Didn't have a problem with him going out after the City game, think players are entitled to have a life out of football.
I don’t think it’s that simple, but maybe it’s just me. Rooney kept showing up for pre-season overweight, but he’d shed the extra weight off in no-time due to his young age and intensity levels. The older you get the more difficult it gets, and it also increases the risks of injuries. Essentially, your lifestyle outside of football is generally accepted as long as you are performing, if you’re not performing and still going clubbing then not so much. Rashford is most definetely in the not so much bracket. Hazard didn‘t have the mentality either, kept showing up for pre-season overweight, results in injuries, achieving full fitness takes longer.
Rashfords performances this season has been absolutely dire. What you generally would expect from a professional footballer at such a high level is that they reduce every off the pitch activity that has a potential negative effect (Which definetely involves going out clubbing) until they reach the level they are expected to be at. Rashford being a local player, no longer a youngster but an experienced player at the club, one of the highest paid players at the club, you expect a lot fecking more at a time where his performances are reminding us of his days under Rangnick.
It’s perfectly understandable that players in their mid-20’s, making millions, don’t have the hunger to keep up with the lifestyle required to be a professional footballer at the highest level. Most don’t. They’ve made it, they’re rich, so they ease off and their performances fall off a cliff. But they desevere no leeway at all for being entitled to have a life outside football that includes activities that will only have a negative effect on their ability to perform.