For another thread or private chat, but you can't have it both ways. Whether or not you agree with how rashford came to be in squad the fact is that both he and Martial looked very good with van gaal in charge. If you can blame a manager for stifling a player you have to credit at least a little for when one excels. You don't get to just say he lucked out with him in the team and that's that. Both have massively underperformed with both managers since, though solskjaer seems to be getting it right with them
You have a point with Martial, he put in arguably his best displays early on.
However Rashford had little expectations on him back then, so could barely lose.
He has loads on his shoulders now, so despite performing better than when he emerged, we expect more, so he gets less credit.
McTom in a way is similar. We expected zero of him when he first got in the team. Now he's showing he has plenty more to his game than we thought.
This is the time expectations increase, and he'll have to show more than he did at the start.