Like Bruno, he's still a problem here. Both are good players, but they've been elevated way above their actual levels by our fans.
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
- 5
- Yellow cards
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- Red cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Needs dropping.
Needs to sort his greed and actually play a pass, the only time he tried to play in Hojlund today was because he'd overrun it otherwise he'd have shot.
Needs to sort his greed and actually play a pass, the only time he tried to play in Hojlund today was because he'd overrun it otherwise he'd have shot.
Sums nuts posts in here. We’re pretty much dependent on worldies to get goals without his involvement as it stands. He carries all the threat in this side, whether dribbling, delivering pull back crosses or running in behind.
Needs to start pointing at his head again.
When he came on against Ukraine for England last week he was exactly like this, if not worse.
At one stage he got the ball, doddled for a bit, then passed it back to the centre back and with a sigh looked down at his feet and trudged up the pitch.
The centre back passed to the right back and the right back had started running up the pitch before Rashy looked up again to see what was going on.
The game literally passes him by, he has no idea what's going on
At one stage he got the ball, doddled for a bit, then passed it back to the centre back and with a sigh looked down at his feet and trudged up the pitch.
The centre back passed to the right back and the right back had started running up the pitch before Rashy looked up again to see what was going on.
The game literally passes him by, he has no idea what's going on
Hard to tell what we could get without him because when he's out there he's a black hole of possession. Only reason he has to do pull back crosses is because he finally realizes he has run out of room with his head down greedy ass self. Dudes a CF who is too lazy to want to try and lead the line so he prefers to drift out to lw where he doesn't have to put in near as much effort
Compromising and indulging a players lack of decision making or effort off the ball because he does some other things well is a great way to stay a mediocre club.
He's always been a selfish player. There were countless occasions last season where someone else was in a better position in the box but he took a punt at it. But, unlike last season, he's not as clinical in front of goal now and it's costing us.
I'm not singling him out though, he's still one of the better players on the pitch for us and he's actually putting the effort in unlike some of his mentally weak team mates.
I'm not singling him out though, he's still one of the better players on the pitch for us and he's actually putting the effort in unlike some of his mentally weak team mates.
Yeah there’s a difference in a player looking to create and one that is left with no other option so does it begrudgingly. The left footed shot off target when he clearly could have played Hojlund in is the type of shit that keeps Rashford from ever becoming a top player.
He was shit today and he's been shit most games so far. The problem is when hes good hes great and when hes bad hes terrible. He needs some consistency.
Winning no major trophies with this joker in the side.
He is predictable as feck. Stepovers then runs into traffic and gets dispossessed/kicks ball straight into the player(s) in front of him or tries to shoot from any and everywhere. Rinse and repeat.
He wouldn't get near a top side. The 6 months purple patch every 3 years is nowhere near enough to offset the Championship levels of performance the rest of the time. He plays like he thinks he is somebody.
We’re stuck with him and the manager who finally drops him (and others) will be the one who turns us into a success again is my bet, doubt it happens for at least 5 years but unfortunately,
We’d be a much better team replacing him with a player who scores 10/15 a season but adds more to our overall play, it’s been said a million times but some will never see the light, seen a fella say he’d start over Giggs in the 10/11 team today, you can only laugh really
We’d be a much better team replacing him with a player who scores 10/15 a season but adds more to our overall play, it’s been said a million times but some will never see the light, seen a fella say he’d start over Giggs in the 10/11 team today, you can only laugh really
Too lazy to lead the line? His link play is not a strength, but he’s literally the only player at the club who makes any runs in behind since we released Ronaldo. He can’t offer that threat and track a full back back routinely.
I saw moaning at him for not tracking Brighton’s full back today. He was playing centre forward in a 4-4-2 diamond. It makes about as much sense as criticising Andy Cole for not doing the same thing, when he’s banging in 30 goals a season.
That last part is debatable. He's more so courageous, than timid. But his effort level off the ball is atrocious. I will say that TMDaines, brought up a good point for him off the ball. He will make runs in attack. All his effort goes to him scoring.
Did you conveniently miss the first couple of games this season where eth tried to play him up top? There's more to effort than occasionally making a run or two behind the defense.
