I think you are seriously underestimating Saka, he is rare type of winger who can do both dribbling, tackling, passing, assisting and shooting equally well, and he is the youngest among the 3.
To be fair to Saka, he has been great this season. I think Rashford has a bit more to his game to really become one of the worlds best players, but Saka will end up (if he isn't already) a very very good player. He is a player who can do a bit of everything as a winger.
I think Saka is in a once in a lifetime purple patch along with Arsenal. When they drop off in a year or two, he will end up being thought of as a decent mid table PL winger. Maybe I am wrong but we will have to wait and see.
Well let's just see how it goes over next few seasons. Remember he is only 21 so the "once in a lifting purple patch" doesn't seem really fit to describe him currently, rather I'd think he could keep on improving and become even better player in future.
Salah's prime level seems a bit high as Salah was a genuine ELITE finisher from the RW. But I agree he's already one of the clear best RW in the world
Well he may not reach Salah's peak goalscoring numbers but his overall output (goal+assist) could still get there, and his overall game could be even better. Anyway I know he is super hyped this season, and I am also very much into his hype, but I see what I see and I think he will be great player in future.
This is based on nothing but pure speculation. “Mid table PL winger”. He’s been playing as a winger for 2 seasons now and he’s outperformed several highly rated wingers including: Bowen, Pepe, Sancho, Almiron, Ziyech etc.
So the Arsenal fan thinks the Arsenal player is the best of the 3, who saw that coming
Where did I say Saka was the best? My comment was about the above poster saying: “Saka is on a purple patch and will go back to being mid-table winger”. I wouldn’t even say that about Sancho despite his issues for the past two years. Why? Because the quality is there to see. Same with Saka. Saka has shown top top quality that to call him a mid-table winger is just hating.
Let's not be silly. Salah in his prime was scoring over 30 in the league and 10 assists while scoring loads in the Champion's League and every other competition. He's done it consistently for years and at one point was probably as good as any player in the world. Saka is definitely not near that level yet and it'll take something very special for him to ever reach that level.
Highly rated wingers? Bowen? Pepe? Almiron? What people were rating these guys as highly rated wingers exactly mate? You'd be worried for Saka if he wasn't outperforming these guys tbh
Kane has to play. For me currently its Rashford, Kane, Saka. If Foden plays it should be as an attacking 8 or a 10 (where Mount plays).
Saka for me, Foden has never really thrived for England, so it's tough to know how he'd do outside of that City set up.
Obviously Saka. I think Foden might be a bit more talented but Saka is complete. It’s no surprise he’s so far ahead for England.
Agreed. Street football is the best.
Even funnier if you've read my other rashford takes. I was admittedly being a bit of homer during rashfords great run of form last year. I maintain all three are very talented but unfortunately it's clear rashford is a bit or a lot behind the other two. The sad part for united fans is what he could be with the mentality or effort of a Saka.Sorry, I'm still laughing at the first three words of this thread....
"Three incredible players"
Problem with Rashford isn't just about Mentality and Effort , he is lacking in too many areas to be truly elite and our coaching situations hasn't helped the matters at all either .
I agree it's not only about those two things. His game intelligence is something I've been very critical of. Like you said though he hasn't been helped by the parasitic setup and coaching situations.
Disagree. I don't think he's lacking any more than Foden is. Fitness and United being a clown show all these years have been the main stumbling blocks
Not sure I agree with this, Rashford has always lacked composure, vision, creativity, all things that are hard to teach and Foden has in abundance. As a Utd fan it's frustrating seeing a player with so much of those potential abilities at City!
Agree to an extent, but I think Rashford's main flaw now is the same thing I'd level against Fernandes -- too long in the tooth in playing a certain way. When the state of a match isn't in high octane transition, Rashford has lost a lot of edge and development in the build-up and middle parts of the field. Guess some of this falls under the umbrella of "United being a clown show", but he as a player has also just gone off the deep-end indulging himself in his own on-pitch vices.
Likewise Foden lacks Rashford's directness, dribbling, ball carrying and scoring instincts. They're different players. Rashford would have been a beast for City, like Sane or Sterling in their time, but probably better
This is unfortunately a strong possibility
Saka is a traditional right winger who cuts inside - Southgate knows that player and knows how to use them.
He's also 26 versus those two who are 22 and 23. In football terms, that's a big difference and he's a senior player who should be near/at his peak.
Yeah it probably is harsh, but until either Pep leaves City or Southgate leaves England it's all we can judge on.
I think Rashford does have clear technical limitations. Dribbling wise Sterling and Sane in their City days were far superior to Rashford. Rashford had about a year long spell where his dribbling finally looked like that of a wide player, but for the rest of the time and now he's always looked like a striker playing out wide. He only ever beats players with pace, and if he doesn't have space to run into he will often lose the ball as he's not a technical dribbler based off of strong ball control or body shifts and fients.
