Same old story, West Brom playing deep and his physicality and pace is nullified completely.
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What i hated about him today was he has absolutely no left foot, several times players made the runs and then he they stopped because he took a while to get his crosses in, which to be fair were good. But what he needs to understand is, against 10 man defending and midgets in the box, you need to get early crosses in to give them a chance against 6 foot + tall defenders.
Eventually they didn't attack the ball, compared to him AWB tries to put the ball in first time, although his delivery is shit but you see Cavani and others attacking it.
So he needs to stop fecking it about and put the ball in first time when runners are attacking it.
Eventually they didn't attack the ball, compared to him AWB tries to put the ball in first time, although his delivery is shit but you see Cavani and others attacking it.
So he needs to stop fecking it about and put the ball in first time when runners are attacking it.
Deserves a lot criticism but to me, still one of our very few elite footballers.
Ole has done great to give Rashford his confidence back and nurture some parts of his game but a Pep/Klopp/Poch would have him balling like Sterling/Sane/Mane/Son has.
Ole has done great to give Rashford his confidence back and nurture some parts of his game but a Pep/Klopp/Poch would have him balling like Sterling/Sane/Mane/Son has.
Was absolute rubbish today. Seemed to take 4 or 5 touches every time he received the ball. Absolute momentum killer
Why take 1 touch when you can take 1,000,000,000!
This is the issue. Rashford to be really effective needs space. He struggles against teams who park the bus. Ideally suited against teams playing open attacking football.
The problem with that is after getting a lot of points off of the top 6 last season every team has changed their tactics against us meaning unless they're on a suicide mission (leipzig first game) no team is going to give us that much space behind which doesn't bode well for Marcus unless he can change his game.
It’s really frustrating when he attempts to dribble his way through a packed box. It’s like he thinks he’s superman and can just walk his way through the entire opposition, every time.
Absolutely! He needs to adapt his game accordingly to become a top player.
Needs to adapt his game a bit now. I am quite certain it will click as he’s still 23 and when he’s got the right conditions on the pitch, he’s devastating. Against these teams that drop deep and give him no space, he needs to start playing one and two touch, which he definitely is capable of, to open up some space for himself. He just takes too many touches or tries to jink past three players. It might come off occasionally but not often enough to keep trying it. He also needs to work on his left foot if he is going to play as a left forward - coming in every time means he has no plan B.
I don’t get what about his game is elite. He’s capable of pulling off something decent every sixth or seventh game. That describe an awful lot of players you’d spit your drink out with laughter about if someone spoke about them the same way some speak about Rashford.
He relies so much on memories we all have when he burst on the scene but he simply isn’t delivering at the level or consistency some want to pretend that he is. I get why it happens but too many are love blind when it comes to Rashford and in my view it’s increasingly clear that he’s developing into a much more limited player than what we hoped he might have become
He relies so much on memories we all have when he burst on the scene but he simply isn’t delivering at the level or consistency some want to pretend that he is. I get why it happens but too many are love blind when it comes to Rashford and in my view it’s increasingly clear that he’s developing into a much more limited player than what we hoped he might have become
The most frustrating thing is that he makes the wrong decision 9/10 times. Passes when he should shoot; shoots when he should pass.
Cool, bad decision making or selfishness I get, thick as pigshit?....
Rashford is not an elite player. I don't think we're ever going to win things if we're relying on him.
Neutral here. Seems to drop his head and give up easily at times
I feel like in the last two months he's made a bet with a mate that he'll score a goal by beating 4 or 5 players. His decision making has been inexplicably bad.
Didn't he just play his 250th game for us not too long ago? His transformation of turning into CR7 in his first season with us is just strange. As the weeks go by, he plays more and more like an over eager teenager.
He's not young in football terms, so his age is no longer an excuse to me.
Didn't he just play his 250th game for us not too long ago? His transformation of turning into CR7 in his first season with us is just strange. As the weeks go by, he plays more and more like an over eager teenager.
He's not young in football terms, so his age is no longer an excuse to me.
Needs to be moved back to the left and kept there to try and rediscover his form.
No idea why Solskjaer keeps insisting on playing him on the right when he's clearly very ineffective there.
No idea why Solskjaer keeps insisting on playing him on the right when he's clearly very ineffective there.
Rashers is having a nightmare these days, he was never ever a natural finisher and has missed more sitters than hes scored gioals.
Last few games hes holding on to the ball too long and overplaying things. If we can get silly money for him at the season end I'd bin him deffo, never in a million years is he a deadly striker, awful.
Last few games hes holding on to the ball too long and overplaying things. If we can get silly money for him at the season end I'd bin him deffo, never in a million years is he a deadly striker, awful.
I think we've just got to wait for his off the pitch activities to fade. It's really clear where his head lies right now, and that's not in football.
The way he plays kinda emphasized that to me.
Feels like we have to sign a backup so he plays less till he's fully focused on football again.
The way he plays kinda emphasized that to me.
