From all what I wrote, you picked the one thing, where you could accuse me of not "having my facts straight"? And you wonder why there isn't enough neutrality around this place...Since you like to use Caf stats so much, Rashford has been voted MOTM in 4 games:
- 5:0 home win against RB Leipzig, where he scored a hattrick - 9.7 rating;
- 3:2 away win against Sheffield United - 8.0 rating;
- 3:2 home win against Liverpool - 8.0 rating
- 3-1 home win against Newcastle - 7.1 rating.
Look, I wrote that "I don't remember a game where he was MotM", your (the cafs) votings doesn't change that, I mean, maybe I wouldn't have voted for him. Of course some are of the opinion that he was great here and there, otherwise we wouldn't have this very thread in the first place, right? I got it, in your opinion he has been really good. In my opinion he has been one of the best of a somewhat uninspired offense that looked more at it last year (for many reasons including the players and their play).
Again, I get your point, I even agree with your observation. But lets say, everybody is inconsistent and one is less inconsistent and therefor one of the best - then he was still inconsistent, right? And it wouldn't be unjust to point out that inconsistency. (I don't want to say everybody was inconsistent, I want to point out that somebody who is less bad than others is still bad, goes also the other way around, when everybody is great then the one being the least great isn't bad - relative terms against total terms)I'd also like to hear which players, apart from Luke Shaw, can objectively have an argument about performing more consistently than Marcus and Bruno. These 3 players are the catalyst for almost everything good in our team, surely every other member of the squad deserves much more criticism.
It is about context and in my opinion, he hasn't really kicked on from last year (see more about that in the earlier post). Him being one of the better attackers we have doesn't really have much substance considering we are mostly disappointed with the offensive output AND having witnessed the same offense in the 1,5 before. And just for the record, Bruno and Rashford's story this year is the story of the whole team - results (output) is very good, performance not so much. And if everybody isn't convincing then the one who scores is easier to vote for than everybody else.
We don't have to argue about semantics here - I got it, you feel he is treated unjust by some on the forum. That's fine, your entitled to your own opinion. I am just trying to point out, that, for me, the player shouldn't be excluded from criticism just because he appears to be one of our better players. I would even bet that the player himself would agree with that statement. Being a 23 year old football player, he surely is very much keen on any information about how to improve. And there is room to improve, I think, regarding that, we all agree.
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