He had a great game against Liverpool let's not rewrite history. He made some good runs and pressed really well.
All that regressed today.
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All that regressed today.
That's an eye opener.
Perfect illustration of why playing Rashford up front is literally the same as playing with 10 men. Absolute fecking travesty of a centre forward.
Essentially Rashford and Elanga combined into one player to do the job of one Championship-standard right winger.
ETH has got a lot of work to do if he's serious about starting Rashford up top. He's still a largely positionless player. He isn't great on the wing, he isn't a natural centre forward, and he doesn't do enough to play well in that number 10/attacking mid position.
Great is pushing it a bit. He was good and useful but making runs is only a small part of a forwards job.
Today was one of the more anonymous performances I’ve ever seen from a player, legit forgot he was starting. If it wasn’t for the good will he built up scoring last week he’d be getting pelted on here for today. Unacceptable.
He’s not going to start him up top, it’s a stop gap because Martial is injured
The big issue with that is that Martial gets injured a lot. He also goes through periods where he isn't sharp or in form. (he hasn't scored a league goal for us since last October) I wouldn't be surprised at all if we start Martial for a few games, that doesn't work, so we put Rashford there for another few. Can see a pattern this season of this happening quite easily.
He plays the striker position so poorly. A complete lack of understand and zero ability in holding up the ball in the air or to feet. All it points to is his lack of technique and how one dimensional he is. Very poor today.
LW or bench.
LW or bench.
Nothing to lose playing Ronaldo then? At least he score goals
Perfect illustration of why playing Rashford up front is literally the same as playing with 10 men. Absolute fecking travesty of a centre forward.
Essentially Rashford and Elanga combined into one player to do the job of one Championship-standard right winger.
You just don't like the guy. He's filling in at CF whilst Martial is injured and Ronaldo clearly wants out.
We won too you miserable git.
The run to pull the defenders away from Fernandes was very good striker play, though. It completely opened up the area and was a major factor in us scoring.
In the end, strikers disappear from a lot of games - Haaland has done it two or three times already for Man City. Sometimes, their runs are the only impact they have on the game. Rashford did manage this and it was huge to us winning the game.
Also, he could have had a goal today had Ronaldo not messed up his pass twice. Our play through the centre is not great throughout the squad. This is a major area of improvement.
He's only of use when he can get in behind on the counter and he's not even great at that anymore.
Needs to be sold as he's lost his edge big time.
Needs to be sold as he's lost his edge big time.
He's not good enough to be a starter for us. The sooner we realize this the better. Hopefully Antony pushes him out of the team.
He didn't have a great deal to work off tbf. Elanga and Sancho didn't create a single chance of note all game.
Seemed like he wasn't bothered and disengaged from the game
Rashford (and Sancho) need a CF who can hold the ball up and link the attack.
Its very difficult to ask Rashford to be a CF with his back to goal, its just not his natural game.
Its very difficult to ask Rashford to be a CF with his back to goal, its just not his natural game.
Yet they were both far more involved than him.
I only watched the second half and genuinely thought he wasn’t on the pitch until he made a massive deal of a mild swat from Walker-Peters.
Elanga and Sancho were both heavily involved in all our best attacking football in the beginning of the second half, when we created a few chances. Rashford didn’t seem to even touch the ball. Actually quite shocking how uninvolved he was. Should be dropped next game if Martial available.
He's not even a striker. He's playing there because the guy who Erik wants to play there is injured again and the other one is old and on his way out.
As ever though our fans just have to keep hating on the guy. He's scored 5 of our last 9 goals against Liverpool too. Not bad for a 'championship player'.
Get him back on the left with Martial up top and you will see a better Rashford.
As ever though our fans just have to keep hating on the guy. He's scored 5 of our last 9 goals against Liverpool too. Not bad for a 'championship player'.
Get him back on the left with Martial up top and you will see a better Rashford.
I completely agree, his stock is running short really fast. I can see him dropped if Antony arrives.
