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Yes apparently Greenwood, Rashford, Martial (54) have surpassed Salah, Mane, Firmino (51) for goals this season.
and given both Rashford and Martial have has injuries and missed quite a few games each, and Greenwood has not been a starter all season, it’s quite remarkable.

I don’t recall Liverpool’s 3 having any injuries, and assume they start pretty much every game.
 

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When we get Sancho we will have 4 attackers that are in the top 3 of their age group 18,20, 22 and 24. Thats something.
 

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We're talking Sancho here. The guy who has 20 goals and 20 assists in his age 19 season.
Honestly this place is so tedious.

No one is going to come into the club and replace Rashford. Only an idiot would want to do this.

If we sign Sancho great but our current front three are pretty fecking good. Sancho has done well at Dortmund which isn't really any comparison to tearing up the Premier League every week. He'd have to come in and prove he can do that.
 

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Who drops out if we sign Sancho?

Which CB and LB would you sign of we don't go with Sancho?
Nobody really to be honest. We have more options, more formations to use. The way things have panned out with the front three right now shouldn't cloud your judgement on the current state of our squad. Sancho isn't the be all and end all, but if we signed him we'd be a much better team, period.
Koulibally and Telles for me.
 

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Honestly this place is so tedious.

No one is going to come into the club and replace Rashford. Only an idiot would want to do this.

If we sign Sancho great but our current front three are pretty fecking good. Sancho has done well at Dortmund which isn't really any comparison to tearing up the Premier League every week. He'd have to come in and prove he can do that.
It's your call to underestimate the guy who just got 20 goals and 20 assists with superior technical ability, and who will be 20 years old for practically the entire next season.

Honestly, your take is quite tedious. It reeks of United bias.
 

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Honestly this place is so tedious.

No one is going to come into the club and replace Rashford. Only an idiot would want to do this.

If we sign Sancho great but our current front three are pretty fecking good. Sancho has done well at Dortmund which isn't really any comparison to tearing up the Premier League every week. He'd have to come in and prove he can do that.
None of our front 3 have torn up the Premier League every week, Rashford and Martial are still somewhat inconsistent. Rashford in particular often fluctuates between one of our most frustrating to best players. Greenwood hasn't had enough games to judge if he can do it every week.

Our front 3 isn't as good as either of the teams we want to compete with, so I have no idea how anyone can be against improving it if people want to actually win things and not just be in a top 4 race every year. You could easily argue Sancho is better than all of them, he certainly provides something different to the others as he's clearly by far the most creative of them, he's also the most natural RW of any of them too.
 

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None of our front 3 have torn up the Premier League every week, Rashford and Martial are still somewhat inconsistent. Rashford in particular often fluctuates between one of our most frustrating to best players. Greenwood hasn't had enough games to judge if he can do it every week.

Our front 3 isn't as good as either of the teams we want to compete with, so I have no idea how anyone can be against improving it if people want to actually win things and not just be in a top 4 race every year. You could easily argue Sancho is better than all of them, he certainly provides something different to the others as he's clearly by far the most creative of them, he's also the most natural RW of any of them too.
Honestly it doesn't even bother me to think Rashford will start over Sancho. None of us know the future and Rashford could do it. I just think to be that confident on the matter is ignorant to Sancho's ability also.

Sancho has the potential to be a 3-5 dribbles per game type player with potential to record double digit goals and assists. That's peak Hazard territory. In his young career, I would think he's ahead of players like Hazard, and Sane when at age 18-19.

I would assume that whatever I'm doing with Sancho in regards to Rashford, people are right now doing the same with Greenwood. Namely, they believe Greenwood is a bigger talent. That's not a knock on Rashford at all. It's just comparing what each player respectively did at youth level, and how they've continued their excellence at first team level proving what bracket of talent they are.
 

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It's your call to underestimate the guy who just got 20 goals and 20 assists with superior technical ability, and who will be 20 years old for practically the entire next season.

Honestly, your take is quite tedious. It reeks of United bias.
Well to be fair to @noodlehair we signed Kagawa and Mkhitaryan from Dortmund when they were tearing it up in Germany and they both failed here.
Granted Sancho is clearly more talented and has a higher ceiling but it should also be mentioned he himself is inconsistent. Even Dortmund have dropped him on occasion this season. I’ve seen him have games as bad as Rashford occasionally has.

