Rashford | Villa | Loan with option to buy

[11101]

I know I'm In the miniscule here but I thought Rashford started off his career better as a striker than a winger.

Even Van Gaal called him a young Kluivert and I remember seeing Rashford scoring tap ins and headers.

Him becoming a winger made his game rely on too much speed and especially technicality which he might have lacked but he wouldnt have to have relied on as much as a central striker.

Even for us when he would play as a RF instead of a LW he wouldn't exactly look out of his position because Rashford for me was a CF that switched position to LW due to below average management.

I believe the same with Martial, him being moved to LW by Mourinho to accommodate Lukaku as a striker really halted his development as a player overall.

When you compare players like Salah or Saka, they are not just goalscorers, they are very creative players that can create from outwide.

Rashford was never that player & for me he was a very good young striker at one point made to switch position unnecessarily.

He was quick enough to get on the end of chances but he never had the instinct of a top striker and his finishing is average.

His game has always relied on explosive pace wherever he has played. Now he has lost that there really is little else to his game.

 

[Shaw's Shank Redemption]

He was quick enough to get on the end of chances but he never had the instinct of a top striker and his finishing is average.

His game has always relied on explosive pace wherever he has played. Now he has lost that there really is little else to his game.

It's more when he broke through to the first team.

He was scoring headers, poachers finishers, back post goals.

As he progressed he started being this speed long shot type of player.

 

[groovyalbert]

It's more when he broke through to the first team.

He was scoring headers, poachers finishers, back post goals.

As he progressed he started being this speed long shot type of player.

He returned to that somewhat during ETH's first season post-WC. Before then you could maybe argue that his move away from typical striker play was due to both Mourinho and Ole's tactics. It makes no sense, however, how he deteriorated under ETH, especially as the tactics and demands remained largely unchanged. Either his body gave up after a series of intense seasons and reoccurring injuries, or it's down to attitude. I suspect the latter.

 

[golden_blunder]

Just based on the clips, it looks a pretty impressive cameo debut for someone who hasn’t played for 2 months. It is going to be fascinating to see how he does for the rest of the season.

It’s clear you didn’t watch it as he did nothing different to his usual United below par performances

 

[Denis' cuff]

Media only? The fans too.. I still see fans talking about Sancho's great spell at Dortmund last season because he had 1 good game against PSG.

Sky sports done a whole spread on him then, only for him to be so good that Dortmund couldn't afford 25m.

Rashford will be the same, they will talk about the system, everything if he has 2/3 good games.

Thats all he needs for the media and fans to gas light him.

Yep. “Fans” read it and believe what they want. (Not fans)

 

[Denis' cuff]

His best periods came on the wing, for me. I don't feel like he ever fully understood how to play the striker role effectively

Or never wanted the responsibility of being a striker. Easier to play wide without the expectation yet still ignore striker waiting in the box but shoot yourself. Ultimately, proved to have the same shithouse character as Sancho. If I have any sympathy for these lads, it’s the constant online scrutiny they cop. Answer: stay the feck off it. Takes some discipline but you’re paid mighty well to be disciplined. Or go incognito.

 

[Cassidy]

Hopefully he does well because we need him gone in the summer for a good fee