14 - Marcus Rashford

Maradona37

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Wrong, they played hero ball regardless of them, actually to the disadvantage of those players. The idea is that somehow Rashford and Bruno demanded this is nonsensical. They just pinned the pressure to their best players, that was Rashford at first, then Bruno.

You don't need much more proof than United's last train-wreck of a season while Rashford wasn't even there.
They didn't consciously demand it, it is a quirk of their style of play.

And Fernandes was still there in that train wreck.

It's a combination of Man United as a club being a moments club who can't dominate games in midfield, and hence because of that predisposition they indulge lads like rashford and Fernandes. They're United players to a tee - poor in tight spaces, cannot control games, but are great in moments and stats and pulling rabbits out of a hat, and one of them has pace.

They've always been like this - even at their best they spent a large part of the game being outplayed and winning with superior end product. This still happens now, just to a lesser extent, partly because their difference makers like Fernandes and Rashford are nowhere near as good as Ronaldo or Rooney.
 

Maradona37

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A smart club (which they are not) would have punted both of them a long time ago, and built around better possession footballers, and in general tried to turn around the ethos of the club into less of a moments and counter-attacking one.

Instead those idiots continue to look down on Pep's 'tiki taka' and play their terrible version of counter-attack, transitional football with two guys who are very poor exponents of that style (relatively speaking). Then they wonder why they get absolutely played off the park by teams like City.

They'll continue to fail and I will continue to be right about them. Because they're an anachronistic team and club trying to play 90s football in the 2020s.
 

Maradona37

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Also, Fernandes was exactly the same re composure at Sporting, and scouts were actively turned away by his style of play. United scouts themselves even noted it but were overlooked.

So the idea that he's some sort of deep down a great controlling footballer made to look bad or impulsive because United are a basketcase is frankly absolute fucking bollocks.

Asking him to control a game or play intelligently and not pass the ball straight to the opposition is like asking a fish to fly.

Lots of their own fans don't rate him and see him as a problem. The smarter posters on Redcafe have major reservations about him in the future.
 

Maradona37

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Anyway, I have decided that Rashford has some good qualities which could be useful for Barcelona. He might do well. I am intrigued to see how it goes for him as he's the type who could be great or a disaster, with very little in between.
 

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