This isn’t me saying I wouldn’t want him, I’d fecking love if we signed him but it’s not some clear cut Sancho in, Rashford out and benched without question type scenario as that poster initially said.
 

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Well to be fair to @noodlehair we signed Kagawa and Mkhitaryan from Dortmund when they were tearing it up in Germany and they both failed here.
Granted Sancho is clearly more talented and has a higher ceiling but it should also be mentioned he himself is inconsistent. Even Dortmund have dropped him on occasion this season. I’ve seen him have games as bad as Rashford occasionally has.

This isn’t me saying I wouldn’t want him, I’d fecking love if we signed him but it’s not some clear cut Sancho in, Rashford out and benched without question type scenario as that poster initially said.
Very well said. Some people just get too exited way too easily and start throwing around hyperbolic claims. Saying Sancho is guaranteed to come here and bench any of our front 3, especially with the form they've shown or him being better than them is the sort of over the top claims you'd see and expect from the Caf.

There is a reason why Rashford is a starter for England when fit and available while Sancho isn't. While he's putting great numbers in Bundesliga, he isn't the first one to have done so, especially players from Dortmund. Mkhitaryan was pulling off assist numbers close to 30 and goals in 20 too yet he didn't turn up in the PL.

Sancho is clearly a talented kid but statements declaring him better than Rashford etc are ridiculous right now given the latter is doing it in the PL and also a starter for the national team. Some people ought to calm down. The addition of Sancho will obviously be a good thing for us but if things carry on the way they're going with Greenwood rise, I feel like they're won't be this urge and desperation to get Sancho, at least the sort of desperation where we'd be willing to match those 120m asking price.

I think the club might be willing to buy him if they feel the price is reasonable to them because they won't be as desperate to match Dortmund crazy 100m+ asking price due to the emergence of Greenwood and might seek to purchase elsewhere to strengthen the squad. Heck they could even prioritize Grealish if they feel Sancho is too expensive especially in this post corona climate
 

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None of our front 3 have torn up the Premier League every week, Rashford and Martial are still somewhat inconsistent. Rashford in particular often fluctuates between one of our most frustrating to best players. Greenwood hasn't had enough games to judge if he can do it every week.

Our front 3 isn't as good as either of the teams we want to compete with, so I have no idea how anyone can be against improving it if people want to actually win things and not just be in a top 4 race every year. You could easily argue Sancho is better than all of them, he certainly provides something different to the others as he's clearly by far the most creative of them, he's also the most natural RW of any of them too.
Rashford was scoring for fun before his injury, that was peak consistency.

Then he got injured, now he is finding the right tune to score goals again. He needs time. Again.
 

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Well to be fair to @noodlehair we signed Kagawa and Mkhitaryan from Dortmund when they were tearing it up in Germany and they both failed here.
Granted Sancho is clearly more talented and has a higher ceiling but it should also be mentioned he himself is inconsistent. Even Dortmund have dropped him on occasion this season. I’ve seen him have games as bad as Rashford occasionally has.

This isn’t me saying I wouldn’t want him, I’d fecking love if we signed him but it’s not some clear cut Sancho in, Rashford out and benched without question type scenario as that poster initially said.
Very well said. Some people just get too exited way too easily and start throwing around hyperbolic claims. Saying Sancho is guaranteed to come here and bench any of our front 3, especially with the form they've shown or him being better than them is the sort of over the top claims you'd see and expect from the Caf.

There is a reason why Rashford is a starter for England when fit and available while Sancho isn't. While he's putting great numbers in Bundesliga, he isn't the first one to have done so, especially players from Dortmund. Mkhitaryan was pulling off assist numbers close to 30 and goals in 20 too yet he didn't turn up in the PL.

Sancho is clearly a talented kid but statements declaring him better than Rashford etc are ridiculous right now given the latter is doing it in the PL and also a starter for the national team. Some people ought to calm down. The addition of Sancho will obviously be a good thing for us but if things carry on the way they're going with Greenwood rise, I feel like they're won't be this urge and desperation to get Sancho, at least the sort of desperation where we'd be willing to match those 120m asking price.

