VanDeBank
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Many of the games in which we won't have space in behind will be parked busses where good hold up play isn't necessary.Rashford can't hold the ball up. He's good at running in behind. 80% of games we will have no space in behind, so Rashford is not gonna be useful as a no9.
Good hold up play from your CF is nice to have, but not a complete necessity, especially if that CF is below par. Haaland's hold up play isn't that good and Dortmund even went out and bought a CF who's worse at it! (Malen). It's not really Mbappe's strength either. You know, 2 top strikers we should be looking to get next season.
Does Mbappe not get a chance to do so when he plays up top? Martial hasn't attempted to make a run in behind for a long time now btw.Greenwood is also best with the ball at his feet running at a defence. He isn't gonna get many of those opportunities as a no9. All his best games for us so far have been off the right, cos he has more space there.
He's looked good though. If Rashy is a reliable 3rd choice, what's wrong with a promising player being 4th choice?Elanga has played 2 competitive games for us.
What does able mean?None of them have shown that they are able to play regularly as a lone striker. Martial has.
Having played up top and having convinced are two different things. Lingard has also shown to "be able" to play RW. He's also shown he's shit at it. Martial has never hit any sort of consistency for an extended period of time.
Selling an inconsistent player who has been shite lately and only excels at holding up the ball. Yeah, we might crash the housing market if we're not careful.Therefore it would be a massive risk to sell Martial -
50m and his 13m annual salary are two good reasons. Also if he keeps stinking up the place we may never get rid. Right now there's some gullible people out there thinking he can come good. He looks like he can't be arsed, which is why I think he won't come good for us.fortunately it's a risk Ole is not going to take. Because why would he? It would just mean weakening our team for no reason.
Rashford will be back around November. Oh, the absolute horror of having to play Elanga and putting Hugill on the bench if we run into the unlikely scenario of having 2 injuries in the same position within 3 months. My ass will be so clenched if Elanga gets injured and we have to play Hugill or Bruno up top for 10 minutes!Can’t see us selling or loaning him with Rashford out.
One injury to Cavani and we will be extremely light in the CF position.
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