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You think Mourinho uses Rashford more against weaker teams. What a nonsense.
Excellent post.
I didnt say he is not fast. I said he is a straight line sprinter. He is not fast with the ball at his feet. Can you comprehend the fact footballers are required to run with the ball at their feet? Neymar, Ousmane Dembele and even Mane are good examples of fast players with the ball at their feet. If stating facts means I dont like him then sure. He gets away with stick for performances because he is English and from Manchester. Even Lukaku got away with a lot earlier on until recently while Pogba and Mourinho take all criticism.
Have to agree, while the jury is out as to whether he will make a top class finisher he certainly knows how to get himself in the right positions.
He generally plays OK for England, and Lukaku and Pogba play 3 times more than him(literally) for United, so of course they will take more criticism than him. He is also much younger than them. They are also paid probably three times more than him. But keep on bringing silly arguments against him.
That was a goalkeeper clanger in fairness.
Both those chances should be goals 10/10 from any professional, never mind a so called striker. Absolutely terrible. The first one he didn’t even seem to try. It’s so frustrating to see, because there clearly is a very good player in there.
Agree with this. Someone mentioned Mané earlier in this thread, which I thought was pretty apt. Extreme gifts wrt physique, he does have some skills as well, and for me a better instinctive finisher than anything like a proper striker. Could be good for 15-20 goals and assists per season if developed and deployed correctly.
Good god, man! You want to give him four more years of this?
You're assuming that within those 4 years he stays EXACTLY as he is. Which is incredibly short-sighted.
No, that was what I gathered from your post. There is logic in giving youngsters time, IF there is a natural progression, but to say about a man with 100 games for us at 20 that if he misses the same amount in 3-4 years, then he can go. Well, that just beggars belief.
He shouldnt be in the first team. Its that simple. If you watched the youth team you'd know he wasnt known as a good finisher. You develop your finishing and basics in the academy. He came straight through and is nowhere near good enough. Is he a good dribbler? Finisher? Crosser? No. He hardly crosses because he is selfish as he is made out to be a goldenboy and even took the 10! What a joke. Even when Lukaku gets fed up goes to the wing and puts a cross in Rashford still fluffs it. He will have one more season to prove himself. If he isnt good enough I can see him being loaned to Everton.
I watched the academy and McGuinness put him up front to develop his finishing ability, that is true. But he then outperformed everyone's expectations in the new position and made it his own. Not sure how that fits with your argument really but there you go.
Or the very least he has to make the keeper feel like he pulled off a miracle. The first one is a joke, he tries to act like a player who is too cool to smash it properly.
Great post. There are many more examples of wide players you could have included too tbh. Playing wide is better for youngsters to develop, central striker is just too hard
Yes he was played up top to develop finishing but for how long? Until injuries forced LVG to play him up top. He never finished developing the basics. He came in and scored a few goals but it was never going to last. At U21 he wasnt very highly rated. He hardly got a game for England at u21 u18. The way he is playing he will be a midtable player at best imo. But if he stops the ego and attitude on the pitch in always taking shots acting like its all about him and focuses then he might make it as a United player.
Its not too hard and its one of the reasons in todays football we have a lack of top strikers in the game compared to the past. Change of formations as well, but its as if we are too scared to develop strikers these days.
Too hard for a kid I meant. Rashford cannot reasonnably be expected to lead the line at his age at Man Utd
What do you mean, never rated at England U21 level? Didn't he jump straight into England's first team at the age of 18 or something? When would he have had the opportunity to be rated at U21 level? And as if whether England rate you or not is a good barometer of talent anyway!
I think he can for some games, in fact he already has
Lukaku generally goes wide when he is shit up front, and not Rashford or someone else. If he is any good wide I am sure Jose would try him there more often, and not just as an element of surprise during some games when he can't hold up a ball once in 20 minutes as a striker.
Happens to a lot of young footballers. When you are from the academy and get to start for the first team, you want to give 200% of everything and make a name for yourself. Then when you've made it , you start to reduce the effort a little knowing that you'll get your chance this match or next either way. Rashfords first season's form was not sustainable nor Martial's. There is nothing wrong with making the kind of mistakes he's making at his age.
Is he good again?
Won't come up against De Gea every week.
Good point. No wonder Jose likes him, he probably scores for fun in training against de Gea.
We've said this about so many players in our team now it's a tragedy we haven't tried it yet.
Its incredible that United fans are expecting a finished article from a twenty year old.
