Rashford’s future post-Amorim

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MalaysianRed7

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While I do feel bad for Amorim as he seems a good man, the writing is clearly on the wall now for him as his results are worse than any other manager in our history. Whether we like it or not, he will be sacked in due time.

On that note, I’d like to gauge what people think should happen with Rashford after Amorim’s departure. We’ve got a massive dearth of quality in that LW position after building a squad tailored to a single manager’s very niche tactical needs (again), so considering Rashford has multiple 20+ goal seasons under his belt, I believe keeping him around for the next manager is still viable should Barcelona not activate their buy option. He’s made various off-field mistakes, but he’s made many good decisions away from football as well while being a very talented player.

Understand this won’t be a popular opinion, but it’s an interesting thought considering we’re still talking about a homegrown, proven goalscorer here.
 
Rashford himself probably never wants to play for us again. The club treated him brutally, freezing him out and he was sent off with a whimper. It was a pretty nasty split and there's no going back. I bet he's happy at Barca, CL coming up and he's back in the England squad.
 
Trying to be fair to OP, as I don't think the Caf is going to want to entertain this idea at all!

Neither do I tbh, I feel he's cut his ties and we can't go through another cycle of hoping another manager can get the best out of him. His attitude stank and it sucks that he looked bothered about playing for Villa more than he did for United...
 
Mike Smalling said:
Anywhere but Manchester United.
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Exactly this. What a ridiculous topic after the fanbase resoundingly indicating that Rashford had no future last season.

Coincidentally, I've just watched the first few mins of the Barca v Valenica game this evening. Rashford played through with the goal at his mercy.... shoots well wide. Sums him up nicely.
 
MalaysianRed7 said:
…….so considering Rashford has multiple 20+ goal seasons under his belt…….
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I wouldn’t describe it as “multiple 20+ goal seasons”.
While he’s scored over 20 goals in all competitions, in 3 of his 10 seasons in the Utd first team, it’s league goals that really count when trying to build a winning team.

Rashford has scored a maximum of 17 league goals in 2 seasons out of 10.
His next best was 11 and 10 in two other seasons, with 6 seasons scoring 7 goals or less.
He has never scored 20 league goals in a season.
Over his Utd career, his league goal average, including those 2 seasons, is 8.7 goals per season.

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Im not having a go at the OP, but this is genuinely the most depressing thread on here in a long time. As we reach the bottom of the latest collapse of a rebuild, we have a thread about a truly awful footballer, with a brutal attitude that represents so much of what is wrong with the club. There is no conversation to be had about Rashford, nothing to consider other than how much we can get to see the back of him.
 
SER19 said:
Im not having a go at the OP, but this is genuinely the most depressing thread on here in a long time. As we reach the bottom of the latest collapse of a rebuild, we have a thread about a truly awful footballer, with a brutal attitude that represents so much of what is wrong with the club. There is no conversation to be had about Rashford, nothing to consider other than how much we can get to see the back of him.
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Its mystifying that anyone would be deluded enough to believe that an "awful footballer" would get minutes for England and Barcelona. But here you are
 
i just saw Rashford make a pass...
In Uth he would have finished by himself 100 out of 100....
 
If anyone can carry the burden of Manchester United on his shoulders when we need him the most. its...oh nevermind
 
Resign Lingard and Pogba while we're at it. Let's get the old gang back together.
 
He will flop at Barca. Then be loaned out elsewhere in 26/27 and flop again. Thrn one final loan in 27/28 and we will be free.
 
I get the point of the thread - I think many on here would change their tune if Rashford showed a degree of humility but I suspect that won't happen. Let's pretend it's not Rashford and just a player with his broad characteristics - naturally if we had a manager playing 433 I can think of few better LW/RW combos for a direct pressing team that Rashford/Mbuemo (again, not factoring in Rashford's issues off the ball) and then imagine Cunha as an AM as well. Tantalising stuff.

Now to his issues, it's just a no go unless he does something out of character and eats humble pie. If he came back and apologised without doing it through Henry Winter, and just said it then we saw him grafting off the ball, and I mean really grafting, I would have no issues welcoming him back. I am aware, however, this will never happen. He will follow the Sancho loan vacation route until he leaves.
 
Ekeke said:
Its mystifying that anyone would be deluded enough to believe that an "awful footballer" would get minutes for England and Barcelona. But here you are
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I dont even have the heart for a back and forth about rashford. If you still see something after two years of arguably the worst football a regular starter has ever delivered at United (performance and effort), and a completely mediocre time at villa and start in spain, then good for you. We can disagree civilly. He wasn't always an awful footballer, and he's still drawing on that time, but Marcus Rashford is an awful footballer. So painfully mediocre I find it mystifying that anybody can think otherwise and wonder what body of evidence he would have to see to change his mind. Four awful years? Five?

Anyway, I dont have the heart for it. You can think whatever you like about Rashford, I wont stop you.
 
If Rashy was a heroic hard working player who had been cruelly cut aside by Amorim, then yes he could come back.
But he's had problems with other managers and it's inexcusable the lack of effort he was clearly putting in at times. Stood 5 yards from a player and not trying to move towards them.
 
SER19 said:
I dont even have the heart for a back and forth about rashford. If you still see something after two years of arguably the worst football a regular starter has ever delivered at United (performance and effort), and a completely mediocre time at villa and start in spain, then good for you. We can disagree civilly. He wasn't always an awful footballer, and he's still drawing on that time, but Marcus Rashford is an awful footballer. So painfully mediocre I find it mystifying that anybody can think otherwise and wonder what body of evidence he would have to see to change his mind. Four awful years? Five?

Anyway, I dont have the heart for it. You can think whatever you like about Rashford, I wont stop you.
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Awful footballer is a bit silly, but yes, he's done his money here for sure. It's utterly incredible that he got a move to one of the only 2 clubs anyone could argue are bigger than United.
 
Rashford is a career footballer who peaked early. It’s as simple as that. And quite frankly he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed on or off the pitch. He’ll go through big contracts now here and there until he finishes in the USA. Barca will not sign him.
 
Sandikan said:
Awful footballer is a bit silly, but yes, he's done his money here for sure. It's utterly incredible that he got a move to one of the only 2 clubs anyone could argue are bigger than United.
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Theyve gambled, the same way we did with the likes of falcao, schweinsteiger, sanchez etc. They arent flush, needed numbers and as I said, rashford wasnt always awful. Even if you allow him to be an average football, I say awful because I factor in his work rate, attitude and the general circus he carries.

Anyway, I dont want to draw on any Rashford apologists - if any are tempted, please just agree to disagree.
 
SER19 said:
Theyve gambled, the same way we did with the likes of falcao, schweinsteiger, sanchez etc. They arent flush, needed numbers and as I said, rashford wasnt always awful. Even if you allow him to be an average football, I say awful because I factor in his work rate, attitude and the general circus he carries.

Anyway, I dont want to draw on any Rashford apologists - if any are tempted, please just agree to disagree.
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To be fair Rashford is peak years on loan, those guys were washed up and we gave them stupid contracts
 
clarkydaz said:
To be fair Rashford is peak years on loan, those guys were washed up and we gave them stupid contracts
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I'd be amazed if Rashy hasn't had his peak years. Can't see him banging another 30 goal season.
 
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