I think the club might be willing to buy him if they feel the price is reasonable to them because they won't be as desperate to match Dortmund crazy 100m+ asking price due to the emergence of Greenwood and might seek to purchase elsewhere to strengthen the squad. Heck they could even prioritize Grealish if they feel Sancho is too expensive especially in this post corona climate
I've already gone through the stats. Mkhitaryan looked like a 1 season wonder already at his peak with not much left to grow. Sancho was superior to Kagawa and Gotze.


For all the talk of Sancho being inconsistent, we do realize that he has 20 goals and 20 assists in 44 appearances for Dortmund? What sort of consistency is acceptable to be labeled consistent? I feel like it's exaggerated or that Rashford doesn't go through that.

I don't really pay attention to the selection process of England. Greenwood was benched for Nketiah and Nelson. Seniority takes place at least until a while. And if that senior is performing there is no reason to bench that senior. That's the nature of the national team at least in the short term.
 

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I've already gone through the stats. Mkhitaryan looked like a 1 season wonder already at his peak with not much left to grow. Sancho was superior to Kagawa and Gotze.


For all the talk of Sancho being inconsistent, we do realize that he has 20 goals and 20 assists in 44 appearances for Dortmund? What sort of consistency is acceptable to be labeled consistent? I feel like it's exaggerated or that Rashford doesn't go through that.

I don't really pay attention to the selection process of England. Greenwood was benched for Nketiah and Nelson. Seniority takes place at least until a while. And if that senior is performing there is no reason to bench that senior. That's the nature of the national team at least in the short term.
It's pretty simple. Doing it in the Bundesliga isn't the same nor a guaranty that it'll be done in the PL. I personally have faith that Sancho will cut it here because he's that talented but I'm not going to go on lengthy hyperbole and claim that he's gonna replicate his Bundesliga's numbers here or he's a better player than what we've got. He'll obviously improve us but it doesn't mean he's better than Rashford. He could be better than him or not but I'm not going to base that off his numbers from Germany alone.

Kagawa and Miki aren't the only examples. Plenty other players, especially from Dortmund had put ridiculous numbers or great performances in a Dortmund shirt but failed to reproduce at their new destinations. Gotze, Dembele, Sahin etc. So Sancho scoring 20 and assisting 20 in Germany doesn't mean he's a better player than Rashford currently. Before his back injury, Rashford was consistently scoring in the PL.
 

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Very well said. Some people just get too exited way too easily and start throwing around hyperbolic claims. Saying Sancho is guaranteed to come here and bench any of our front 3, especially with the form they've shown or him being better than them is the sort of over the top claims you'd see and expect from the Caf.

There is a reason why Rashford is a starter for England when fit and available while Sancho isn't. While he's putting great numbers in Bundesliga, he isn't the first one to have done so, especially players from Dortmund. Mkhitaryan was pulling off assist numbers close to 30 and goals in 20 too yet he didn't turn up in the PL.

Sancho is clearly a talented kid but statements declaring him better than Rashford etc are ridiculous right now given the latter is doing it in the PL and also a starter for the national team. Some people ought to calm down. The addition of Sancho will obviously be a good thing for us but if things carry on the way they're going with Greenwood rise, I feel like they're won't be this urge

and desperation to get Sancho, at least the sort of desperation where we'd be willing to match those 120m asking price.

I think the club might be willing to buy him if they feel the price is reasonable to them because they won't be as desperate to match Dortmund crazy 100m+ asking price due to the emergence of Greenwood and might seek to purchase elsewhere to strengthen the squad. Heck they could even prioritize Grealish if they feel Sancho is too expensive especially in this post corona climate
The claim here isn't even true and a lot of your post is based on a premise that isn't true that Rashford starts over Sancho for England. They have been rotating with each starting 1 game of the 2 game breaks. It's not really clear who Southgate sees as his #1 choice. Not that this would prove anything anyway as national team managers are notoriously loyal and don't necessarily play their better players, there are many examples of this eg. Aguero at Argentina is consistently behind in the pecking order to strikers nobody would say are better than him.