Sancho was neat and tidy as he often is. He however left the pitch without a shot at goal, any key passes or chances created.
Elanga was equally ineffective although should have scored.
But let's ignore all that and just keep blaming it on Marcus. Seems to be the way of our fans.
Our wingers today were totally ineffective. Dalot was the only one who was a threat.
He hit on the counter against Liverpool, against a full back who cannot defend and was out of position most of it.
Rashford is very average at linking play.
If you think Rashford was as involved in our attacking football as Sancho/Elanga you’re either biased to the point of delusion or visually impaired.
Watch that second half again. You’ll be eating your words. Either that or continuing to create fiction.
I don't like the guy cos he's (a) utter shit, (b) incredibly wasteful and (c) lazy.
Not to mention he's lowered the standards at our club.
He's gotta Go! He was dross vs Liverpool too, utter DROSS.
He's good at link up from the left, horrible through the middle. Non existent hold up play.
The next question is, is he a good LW?
Can he dribble? No. He is a poor dribbler
is he a good crosser? No
His tracking back is poor
He can't put on a defensive shift nicking the ball away for his team.
So he is neither a good LW or a CF.
Just sell him. His attitude is poor.
He was very quiet. I already said that. Bit of a graveyard shift with the way we played though. Hardly made that many chances all game. There was the goal mouth scramble first half and the goal and that was that.
Rashford will be on the left soon too. He's just filling in at CF. It's not his his best position.
Was all very small on my phone! Yes, I see he was actually the player in the middle who made a good run to take the defence away from Bruno. Thought that was Sancho initially!
Elanga is playing out of position to accommodate the other two and also give some shield to Dalot, who is defensively a lot more suspect than Malacia. Yet he managed a shot on target and dragged tbe defense wide with his run, opening up the Dalot cross for Bruno’s goal.
Surely you aren't defending this player? He has been atrocious for a very, very, VERY long time.
Yeah sure, he has been great on the wing...
Was a genuine grave yard shift. Nothing to feed off the entire game and he was totally anonymous throughout, probably to be expected in such a ugly win but again at this point a wins a win. Just another nothing performance.
He wasn't atrocious on Monday night. Didn't have to go back very long.
He has been great for us on the wing. Last season he wasn't but the previous ones he's been good for us.
Short memories in our fan base. Jadon Sancho was going to come to Utd and show him up you all said. Doesn't seem to have happened yet.
I am at least happy with his energy levels and the fact that he's putting in a shift... That should be a bare minimum at United though obviously, but if that's there then hopefully the rest of his game will come.
I agree he was good for couple of seasons but the kind of football we played then suited him right down to the ground. Put him in a team that wants to play football then there's probably 100s of better players out there in his position. Being an academy player (shouldn't) doesn't give him a free pass as you continually give him. Would you feel the same if he didn't have his roots in Manchester?
Was unfortunately anonymous today.
He's not good enough up top. He still has to proce he's good enough in general for this club but if he does make the grade it'll be as a wide forward. He just doesn't have the skills to be the focal point of the team. There's a certain control and quality you need amidst pressure in such a congested part of the pitch. Martial and him are night and day as number 9s.
We did spend the day just smashing hopeful balls in his direction hopeing that he has somehow turned into a target man overnight. He wasn't great but we really didn't give him any suitable service whatsoever.
Coming off the left with a genuine number 9 to play off and around in the middle and he looks like a compleatly different player.
Coming off the left with a genuine number 9 to play off and around in the middle and he looks like a compleatly different player.
He just does not make the runs needed to play a striker
He also can't hold the ball up like you want your CF to. Wishful thinking thinking he can be a number 9 when he's shown no signs of it for ages.
He's lazy. Ronaldo is 37 and he was involved in the game way more than Rashford despite only coming on with half an hour to go.
There was a moment in the first half where I was screaming at him to close down the defender but he was literally doing a light jog.
There was a moment in the first half where I was screaming at him to close down the defender but he was literally doing a light jog.
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