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

[JUAN PABLO]

Thats how I feel with it Russ BN

[Goldenballs]

Is he a great finisher though?

30 goals in a season would tell me he is ok to be fair.

That season he was on fire, had the season of his life. Got a new deal and hasn't looked anything like the same player, for whatever reason. Given he's only here for a few months his more recent seasons hold more weight.

[jwarry]

Is he a great finisher though?

30 goals in a season would tell me he is ok to be fair.

That season he was on fire, had the season of his life. Got a new deal and hasn't looked anything like the same player, for whatever reason. Given he's only here for a few months his more recent seasons hold more weight.

I’m not so sure, what does hold more weight is the basket case United have been for the last 3-4 seasons

[tomd2103]

If being bad at your job was a moral failure, hell would need to get outside investment from Comcast because it's going to need a bigger ground.

Being bad at your job is different from actually having the ability to do your job well but turning up late, not turning up at all and not trying isn't it?  That said, it isn't always clear cut and there might be underlying reasons for that kind of behaviour where a person needs help. 

As I say though, I view him coming here with a clean slate.

[Sexual Ealing]

So stop having a dig at his fucking morals then.

[supertom]

If he gets close to his best form and Unai can motivate him, or he has a Lingard/West Ham impact, it could be the perfect loan signing. I wouldn't then go headfirst into a permanent deal though, because there's no guarantee he'd not slip into old habits.

Lets face it though. His benchmark in our side right now is probably Bailey. We're not sharing the goals enough and not getting enough contributions from our midfield and attack to help Ollie and Morgz. As bad as the media and fans say Rashford has been this season, he's still scored 7 times and got 3 assists. That's considered bad but if he can hit 5 goals and grab a couple of assists in the run-in, I'd say he'll be offering more than Bailey and probably JJ (although he's getting back in the swing of it, at least until the next inevitable injury). I suspect initially Rashford will play the Duran role, which is to come on at 60 minutes for Ollie and run at a tired backline.

We need squad options desperately having let too many attackers go in the summer and this month and with a lot of players unable to match last season's form. There's not anyone that jumps out as a permanent deal so a couple of loans makes sense.

[jwarry]

Just hope he doesn’t turn up wearing this

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6TDehUn/

[Sexual Ealing]

While we're talking about morality, I believe it to be the moral obligation of all employees of a company that employs more than 50 people to take the piss as much as possible. Diddling the till and nicking stock if you work in retail, three-hour boozy lunches if you work in an office, taking £200 in your top pocket for £5k's worth of stock if you work in a warehouse etc etc.

If you work for Manchester United, burn the fucking place down.

[tomd2103]

So stop having a dig at his fucking morals then.

Blimey, are you OK?  You seem to be awfully angry at the moment.  If you read back, I wasn't having a go at Marcus Rashford personally, just the notion that turning up for training late etc. could reflect poor morals.

I've said that Rashford deserves to be given a chance and should come to Villa Park with a clean slate. 

[SamTheMouse]

Bit torn on this one. He's undoubtedly a superb player on his day, and I've always felt the criticism he gets is a bit OTT. But somehow this feels like an unimaginative, short-termist move. He seems like a lovely lad away from football, certainly, but doesn't show anything like the professional application you'd be entitled to expect from a player on his gargantuan wages, and his club is desperate to move him on.

I guess it's a risk-free signing, given that it's only for a few months. But assuming he does OK for us. What then? Are we really going to commit to paying a player three hundred grand a week for four years? Or will he be prepared to take a big pay cut? I'm struggling to see this as anything other than a stopgap solution made necessary by our questionable decision to let so many players leave in the middle of the season.

Hopefully he won't be Coutinho 2.0.

[AV84]

Even Emery gets things wrong. Digne at centre back. Trying to play Duran and Ollie together. Signing Rashford. We all make mistakes. He just gets a lot more right than wrong. It's Monchi I worry about. His radar at the moment feels like a blind man with a dowsing rod.

I'd argue that he didn't get it wrong with Ollie and Duran. He had an obligation to try and make it work with both of them, and it didn't work, so Duran is gone.
Digne at CB was out of desperation, still a mistake, sure, but it wasn't like he just woke up one morning and decided it was a great idea.

[Toronto Villa]

I’m going to enjoy Man U fans losing their mind as Rashford suddenly remembers that he’s a superb footballer and was just dying to get away from them.

[Richard E]

While we're talking about morality, I believe it to be the moral obligation of all employees of a company that employs more than 50 people to take the piss as much as possible. Diddling the till and nicking stock if you work in retail, three-hour boozy lunches if you work in an office, taking £200 in your top pocket for £5k's worth of stock if you work in a warehouse etc etc.

If you work for Manchester United, burn the fucking place down.

In my professional capacity, I would strongly advise anyone in employment not to follow these recommendations.

[jwarry]

Even Emery gets things wrong. Digne at centre back. Trying to play Duran and Ollie together. Signing Rashford. We all make mistakes. He just gets a lot more right than wrong. It's Monchi I worry about. His radar at the moment feels like a blind man with a dowsing rod.

I'd argue that he didn't get it wrong with Ollie and Duran. He had an obligation to try and make it work with both of them, and it didn't work, so Duran is gone.
Digne at CB was out of desperation, still a mistake, sure, but it wasn't like he just woke up one morning and decided it was a great idea.

To be fair it did look unplanned.  I would have expected Unai to have in-game plans should Ty break down.  I got the feeling he went with his heart in that game

[N'ZMAV]

Even Emery gets things wrong. Digne at centre back. Trying to play Duran and Ollie together. Signing Rashford. We all make mistakes. He just gets a lot more right than wrong. It's Monchi I worry about. His radar at the moment feels like a blind man with a dowsing rod.

last summer we didn't bring in enough players that were first team ready or first team quality. It has cost us.