Rashford is Unhappy according to Pilip de Brun & The Times

With the congested fixture, I would like to see him given a chance to lead the lines in one or two of the cups.

Give him some responsibility and see how he handles it.
 
Been saying Philp de brun is a wanker for a while now. He wont be banned, somehow i feel the mods think hes legit or something.
 
De Brun has always seemed alright to me, certainly not a "make up any old crap" ITK that many would have you think.
 
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Yes, let's pin all our hopes on a barely developed lad who had one good third of a season.

And let's let him burn out and get injured and sold for a pittance and not fulfill his immense potential like Fowler and Owen.

Idiot. Rashers will do fine; He has literally his entire career ahead of him. Young lads would kill to be in his position to lay in our first teamand learn day in day out from one the greatest players.

Haters gonna create hate.
 
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The only thing dumber than this story is Rashford and his advisors if it is actually true.
 
Okay.

Well, first all, I haven't mentioned this fact in here because I don't want eyes rolling and people thinking that I think I am an 'ITK' because of it. So let me get this out of the way early doors. I am not ITK and I don't pretend to be.

I've been a football journalist for over 12-years. I work for national newspaper titles. One predominantly and a couple more on a freelance basis. I work on Premier League reporting and really enjoy it. It's not what it used to be, it's getting a bit more tedious and boring now...but I still like what I do. Newspaper journalism's become less interesting and less important because all football clubs keep their distance from media of all sorts these days for reasons I will mention a little later in this post and I am also having to write pretty meaningless pieces for online content, such as Top 10 this or that and Combined X1 nonsense. I'm not a really moral person so I don't in any way think 'my art is at stake'. I've got a good job and I like what I do, so I'm continuing to do it, even though it is a profession well under attack due to a reason mentioned below. But I do want to stress I am not a preacher of 'ITK' material nor never will be on these forums. I have been a Manchester United fan from birth, through family and I consider that one hell of a fecking blessing.

Anyway, take it from me, someone who knows all of the national reporters well (at least I know how they operate) in the UK that Pilib De Brun is absolutely 100% nailed on to be known as an absolute spoofer. There is no such thing as an 'in the know' journalist such as De Brun for loads of different reasons but let me give you the one main reason why national newspaper journalists such as even your top dogs that appear on Sunday Supplement don't know much any more, let alone Philip De bloody Brun. Years and years ago, football clubs needed 'media' (newspapers mostly) to inform their fans of any information they wanted to know. That's what the word 'media' means - medium, it's the middle man, the bridge between business (the club) and the customer (the fan). So if a club wanted to release information they'd ring up their favourite journalists or maybe send out press releases to the newspapers to try to get their information across to their fans. These days, clubs no longer need the media (they no longer need a middle man). If a football club like Manchester United wants to reach their fans with information, they do so in a multitude of new-age ways. A Tweet is the new press release. Nobody needs to call Shaun Custis about anything anymore. Years ago - even maybe 12-15 years ago - journalists used to have a rollerdex of phone numbers of professional footballers. That shit don't happen anymore. Footballers, coaches, high-echelon positions at clubs, nobody needs a journalist anymore. I mean, it happens in some ways, agents like to use journalists, not for any exclusive chats or anything, just to get a spin on a story out there - such as 'A club are looking at my player'..just because that agent is currently in negotiations with the current club over a new deal - that shit happens and we know it happens and we know when it is and isn''t bullshit). But nobody uses journalists to offer 'inside information'. It. Just. Does. Not. Happen. Anymore. Guaranteed. It's a dying form of media and it is very critically dying, too. Newspaper sales are at a massive low and are getting worse by the day. There is little or no value in newspaper journalism. Being a newspaper journalist does not mean you are ahead of the game in any respect whatsoever. The only reason I believe I may be a little ahead of the average fan on the street is that I know which journalists are talking shit and which ones can be trusted with certain bits of information. But when it comes to having 'inside information' - I have zero REAL inside information or sources and neither do the 'top dogs' of football journalism. It's well-known and talked about much among journalists on a regular basis....we just don't have any inside sources. Football doesn't operate that way anymore.

De Brun is nowhere near considered to know anything about anything. Genuinely. He's a laughing stock among reporters.
Thank you so much for sharing this valuable insight into the current world of reporting. I'm not wholly surprised by the dying of newspaper media as the financial figures have been dire for ages and online content is now preferred by people yet even the paywall models have scarcely worked. But it was revealing to know that the ability to get sources has dried up. Kinda explains the decline in reliability of football journalism. And makes De Brun look like a fraud. I won't be paying attention to him again. But it seems by implicatiob that this Matt Ducker is effectively no better either.
 
Is he happy at not playing in his favoured position? NO i doubt he is
Is he happy at the prospect of not being our first choice striker? NO i doubt he is

But is he unhappy to the point that he is unsettled? NO i doubt he is

Mountains out of mole hills this one. Total exaggeration of some comment or remark made being honest about the situation at best. Most likely, an unducated outside view of a situation that in not based in reality, writen to provoke.
 