Feels like we have to sign a backup so he plays less till he's fully focused on football again.
Apart from those times when he weirdly decided to cut the ball or go back then back again I felt like he was at least kind of alright in the first half. For sure the best out of the front three and was putting in some dangerous stuff.
Switched him to the left and he reverted to type of giving the ball away and being a bit of a solo merchant.
Switched him to the left and he reverted to type of giving the ball away and being a bit of a solo merchant.
His slowing down the play or just flat out stopping with the ball irritates me greatly. He has good stats this season but he is currently playing awful on both sides of the pitch.
We really need him to start producing again soon.
We really need him to start producing again soon.
It might just be my imagination, but I feel like he was better when he was younger. Back then his game seemed to be more instinctive, these days he seems to overthink things a lot, and in doing so usually ends up doing the wrong thing more often than not.
Also I don’t recall him being offside as much as he is these days.
Also I don’t recall him being offside as much as he is these days.
Yeah, agreed. He was actually ok in the first half. I think knowing he can’t cut in and shoot forces him to cut out the fannying round we saw on the left.
Although it has made me realise how bad his left foot must be. He seems to never pull the trigger when he has a chance on his left foot. Which is a pretty bad flaw for a striker.
Not world class. Wouldn't care if he went.
Honestly, he needs to be dropped. It shouldn't be possible for a player to make the wrong decision 100% of the time, yet here we are.
What I can’t get my head round that for someone with such a powerful shot why he isn’t just taking it on his right foot and driving it to the far post. Even if the keeper gets something on it most likely rebounds out in to a dangerous area.
That time where he put a cross in after 3 sort of cut back things was a bit annoying. He had him beat the first time and could have put the cross in then. At this point I’m just kind of fed up with both Rashford and Martial. Both have all the talent in the world and on their day incredible but they just both don’t seem to be able to deliver it or make the right choices.
He probably could word it better like “Zero Footballing Intelligence “
I don't see where he's going to suddenly develop this footballing intelligence from overnight. The fact that he's 250+ senior games into his career and his decision making could be mistaken for someone who's in his first season feeling his way in, should be of huge concern. He's making the kind of mistakes in terms of judgment you'd expect a player with far less first team experience to at least be on the road to eradicating from his game. If people are honest with themselves they expect our forward momentum to end when Rashford is on the ball. Admitting it may make people uncomfortable because they think they're not a 'top red' if they admit it, but everyone knows it's true.
He’s not as good as our fans like to think. He rightfully has a place of fondness in peoples hearts because of his great work off the pitch, and benefits from being an academy graduate. If he was foreign questions would have been asked for a while.
I still think he can become world class, but some of the stuff he was doing out there...
He's forcing things when they're not there at all.
He's forcing things when they're not there at all.
Getting a lot of stick for today's game but he did create some great chances and was constantly looking to unlock a deep defence whilst playing out of position.
Definitely is not the case. It's just that nearly everything he tries doesn't come off. I think the team's level has dropped in general which doesn't help. But Rashford should be focusing more on interplay with team mates and being part of moves that open up teams rather than constantly trying to beat a defender. His dribbling isn't that good.
Other than the occasional good match here and there he's been poor all season. He was still managing to get a good amount of goals and assists so he was still ultimately being effective, but now that those have been starting to dry up his poor general play is being highlighted.
Perhaps this belongs in the Weird Feelings About Football thread, but I feel like all our players, save Bruno and Pogba, can only use one foot. Watching a player like Nani, equally comfortable with both feed, was a delight, albeit a frustratingly inconsistent one at times.
It's getting to the point where I'm now expecting Rashford to play badly. Very worrying.
He's playing like he's on trial. He could easily lay the ball of at times, and we could potentially score but that doesn't make him look good. Instead he tries to beat 5 players in impossible situations.
Also needs to work on using his left foot coming in from the right. He's got a decent hit with his left foot but it's when the ball is right infront of him, when he's drifting in from the right and he has the chance too shoot, he can't do it and just carries on dribbling and running into trouble.
He needs to improve, he's not a weak link or anything but hopefully he can iron out a few major flaws in his game to become a more consistent player.
Also needs to work on using his left foot coming in from the right. He's got a decent hit with his left foot but it's when the ball is right infront of him, when he's drifting in from the right and he has the chance too shoot, he can't do it and just carries on dribbling and running into trouble.
He needs to improve, he's not a weak link or anything but hopefully he can iron out a few major flaws in his game to become a more consistent player.
I'd say Greenwood, Pogba and Fred are the only ones who really use both feet. I can't say that I've noticed Bruno use his left very often although obviously his goal was a great hit with his left.
Fred trying to shoot on his right foot is one of life's most predictable disappointments though.
Fred trying to shoot on his left is one of life's most predictable disappointments.
Fred trying to shoot with either foot is one of life's most predictable disappointments.
Yeah, his shooting is even worse with his right but I'd say his passing is easily more two-footed than anyone else other than Greenwood and Pogba.
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