The injury thing seems like an excuse . Barely missed a minute, fit enough to go to the Euros.
At what point does being off form end and “whenever I play bad it means I’m injured” begin?
Sure he may be playing with knocks and niggles but name a player who doesn’t multiple times during a season
Mate in every Rashford Thread I look you are there, constantly talking him down and seem desperate to prove that he is not good enough with questionable arguments. Your tenacity is almost admirable
At some points you are right, Rashford has his flaws and is still not the finished article. He is inconsistent and still can be very frustrating. It's questionable why he played almost every game this season while often clearly not being fully fit. For the ones who expected him to become Ronaldo or Rooney 2.0, yes they'll be disappointed because he isn't.
But what you are doing is to completely overlook the goods he already has delivered in his young career. Yes he was inconsistent this season, but statistically he absolutely delivered the last two season. After Lukaku left and he got his new contract in summer 19, the pressure on the lad to perform was huge at the beginning of 19/20. They way you are talking about him now, you would think he completely failed to perform for the last two seasons. From October 19 until his stress facture in January 20 he was topclass, on his way to one of the best players in the world. He was on his physical best and his confidence was rock high, what showed in his performances. Without him we would have been in big trouble in this season before Brunos arrival.
What then happened, he got his stress fracture and was out for several months. A stress fracture is no joke, so it was understandable that he wasn't immediately the same player after Lockdown in June 20. His performances where inconsistent, but he still showed promising games and was able to deliver goals and assists.
Then the 20/21 season started, Rashford started it strong with worldclass goals vs Brighton and PSG away and topclass performances vs Leipzig or Newcastle. At this point we all hoped that the Rashford before his strass fracture will finally be back. He then injured his shoulder in the home game vs Arsenal. And since then, i agree his struggles in this season started. Despite him still managing to assist and score a lot, he didn't look the same player. He didn't look fit to me, not as explosive and agile as he could be. His workrate dropped enormous and he was at his inconsistent best. He could lose the ball 5/5 times and then suddenly deliver a peach of a cross onto Cavanis head for example (Everton at home or Villa away).
In a nutsheel, it's obvious for me that he's struggeling with injuries since November 20. It is most likely not an excuse from him, he really had and probably still has them. The different is, he is alway doing anything to be available and plays through the pain bareer when other players would left themselves out injured for several weeks.
What you are now doing, you are hammering him in every thread for not being good enough and even accusing him of faking injuries as an excuse. Ungrateful and disrespectful in the highest degree. The lad is doing everything he can for the club, is a brilliant personality and there is some much potential that he can become a worldclass player if fully fit again. Why you think it's right to constantly talk him down in here, I can't understand.
And for the euros: I agree, it would've been the best for him to take the summer off and doesn't travel. But then again, he's desperate to play and loves playing for England, so i'm not surprised he doesn't want to cancel the Euros. I for one hope he can play a strong part in the euros and then gets 4-5 weeks rest and holidays. He can then return in August to be ready around start of September. And then, fingers crossed, we are able to see a fully fit and firing Rashford again next season. When on form, he's a joy to watch und such an exciting player.