I agree. But United has made a 21 year old their main attacker and reward him as a top striker. How many 21 year old strikers who are for the future gets Rashfords wages. It all come down to not getting replacement fotr Lukaku which was criminal decision imo.
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Transfermarkt has Rashford having played CF for 7100 mins, LW for 3200 mins and RW for 945 mins so it appears 63% as a CF
When did he play as CF? When Zlatan and Lukaku played as wingers? They were our strikers for 3 seasons and played almost all games.
I'd have to cordially disagree. For me Ronaldo played out on the wing in a traditional sense and many journos agree. He often picked the ball up deep and drove it forward. I actually felt he tracked back too much for a flairy player and should of been freed up earlier in his career.
After Mourinho was sacked he pretty much exclusively played up front last season (he played up front even prior to that because Lukaku was injured for a chunk of the opening half of the season). After Zlatan got injured in 16/17 he played the rest of the season up front. Don't think it's 60% mind, but he's had a fair number of games up front.
according to the site his CF appearances were;
Whilst Ole was here Lukaku was the winger
Lukaku started 50% of league games under Ole, so we can rule out at least those 50% games?
1 game I think it was against Arsenal in FA Cup game.
It was more than 1 game
Actually to be honest we played with split strikers to technically he played as a CF in that game with Rashford also as CF
Check the mins in whoscored.com to see how many mins he played in league in each season.
We played split strikers in very few games when Martial and Rashford played together.
I was refering to Arsenal
I think Rashford didn't even start vs Arsenal. I think it was Sanchez and Lukaku, with Martial and Rashford coming on as a sub. Maybe wrong btw, didn't check.
Yes Rashford did not start that match. It was Lukaku/Sanchez combo that destroyed Arsenal.
I was speaking about the game we didn't win. We lost 2-0 and he played in a front 2 with Lukaku, in fact it seems he played in a front 2 with Lukaku quite a bit
Maybe I remember it wrong! Will have to watch a few of those games again...
To me this is an issue. When he broke through he was pacey, clinical, instinctive striker and I thought "wow, we have our very own Michael Owen, Andy Cole, Ian Wright Defoe, Torres - proper fast striker number 9 goal poacher" He looked ice cool and I was delighted to have a player like that come through our academy. Through a combination of being deployed out wide and his own belief in his future role, he Seems to be leaning towards a wide forward like Ronaldo but I don't think he has those tools. His ability is far more simple than people (and maybe himself) actually believe. He should play as a limited fast striker who runs onto balls and finishes as opposed to a complete forward. Thats what I thought he was when he broke through. Playing him out wide and trying to mould him into a complete forward may have temporarily stunted his development as a poacher/striker due to the role change (jack of all trades). Imagine if he played 200 games as a CF, he would probably be more refined. It's like if Spurs pushed Defoe out wide it may have hindered him. It would of been better to focus on the one position and not a wide forward and I think Ian Wright said something similar. He may not even have been a natural striker to begin with but he certainly looked it when he broke through. He may of kicked on if we kept him up there.
Aye. Abraham's header the other day impressed me, good movement and a quality headed finish, something I love my centre forwards to be able to do. He already looks the better pure number nine of him and Rashford, though the latter has other tools to trouble defenders. I miss seeing him run in behind, but as our midfield cannot provide through balls quickly or incisively enough it's not a weapon we tend to use.
Good post and thoroughly agreed. He needs to accept his limitations on the ball, chiefly in ball manipulation, control and dribbling in tight spaces.
Rashford isn't an 'amazing' striker or even a very good one, there was a 'lethalness' to his game when he first broke through (the Man City goal) that comes and goes now. For as long as I've watched Abraham he's been a goal scorer, looks like scoring goals comes a bit more natural to him, especially his play inside the box. May be he's on a high and it doesn't last but even in this spell here, he's looking like a proper striker
He wouldn't play often at Liverpool or City
He is lucky to be at our club. He wouldn't have got a chance as sub in any other top clubs.
I agree,we as fans are very good at overrate younger players!
Still think Abraham is a better striker but Rashford is a much better player. I think it’s because this place is hyperbole, when we beat Norwich we were back but it’s our first away win in the league since March and when we lose we are getting relegated.
Correct. Rashfords Top 6 record alone is enough prove that he's a quality player. Just needs a decent team around him.
That's the caf for you. It's become pathetic.
