It only has legitimacy if you think the space MUST be filled by anybody who likes cutting in from the left and shooting, regardless of whether they're any good or not. Surely most scouts have moved on from Rashford long since.
Marcus Rashford confidant thinks some critics are "bullying" him.
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It only has legitimacy if you think the space MUST be filled by anybody who likes cutting in from the left and shooting, regardless of whether they're any good or not. Surely most scouts have moved on from Rashford long since.
Only for people who’ve never watched him play.
Poor attitude, disciplinary issues, questionable application, apparent aversion to physicality, aerial abilities hampered by an interminably reluctance to jump, rarely able to beat the first man, poor output the has contined for around two years now.
On what planet is PSG - or any major club - parting with major cash for that? Trying to impose Rashford as still some kind of major footballing talent in demand on the continent is an increasingly bizarrely endeavour that's utterly removed from reality.
On what planet is PSG - or any major club - parting with major cash for that? Trying to impose Rashford as still some kind of major footballing talent in demand on the continent is an increasingly bizarrely endeavour that's utterly removed from reality.
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Amorim doesn’t take any prisoners. This guy will either have to perform on the pitch or be booted out in the summer.
Near certain we heard this before ten hag came
It doesn’t.
PSG has also changed their tactics and want to focus more on «local» players rather than spending big on wages and fees to bring in foreign «stars»
They were all shite during the second half of 21 22. Literally, you could have sold them all after that season and I wouldn't have been arsed.
The singling out of Rashford is fecking weird.
So not the worst of them?
ETH’s problem was that he couldn’t see beyond the surface of that 30 goal season. In reality he was stinking up the place in most games, not tracking back etc. but kept getting late goals against tired legs, often against crap opposition in the EL/cups. In the league he was rotten bar a two month purple patch right after the WC.
I don't see Amorim putting up with that bullshit. He is neither young nor the poster boy of the club anymore. And everyone knows he isn't dependable in any form. Best case he scores a lot of goals and then gets sold when the stocks are high in the summer. That would mirror the McTominay situation from the past summer.
I mean sure, but Mourinho didn't take shit either and look how that worked out. Amorim will come at an advantage in that he's 1) better at publicly speaking about it and 2) the world has become smarter to know that Rashford isn't very good, whereas in Jose's time there was a lot more sympathy for player over manager.
Unfortunately I think this is the case too.
In the world of the transfer rumors, it absolutely does—easy story for the press. That’s not to say it was likely to occur.
If I recall correctly the rumors started in 2022–23 season while at the same time there were rumors of Mbappe for Madrid. Then last season happened which tanked Rashford’s stock.
So in other words, in the world of absolute bullshit it made sense
Yeah, read something yesterday (obviously no one can really trust the legitimacy of most sources
) saying that SJR & the powers that be still view Rashford as an important player for the club and want the next manager to help him rediscover his form. Something-something about preparing to offer him a new deal…but his current deal runs to 2028 I’m sure? So probably BS article anyway.I think he'll be sold in January - unless he has a total "road to Damascus" like change in his mindset.
He doesn't have the work ethic to be one of Amorim's "Pressing Pentagon" attackers - we've all seen his half-arsed tracking back and Ruben will see right through playing at pressing.
The only position he gets a chance in Amorim's system is to be the main striker and Hojlund does way more work in that position - so I can only see him coming on as a late substitute against tired legs if Hojlund is available. Attitude wise Zirkzee gets on the pitch ahead of him in that situation too but I can see Rashford being used to exploit through balls against stretched defences.
He almost certainly won't justify his high wages on the basis of playing from the bench so I can see a sale to Newcastle / Spurs if he is willing to take a wage reduction. I suspect he has dreams of a big move abroad but his displays will have put a lot of teams off going for him.
I suspect he will be the source of a lot of early rumours about Amorim being "surprised at the scale of the job" just like we heard about Moyes from disaffected experienced players at the time. The key difference back then was that the opinions were coming from serial winners rather than serial whiners!
It's good to know they were interested in bringing him in on a free transfer 2 years ago
There needs to be takers for him to be sold. There’s none in the market for an overpaid lazy winger.
Im not trying to be skeptical. But we have seen time and time again with him. When the new manager comes he will have the form of his life. Then he gets a bit jaded. Then he starts putting out cryptic messages on social media. Then he becomes a shadow of his former self. Then the manager gets fired. I think if INEOS decided to move him on, they know when to. Wait until he reaches that top form. Could be this season.
Happy 27th Marcus.
I can read the tabloid headlines now:
“Rashford birthday party unacceptable after giving up two goals vs Leicester”
Heard this even more than that. And you can bet his PR people will put some news out how well he trains blablabla
You can set aside all the arguments about his technical abilities or limitation - depending your perspective. I don't see how any fan can have watched him over the last couple of years and not be absolutely raging at the unforgivable and undeniable, half-arsed performances he's barely phoned in. I just don't get why that isn't a red line for every fan that he crossed most weeks during these last couple of seasons.
If you were homegrown and an academy graduate the bar was higher than it was for anyone else in terms of what was expected in both quality, standards and workrate on the pitch. I don't understand how we go from that to basically having half the Caf arguing essentially that he should be entitled to saunter around the pitch because he's miffed at being asked to play askew of his first preference position, and anyone who has a problem with that has an "agenda". Never have so many supporters poured so much effort scrambling to find excuse after excuse for someone who has taken the piss out of them for the longest time.
If you were homegrown and an academy graduate the bar was higher than it was for anyone else in terms of what was expected in both quality, standards and workrate on the pitch. I don't understand how we go from that to basically having half the Caf arguing essentially that he should be entitled to saunter around the pitch because he's miffed at being asked to play askew of his first preference position, and anyone who has a problem with that has an "agenda". Never have so many supporters poured so much effort scrambling to find excuse after excuse for someone who has taken the piss out of them for the longest time.