You also say about this being an over the top claim on the Caf like this place is biased towards Sancho, also doesn't ring true. I imagine if you asked outside the Caf who is the bigger talent Sancho or Rashford, such a poll would overwhelmingly favour Sancho, it would be weighted even more that way if you asked on the continent removing all Premier League bias.
 

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Our attacking options beyond this trio are dire, its so evident the moment one of them are subbed/not playing. The idea of signing more quality ‘impeding development’ is biggest nonsense I’ve heard. A football season is very long, you can't play the same trio throughout the year given form/injuries/suspensions. Besides competition is better for everyone, it means you can’t slack, you can't coast through matches. Either, you’ll step up and improve, or you’ll fall down the pecking order.

Just take a look at any of our squads under Fergie, or the one under Pep at City. Having likes of Sane/Mahrez/Bernardo hasn’t impeded Sterlings development or made the other 3 players any worse. In fact, all of them have improved during his tenure. A large part is due to coaching yes, but also the high standards that have to be met. Foden is also coming on very nicely despite having absurd amounts of competition in midfield. If you’re good enough, you’ll step up, (Foden) if not, you’ll swim (see Iheanacho or Stones)

A signing like Sancho would completely transform our attack and add a different dynamism. Our current trio all started as CFs and have a tendency to play centrally. Sancho is a legitimate out and out winger who is also more consistent than the three. Some on here are underselling how big a talent he is. IF we're able to sign him, it’d become evident pretty soon.

This place is high on euphoria and understandably so but we shouldn’t lose sight of the work required to be done to reach where we want. Rashford/Martial have done well to hit 20 goals each but both have gone through bad period of form which will happen given their age. Rashford numbers are also inflated by 9 penalties he’s taken (scored 7). With Greenwood, he’s even younger, he’s only started 8 games at this level. This trio is a work in progress, and if we were given an opportunity to sign a super talent like Sancho, we should be all over it.

However, given the skeptic in me and recent quotes about Ed and Ole about transfer budget. I almost expect the club to brief at some point that we're pulling out of Sancho transfer so as to not impede development of the talent at the club. So, some of you may still get your wish.
 

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It's pretty simple. Doing it in the Bundesliga isn't the same nor a guaranty that it'll be done in the PL. I personally have faith that Sancho will cut it here because he's that talented but I'm not going to go on lengthy hyperbole and claim that he's gonna replicate his Bundesliga's numbers here or he's a better player than what we've got. He'll obviously improve us but it doesn't mean he's better than Rashford. He could be better than him or not but I'm not going to base that off his numbers from Germany alone.

Kagawa and Miki aren't the only examples. Plenty other players, especially from Dortmund had put ridiculous numbers or great performances in a Dortmund shirt but failed to reproduce at their new destinations. Gotze, Dembele, Sahin etc. So Sancho scoring 20 and assisting 20 in Germany doesn't mean he's a better player than Rashford currently. Before his back injury, Rashford was consistently scoring in the PL.
Nobody said he would replicate his numbers in the Bundesliga immediately. In fact I've said so many times on here of the opposite (I don't blame you for not knowing, it's just 1 man's opinions). However, because he's only just turned 20, just like how we're expecting Greenwood to jump another level people expect Sancho to do the same. It's the nature of development for young talents. Zaha didn't come into the league smashing it, but eventually improved to a level much better than his time at United.

What Sancho has done in the Bundesliga is far superior to what Sane did at the same age. It's superior to what Hazard did in Ligue 1. And so on.

I would say your best example is Dembele. Although I would argue Sancho's end product was superior by 9 goal contributions in like 1 less match of playing time. Yet he's suffered from fitness and lack of motivation. However, it's a bit unfair if we can only punish Sancho for failed Bundesliga players and not reward his prospects via players like De Bruyne and Sane.


And he doesn't have to bench Rashford. For all we know he benches Greenwood. Or he gets benched. But I won't be surprised if he benches Rashford either. I think it's ridiculous to think someone as talented as Sancho can't do it. He's succeeded at every step like Greenwood has.
 

