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AndyMUFC

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He's definitely not a natural centre forward but he's getting involved in the goals again to be fair to him. Should be fighting for a spot on the left with Sancho when Martisl is back.
 

Nou_Camp99

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I know about his record but you must also know in order for us to get back to the levels we strive for he needs to do much much much more than he is currently doing and that we all expected him to have progressed a lot more than he has. Top players don’t put out the shit he put out for over a year. As an academy player he was given a lot more leeway too. I really really hope he doesn’t think “he’s back” and that he actually realises he can do much much more.
He's had a bad injury in a very disjointed Utd team. I'm willing to give him another chance under Erik.

Also holding up the ball has never been his game. He's never been good at it. So why do we expect him to do that now?
 

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Had no doubt he would score. After the Liverpool one against a better keeper this was always gonna be a finish and goal

His running is returning and not sure if it's because he's returning to fitness after that back injury and playing through with it
 

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I’ve been one of his biggest critics. He’s proving me wrong. I still think his all round game is lacking and wasn’t what it once was, but he’s chipping in with vital goals and assists. Long may it continue. Also love that EtH has managed to find a way to get the best out of him.

Also, funny how many plaudits Jesus seems to be getting when he’s got the same amount of goals as roundly criticised Rashford…
 

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He is still playing very poorly overall, still largely invisible when we are in possession and always fecked things up when trying to running blindly into legs of defenders.

But you can't argue with 2 goals 1 assists against the league leader. He is still a threat when combined with Bruno in counter attack. Maybe that's why ETH insist of playing him most of the time.
 

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His overall play as a striker is not very good. You don't really get a sense he's going to trap the ball when it gets fired in. Or that he'll get his body position right against contact from the CB. Some of the nuances of centre forward play are lacking a lot and have been throughout the opening matches.

But he scares defenders to death when he threatens in behind. He's a useful player at this stage of ETH's evolution of this side for that reason as we're playing very direct through the lines. I think as our possession game develops it will ask more and more of Rashford and he'll need some answers, but for now it's working.
 

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Good assist and two well taken goals. Came up clutch today and his celebrations showed it meant a lot to him. Seeing him elated after the third goal with eriksen felt good. I echo what most people have said which is his general forward play is lacking but he is contributing. Like early Bruno, a lot of your flaws will get forgotten if you're scoring and assisting regularly. Long may it continue , a great run of form to get into the world cup squad will benefit us.
 

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Top class performance. Can see Marcus’ team want to discuss a contract extension on the back of this though or the PSG noises may be louder in Jan
 

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Obviously he will never become a top level striker and he has been overhyped by the media due to his activism. But he is still a good option to have and there are a lack of top strikers in the current market anyway. Maybe that's why PSG wanted him. He thrives in a counter-attacking system and last night game was evident by this. Last season was an anomaly and I'm willing to give him the benefit. Already has 3 goals in 6 games.
 

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Come on man, what a shocking post. Rashford does a huge amount of running off the ball that often gets missed.

2 goals and an assist as CF, that is the be all and end all. Would you rather Jesus? Plenty of effort and workrate, but toothless up front as usual in big games. I know which I prefer.
So what happens when he doesn't get the goals? Unless the cf is Ronaldo or messi in their prime, they have to be a competent player outside of just scoring or assisting goals. Because there are going to be a lot of games where he won't assist or score.
 

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So what happens when he doesn't get the goals? Unless the cf is Ronaldo or messi in their prime, they have to be a competent player outside of just scoring or assisting goals. Because there are going to be a lot of games where he won't assist or score.
ETH continue to praise his workrate and pressing though.
Could it be that Rashford started to press at the right moments despite still jogging around sometimes?
 

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ETH continue to praise his workrate and pressing though.
Could it be that Rashford started to press at the right moments despite still jogging around sometimes?
When our forward options are Martial, Rashford and Ronaldo, I'm pretty sure the system will be designed to accommodate them. I've watched Haaland and Nunez this season and they also aren't expected to run around like headless chickens.. I'd say that their defensive efforts are even less than what we saw from Ronaldo in this game.
 

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Big game player. Him rediscovering his form would mean that we can go into big games with opposition automatically pushed 5-10 yards back giving our midfield more room. How I wish for him to remain hungry, happy and healthy.
 

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ETH continue to praise his workrate and pressing though.
Could it be that Rashford started to press at the right moments despite still jogging around sometimes?
May be dude, I didn't claim to know manager's tactics inside out. Just what I am seeing, there were more than a few instances where Sancho is closing his man down, antony blocked off the pass to his guy and rashford standing around watching bruno do the pressing for him, and may be i am being harsh but given how shit rashford has been for past 2 years I atleast don't feel he has earned the right to excuse his 88 mins of poor performance for 2 mins of brilliance.
 

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He is playing in a position that he is not really suited for. Didn't play so well but still contributed with goals and assist. The biggest positive I took from this performance is that compared to last season, he look to give a damn and there is this grit that was previously missing when things are not going well. You can say that for the whole team, there is grit and intensity that was missing in previous season.
 
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If you’re actually arguing against Marcus rashford massively under performing for a significant period than I’d seek help.
Three matches of productivity and you’re throwing out this kind of arrogance. Baffling.
Ha ha, that’s not what I’m arguing at all, I’m arguing that your post aged terribly.
I think you need to re-read your post and your prediction for the coming weeks :lol:
Despite seeing off Liverpool and Arsenal since your post, you’re doubling down on it.
 

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Great performance. Very very happy for the lad. But like many said, he's not a CF.

From the left wing, with his pace, he's a major threat. His presence will make the opposition vary of keeping a high line.

Hope martial gets fit again soon. That combo always works well together
 

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Has anyone noticed, he does not compete for headers?
He needs to go back wide.
 