What's the justification with him? I don't get it. He's clearly not an asshole in real life, but really there's only two things here :-
1. He's shown videos of his lack of work ethic and pressing off the ball by coaches and is presumably talked to about it in training and is still offering no sign of improvement in this area.
2. He's not shown videos of his lack of work ethic and pressing off the ball by coaches and is not talked to about it in training and thus has no impetus to offer a sign of improvement in this area.
I cannot fathom it's the latter, so it must be the former, and if indeed the coaching team have showed him his weakness in this regard, and he's still not exerting more effort to rectify that problem area, then at best it makes him lazy, and at worst it makes him an absolute jerk.
1. He's shown videos of his lack of work ethic and pressing off the ball by coaches and is presumably talked to about it in training and is still offering no sign of improvement in this area.
2. He's not shown videos of his lack of work ethic and pressing off the ball by coaches and is not talked to about it in training and thus has no impetus to offer a sign of improvement in this area.
I cannot fathom it's the latter, so it must be the former, and if indeed the coaching team have showed him his weakness in this regard, and he's still not exerting more effort to rectify that problem area, then at best it makes him lazy, and at worst it makes him an absolute jerk.
He pissed me off so much. His decision making is atrocious. It must be extremely frustrating to have to play with him. He refuses to pass in great positions. Hojlund is going to realise very quickly how frustrating it is to play #9 for us. The game goes to 1-1 if Rashford passes back to Hojlund. Instead, he keeps dribbling through the half space and shoots into the side netting. This guy is 25 now and is a key player in the team. He plays the game like he's still a 20 year old. I don't understand it. 26 at the end of next month.
When he has chosen to dribble down the outside, and play the ball back into the box, we've either scored or made a good chance. He even did it for our disallowed goal and then refused to do it again after that.
When he has chosen to dribble down the outside, and play the ball back into the box, we've either scored or made a good chance. He even did it for our disallowed goal and then refused to do it again after that.
His status as "most dangerous player" has always been nonsense. His presence being a defensive liability in the team and his selfish decision making that effectively squanders so many opportunities in every game in no way are compensated by his goals or assists record
Anyone else notice how knackered he is after 50 odd minutes.
I know he sprints with the ball but he hardly busts his guts pressing. Im thinking about how fit he is clearly but comparing to Rooney/Tevez who werent as blessed athletically as Rashford but was still sprinting 90mins+.
Someone in here said a few weeks ago ETH must overwork them in training as they are all shot in the 2nd half and Rashford looks the worse.
I know he sprints with the ball but he hardly busts his guts pressing. Im thinking about how fit he is clearly but comparing to Rooney/Tevez who werent as blessed athletically as Rashford but was still sprinting 90mins+.
Someone in here said a few weeks ago ETH must overwork them in training as they are all shot in the 2nd half and Rashford looks the worse.
And he almost always squanders it by insisting on going for goal himself even when it's a terrible decision. It's directly costing us points. There have been so many situations where we would probably have scored if Rashford had passed, but instead he wastes the whole attacking play by jumping through hoops to try and get all the glory to himself. We saw it again today: when he finally did pass, he had dribbled the ball over the line and delivered an awkward pass that Højlund had to scurry backwards and scramble to reach. And still he scored. The fact that it was a quarter of a millimeter over the line doesn't change the fact that things went well the one time Rashford didn't insist on trying to be the hero.
Rashford scored a fair few goals last season by doing this, but even then, it ruined our entire team's attack across a whole season. As it did the season before, and the season before. As it's doing now this season. He has had more poor seasons than good seasons, and if his good seasons are predicated on him ignoring the rest of the team so that he can take as many shots as possible and score 10% of them, the end result of that is not worthwhile. We score fewer goals because of him, but some people are incapable of comprehending this because his own numbers are padded by this approach.
At the end of the day, he is actively sabotaging the team he plays for. That's why selfishness is a trait that players are rightfully lambasted for all the way down to the under-10s and schoolyard kickabouts. It is not a functional way to play football. It might be acceptable for a player like Haaland who scores for fun, but when we're talking about a player for whom 17 league goals constitutes the best season of his life, it simply isn't. He is nowhere near good enough to justify this kind of selfishness. It's not something that anyone should tolerate, and I bet his teammates are fuming.
