(which I'm pretty sure anyone who isn't a complete idiot would realise was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment).
This doesn't quite come off when the post I was quoting is pretending that it's utterly inexplicable for the manager to not play Greenwood in this form, and the fact that he's doing it suggests he isn't watching his team play. Try again, please.
My point - and I've made it multiple times in this thread, as have plenty of others, as seen here:
This post seems to be ignoring the fact that Greenwood has been worse than Martial all season. Far worse. They've both been hopeless in front of goal but Martial's been contributing far more generally.
And Rashford is doing way better on the right than Greenwood or James. Really not seeing how it's weakening the team to play this way when the alternatives on the right are a young player out of form and a young player who's just a bit crap. Or Mata...
- was that Greenwood is having a crap season and has been the worst of all the attackers so far (which is saying a lot). And that explains why Solskjaer has been fiddling with the setup. I'm not the first person in this thread to say that the logic behind Rashford on the right was to get him, Martial and Cavani on the pitch together in a setup that's more effective than leaving one of Martial and Cavani out to put Greenwood, Mata or James on the right. Especially before the last three or four games, when it was working reasonably well.
You're the one pretending leaving Greenwood out of the team means the manager hasn't been watching his team play. So yes, hyperbolic nonsense.
The 800 minutes stat is obviously referring to the league - Greenwood had a great game against Liverpool in the cup, which got me excited to see if he'd kick on against Sheff United. And he was utterly rubbish again - yes, Martial was worse in that game and should have gone off instead, but he's still been marginally more useful overall. Greenwood will develop into a fantastic player but he's in a slump right now and it's blindingly obvious why he doesn't start every game.
When was the last time Rashford scored playing from the right or Pogba/Martial scored while playing as left wingers? I bet you can't even remember.
Literally already pointed this out earlier in the thread.
Rashford has looked much better on the right in this recent spell than he did the few times he was tried there earlier. Not seeing the problem with playing him there, especially with Greenwood off color - it gets the three best attacking options on the pitch.
Rashford created the winner today from the right. He played a key role in the buildup to Martial's goal against Villa from the right. And if I'm not mistaken, he scored the winner against Wolves after moving to the right following Martial's introduction. It's working.
It helps that he's become much better at beating players from a standing start this season, and he's started to hold the width when he's on that side. Which creates more space for Fernandes and the striker, while Greenwood seems to get in their way and not offer much himself at this point.
Yeah, he's had a bunch of crap games in a row now with a great performance on the left in between. That doesn't mean it was the nonsensical idea you've been making it out to be all along.
Ah, he loses his natural ability to have instincts.