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Has anyone noticed, he does not compete for headers?
He needs to go back wide.
Yes, it's something that we saw when he first broke into the side. He bulked up a bit a couple of seasons ago and started challenging for the ball aggressively, then got the double stress fracture on his back and has been avoiding contact again since.
 

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find this ‘he’s back’ nonsense quite ridiculous.

well done. He scored two and had an assist. An impact on the game.

hopefully, similar to what we’ve seen from Dalot and McT, ETH is having a positive impact on Rashford as well

He now needs to have a sustained period of games where he makes an impact.
 

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Is there a more dangerous counter attacking player than Marcus? When there’s a lot of space behind he’s absolutely lethal
 

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find this ‘he’s back’ nonsense quite ridiculous.

well done. He scored two and had an assist. An impact on the game.

hopefully, similar to what we’ve seen from Dalot and McT, ETH is having a positive impact on Rashford as well

He now needs to have a sustained period of games where he makes an impact.
Whilst Sancho gets better the less that he produces.

Rashford is unfortunately for his haters - still producing 5 G+A in 6 games.
 

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I don't like him in CF role, but he's super effective in counter attacking football. Considering that we play much better now in transition, I think wingers will have more time and space and I fancy Rashford chances against barely-fit-to-start Sancho on LW. Not ideal, but he is a weapon on current form and deserves starts somewhere along the front 3.
 

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As long as he can effect the scoreline consistently, his deficiencies aren't that much of an issue even if we'd all love an improvement in terms of ball retention
 

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We’ve gone from having a player who looked like he had given up on football. He was shot to pieces. He’s now become a player getting vital goals and assists despite not being at his best in general play. That’s good enough for me. ETH has something to work with and we can see already it’s working. It’ll come.
 

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3 goals and 2 assists in 4 close wins... can't argue with that. He should take a lot of confidence from this run of form.

We really need a #9 to free him up to play on the left.
 

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He is deadly of the left on the counter, his pace, timing of runs and one on one finishing are big strengths of his. Most teams that want to employ a high line struggle to cope with him in that regard.


But clearly there has been a bit of coaching for his CF play, very noticeable how he is curbing his instinct to play on the shoulder and run into space behind from a central posistion, and asking for the ball to feet infront of the line, drawing defenders in creating space for other players.

First goal was a prime example of this, would of been very easy to get on the shoulder ask for the ball into the space behind, but its a difficult ball that has to be perfect. Instead he managed to curb his instinct, drop off into a little space infront gets the ball to feet draws the defenders in and then plays a perfect weighted pass to Anthony who has acres of space in the box and dosent even have to worry about controlling it, can just roll it home. It looked very simple what Rashford did, in reality it wasn't.

His hold up play is still a bit iffy, few times he lost it to easy today but he is certainly improving in the central role.
 

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I don't like him as a striker still and his goals came yesterday when he was moved to the left... but I hope this will give him a bit of a confidence boost. It's great that he's contributing with goals and assists.

Some of the comments I see about him and pressing seem a bit silly. The team will clearly have certain triggers where they are meant to press and other times where you don't. I hear similar comments at the game where fans bemoan him for not pressing when he is the only player between two centre backs. It's like they expect players to run around like headless chickens just for the sake of it. You press when you have a chance to win the ball... not when the opposition has an easy pass on to negate your little sprint... and when you press, you do it as a team in situations where you can put the opposition under real pressure and win the ball back.
 

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Honestly thought he was poor most of the match. Good to see that he can still hit the occasional pass though, and score on the break.

As a striker in regular matches where the opposition aren't stretched though, I think he's very poor. Offered very little for most of this match so it's weird to see him end up with an assist and two goals. I look at Archangel Gabriel Jesus at the other end doing striker things and it does make Rashford stand out like a sore thumb.

Definitely improved as a player since EtH arrived though. He's praising him and encouraging that confidence back.
 

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Rashford has never been anything special in general play, he was always about those moments where he pops up with a goal or an assist out of nowhere.

His productivity seems to be back which is great news because this side lacks goals.
 

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Exactly the type of performance I expect from Rashford and why he's always left on the pitch.

Even when he's in poor form, the defenders can't ever switch off or play a high line, which will leave plenty space of space for Bruno to work in.
 

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This and Liverpool are exactly the games he should start. When the opposition will basically have a lot of the ball and their defenders on the half way line. It plays perfectly to his strengths.

It's the games against teams that like to sit deeper and make it more compact that really expose him.
 

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This and Liverpool are exactly the games he should start. When the opposition will basically have a lot of the ball and their defenders on the half way line. It plays perfectly to his strengths.

It's the games against teams that like to sit deeper and make it more compact that really expose him.
This.
 

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It probably feels inappropriate to criticise him after getting 2 goals and 1 assist, but there are still some concerning aspects of his game which don't seem to be changing or improving even under ETH.

It was quite noticeable yesterday and even previous games where is off the ball work and intensity is still poor. There were a few occasions yesterday where the crowd got on his back because he made very little effort to close down or press in situations where we could have put pressure on the defenders and keeper. I'm certain ETH would want forwards who have high intensity and pressing which I'm sure is what ETH keeps referring to after every match that we need to improve on our pressing. It was noticeable Bruno getting frustrated with Rashford on one occasion yesterday where Rashford should have been the one to press but he just slowed down and Bruno went and pressed instead.

If we are going to beat teams who sit deep, the high intensity and pressing is very important as that is what will allow us to force errors and lead to key chances. Rashford's pace will be less important in these games.
 

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This and Liverpool are exactly the games he should start. When the opposition will basically have a lot of the ball and their defenders on the half way line. It plays perfectly to his strengths.

It's the games against teams that like to sit deeper and make it more compact that really expose him.
Yea, I said this in a thread the other day. Agree completely.
 
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