Been saying Philp de brun is a wanker for a while now. He wont be banned, somehow i feel the mods think hes legit or something.
I've never liked him and he was banned at one point. Just my views aren't shared, some think he's a good source. I think he's a wanker who will make shit up
 
He also has bills to pay.

Yeah that's the thing with journalists. Even the ones with great sources won't have enough information for an article every day/week/month so they're going to run with something that might be half true at best. That doesn't mean they can't be trusted as a source ever, it's just difficult to know when to. He's been right in the past and that gives him enough credit to make these claims and have some believe him.

Personally I don't believe him on this one, or at least I don't believe Rashford is unhappy with his playing time. He or his agent might be saying he is though because it doesn't hurt for contract negotiations.
 
No idea how much truth there is to it, nor do I care much. I'd be more concerned if a player was completely 'happy' with a conceived lack of playing time. The good ones are all competitive and want to play all the time when fit. No real 'news' here.
 
Never got this burning desire to censor on the forum. Like, I have my own opinion on who I think may be more reliable than others, and treat info accordingly. Surely that's all that's required. I think there can be a limit in terms of people like Indykalia, but people who are pros and clearly work with people within the football world is surely a bit much?

All this 'what's his record like?' 'Has he ever gotten anything wrong before?' Because grown men can't bear the heartbreak of a report saying United want to sign Messi not turning out. Is the idea that we can all read only 100% certainties so that we all remain emotionally balanced?
 
Okay.

Well, first all, I haven't mentioned this fact in here because I don't want eyes rolling and people thinking that I think I am an 'ITK' because of it. So let me get this out of the way early doors. I am not ITK and I don't pretend to be.

I've been a football journalist for over 12-years. I work for national newspaper titles. One predominantly and a couple more on a freelance basis. I work on Premier League reporting and really enjoy it. It's not what it used to be, it's getting a bit more tedious and boring now...but I still like what I do. Newspaper journalism's become less interesting and less important because all football clubs keep their distance from media of all sorts these days for reasons I will mention a little later in this post and I am also having to write pretty meaningless pieces for online content, such as Top 10 this or that and Combined X1 nonsense. I'm not a really moral person so I don't in any way think 'my art is at stake'. I've got a good job and I like what I do, so I'm continuing to do it, even though it is a profession well under attack due to a reason mentioned below. But I do want to stress I am not a preacher of 'ITK' material nor never will be on these forums. I have been a Manchester United fan from birth, through family and I consider that one hell of a fecking blessing.

Anyway, take it from me, someone who knows all of the national reporters well (at least I know how they operate) in the UK that Pilib De Brun is absolutely 100% nailed on to be known as an absolute spoofer. There is no such thing as an 'in the know' journalist such as De Brun for loads of different reasons but let me give you the one main reason why national newspaper journalists such as even your top dogs that appear on Sunday Supplement don't know much any more, let alone Philip De bloody Brun. Years and years ago, football clubs needed 'media' (newspapers mostly) to inform their fans of any information they wanted to know. That's what the word 'media' means - medium, it's the middle man, the bridge between business (the club) and the customer (the fan). So if a club wanted to release information they'd ring up their favourite journalists or maybe send out press releases to the newspapers to try to get their information across to their fans. These days, clubs no longer need the media (they no longer need a middle man). If a football club like Manchester United wants to reach their fans with information, they do so in a multitude of new-age ways. A Tweet is the new press release. Nobody needs to call Shaun Custis about anything anymore. Years ago - even maybe 12-15 years ago - journalists used to have a rollerdex of phone numbers of professional footballers. That shit don't happen anymore. Footballers, coaches, high-echelon positions at clubs, nobody needs a journalist anymore. I mean, it happens in some ways, agents like to use journalists, not for any exclusive chats or anything, just to get a spin on a story out there - such as 'A club are looking at my player'..just because that agent is currently in negotiations with the current club over a new deal - that shit happens and we know it happens and we know when it is and isn''t bullshit). But nobody uses journalists to offer 'inside information'. It. Just. Does. Not. Happen. Anymore. Guaranteed. It's a dying form of media and it is very critically dying, too. Newspaper sales are at a massive low and are getting worse by the day. There is little or no value in newspaper journalism. Being a newspaper journalist does not mean you are ahead of the game in any respect whatsoever. The only reason I believe I may be a little ahead of the average fan on the street is that I know which journalists are talking shit and which ones can be trusted with certain bits of information. But when it comes to having 'inside information' - I have zero REAL inside information or sources and neither do the 'top dogs' of football journalism. It's well-known and talked about much among journalists on a regular basis....we just don't have any inside sources. Football doesn't operate that way anymore.

De Brun is nowhere near considered to know anything about anything. Genuinely. He's a laughing stock among reporters.

This.

