Marcus Rashford - signed on loan (injured - out for season?)

[Steve67]

It will be great to see the likes of JJ, Rashford, Rogers in behind Ollie with interchangeable players like Barkley, Malan, McGinn etc also ready and available.  On form, this is a no brainer, always been a handful, lots of England caps, a decent man.  If his head is on straight. 

[Mellin]

This strikes me as one of those deals where some are bit down on it, then he does really well. Loads of ability, with a point to prove. Being freed from the pressures of that crumbling shit hole might help too. It clearly weighs heavy on a lot of managers and players.

If it goes badly he's here for a few months. Bit of a no brainer. Shouldn't be at the expense of Ramsey, mind. Rotational option on the left and up front, keeping Rogers at 10.

[andyh]

It seems to me that Rashford needs a manager who believes in him. I don’t think he has had that for a long time at that cess pit.
To me it seems that he has been made a scapegoat for much of the shite that has happened up there over the last few years.
This is compound by people who ‘just don’t like him’ because he has been outspoken on social issues.

It’s a two way choice. Unai wants him, and he wants to come to us, seemingly.

Getting him out of the toxicity of that place is a start.

I am convinced Unai can get him back, close to his best.
If not, he goes back in 4 months time.

It’s an absolute no brainer, for me.

[Baldy]

If we take him, Man Utd should be paying us an advertising fee yet alone us giving them any money.

Sorry, but a leopard doesn't change its spots.

[Chip Butty 111]

With crazy horse leaving, and Malen and Rashford in, it looks like Emery is assembling an interchangeable attacking unit that Duran couldn't fit into due to him being a maverick and unpredictable.

[TelfordVilla]

Where is Rushford supposed to play? Ramsey and Rogers are playing really well.  Does he have bailys place? Where does Malen fit in? We don't need Rushford.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

The poster boy for a player on big money who doesn't give a shit. In Unai we trust but I'm really not sure about this. Hope I'm wrong but I thought the days of taking in overpaid wasters were over.

[tomd2103]

He just doesn’t fit our system at all, what is Unai’s plan here?

Can’t play the Ollie role, he’s no lone striker and doesn’t press enough.
Not disciplined enough for our wide roles.
Not technical enough as a ‘10’

He could work in a 4231 as the wide left forward. But that leaves Ramsey out as neither are as effective on the right.

I just can't see it really, unless he is coming in to play wide right?  I'm not sure it's a wise move to pay that kind of money for someone who is going to be a back up to Ollie Watkins and is he going to want that anyway?  We don't play with a left-winger and I can't see him being able to play the role Ramsey and Rogers play on that side.  Which just leaves the right and I can't really recall him playing there.

If it happens then I obviously hope it works, but it seems like an expensive gamble because when I think of him in recent years, that clip where he lamely chases after Ross Barkley springs to mind.

[Toronto Villa]

It seems to me that Rashford needs a manager who believes in him. I don’t think he has had that for a long time at that cess pit.
To me it seems that he has been made a scapegoat for much of the shite that has happened up there over the last few years.
This is compound by people who ‘just don’t like him’ because he has been outspoken on social issues.

It’s a two way choice. Unai wants him, and he wants to come to us, seemingly.

Getting him out of the toxicity of that place is a start.

I am convinced Unai can get him back, close to his best.
If not, he goes back in 4 months time.

It’s an absolute no brainer, for me.

I might not be all the way where you are Andy but I could be convinced. There is definitely a story there to be told of what happened to a superb young player from 2 seasons ago. My concern is of the mental health side is so overwhelming that he’s lost his drive to that footballer again. There a side of me that thinks he might be Dele Alli who completely lost his way. Add to that Rashford’s social media presence and scrutiny which seems to have affected him. Hey, we have to trust the best manager we have had at this club in a long time to make good decisions and bring back to form a player who is still only 27. And a short term loan means we haven’t committed to anything long term if it doesn’t work. English player, homegrown, bags of international and European competition experience.

[andyh]

Where is Rushford supposed to play? Ramsey and Rogers are playing really well.  Does he have bailys place? Where does Malen fit in? We don't need Rushford.

Centre half ?

[85kota]

a decent man.  If his head is on straight.

This is it. Is he a decent man or is he a lazy arse?

As far as football goes he really looks like a lazy arse.

I'm not arsed if we win The Socially-Conscious Cup.

[Goldenballs]

Yeah I've been thinking of that clip too, he's just going through the motions not giving a shit.

[Dave P]

Lazy with a suspect temperament, you say? Sounds like Tielemans at Leicester. What’s he up to now?

[rob_bridge]

He's been a waste of space.

All Ifs and Maybes

A bad signing.

[Demitri_C]

The clubs officially  lost it.

What a absolutely  terrible idea. This is going to be a expensive disaster.  Thank god its only a loan