LInkash
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The optimist and romantic in me says that this drama is the catalyst that kick starts our season.
Wish he'd go out more often, miserable fecker
To be fair for most of us it wasn't an overreaction when we initially heard what he did, it was very unprofessional, but anyone that cares about United would have wanted it sorted quickly and hopefully have him back playing well, which is what happened at the moment. But yeh I agree with you that some took it way to far as usual, even after it was sorted.Saddest part is they’ll be a certain section of fans who’ll be happy were winning but annoyed he scored.
The overreaction people have bought into is embarassing.
Poor bastard was trying to self cure, gets hung out to dryWish he'd go out more often, miserable fecker
Selling players after a few mistakes would lead you having to sell half your squad every summer.
What? It is all over the papers - photo evidence and a girl saying he was doing shots of tequila.
I doubt Rashford is asking for protection. Only you seem to be.
It was probably the shock of being in Larne made him go wow i better knuckle down or i could end up here forever.
He went out on a bender to forget about being there which is fair enough and now has his head straight.
CoolThis bolded part is often overlooked. He was a run-of-the-mill academy lad who benefitted from a major injury crisis, a few well-timed goals at the start of his career and a club desperate for a good news story.
People forget, if Will Keane hadn't been on loan (or injured, I forget which) Rashford wouldn't have even played against Kobenhaven. He was that far down the pecking order.
I honestly, honestly think had he not had that run of goals when he broke into the first team that he'd have ended up dropping into the Championship in his early 20s and probably ended up playing for a bottom half Premier League team for most of his career.
He's arguably a player who's built his entire reputation on roughly 40/50 good games in his career across three little purple patches and some world-class PR
People are predictable. We'll forgive a lot if you're benefiting us.I guess the jokes here are partly true. If he was playing like this on a regular basis fans would be way quicker to forgive transgressions. You can’t be as poor as he’s been this season and do what he did. But he’s playing superbly tonight so far so fair play to him for that. Needs to keep it up for the rest of the season.
Football is not a regular job now is it? No need to compare it.Depends on the mistakes though doesn't it?
I think the least we should be accepting is professionalism. I can excuse a lack of quality or some poor form if they at least show that they're trying on the field and maintaining a professional approach off it.
Getting smashed in a nightclub the night before you've got work then calling in sick and getting caught would be grounds for dismissal in pretty much every other employment.
You could know more than all of us put together. It`s so disappointing to see what has transpired at Manchester United for too long now so when something like this happens with a high profile player who has been treated very well by the club, it does remind supporters that the culture of United has been eroded.I just think he's going through a bad moment on and off the pitch, a lot of people are going through a bad moment and in these times you need some support. We all do.
I don't think he's done here, but what do I know?
Can`t believe you can`t understand that some people actually were commenting before they`d seen the Wolves game, simply following up points made before the game or are in different timezones. It`s not rocket science.Can’t believe some of you have the negative energy to immediately log on to the caf after a game like that and commence the moaning.
Remarkable achievement!
Can`t believe you can`t understand that some people actually were commenting before they`d seen the Wolves game, simply following up points made before the game or are in different timezones. It`s not rocket science.
No, don`t have to do anything for you if you need instructions to use a net forum - irrespective of how important you feel you are to the caf perhaps others don`t feel the same way. Just saying.The best solution here to is to post your time zone in brackets prior to posting. Saves posters looking stupidly negative.
Are people missing the fact the club made an official statement saying Rashford was ill and then Ten Hag the next day unprompted contradicted that by saying it's an internal (disciplinary) matter that he'll deal with.
It doesn't matter what there are or aren't pictures of. Ten Hag shouldn't be giving the press anything other than the offical club line on matters. That's all I'm saying, if the club says a players ill the manager should be repeating that and nothing more. If it's an internal matter deal with it internally, give the press nothing.
No, don`t have to do anything for you if you need instructions to use a net forum - irrespective of how important you feel you are to the caf perhaps others don`t feel the same way. Just saying.
Thanks for the laugh. I don`t post often but I do recall there are some oddbods here who enjoy aggressively pursuing targeted posters and will keep doing it as they can`t get by without a response. Then they whinge about others `derailing`. I`ll let you have this conversation with yourself.You don’t need to be in the correct time zone to understand you need to stop derailing the thread now. Thanks.
