It is great that he's in Villa only for half season. Just enough time to leverage the new club bounce in form and for the desperate media fed by his PR team to write some positive stuff, so we can get him finally of our books with some decent profit. Just don't play him every game Emery, the less he plays the better.
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
No!
It’s overstated probably for clicks but not too far off. I’d re-write it as follows:
“Rashford didn’t see as much of the ball as the game went on. Not everything he tried came off but he was tidy in possession and a constant threat. His work off the ball was encouraging and he was part of a well co-ordinated press. His clever running in behind was a reminder of what he brings to this role that – say – Phil Foden and Jack Grealish do not.”
Good for us if Tuchel gives him an extended run over Anthony Gordon, who is a superior athlete with more hunger.
Imagine the hype if/when Rashy actually scores again!
Next game is Monday night at home vs Latvia. Hopefully he can score.
A lot of people on here are going to be baffled when Villa don’t try to sign him in the summer.
Yeah that’s what you think, and I agree with you. He’s been the most frustrating player to watch in recent memory.
But considering his wages, his love for United and the fact he’s actually doing quite well again, it stinks of a U-turn
Can’t see it happening. Amorim is reportedly incredibly stubborn, and once a player has burned bridges with him that’s it.
No - what’s happened is - every single paper and journalist have all at once decided Rashford has been doing good at Villa to the point where even the England manager has started him - but they’re all wrong and the posters on RedCafe know better.
Let’s hope not bud. Imagine both him and Sancho back next season
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footbal...ashford came on and,the running, the desire."
He's already a Holte End hero for 2 assists so I imagine when he scores a goal they will build him a statue
Because journalists hyped him for years, and are embarrassed at how it's turned out.
And Thomas Tuchel, apparently
Update on the current mood of English football journalists.
This bias/PR whatever you want to call it in the media is great stuff. Keep it coming.
There are people who genuinely think like this I imagine.
This is mad spin from a home game against Albania.
I think the narrative is great, in that it doesn't seem like he's actually playing any better, but it should hopefully make more parties interested in buying him if Villa don't
The headline is disappointingly clickbait from the Guardian, but I take it no-one actually read the article?
It just says if he can find form, Rash provides a runner who can get ahead of Kane, something they sorely lacked at the Euros.
It’s still stupid. As though making runs in behind is something he is uniquely good at. That’s a skill which loads of strikers have. Many of whom are better than him at all the other stuff he needs to do. If that attribute is so terribly important to England they could also pick any one of the English players at Villa who are consistently picked ahead of him for their club side.
He’s starting with a premise of “Rashford must play for England, so what can he bring to the team?” when a far more sensible angle would be “Why the hell is Tuchel starting someone who his club manager doesn’t think is good enough to start for his club?”
Okay. Maybe time to step out of the bubble and consider the possibility that he's been doing well at Villa? You know, as an alternative to Tuchel being carried along by a huge media conspiracy?
There's certainly a truckload of ifs and buts in it, ie if that peak form can ever come back, let alone for England, for who he's rarely shone. But it's not as ridiculous as the headline and people saying 'no words' is overly melodramatic.
Footie journos always churn out loads of bs about England, like the players are the second coming, so not worth taking seriously.
Ok, yeah. Fair enough. Jonathan Wilson is one of the better English journos so it makes sense that a clickbait title is distorting what he’s actually saying.
Aye and again, the basis of what I’m saying isn’t really set around that. Money is important, and if we can’t find a suitor that will both pay what United want and pay what Rashford wants, I’d fully expect to see a few headlines saying Marcus wants to fight for his place again.
Amorim might be stubborn but pressure from the media, the club and maybe even a large part of the fan base by that point might force his hand. If you haven’t noticed, not many managers have had the final say at United for a number of years
Isn’t this exactly what Anthony Gordon offers and at a much better rate? There’s also Jarrod Bowen who can offer the same style on the right, if Foden is not Tuchel’s flavour.
I've stopped reading The Guardian because of the anti-United bolocks they contantly print.
Long since realised their best bet is cultivating ABU sentiment, and get its editorial to feed it wholesale.
Their 'journalists' are unreadable. Barney Ronay, 'Jonny' Liew, with JJ and Rob Smyth, christ, Smyth.
Need to stop linking them as a credible source round here.
I don't agree with that at all, especially considering what you could say about most of the competition. And even if there's not much love for United, that's not the same thing as being a bad writer. If on the other hand you don't read writers because you think they have a bias against your team, you're not much of a reader. Wilson does go over the edge sometimes when it comes to United - in particular during Ole's time, where he wrote a lot of bollocks about him and the team. But that's the thing - if you write with a heavy bias, that shows up as bad arguments and bad analysis, and you can deal with them as such, as a reader. But otherwise I think he's excellent - always interesting to read, lots of good points. Liew is entertaining if lightweight, Ronay I always enjoy reading and he usually has a point or two even when he's exaggerating. Glendening, mostly entertaining. Don't care much for Jamie Jackson, who I think is boring and almost never offers any non-obvious perspective on anything. But all in all, The Guardian's football coverage is quality. Surely there are far worse outlets to complain about in the UK media landscape.
Without a doubt the worst of the bunch.
I hope he score a hat trick tomorrow or soon for Villa and the media hype can help get him out of Utd.
His last game against Latvia is the sort of game he has played for Utd for the last few years, always passing back and so lazy to defend.
Good Player with great talent but lazy attitude and will regret it when he retires.
His last game against Latvia is the sort of game he has played for Utd for the last few years, always passing back and so lazy to defend.
Good Player with great talent but lazy attitude and will regret it when he retires.
When he was selected for the squad, Tuchel emphasised his improved defensive application. When he's on form, he does offer a quality threat running in from behind - we've seen that often enough for United, though it seems a while back now.
I've not watched Villa religiously, but from what I've seen the media angle hasn't been especially over the top. He's looked good, certainly better than at United this past year or so, if not great. Had some assists, and some good finishes and set-pieces.
I've not watched Villa religiously, but from what I've seen the media angle hasn't been especially over the top. He's looked good, certainly better than at United this past year or so, if not great. Had some assists, and some good finishes and set-pieces.
“Runner” & Rashford in the same sentence
He was being sarcastic
Yea he's gotten some criticism from Tuchel, I'm glad he did.
My point is he has been selected, so Tuchel must have also fallen for this apparent PR crusade, I suppose?
Tuchel criticised him immediately though.
I don't think he's pulling up any trees at Villa, but you can see why Tuchel believes that the in-form version of Rashford and Foden (who's also having a meh season) can work out in and England side with Kane and Bellingham. Although Saka will probably start when he comes back from injury and the other spot will be filled by either of them. It's not like England have great depth for that role, either.
Not many available options, very weak opposition, he's giving him a try. So did Amorim, we saw that that turned out.
It's completely fair to point out that the standards are completely different at United & Villa though. He still hasn't registered a single goal for Villa. At United that would be deemed poor given his supposed high reputation. He's doing well at Villa in the sense that he resembles a professional footballer again, as apposed to a complete imposter wearing a United shirt for nearly 3 years. Nothing more.