Paxi
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Jesus wept.
Bizarre.
Valencia and Jones, 2 of our worst players made his team of the week.
Radhford got the sky motm award as I recallBizarre.
Jones, Valencia and Robertson all were poor.
In fact, Rashford wasn't brilliant either (though it's hardly a controversial choice) but he caused the first goal to happen and finished off the second so that's probably enough for Crooks given the obvious lack of research he puts in.
And was singled out on MoTD.Radhford got the sky motm award as I recall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50201142Maguire: Since the arrival of Harry Maguire in the back four at Old Trafford there has been a calm in defence. This was no better illustrated than against Liverpool at home and again away at Norwich where VAR did its best to disrupt, confuse and irritate just about everyone. While his team-mates were being awarded penalties and missing them, Maguire remained composed and played the game with a quiet authority. He may have cost £80m but I'm beginning to think he is worth it in the current climate. He might even save Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's job.
McTominay: I've watched this lad a lot in recent weeks and couldn't work out why Solskjaer keeps playing him. He runs about a lot and is certainly not afraid to put his foot it - but a Manchester United player? Against Liverpool he was excellent and after his performance against Norwich he finds himself in my TOTW. He's also bright enough not to get involved in taking penalties for Manchester United. I think I might have misjudged him.
Juan Mata: The ball for Marcus Rashford to score Manchester United's opening goal against a soon-to-be-ravaged Norwich City was wonderful. There are few players in the Premier League capable of delivering such a ball - but Mata is one of them. The former Spain playmaker looked up, saw what Rashford saw, and played a pass that rendered everyone in the ground - including the entire Norwich defence - as spectators. Manchester United are simply not good enough to keep a player of Mata's quality on the bench these days. When is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer going to realise that?
Marcus Rashford: The way Rashford nonchalantly took his first goal against Norwich told you all you need to know about his development. The casual manner in which he celebrated screamed 'this is just what I do for a living' and that it was simply business as usual. I can't help but feel if Jose Mourinho was still at Old Trafford, Rashford would be playing for a club abroad or in the reserves - instead, he is now flourishing at the club he loves.
Not that crazy in honesty. We'd all pick Ronaldo, a lot of Chelsea fans would pick Lukaku and neutrals would be quite split, Lukaku is 3 in 3 & Ronaldo is 2 in 1. Ask this question in May.
I don't think anybody on the planet would choose Lukaku over Ronaldo, unless you wear red or blue on a Saturday afternoon. Or are an idiotic ex journeyman pro.Not that crazy in honesty. We'd all pick Ronaldo, a lot of Chelsea fans would pick Lukaku and neutrals would be quite split, Lukaku is 3 in 3 & Ronaldo is 2 in 1. Ask this question in May.
Yeah it’s crazy picking a guy who’s inferior in every department, and who was inferior in the same league last season.Not that crazy in honesty. We'd all pick Ronaldo, a lot of Chelsea fans would pick Lukaku and neutrals would be quite split, Lukaku is 3 in 3 & Ronaldo is 2 in 1. Ask this question in May.
Correct. One the best British strikers ever was calling Ronaldo's movement and ability some of the absolute best and encouraging young players and fans to watch the way he plays the game and the standards he sets himself. Real recognises real.See the way an actual good footballer like Alan Shearer was fawning over Ronaldo at the weekend.
Yeah it’s crazy picking a guy who’s inferior in every department, and who was inferior in the same league last season.
I would pick Ronaldo but there are a lot of people who doubt he'll be top scorer this season. Not sure why Shearer is suddenly the godfather of striker punditry but him and Wright also spoke glowingly about Lukaku.I don't think anybody on the planet would choose Lukaku over Ronaldo, unless you wear red or blue on a Saturday afternoon. Or are an idiotic ex journeyman pro.
See the way an actual good footballer like Alan Shearer was fawning over Ronaldo at the weekend.
It's shocking ... i also read his comment about Lukaku - ridiculous.Pogba didn't make his team of the week which is mad tbh
Rambling lunaticIf I had to make a choice of playing Ronaldo or Lukaku at centre forward there would be no contest. It would be Lukaku every time. Granted Ronaldo is 36. However, there is a touch of irony in the fact that Lukaku used to play for United and scored some magnificent goals but was never loved by their fans and certainly not in the way Ronaldo is.
The feck is he on about.
Probably for the best. Every time I've seen Garth put Pogba in his TOTW, he always either prefaces it by mentioning that he didn't want to put him in, or spends the entire paragraph backhandedly complimenting him or just flat out complaining about himPogba didn't make his team of the week which is mad tbh
He doesn't understand the meaning of the words 'granted' nor 'irony'.If I had to make a choice of playing Ronaldo or Lukaku at centre forward there would be no contest. It would be Lukaku every time. Granted Ronaldo is 36. However, there is a touch of irony in the fact that Lukaku used to play for United and scored some magnificent goals but was never loved by their fans and certainly not in the way Ronaldo is.
The feck is he on about.