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Whilst Martinez and Varane look an excellent partnership, they had all sorts of problems with Gabriel Jesus in the Arsenal match. Varane in particular was directly at fault for the goal we conceded.
He must of ended that young Leicester full backs career.
Was about to say the same thing.Actually started to feel uncomfortable watching it
The issue is you used the word ‘ridiculous’ to describe him getting the award.
It is. Blows my mind that it can be so driven by stats that it ignores everything else.
Is there a individual award that isn't driven by stats?
That's not the point, even the likes of Angel Gomes, Januzaj and Pereira had more hype because they had exposure at U23 level, Rashford seems like he came out of nowhere because he skipped a whole stage of development.
He’s been amongst the best players during that period. I wouldn’t say it’s ‘ridiculous’ he got the award. That suggests he’s been no where near it.
Stats matter and should totally play a part. But for it to be so blindly lead by stats to the point where others are discounted because they haven't actually scored is silly.
I disagree.
I don't agree with your point though, Gomes and Januzaj were both generating hype well before they played in the U23s. There were people talking about Gomes when he was 15.
Maybe it's just me but I heard Rashford's name for a long time and I'm not a huge follower of youth level football. But it's usually at U23 football when you start to think people can seriously make that jump.
Which is fine but to say the player with the highest number of goals and assists in the designated period, especially including a fixture against the top of the league side, shouldn’t be in the running is strange and rightly going to raise eyebrows.
I don’t think playing next to Ronaldo helps any of our attackers right now.
Very true.
Seems like the sensible option
Agreed, its like playing with 10 men. Just before he got brought off he just stood there and allowed a City defender to play a headed pass under 0 pressure when the ball was in the air for ages in their box...sums up his effort levels.
That pass leading up to Malacia getting booked, what a joke that was
Yep I noticed that, he has one of those atleast once a game. For aslong as we continue having Rashford a key part of our team we will win nothing. He is so far from the required standard it's untrue. A couple of goals and a dubious player of the month award doesn't gloss over what a limited lazy player he is.