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Let's remind ourselves that this attack only costs us 58 million pounds.

Great achievement for the United academy.
 

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It's pretty simple. Doing it in the Bundesliga isn't the same nor a guaranty that it'll be done in the PL. I personally have faith that Sancho will cut it here because he's that talented but I'm not going to go on lengthy hyperbole and claim that he's gonna replicate his Bundesliga's numbers here or he's a better player than what we've got. He'll obviously improve us but it doesn't mean he's better than Rashford. He could be better than him or not but I'm not going to base that off his numbers from Germany alone.

Kagawa and Miki aren't the only examples. Plenty other players, especially from Dortmund had put ridiculous numbers or great performances in a Dortmund shirt but failed to reproduce at their new destinations. Gotze, Dembele, Sahin etc. So Sancho scoring 20 and assisting 20 in Germany doesn't mean he's a better player than Rashford currently. Before his back injury, Rashford was consistently scoring in the PL.
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It's pretty simple. Doing it in the Bundesliga isn't the same nor a guaranty that it'll be done in the PL. I personally have faith that Sancho will cut it here because he's that talented but I'm not going to go on lengthy hyperbole and claim that he's gonna replicate his Bundesliga's numbers here or he's a better player than what we've got. He'll obviously improve us but it doesn't mean he's better than Rashford. He could be better than him or not but I'm not going to base that off his numbers from Germany alone.

Kagawa and Miki aren't the only examples. Plenty other players, especially from Dortmund had put ridiculous numbers or great performances in a Dortmund shirt but failed to reproduce at their new destinations. Gotze, Dembele, Sahin etc. So Sancho scoring 20 and assisting 20 in Germany doesn't mean he's a better player than Rashford currently. Before his back injury, Rashford was consistently scoring in the PL.
I agree with a lot of this & that Sancho won’t score 20 and assist 20 maybe even ever in the Prem but as a footballer he is on a different level to just about every footballer Dortmund have had apart from Lewandoski who was about 4 or 5 years older when he left.

Some of the football Sancho has produced this season I’d argue has been up there with any player in the world at times. He’s also shown up against big sides like Bayern and PSG in the home game.

There is just no down side to this transfer for us seemingly. He’s perfect for our number 7 shirt.

We still need a better defence though imo! Today was a horror show at times at the back at times despite the win.
 

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Greenwood is Martial’s successor in the long term, and in the short and medium term he will get plenty of game time in cup games, as sub, or when one of Rashford, Martial and Sancho get injured or need a rest, and eventually outright competition. We need a mainstay in that right wing position now if we want to challenge.

Rotating 4 players for 3 forward positions is one of the easier dilemmas for a manager to solve.
 

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If we can get Sancho, we HAVE to get Sancho. That's a no-brainer. Our front 3 are doing very good but 4 top players for 3 position is hardly embarrassment of riches, if you want to aim for big things. City have/had Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane, Mahrez, Bernardo Silva ffs.
 

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Ffs, just enjoy the fact we have such an amazing young attacking trio. I am just enjoying watching these players currently, interchanging movement and fluidity is fun to watch.

Sancho is of course a welcome transfer, but at least I am not that concerned if we get priced out of it now.
 

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I'm getting very nervous about us all talking about Sancho like we already have him. Like I know it looks on but still... reminds me of the Griezmann saga in 2017 when he was supposedly nailed on to join us.

Back on topic, this is the most exciting front 3 we've had post-SAF (pretending the 2014 summer transfer window didn't happen). At the moment I just can't wait for the next game to see them in action again.
 

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Marcus Rashford is not as good at footballl as you think. He's literally being outclassed by a teenager in his debut season
Really? I could have sworn Rashford had more goals in the Prem this year than Greenwood (despite being out for several months.) So how has Greenwood literally outclassed him?
 

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Really? I could have sworn Rashford had more goals in the Prem this year than Greenwood (despite being out for several months.) So how has Greenwood literally outclassed him?
Maybe he forgot all the brazilian skills Rashford executed to create goals for the team.

Or that free kick against Chelsea,

Or those goals against the top 6,

Sometimes our fans are just spoilt kids.
 

