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

[PaulWinch again]

Not happy about it BUT you will get my backing as every villa player does when you put our wonderful shirt on

Hopefully you prove alot of us wrong and do the business. If you take the piss like you did at manure you wont be here very long and the fans wont accept it. Enjoy your time here

Well backing until they misplace a pass or something Dem…(wink emoji)

[PeterWithe]

I can understand the reticence, we seem to have a fairly happy ship, its reported he doesnt train well and clearly is completely disinterested in tracking back when his team dont have the ball.

He'll come in as our highest paid player, with the above, I cant see this being good for morale.

[PeterWithesShin]

You'd like to think we've done the equivalent of a job interview with him before signing which would give us an idea of his attitude.

[Monty]

You'd like to think we've done the equivalent of a job interview with him before signing which would give us an idea of his attitude.

It can't be as much research as I've done, i.e. watching a bunch of Man Utd fan videos on YouTube for the schadenfreude.

[AV84]

The wages thing could be a weird reverse psychology thing. He's coming in with a bad reputation of late, and apparently getting paid probably twice as much as most of our squad, and they all know that. If it was me I'd feel very aware of that and want to prove I wasn't a waste of money. Its like a carrot AND a stick?

[Brazilian Villain]

But yowsers, with all the baggage, this feels like a risk we don't need.

So much baggage that Amorim refers to him as Imelda Marcus.

[Sexual Ealing]

Not happy about it BUT you will get my backing as every villa player does when you put our wonderful shirt on

Hopefully you prove alot of us wrong and do the business. If you take the piss like you did at manure you wont be here very long and the fans wont accept it. Enjoy your time here

Who are you talking to?

[AV84]

Not happy about it BUT you will get my backing as every villa player does when you put our wonderful shirt on

Hopefully you prove alot of us wrong and do the business. If you take the piss like you did at manure you wont be here very long and the fans wont accept it. Enjoy your time here

Who are you talking to?

Rashford and Prince William share a log in.

[Woody17]

If he can’t motivate himself to play/train hard for his home town club on the wages he’s being paid I fail to see why it will be any different for him at Villa.
I’ve never really rated him anyway to be honest.
He only got capped because of the club he played for.
It’s a big no-no for me.

[Toronto Villa]

You'd like to think we've done the equivalent of a job interview with him before signing which would give us an idea of his attitude.

It can't be as much research as I've done, i.e. watching a bunch of Man Utd fan videos on YouTube for the schadenfreude.

Are you ok Monty? I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I felt a little dirty and broken just posting videos of Rashford's goals.

[cdbearsfan]

Not happy about it BUT you will get my backing as every villa player does when you put our wonderful shirt on

Hopefully you prove alot of us wrong and do the business. If you take the piss like you did at manure you wont be here very long and the fans wont accept it. Enjoy your time here

Who are you talking to?

And is he available for hire as a motivational speaker?

[Dante Lavelli]

To his credit, he was the one that said ‘I need a move’ so he clearly wants a different environment and headspace.
I also think Man U will have employed some dark arts to make his position uncomfortable so take some of the noise with a pinch of salt.

[Hookeysmith]

I'm as fickle as the next fan and will hold the vomit down and support him if he is in our shirt.

Just wish I didn't have to and am very concerned for all the negatives already raised by many posters but more for the media circus that will follow.

Even if SUE turns him around and he performs it will all be about his return to them

[boozey182]

I have a I say, I'm a little surprised at the passion from those that don't agree with this deal. It seems like a pretty low risk, high ceiling kind of deal. We could do with some extra bodies in the squad at short notice - our first eleven is pretty solid (especially if Malen makes the right wing position his own) so what we need is a few players that can make an impact, and potentially challenge the players we have.

On his day, Rashford is world class. A brilliant finisher, strong and quick. He's been dreadful recently, so I hear, but I'm not sure anyone can be certain that this means he'll never get any form back. Sometimes players just need a move to rediscover something that's been missing a while.

I'm sure Unai won't take any nonsense, and if he proves to be trouble, we'll send him back at the end of the season. He'll know that if that happens, he probably won't get to play at a high level after his contract expires.

He seems like a decent bloke (is that controversial?). He'll know players like Tyrone and Ollie from England, and I'm sure they'll be excited about playing with him. They seem like decent blokes too, so they could be the kind of teammates he needs around him.

A loan with an option to buy seems like a really sensible deal, which could end up with us having a world class, very grateful and committed, player on our hands.

I should add, I don't know any Man United fans to tell me how awful he is. But, I have to say, the fact that they can't stand him does make me warm to him a bit more.

[Tuscans]

I knew we would get our revenge one day when they took Dwight.

It's not the same is it!? Nope.