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Selfish bastard. If he crossed the ball to Hojlund like any half decent wide player with a mind would do, the match result could have been different. The only time he did cross the ball was because he had literally no chance of taking a shot from there and it was already out of play.
Utterly utterly greedy. Him and Bruno would never get into Citys team but they are our best players. We have indulged them far too much.
Utterly utterly greedy. Him and Bruno would never get into Citys team but they are our best players. We have indulged them far too much.
I disagree with this part. His effort is limited to his play on the ball. He's jogging around at all other times, including when he's supposed to be pressing for the ball.
That's not fitness, it's mentality. A bit of fire in the lungs and he can't cope. Good players bite down on the leather strap and tough it until the end. Rashford doesn't have that fight in him
Same old same old.
Too selfish with the ball, 0 pressing, 0 challenges, screwing up simple passes, not releasing the ball when he should.
Didn't get a goal/assist/penalty today to cover up the above flaws.
Expecting a couple of PR releases tomorrow to soften the negative reviews.
Too selfish with the ball, 0 pressing, 0 challenges, screwing up simple passes, not releasing the ball when he should.
Didn't get a goal/assist/penalty today to cover up the above flaws.
Expecting a couple of PR releases tomorrow to soften the negative reviews.
His performance for England in week was very team orientated in the main, worked very well with Bellingham, looked for the pass, then comes to Utd and plays like the selfish prick at your local 7 aside.
Speaks to more issues than Sancho in the dressing room.
Speaks to more issues than Sancho in the dressing room.
Yes I agree! Considering hes a Mancunian he doesnt act like the badge means anything to him. Greedy & predictable.
THEE laziest footballer I have ever witnessed. Was at the game today and he was absolutely brutal off the ball. The first goal originated from him not pressing properly. Moments aren’t enough and we should be upgrading in this position. Someone mentioned lack of fitness and maybe he isn’t the most naturally fit athlete. However, he has zero desire / hunger, no balls.
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He doesn't though. He swallows all our hopes when we go forward. He has no idea what to do with the ball. He might as well pick it up and boot it over the stands every time and people would still argue that he's our most dangerous player.
He's where every attack goes to die and people STILL think that's fine
He got 39 goals and assists last season. 39.
Right now, we need him.
But this guy is so selfish and have been for a long time. Do we have anyone in the club who can say to him that this is no one man show?
But this guy is so selfish and have been for a long time. Do we have anyone in the club who can say to him that this is no one man show?
His top level is great but his bottom level is honestly so bad and frustrating.
At this point I'd be surprised if ETH or the next manager will be given the leverage to get Rashford to do anything. The club is going to side with Rashford on any manager dispute. His play hasn't changed in 6 or 7 years now, it's not going to change now. Rashford does what he wants.
So fecking what? This idea someone can be a complete liability defensively and waste most of our attacks with selfishness and squander our ability to put teams away and its fine because he got 17 league goals. It's a team game. His presence is wasteful and detrimental. The fact he sometimes gets on score sheet himself doesn't change that
This is the issue. He'd have got on the end of one today and despite being absolute garbage half the Caf would be saying "got a goal, must have played well"
Was a strange match. His touch and dribbling was actually a lot better than it normally is and he did a lot of things really well...but he also did a lot of things terribly. On another day that cutback is a centimetre earlier and Hojlund's goal is given, his second similar cutback has somebody on hand to put it in, one of those shots go in, etc.
He also probably wasn't as lazy for most of the match as he normally is. That's more an indication on how bad he normally is seeing as he was still bloody lazy, but it was probably an improvement. However the instant the second goal went in his head dropped and he was pathetic after that.
He also probably wasn't as lazy for most of the match as he normally is. That's more an indication on how bad he normally is seeing as he was still bloody lazy, but it was probably an improvement. However the instant the second goal went in his head dropped and he was pathetic after that.
I didn't watch the England game but understandable. He's not a guaranteed automatic started for England so he has to show he's a team player and not be selfish.
Was called a wum in the ten hag vs sancho thread for saying i couldn’t tell the difference between rashford and sancho. Seems many others cant as well 
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.Or maybe it’s because England have a style of play and put players around him, like Bellingham, that he can play off.