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

[jwarry]

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.

Lol

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm self-employed and all my people are at it.

[Russ aka Big Nose]

Genuine question as I don't pay lots of interest in what happens at Man U, but in a misfiring team, has he:

• performed below par, or
  
• completely downed tools

I know there is more to it than a few stats, but this season, despite not getting picked for several weeks, he's got 7 goals. Last season he got 8 - the same as Duran who featured in 37 games (I know Duran was/is young and not the finished article, yet).

For me, it points to an exceptional player that has either underperformed in a side/club that is a basket case OR someone that is part of the decline.

From the outside, I don't see him as problematic - more a scapegoat for failing managers.

I guess we will find out. UTV

[LeeB]

I'm self-employed and all my people are at it.

I'm sure like Chris Philip, you too bemoan the lack of productivity in your workforce.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm self-employed and all my people are at it.

I'm sure like Chris Philip, you too bemoan the lack of productivity in your workforce.

I'm less worried about the productivity of the workforce than the fact it seems to hate and want to sabotage me.

[tomd2103]

Just been listening to Talksport and Sam Matterface has just said "The Marcus Rashford saga is now over.  The first thing that has to be said is how well Ruben Amorim has done". 

[boozey182]

In an effort to get my head around exactly why people are so against this, I've looked up his stats for this season. I was genuinely under the impression that he had hardly played for them, but it turns out he's scored 7 goals for them. Only Watkins and Rogers have got more in our squad. If he's still scoring goals at a place that seems to hate him, it's given me some optimism that he might be able to score a few in a slightly more stable environment.

I've also seen that he's played in four different positions for them - LW, RW, CAM & ST. He seems to score more in the central positions, and his output is pretty similar between LW and RW - one of my worries was that he might be brought in at the expense of Ramsey, but there doesn't seem to be any reason why they couldn't start together. Picking four out of; Watkins, Rashford, Asensio, Rogers, Ramsey, McGinn, Tielemens and Malen should give us plenty of options. (Bailey too, if he's still here and finds any kind of form)

His wages - now, I'm a bit of a sucker for believing things that I read and want to think are true, but I've seen it suggested that his contract stipulated that he would only be on the £300,000+ wage when they were in the Champions League. Which they're not - I've double-checked. He's actually on around £200,000 a week, so if we are paying 100%, 70%, 60%, or 50% (I've seen all of these quoted), then it's not that out of kilter with the other members of our squad, and it certainly won't be a case of bleeding us dry. If he helps us get through a round of the Champions League, or finish a couple of places higher in the Premier League, then he will have paid for himself, I'd have thought.

All the players that we have signed, or are about to sign, this January are players that have shown that they are incredible players, but are currently in a bit of a slump. Dortmund fans questioned Malen's commitment, and told us he was going to be incredibly inconsistent. Asensio seems to have stagnated at PSG, having won everything there is to win at Real Madrid. (Last January, we bought a kid from Middlesborough and their fans said that they'd pulled our pants down on the deal.)

There are risks to all the deals, and I get that Rashford's issues are much more widely reported, but that doesn't mean that they are bigger issues. We just hear about them more because the British press love to build people up and knock them down. It's just what they do.

If he's completely useless, he'll be gone in a few months, but there are plenty of potential upsides to this deal, if you want to see them, whereas I think all of the downsides have been massively exaggerated for some reason. The money we'll be giving him isn't huge, and quite frankly, we're desperate for a bit more quality in the squad. I think you can count on one hand the amount of times we've actually played well this season. Players like Rashford and Asensio could add a bit of quality and composure that we've been crying out for. (I would also very much like a centre back, though).

All I'm trying to say is - you don't have to be worried, you could be excited. This could be a very good thing, and if it isn't, there's no great loss.

[LeeB]

Well said boozey.

[Sexual Ealing]

But what about his big nose?

[cdbearsfan]

Just been listening to Talksport

Why?

[Ian.]

Excellent post Boozey.

[Tuscans]

Just been listening to Talksport

Why?

Natalie Sawyer was on.

[SamTheMouse]

Good post, Boozey, cheers. Feel more optimistic after reading that. Didn't know about the wage thing.

[tomd2103]

Just been listening to Talksport

Why?

It's no Radio WM phone-in I'll give you that!  Just seemed an odd take to go with first up.

[jwarry]

For someone who says he’s a sucker for what he reads, what a load of bollocks! That is a thoroughly researched and articulate post Mr Boozy!