Thanks for the laugh. I don`t post often but I do recall there are some oddbods here who enjoy aggressively pursuing targeted posters and will keep doing it as they can`t get by without a response. Then they whinge about others `derailing`. I`ll let you have this conversation with yourself.
Yeah, you're right, the press are well known for being reasonable and dropping a subject when they get a cookie cutter response.
Have you ever watched one? seriously.
There was about 9 questions asking variations of "Sick? haha you mean hungover, right? have you lost the dressing room?" to which he clearly had to react differently as the truth of the matter was out of the bag. Everyone knew, Rashford had been out on the lash the night before and his sickness even if unrelated (which it probably wasn't) was a breach of discipline and a direct challenge to the offical statement the club had put out.
He responded "It's an internal matter, I'll deal with it" a solid 5-6 times after that, they still asked it, hoping he'd have a stroke and give details.
Once he did deal with it internally, they have been and still will be for a few weeks still be asking him the same god damn question using variations as wild as "Rashford bad, good now? what do? why do? Sancho?"
When he's "offically" responded "it's been dealt with, we move on".
Press conferences in general are a waste of damn time and seem irrating for all involved, but the idea that you can just sit there and say "manutd.com/news" and get away it, isn't based in reality.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a real contradiction. The club statement was that Rashford is ill, and in a way this was the truth - being hungover counts as being ill for me. But clearly the club didn't want to make the reason for his illness public (or might not have known about this). Either way this statement was before it became public knowledge that Rashford was out drinking.And point missed again. Its irrelevant what questions the press may or may not ask. Maybe I'm crazy but I don't think the manager of Manchester United should be contradicting the clubs official statements or giving the press anything more than he needs to.
Or the Rooney but “dance and fall down feeling sick” celebrationsHe should’ve done a Gazza dentist chair celebration.
Lets see how long this positive attitude lasts. I give it 2 games
Called itSolved it.
This is all 4d chess.
Rashford knows he's in poor form. The last time he really kicked on was when the crowd were at him for poor performances, so he constructed a scenario where he met a lady working in a restaurant, drew attention to himself by asking for bruchetta with no tomato seeds, sent her to a bar to get her blind drunk, then sent a lookalike to pick her up for a tequila session, then swapped him around for a second lookalike to take her to the club, all while he's having neural implants put in in Portadown, which needs a few days to settle down. Then, he comes back, with the crowd on his back, with AI improved motivation and drive, and surges us to the league title, fa cup and 9-0 wins over all our rivals.
Occums Razor.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a real contradiction. The club statement was that Rashford is ill, and in a way this was the truth - being hungover counts as being ill for me. But clearly the club didn't want to make the reason for his illness public (or might not have known about this). Either way this statement was before it became public knowledge that Rashford was out drinking.
Acting like it was a normal illness like a cold while being confronted with images of him drinking would just look stupid and I would never expect a manager to look this stupid or demand it from him. In the end we have two statements which perfectly fit each other:
1. Rashford is ill and can't train
2. The (obvious and publicly known) reason for his illness is not acceptable and this is dealt with further internally.
The press had all they needed to make a big story out of it, not confirming it happened would just look stupid, but it was also the right thing not to go into details. This was absolutely the right thing how it was dealt with in that press conference.
You realise that the unemployment rate would be about 98% of the world if this was really the case.Depends on the mistakes though doesn't it?
I think the least we should be accepting is professionalism. I can excuse a lack of quality or some poor form if they at least show that they're trying on the field and maintaining a professional approach off it.
Getting smashed in a nightclub the night before you've got work then calling in sick and getting caught would be grounds for dismissal in pretty much every other employment.
Why are people acting like the statement he did make satisfied the press and lead to no more questions?
And point missed again. Its irrelevant what questions the press may or may not ask. Maybe I'm crazy but I don't think the manager of Manchester United should be contradicting the clubs official statements or giving the press anything more than he needs to.
Do you think it's unreasonable to expect that from the manager?
I read that Wolves were playing some song about downing shots before the match.