It‘s a good point that Rashford needs a player to open or create space for him. Which is why Ronaldo wouldn’t been ideal partner for him. If we use the same point as the article, whether Rashford plays on the wing or as striker don’t matter as long as there is someone who can open or create space for him.
Yup I totally agree with this article which was why I was pushing for a couple of different ideas since Martial dropped off.
I will say though that Rashford's problems aren't just with the system, his touch, close control under pressure etc were pretty crap when he was our of form. If a ball is pinged to his feet you have no idea if he's going to control it or if he'll let the ball bounce off him ala Lukaku.
First idea is a 4-3-3 with Bruno at false 9 with Greenwood / Rashford as inside forwards. This also would've let us play Pogba in his preferred position. We played this a couple of times under Ole and did well but we never really committed and I dunno why
The next was a Tuchel style 343 with Rashford in the Werner role. This would've covered for Lindelof's passiveness by putting him in the T. Silva role with more aggressive defenders next to him. We could've played Shaw as the LCB (hey a left footed LCB!), Lindelof and Maguire.
Ultimately our shambolic recruitment means many square pegs in round holes type situations all over the pitch. I think there's realisation now at the club that you can't just stockpile good players and expect them to do well.
Now we have Ten Hag who sees football in a different way to our previous managers. Good players will suffer (Lindelof, Varane because they aren't aggressive CBs, maybe even Bruno because he blows hot and cold) and people will keep complaining.