That's the FIFA award not the Ballon d'Or, the Ballon d'Or went back to its original goal which is to celebrate the best performer of the year not the best player in the world. If Rashford has a great season where United or England win an international competition then he has a real chance to win it.
He would definitely finish this season on a high note if not for the injury. He was impressive in a team without Bruno and Pogba, I'm excited to see what he can do with both.
Look at his goal scoring record v the rest of the top 6. Its very impressive.
I actually agree with you, I wouldn't bet on Rashford either but objectively winning the Ballon d'Or is doable under the right circumstances and he would have to be the best player in the team which is even more doubtful. For England I feel that Sancho is going to be the headliner while with United I feel that Bruno Fernandes, Pogba and even Greenwood have a special aura. I see Rashford being our David Villa/Lewandowki a player that always excel and his recognize for his talent but that somehow feels like a sidekick.
I agree in general, but I think him being a homegrown academy player will make this impossible. He has a lot of hype and marketing behind him at Utd, due to having that status.
Which is irrelevant from the point of view of the Ballon d'Or and outside United.
Yep. Without Bruno, Pogba and a fair few games without Martial, he was right in the race for the golden boot. He was looking incredible.
He was doing next to nothing without Martial which coinceded with the period of time where some decided to judge his personality and focus.
Yes, which is why I agree with your post. I don't think Utd fans will ever see him as a sidekick though, due to the hype behind him.
i know, but he was still scoring out of position with zero creative support.
He wasn't, he scored one goal during the 5 league matches that Martial missed and scored an other one during the Liverpool game where Martial cameback, essentially two goals in 6 league games and zero in other competitions. Now when Martial came back Rashford started to score for fun, close to a goal per game for more than a month.
Considering our terrible goalscoring record as a whole during the beginning of the season, two goals felt like twenty.
Sterling scored 20 goals(39 apps) this season.
Lets just say I am here to be convinced.
Well I wouldn't read that much into it. Those PSG supporters strike me as spoiled cnuts like the RM ones.
I'm not downplaying these two goals but you know perfectly that he wasn't in a race for the golden boot without Martial and the others, he suffered from their absence and as you said Martial also suffered from Rashford absence. With Martial, Bruno and Pogba, I'm sure that Rashford will shine in what I consider to be a normal context. Being alone was terrible for him and it would have been terrible for the others.
A bit ironic given the beratings we constantly dish our own players.
None of that is true though, I'm not sure which fans spouted that.
Oh, i didn't mean to make out that Rashford would be in the race for the golden boot had he played without Martial for a longer period of time. That was a bad period for him, and us as a team.
I see, I apologize I misinterpreted your point. It's true that this season if he had kept his November-December pace the entire season he would have had an incredible record, maybe near Salah's.
No worries! I probably could've worded it more clearly myself.
Even without Ronaldo and Messi, Rooney was never outright 3rd best player in the world was he? Neither was someone like Aguero, and he was putting in crazy numbers from young, most players who win the B’allon D’or are normally generation defining players, Rivaldo, Figo, Zidane Ronaldinho Messi, R9 that is the level you have to be at unless your Owen of course.
I love Rashford and dont want my next sentence taking out of context. With that said I would be very worried if he is our best player within the next 5 years. if we want to be the best we will need a lot more than he is capable of. Looking at our team Pogba was the best player since his time here (de gea excluded) and even that was never enough.
What’s your justification for this?
If he scores alot of goals and united are successful especially in the champions league, he could win the ballond'or even if his allround play or the quality of goals aren't great. Modern football hypes up goalscorers to no end. If Gerd muller played today he would be in the GOAT conversation for sure.
Too be fair Rashford is not really good with his back to goal. If you think Mbappe is overrated that is fair and your opinion but I think you’ll be proven wrong
Rooney was probably a better player at Everton than Ronaldo was at Sporting. I'm surprised fergie only signed him in 2004 and not in 03-04 alongside Ronaldo.
Im surprised you asked and expected a response
.From watching them both.. Rashford is one of the biggest talents in world football and so is Mbappe. Mbappe has been playing for a much better assemble of players than Rashford and after watching almost all players who came through the doors at Utd crumble Mbappe would have struggled here too.
Rooney was never actually better than Ronaldo. He was more mature, but he was never as talented.
He was considered the bigger talent by most experts (Rooney), and rightfully so. He had the aggression, technique, power, and finishing ability at 17 that put him on the map. England didn't have the best squad, at least a collective, but they struggled most when he went off injured. Cristiano was an impressive trickster with a motor to go along with it and a never-say-die attitude but I remember 2004 very well and no way was Cristiano better than Rooney back then. I think the season of the whole winking incident in 2006 is the time where Cristiano became the clear and superior player.
What the feck? Rooney as a kid was just as talented as Ronaldo. Rooney had fecking everything. Ronaldo was a kid with tricks but literally no end product. His first season was infuriating. Rooney had nearly everything from a very early age.
If our team clicks, it's gonna be so fecking sweet
. It does make me excited for team when the footy starts..He (Rooney) also had an inconsistent first touch, equally low bottom level (that never got pointed out), and a top level that was never as high as Ronaldo. Ronaldos top level was pure magic. Rightfully so ? Where are you basing that logic ? Ronaldo is one of the greatest players who ever lived....that some English media wanted to build Rooney up into the white Pele, doesn’t justify that rationale....I will repeat Rooney was never actually as good as Ronaldo, Ronaldo toyed with Rooney at Old Trafford, Rooney should’ve been sent off because he did t know what else to do but lash out. Rooney was a great player for us. Ronaldo was always on another level though.
wow Rooney had everything and Ronaldo was merely a kid with tricks and no end product. ok.
