should gain two goals from similar one on one situations.
Shocking that he's prone to these type of bloopers, usually unexperienced ones are making. Something needs tweaking, and if it's out of player's control, Ten Hag should work with the lad as team needs goals badly.
Thank you for that. So now we have 3 attackers making the similar type of error. At this point, I don't think it's coincidence. There's something in great need to be done on training grounds.It wasn't exactly 1 on 1 but Hojlund also had a very bad 2nd touch before the Garnacho/McTominay double chance. Our forwards lack some finesse in their game.
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3. he was a good player whose game revolved around acceleration and pace and has now lost a yard making him much less effective.
Imo it's not a technical issue but rather a mental issue. All our forwards are under huge huge pressure to score. Those are very simple situations you don't need to be anything special to do well. Any decent forward with a cool head would have.Thank you for that. So now we have 3 attackers making the similar type of error. At this point, I don't think it's coincidence. There's something in great need to be done on training grounds.
In many cases the whole team is unaware what's happening on the pitch. No matter which attacker we will sign, honestly starting to think, it will happen again.
You are kind of saying you agree but then you don't? I think he's clearly slower than he was - think of the game versus City where he ran the length of the pitch like a rocket versus now - he's not slow by any means but the electric pace/acceleration is not currently there.I'm thinking this too, not that he's physically lost a yard, as that makes very little sense. However, he does look sluggish when running, especially when accelerating. Even his top speed looks nothing special these days. He either doesn't go full pelt, or he is a little stiff from something? Either way, his running looks off.
The thing is, Rash is not a hot headed youngster. He's now one of the experienced ones, and proved in earlier, goalscoring seasons, he can execute these chances almost mechanically.Imo it's not a technical issue but rather a mental issue. All our forwards are under huge huge pressure to score. Those are very simple situations you don't need to be anything special to do well. Any decent forward with a cool head would have.
No I don’t but in the end the club will have to sign two genuinely world class talents at ST and RW so he gets more space.Do you think his personality is that of someone who would be willing to accept a limited role like that? Not to mention his wages.
Our forwards would have buried all those chances in training 10/10 times. But in front of 75000 spectators, when you're in a goal drought when you know if you feck up the fans will be after your ass etc. it's simply very different. Players are human and all strikers will be under huge pressure if they don't score regularly. Even the best ones would feck up because of the pressure. Kane shat himself in the Euro for example.The thing is, Rash is not a hot headed youngster. He's now one of the experienced ones, and proved in earlier, goalscoring seasons, he can execute these chances almost mechanically.
Mentality and chemistry is of course important, but it all needs to be worked on, preferably on training grounds, before competitive match. FC Kobenhavn looked extermely nervous at times, but it's them who managed to give Onana tough times with quite amount of accurate shots.
If it's only mentality problem, then I guess our players are now shitting themselves before City game from obvious reasons.
We looked far better after the introduction of Garnacho on the left. The game opened up
massively and while Antony was poor he was still better than Rashford.
I might start to think some of them are not very good, indeed. 75000 spectators at OT used to be absolute dream coming true for a player, now it suddenly feels like a burden, or perhaps mental torture.Our forwards would have buried all those chances in training 10/10 times. But in front of 75000 spectators, when you're in a goal drought when you know if you feck up the fans will be after your ass etc. it's simply very different. Players are human and all strikers will be under huge pressure if they don't score regularly. Even the best ones would feck up because of the pressure. Kane shat himself in the Euro for example.
And imo these stuffs are not that simple. Rashford is expected to score against Copenhagen. Tbf they're not very good. But against City nobody say he must score so it might be less pressure for him.
In terrible form, but still offering more than Antony, IMO.
We weren't talking about Eriksen's shot which their keeper made a fantastic save so I have no idea why you mentioned it.I might start to think some of them are not very good, indeed. 75000 spectators at OT used to be absolute dream coming true for a player, now it suddenly feels like a burden, or perhaps mental torture.
Just throwing my opinion here, but I need to say this: You absolutely don't need strong mentality to finish these chances, and what's mind boggling they both didn't even made a shot attempt, because of truly abysmal last touch, just before finishing it off, or at least trying to outmanoeuvre the keeper. This is basic stuff and by some bizarre coincidence, happens twice. I can understand Garna being stressed, but Rashford ?
This Grabara lad who was oppo's GK absolutely wasn't physically imposing to instill any fear, just aware and responsive, especially after Hojlund made slick touch to lay the ball to Eriksen, who shoots exactly where Grabara aiming to make a save. I just can't make excuses anymore for absolute basics, these players forgetting while stepping on the field.
If by any chance Rashford will feel more comfortable vs City, then we should definitely start thinking on resting him on bigger games. It's just hard to predict where the pendulum swings with lots of them. McTominay suddenly scores a few, just to concede couple of penalties. Chaos beyond any control.
The bare minimum work rate they all had up and down the flank aswell. The crowd last night had to kick him up the arse to chase someone down in the first halfGod I miss the 90's. Sharpie, Kanchelskis, giggsy, becks. feck me we were spoilt weren't we? Any now we have him and Antony on the wings. sigh.
Every time he tries to run through multiple players and loses the ball I get an hour closer to dying from a stroke.
I don't want exactly sound like Rashford being guilty of everything, that's why I added Eriksen's chance in a mix, which Hojlund gave him on a plate. This game could be easily 4:0 United, without much of a sweat.We weren't talking about Eriksen's shot which their keeper made a fantastic save so I have no idea why you mentioned it.
Then it's not making excuses but trying to understand why our forwards would feck up those one on one chances. As you said and as many have mentioned previously those are very basic things you would expect from a professional striker. At least get a shot scoring or not. So the only explanation is the pressure imo. Garnacho trying to impress. Rashford to end his goal drought. Hollund to justify his price tag etc. And we really needed another goal to secure the game.
Some feel no pressure performing in front of a huge crowd or from how the match is going, the importance of the game etc. But most do. And it's also the expectation from the fans, the desire to shine, the fear to feck up etc. Those things have always been a huge part of the game. Rashford is of course under a shitload of pressure if you have a look at this very thread. Unless he doesn't give a feck what fans think/say about him.
And most people would feel less pressure if there is less expectation of them so tbh I don't think there is anything wrong if Rashford might feel less pressure against City.
That brilliant forward pass to Hojlund in 1st half was the Rash we love. Then again, made exactly same control error as Garna vs GK. Weird coincidence and United should gain two goals from similar one on one situations.
Shocking that he's prone to these type of bloopers, usually unexperienced ones are making. Something needs tweaking, and if it's out of player's control, Ten Hag should work with the lad as team needs goals badly.
Theres two ways of looking at Rashford.
He’s either
a) world class and in a bad run of form or…
b) an average player capable of purple patches
I’m firmly in camp B. I believe his purple patch will come …but it will also go again and unlike other world class players he can’t maintain it season in season out
I think everyone is in camp b, but I think there is a case that a world class manager should be able to extend these patches.