Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

lol, there’s no outrage. In fact i think this is one of the few things that most people agree on in here.

relax lads the world doesn’t revolve around boards. From what I’ve seen there is outrage on twitter with people blaming fan cams, ten hag, ole but not the player himself.

There is a disconnect at times when sweeping statements are issued with regard fan sentiment. Some people live and die by what's said on twitter, reddit, insta etc. That works both ways with Rashford. Sometimes it's all are happy to see him go, other times it's all he gets is abuse and hate. Bringing online outrage into this forum is as relevant as bringing in the racist abuse he receives online but never in here

There's a fairly steady grouping of fans on here. We don't accept abuse of any kind. there's many heated debates but they rarely go OTT in either direction. It's better to discuss and dispute points that are made in here than to bring I'm talking points that are made on X but nobody on here would ever make

I think it is more than fair to discuss outside talking points, but when you make a statement on here about fan sentiment without any qualification it also more than fair for people to assume the statement is being made about people on here.

He responded to a question regarding the brief from the club that they want to sell him, in January.

How is it ok for the club to put out he's for sale, but not ok for the player to say he is ready for a new challenge if the club want to sell him?

Have you got a link to that brief from the club?

A few things on this. Firstly, to anyone who says that race is not an issue here then they need to have a rethink. Nobody in here (I hope) gives a toss what race Rashford is but the British press certainly do and they drive the narrative. Black players get a shorter rope in the press than white players do. So as soon as they smell blood, they will drive the narrative. Rashford I'd say gets constant racist abuse on social media. Every day I'd suspect.

Rashford has been out of form for a considerable period now. He has one really good game this season I think with some average and a number of poor games. He has made a rod for his own back at times too to be fair. His body language is awful which feeds the perspective of some fans to say he doesn't care. I personally don't think that's the case. He comes across to me as a pretty complex chap.

In mitigation for him, the club has been a shambles - bouncing from manager to manager all of whom differed from their predecessors on style etc. It's been a terrible environment to try and succeed in and be consistent.

I'm on record here stating well before the City game stating that I would worry for the likes of Garnacho and Rashford in this system. They are not ready made for it and are going to have to change to fit but I do think there is a place on that inside left position for either of them if they want it enough.

I think Amorim has played a blinder with this though. He has brought the situation to a head now and in a positive way. Either Rashford (Garnacho to a lesser extent too) responds and we see him get back to the levels we know he can reach or else he's gone. Despite the quotes from him yesterday, I don't think he's a certainty to leave. Personally think it would be a real shame for him to go but he has to step up now.

In all fairness, Rashford has had one outstanding season (22/23), and two good seasons (19/20 and 20/21) at the club. Even at that, there were times in this seasons where he went right off the boil.

Outside of that it has been injuries which obviously can't be held against him, inconsistent form, and very often poor form.

He's played at least 40 games a season for the last 8 seasons, bar a injury hit 21/22.

That's a long time to be, well, average at best, even if he was young starting out.

As talented as he is, he has been, overall, an average player for United. And average is not good enough for United.

Throw in lack of effort as is often the case, and United are better off without him.

Talent without attitude and application is a waste of talent, and unfortunately for Rashford and United, his talent isn't matched by application (he's still not the greatest finisher, and still poor on his left), and certainly not by attitude.

It's time for him to move on.

It certainly looks like rashford gave this interview without the clubs knowledge and while not as bad as the Ronaldo piers thing,.it's just adding to the circus, like Sancho and his tweet last year, hopefully he is fined behind the scenes and we can ship him out on loan in January,.I'd say the club aren't happy about it and Rashford proves again he can't just keep the head down and work hard.

Almiron handled it well pushed it all back on rashford that he needs to work hard and there is a way back for him but I doubt it somehow.

Also if he does go, who is out there that can come in and take that position? Or does the club spend it on a CF or CM (Ederson of Atlanta linked heavy last week) and hope Garnacho comes into his own for that LW

Garnacho is better suited to the roll anyways he is a much more intelligent runner the manger said it himself, it's why garnacho gets into so many good shooting positions other players that play his position don't. Obviously he would need to improve a lot on other areas but he can.

The manager looks like hed play mount and Amad in the 10s anyways, you'd have Bruno, garnacho, Erikson, so rashford wouldn't need replacing in the squad.

If we were buying you imagine the money would go towards a lwb most likely

Yeah he's similar to ETH in terms of reputation and expectations but he seems to have the determination (and support) to stick to his system through thick and thin, and he's the polar opposite in terms of personality and media savvy.