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I was thinking the same after watching it to be honest
I think some people don’t even watch the videos and just post. I’ve definitely seen much better clips of him. Looking at that clip his finishing needs a bit of working on, another clip might show different.That's because Rashford was a winger wasn't he? He impressed as a CF when breaking through.
Ah OK got ya mate, I think he's nailed on is Greenwood.
Those stopovers were really impressive actually, have not got a clue which way he's gonna go due to how two footed he is. Aside from his poor shits, that was an impressive highlight reel.
Rashford did play as a winger coming through. Didn't particularly excell to the point where one would say he was ready for the first team. Rashford has LVG to thank for his early inclusion in the first team.
It really, really isn't.
Nice one, cheers.
Unless you have a crystal ball you can't know that
How do you view Rashford as a senior player? He's not just the kick and run player you once thought he was im sure. Greenwood has a lot to do to actually live up to the hype or what Rashford has achieved thus far in the senior team, including that impressive start with 4 goals in two debuts, close to 50 career goals at 21 and not far off Rooney's tally at the same age. Do you think Greenwood can have that immediate impact or are you thinking more long term overall peak potential? Greenwood is very exciting, but players like Januzaj, Wilshere, Morrison, Kieran Richardson, Macheda, Djordic, Daehli, Pearson, Ben Thornley, Possebon, Mads Timm and even the forgotten below the rador signing Angelo Henriquez were all highly thought of young players and it came to naught.
I'm absolutely convinced this is frequently the case. Heck, we get so many match reactions from people that are prefaced with, "I didn't watch the match or highlights, but based on the comments:" and then they'll go on to criticize a player , the performance or referee
Rashford has definitely improved his shooting but I still don't see which position he will play long term. Will it be as CF or as a wide forward?. I don't think his finishing ability or his all round game is good enough to lead the line for us long term. Also the goals comparison with Rooney is misleading slightly. Rooney didn't play as a out an out striker when he was the same age as Rashford. Rooney used to drift all over the pitch and had high work rate to go with his impressive passing/vision.
I remember everyone saying we had our forward line sorted for a decade when we had Macheda, Welbeck, Josh King and Will Keane coming through.
Rashford was always seen as an academy star, this narrative that he came from nowhere is a bit of a myth. He just never played much reserve football as he was in the 1st team so early.
Exactly. It's like someone mentioned it and everyone repeat it as if that's the truth.
2014, Guardian (Jamie Jackson) reported Rashford as the one to look out for in ManUtd academy and this was before he became tall and rapid. He was described as a playmaker and also a total football style for his ability to drop deep and initiate attacks.
I don't really get what you're trying to argue about here? clearly you don't rate him which is fine, but posts like this are pointless.
Bad news, he's more than likely going to be starting the next 2 games
(i'd personally play Dalot LB and Jones/Valencia RB at worst case)Time for Ole Gunnar "I will give youth a chance" Solskjaer to prove what he's about. But I suspect that you're right.Bad news, he's more than likely going to be starting the next 2 games
Whilst he wasn't at his most impressive, the stepovers were good. The reason they've been referred to as L.Ronaldoesque is because he throws his whole body into each stepover.
Valencia! Will he be fit by then? Or has he been fit all along but we have actually given up on him?Bad news, he's more than likely going to be starting the next 2 games
He played 90 minutes for Equador last week, but whether that fitness is up to our standard I don't know.
But Wilson relied heavily on his pace. All four goals there were a result of him using it to run into the kind of space he would never get in the PL. Even at the best of times pace isn't enough to survive in the PL and when he lost his there was just an average footballer left.
Nicky Butt described Saidy Janko as having great ability on the ball, before it was proven that Saidy was anything but great on the ball.
Many also raved about lesser talents like Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Fraiser Campbell, Febian Brady and Ashley Fletcher. To your second post, the fact that he played little reserve football before he was fast tracked into the first team (fateful as it was) shows he was ready for the big time and that he was too good to be wasted in the ranks. The others played in the reserves long enough for committed reserve watchers to know learn their styles and get attached to them. Marcus breezed past them without having to impress down there, he did it on the big stage
So we shouldn't take the word of a team coach about a player's ability but we should believe you when you say Greenwood will outshine Rashford in the first team?
I'm not saying you should take my word for it. But you shouldn't just blindly accept the opinion of a ex player, when he has made questionable judgment calls himself.
I agree with that. I also think its premature to think Greenwood will upstage Rashford when he hasn't been given much of a chance to impress in the first team yet
I agree with you that I could be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time either. But for me, Mason looks a bigger prospect for the CF position.
So? He was picked as talent to watch by Guardian, City wanted to sign him as he was our best prospect and we had thread here when he was just 14 as there was so much talk about him.
Rojo is a walking disaster. I would prefer we go three at the back for the next two PL games and use Dalot and Darmian as wingbacks. Both players seem more adept in that role. Having said that, Rojo has been on the bench the last few times so I am expecting him to start to LB.
You used Nicky Butt to make your point like he has some flawless record in judging player potential. We signed Saidy Janko due to Butt and he went on record to say we were very lucky to sign him at 17 due to him having "great ability on the ball" which was later proven to be false when we saw him play.
It's not whether their judgement is right or wrong, point was whether Rashford was highly rated youngster which he was.
Yes, but the point is whether he was at the level Greenwood is. He was not. He was a surprise in the sense that he excelled at the first team level when the others who were better at youth level, did not. You're confusing the argument. People aren't saying he was some nobody who was put in the first team and just ripped it. People are saying he was a great player, but not someone who everyone thought was a cert to make it.
Even if that is the argument being made, I don't think it's true. Rashford was the highest rated academy product in quite some time, @roonster09 pointed some quotes out and there are others out there. I remember Ravel Morrison's agent saying Rashford was the best player in the United academy after the Morrison/Pogba generation.
