Difference after we hooked Rashford and Zirkzee was massive.
Rashford has held this club back for a long, long time and in a sense, is symbolic of a decade of decay. Lazy, arrogant, over-hyped, weak, fragile, more concerned about his image than his actual performances. Its time for him to be sidelined once and for all.
Zirkzee...trying not to jump on the bandwagon because I am all for giving players time...but he's not a #9. I understand the idea...go into his feet and let others play off him, but he's not actually that good up against a centre half facing his own goal. He's not strong enough or dynamics enough, and he doesn't look after the ball anywhere near well enough. Clearly has technical ability, some nice moments and lovely pulldown of high spinning ball, but looks way off the pace.
When Mount and Hojlund came on, they changed the game by stretching the game. Mount is one of the few players we have who constantly wants to run behind, rather than receive it to feet. This is a massively underrated trait, when a player is intelligent enough to use it well.
I liked Amad in the #10 also, that so creates a conundrum, in the shape of Bruno. I really hate him in a deeper role, he's weak, he's wasteful, his pass selection is poor, he's easily bypassed by opponents and he can't effect the game in a positive way when so deep. For me, he has to be a #10 or he has to be left out in this system.
Also a comment on Dalot...I think he's another who's really bad and basically has made a United career out of having an average season the season literally every single other player fell off a cliff. He's brainless, he's no threat at all going forward, he's lazy and he's just persistently sluggish in and out of possession. He's the type of full back that should be at Newcastle or Villa, languishing in mid-table.
