Oh FFS.
Pogba: Did his ankle vs Palace(?). Had treatment and scans and was deemed fit to join the squad. Played in a cup game vs Rochdale and made his injury much worse. Which one of these scenarios seems the most likely: 1) He was deemed fit and this was seen as a good opportunity to regain some match fitness in a low intensity game. 2) Pogba was in severe discomfort, but Ole forced him to play because he HAD to play vs fecking Rochdale
McTomminay: Did his ankle vs Partizan, returned and played well then hurt his knee vs Newcastle. As far as i know, knee and ankle is not the same. Anyways he stayed on the pitch for the entire half, but when that happens there are mainly two parties that need to make the call. The medical staff that gives the player treatment and the player himself. Do you see managers run onto the pitch and conduct medical examinations? Sure he could have taken him off as a precaution, but that would mean we would have to sub a player every time he went down. Hell James would have been have to be subbed like 3 times each game since he gets clattered non stop'
Rashford: Yes, he had backpain. That device everyone talks about is something he has used his entire life. He had loads of back problems while going through puberty. The medical staff and the player himself and the coaching team knew he had pain, but he still got green lighted to participate in the squad vs Wolves. If its the case here that he was deemed a high risk for injury by the medical people and was advised to not join the squad, and still Ole went against their recommendations, then yes. That is severe negligence on his part an utterly unforgivable
Like i get, it. You dont think hes a good enough manager, but stop with the damn smears please. Rashford in particular should ideally have been rested more, but seeing as hes our most important player and we lack good backup you either take risk with having your best players play a lot of games, or you put out a weakened side. We went into the season with 4 senior attackers sharing 3 spots. With a squad this thin stress injuries like these was bound to happen.