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Maybe he forgot all the brazilian skills Rashford executed to create goals for the team.

Or that free kick against Chelsea,

Or those goals against the top 6,

Sometimes our fans are just spoilt kids.
It's obvious this particular fan just doesn't rate Rashford for whatever reason.
 

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Its not disrespect for fecks sake. It's an opinion on his footballing ability. This is Rashfords 5th year in the prem and greenwoods first. Rashford is not complete garbage as a footballer obviously. His finishing is average, his touch is average, his game sense is average. I could go on. How many goals does he have this season if you remove pens? I understand united fans have latched on to him as the number one representative of this version of manchester united. He's a local lad and by all accounts a good kid. He's scored some important goals for us. But he's worse than pretty much any forward that starts regularly for a top club. If your argument is tricks and free kick goals bring out the stats. Let's dissect Rashfords game. I doubt you want that though.
 

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This front 3 is doing great. I’m moving towards not wanting us to sign Sacho. After having so many broken things in 8years, I would rather not fix what’s not broken.
 

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It's weird seeing everybody mentioning different abbreviations for this trio but no one has mentioned MMA. And it's literally their first name initials :lol:
 

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The chemistry between them (and Bruno) is incredible. I think we've finally figured out a way of beating teams that sit deep.
 

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Its not disrespect for fecks sake. It's an opinion on his footballing ability. This is Rashfords 5th year in the prem and greenwoods first. Rashford is not complete garbage as a footballer obviously. His finishing is average, his touch is average, his game sense is average. I could go on. How many goals does he have this season if you remove pens? I understand united fans have latched on to him as the number one representative of this version of manchester united. He's a local lad and by all accounts a good kid. He's scored some important goals for us. But he's worse than pretty much any forward that starts regularly for a top club. If your argument is tricks and free kick goals bring out the stats. Let's dissect Rashfords game. I doubt you want that though.
And why should pens be removed ?? Do any other attacker have to remove his pens to prove some non existent point. And no, he is not worse than worse than any forward that sarts for a top club, that is just you talking out of your arse. He is a top player, and he will continue to improve even more with time.
 

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Its not disrespect for fecks sake. It's an opinion on his footballing ability. This is Rashfords 5th year in the prem and greenwoods first. Rashford is not complete garbage as a footballer obviously. His finishing is average, his touch is average, his game sense is average. I could go on. How many goals does he have this season if you remove pens? I understand united fans have latched on to him as the number one representative of this version of manchester united. He's a local lad and by all accounts a good kid. He's scored some important goals for us. But he's worse than pretty much any forward that starts regularly for a top club. If your argument is tricks and free kick goals bring out the stats. Let's dissect Rashfords game. I doubt you want that though.
Good thing you’re about to re-educate the Manchester United and England managers who rate him as extremely valuable.

And we can re-educate Barcelona too, who according to Andy Mitten, (who has excellent connections with both teams) genuinely wanted Rashford last year before he signed a new deal.

All those Champions Leagues must have messed with their heads and made them forget what a good player is. Desert Eagle thinks Tammy Abraham would be a better punt.

Thank you for enlightening us
 

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Good thing you’re about to re-educate the Manchester United and England managers who rate him as extremely valuable.

And we can re-educate Barcelona too, who according to Andy Mitten, (who has excellent connections with both teams) genuinely wanted Rashford last year before he signed a new deal.

All those Champions Leagues must have messed with their heads and made them forget what a good player is. Desert Eagle thinks Tammy Abraham would be a better punt.

Thank you for enlightening us
Exactly, some absolutely ridiculous crap spouted by some here. He was injured for a significant chunk of time, so it makes sense that he is a little rusty after coming back. Injury is not the same as sitting on the bench, it means no training as well during their time out. It is a big negative, and many players can have their career's ruined if injuries are constant. And can certainly go through a rough patch before coming upto speed.

Rashford's all round game has been very impressive after the restart, just missing that finishing touch that he had before the injury. Even in today's game he had a perfectly good goal chalked off, and should have another assist for that pass to Bruno in the first half. He is still not up to his best imo,and still has more in his locker, which we should hopefully see with time and as games come thick and fast.