I also work in the media, although not as a journalist like this guy. So many of the journos are just bullshitters, particularly the freelance brigade. Any interview you get from a club is provided via a PR funky and image control is watertight.

There's a lad called Ben fairthorne, who I believe is banned on here, who used to cut out bits of old interviews with a player, paste them together and pass them off as new material. De brun has the same whiff of bullshit to me.
 
For some on here, quite possibly!

:D

In the transfer window it's something else. People wanting people lynched for posting something without doing full forensic vetting and referencing. The Pogba thread was some big credibility debate for a large degree.
 
He's a 19 year old academy graduate who is loved and adored by local fans and foreign fans alike, plays some part in almost every game while starting many of them including some of the biggest games of our season. If a player like that is going to complain, I will totally lose faith in football. It's most likely just an agent doing his best to get his client the best deal possible.

But longer he tries to twist the club's arm, worse it will get for him. We've already seen that Mourinho is not afraid to bench a far more talented player in Martial for stirring things up.
 
Duncan Castles:

If it is from that baldheaded knob you know it most likely came from Mou himself.

Would trust Dunc a whole lot more than De Brun when it comes to MUFC matters.

The feck kinda name is Philip De Brun anyways. His maiden name is probably Phillip Brown and he wanted to poncy it up.
 
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I know a lot of people here won't take Pilib de Brun seriously but he has been right a few times of late if I remember correctly. Also in his video he doesn't seem like he's happy with what he's heard from his "sources".
 
If it is from that baldheaded knob you know it most likely came from Mou himself.

Would trust Dunc a whole lot more than De Brun when it comes to MUFC matters.

The feck kinda name is Philip De Brun anyways. His maiden name is probably Phillip Brown and he wanted to poncy it up.
It's the Irish version of Philip Brown I think.
 
Duncan Castles:
United’s technical staff have been bemused by reports this week that Rashford is unhappy with his handling this season and considering his future at the club. They describe a player who shows himself as “happy” in the club, responds well to training, and does not complain about team selection.
..
 
Spoke to his agent at the Blackburn Academy game this morning...who I have known for some years.

He told me that he has no idea where the newspapers get their stories from and Marcus is really happy with everything right now.

So basically...no story.
 
Spoke to his agent at the Blackburn Academy game this morning...who I have known for some years.

He told me that he has no idea where the newspapers get their stories from and Marcus is really happy with everything right now.

So basically...no story.
Good stuff. Typical paper talk, wonder who they'll move onto next now they've done Rashford, Martial and Shaw.
 
Spoke to his agent at the Blackburn Academy game this morning...who I have known for some years.

He told me that he has no idea where the newspapers get their stories from and Marcus is really happy with everything right now.

So basically...no story.

He's 2nd choice LW, 2nd choice RW, 2nd choice up front. For Manchester United. At 19. Learning from a forward who will almost certainly make way for him in a year or two. He'd be mad to be unhappy. I would understand if he wanted to play up front more tbf but not to the point of wanting to leave.

Glad to hear his agent rubbished it.
 
Spoke to his agent at the Blackburn Academy game this morning...who I have known for some years.

He told me that he has no idea where the newspapers get their stories from and Marcus is really happy with everything right now.

So basically...no story.
I thought he is now with Gareth Bale's agent. Barnett or something like that?
 
Some wanker at the times has voiced his opinion and now theres a bullshit fake news article about it.

Rashford is United for life.
 
Pleb is at it again:lol:

I've especially got contempt against wankers like Pleb, who on one hand claim to be die hard fans of the club, and on the other hand go about destabilizing the very club they profess their undying love for.

Ban the cnut
 
Pleb is at it again:lol:

I've especially got contempt against wankers like Pleb, who on one hand claim to be die hard fans of the club, and on the other hand go about destabilizing the very club they profess their undying love for.

Ban the cnut

This.
 
Everyone used to ask for Duncan Castles to be banned about 18 months ago for being a spin doctor with no credibility. Funny how things change.
 
Spoke to his agent at the Blackburn Academy game this morning...who I have known for some years.

He told me that he has no idea where the newspapers get their stories from and Marcus is really happy with everything right now.

So basically...no story.

Never had any doubt. Rashford is a good lad and no doubt more than satisfied with where he is at this stage of his career.
 
Everyone used to ask for Duncan Castles to be banned about 18 months ago for being a spin doctor with no credibility. Funny how things change.
Nothing funny. We now have Mourinho as our manager who Castles is known to have a direct line to. If it wasn't the case, nobody would want to hear what he's got to say
 
Nothing funny. We now have Mourinho as our manager who Castles is known to have a direct line to. If it wasn't the case, nobody would want to hear what he's got to say
So he was a spin doctor with a pro Mourinho agenda who you couldnt take seriously at Chelsea, but at United he's a credible rumour slayer who should be listened to? He's still full of shit. Only now he's full of shit when it comes ot United related matters and not Chelsea.