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And two of those were the first two games of the season when Martinez was obviously still struggling.

Huh? We only sell Rashford if we want to sell him and replace him with someone better or more suited to how we want to play, not because we're 'forced' to. It's like saying we were forced to sell RVN or Beckham, or Real Madrid were forced to...

Three times in the league and once in the FA Cup.

We don't know for sure, but I'd trust INEOS to decide that a hell of a lot more than random posters. If they keep him on it means they think he'll be good in that role. Alternatively it may just be rubbish media reports and they don't want him to...

Yes and no. On the one hand, Rashford, Garnacho and Bruno have been available pretty much all season. And Hojlund has 'only' missed eight PL games. On the other hand, Martial has missed half the season and his injury issues means he struggled...

Oh, actually Fred is another that it might be true for. I'd say last season was probably his best, although it's fairly close between it and 19/20. So Dalot and Fred.

He is losing his job. Sounds like he is then effectively getting rehired for a different role, something that he presumably is actually good at. As others have said, he seems to be a classic example of somebody who was promoted past his point of...

That's certainly not true. Maguire's best form came in the second half of 20/21. An argument could be made that this season has been his second best period of form, but it's still quite a long way behind how he performed in 20/21 where he was...

He probably should do it for the odd game. Mainoo's form has dropped off recently, and he should get the occasional rest for his own good. Whether Mount performs well enough for that to be an option is another story. The likes of McTominay and...

It always amazes me when the occasional poster pops up and says Smalling wasn't fast (or that he was downright slow). He's quite easily the fastest central defender we've had over the last decade. Actually, Bailly was faster over the first couple...

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He's been better on the right this season. I think people forget that he wasn't playing well for most of this season up until he switched sides. Basically no better than Rashford other than working a bit harder defensively. Right: 4 goals, 1...

These days it'd be a red and I wouldn't complain about it. Back then it shouldn't have been.

Smalling was fine here. He just got strangely over-the-top level of criticism despite being our best defender most seasons.

From memory he had one bad season, and then we got rid of him before he had the chance to recover. As somebody else said, the two defenders we sold (Evans and Smalling) would probably have been better to keep over every other defender we've...