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Marcus Rashford (out) | signs for Villa on loan
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These stories always make me wonder what he actually did, or rather didn't do, in this case.
Is he just being lazy as feck, or refusing to do drills, or just not playing well in training? Would be wild for him to have a new coach come in and visibly half arse it.
BILD reporting that talks to bring Rashford to Dortmund are advanced.
Would be funny if they sign both Rashy and EtHeh
I think that's a large part of it, general application and how you train. If he repeatedly isn't meeting the standards the new coach has set, and has been effectively punished for it, it's testament to the new coach and how is he demanding of the squad. And going off of even the last two performances, the squad is responding.
Mad they may have had Rashford and Sancho off of us in 12 months.
Not any more apparently, non-Italian players used to get away without paying tax but they've closed that loophole now.
I think it's a combination of both and the club will have statistics to back it up.
For fans, you don't even have to delve too deep. Just the eye test will show you. There is no fundamental reason why Salah should be working harder and running harder on the pitch than Rashford. Except he is injured or has lung disease, it doesn't just make sense. The only explanation is motivation and application.
For me, the refusal to banish a player that was blatantly not putting in maximum effort was the beginning of the end for Ten Hag. You can't continue to play Rashford and then drop others for a lack of effort. Your credibility goes out the window.
Can't see him refusing to do whatever training is setup, but he just does it badly as whatever spark he had is faded.
His off-field work and life overshadowed his playing career and can't be recovered.
Lucky for him he has a world star salary to sit on for years, even though I'd imagine he has a lot of hanger-ons to finance.
He needs a move, knows he needs a move but will not budge on that salary, so salary trumps playing.
Yes, I was thinking about the incident one time when Rashford thought he was being subbed off by ETH. His whole reaction said 'who me??'. As if why on earth would he be subbed – even though he was underperforming again. But of course it wasn't Rashford, it was someone else being subbed. Says it all for me, that.
This. ETH pandered to him and lost his credibility. The problem with ETH was how opportunistic he was in latching on to short term form/results, remember how McTominay's goal threat was exploited, but forgot emphasis on developing a style and making it sustainable.
He visibly half arses matches at times so…
Yeah it would be interesting if this is based off stats or simply Ruben seeing a player who is not visibly giving their all. The latter would be crazy given he was a new manager in and usually that is when players will put in the extra effort.
I always imagined it might be the pressure of playing that got to him - early on I swear remember managers talking about him having a good attitude (LVG, Mou) but then I guess it waned. These days you can see him try but as soon as he loses the ball or someone goes past him, his head drops and you feel like he's given up.
Well that's what he's done on the pitch so doubt it's any different in training.
I always remember the way Bellingham was looking at him when they were training for England. Like Rashford was just having a laugh and not taking it seriously.
you love to see it
Omg yes Dortmund, I'll never laugh at you again if you take him!
It's Dortmund, they'd probably take him on loan this season, hype him up like Sancho and then not sign him permanently come summer.
If their hyping him up means some other club then sign him, Im fine with it :P
True, you're right. It's just he's got 3,5 years left on his contract and on huge wages so it'll be difficult to get rid. But if he does well at Dortmund then great, there'd be more buyers ready to actually pay enough.
If I were in Marcus' 'camp' I would be looking at the Garnacho chat and be thinking: 'Go to Napoli.'
Milan is a bigger club, yes, but they're fighting for the European spots and Rashford will have to dislodge Leão to play where he likes to. Napoli are top, and after Inter dropped points yesterday, even if Inter win their game in hand, they'll be separated only by goal difference. If it's just a loan why not go and be part of a title race, especially with Kvara gone to PSG?
Why leave United to fight for Europa League football elsewhere? Surely that's a backward step. Go see if you can win a Scudetto.
Milan is a bigger club, yes, but they're fighting for the European spots and Rashford will have to dislodge Leão to play where he likes to. Napoli are top, and after Inter dropped points yesterday, even if Inter win their game in hand, they'll be separated only by goal difference. If it's just a loan why not go and be part of a title race, especially with Kvara gone to PSG?
Why leave United to fight for Europa League football elsewhere? Surely that's a backward step. Go see if you can win a Scudetto.
I think it will be Barcelona.
He’ll get to team up with former players too in McTominay and Lukaku
The first thing I think of when I think of Rashford is a big boost of positivity
I think its more complex than that. Mitten stated that all managers had issues with Rashy. ETH is said to have gotten the job because he promised to get the best out of Rashford. Its evident that the previous regime made it obvious that whatever happens, the Rashy project had to be successful. Which explains why Rashford seem to have gone away with everything which including having a club legend/manager apologizing to him in public. It also explains why things only changed when the new administration came in.
A lot of talk and no offers?
It makes sense tbh. He's still a pretty big name for a club like Dortmund. Might lift spirits (until he actually plays for them)
Forever ours, he'll be.
Didn’t Mitten then partially u-turn on his comments? I also find it implausible any manager was tasked with getting the best out of any one player, rather than the team generally - who has said that was the case?
Also, it’s utter nonsense that Ole was “forced to apologise” to Rashford. He, very sensibly, clarified his comments probably because it wasn’t seen as a good look FOR THE CLUB to be suggesting football was more important than food for kids.
Only in LaLaLand. In the real world probably half that with "normal" wages, but less with what he's on.
That's absolute nonsense though
Peak Rashford was a player scoring 30 goals in open play and creating 15 more from left wing who constantly scored against the biggest clubs. While being under 25.
This was at a time when players like Nunez and Grealish were going for 100m and Antony for 80+.
Annoying to think about but there gave certainly been times when we could have almost certainly got 100m for him.
I do think those crazy transfer fees have tapered off anyway.
Assumes that Rashford knuckles down when on loan. Maybe not being arsed is his default setting now.
Barca would be a bad deal for both him and United.
He doesn't get over any of their front 3. It's not like Milan when their starters might be better but the gap in quality isn't that big. Rashford is probably currently a level below the Barca backups too.
He doesn't get over any of their front 3. It's not like Milan when their starters might be better but the gap in quality isn't that big. Rashford is probably currently a level below the Barca backups too.
That’s a chance we have to take though. The reality is that his performances this season for us would be sufficient for him to put up good numbers in Germany or Italy, with some decent supply. Unless his performances get worse on loan, which seems unlikely, I can only see there being an upside.
Of course, we don’t know whether there is more off-field drama than has been briefed. If he goes to Milan and is constantly in Milan nightclubs then that wouldn’t be helpful. You’d imagine his own team will be doing everything they can to make sure he’s focussing on football for at least the rest of the season though.
Calm down Marcus, get your finger out of your arse and get back to training.
Why not Napoli ? They are doign very well and I'm sure Rashford would do good with them.
Why not indeed
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