Rashford could lose as much as 100% of the sponsorship money he receives from Nike because the sportswear giant considers Aston Villa a lower category of club than United. Nike could also ask him to partially pay back signing-on fees.
Quote from: brontebilly on February 04, 2025, 07:41:38 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on February 04, 2025, 05:19:21 PMI'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.The main reason it didn't work for Marcus Rashford at Man United is down to Marcus Rashford. Let's not kid ourselves. The last player I can recall who took the piss out of our club in such a manner was Gabby. I'm genuinely stunned you'd compare Rashford at Man Utd to Gabby with us. In Gabby's last 3 years with us (from age 29 up), he played a total of 38 times, and scored three goals. Rashford has maintained a 1 in 3 scoring record whenever he's been called upon.Man Utd is a shambles of a club right now, and so I won't judge a player based purely on how it's gone for them there under three different managers in three years. Look at Scott McTominay, deemed not good enough for their midfield, and now leading the title charge at the heart of Napoli's midfield in Serie A. Look at Antony Elanga, tearing it up at Forest. All it seems to take is to get the decent players out of that environment and they can thrive.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on February 04, 2025, 05:19:21 PMI'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.The main reason it didn't work for Marcus Rashford at Man United is down to Marcus Rashford. Let's not kid ourselves. The last player I can recall who took the piss out of our club in such a manner was Gabby.
I'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.
Quote from: Smithy on February 04, 2025, 09:43:54 PMQuote from: brontebilly on February 04, 2025, 07:41:38 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on February 04, 2025, 05:19:21 PMI'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.The main reason it didn't work for Marcus Rashford at Man United is down to Marcus Rashford. Let's not kid ourselves. The last player I can recall who took the piss out of our club in such a manner was Gabby. I'm genuinely stunned you'd compare Rashford at Man Utd to Gabby with us. In Gabby's last 3 years with us (from age 29 up), he played a total of 38 times, and scored three goals. Rashford has maintained a 1 in 3 scoring record whenever he's been called upon.Man Utd is a shambles of a club right now, and so I won't judge a player based purely on how it's gone for them there under three different managers in three years. Look at Scott McTominay, deemed not good enough for their midfield, and now leading the title charge at the heart of Napoli's midfield in Serie A. Look at Antony Elanga, tearing it up at Forest. All it seems to take is to get the decent players out of that environment and they can thrive.McTominay and Elanga were never accused of not trying though. There's a big difference. There's a lot of parallels with Rashford & Gabby. Talented forward players maybe too reliant on their pace and power to the detriment of the technical skills. At the same age Rashford is now, Gabby was flying for a stint under Lambert on the LW up with Benteke and Weimann (the time to sell him in hindsight). I've memories of him being called up by England around then but not showing up for whatever reason. Never as prolific as Rashford sure but could be a very effective PL player when he wanted to be.
At the same age Rashford is Gabby scored 10 goals in the rest of his career.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on February 05, 2025, 12:44:18 AMAt the same age Rashford is Gabby scored 10 goals in the rest of his career.On the plus side, eight of them were winners against Small Heath.
I blame O'Neill for that, he made him bulk up.
Quote from: brontebilly on February 05, 2025, 12:28:59 AMQuote from: Smithy on February 04, 2025, 09:43:54 PMQuote from: brontebilly on February 04, 2025, 07:41:38 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on February 04, 2025, 05:19:21 PMI'm going to enjoy fans of other top clubs regretting making this move for Rashford and the media losing their mind as he performs well for little olf Villa. Of course it will circle back to why it didn't work at Man U at every opportunity.The main reason it didn't work for Marcus Rashford at Man United is down to Marcus Rashford. Let's not kid ourselves. The last player I can recall who took the piss out of our club in such a manner was Gabby. I'm genuinely stunned you'd compare Rashford at Man Utd to Gabby with us. In Gabby's last 3 years with us (from age 29 up), he played a total of 38 times, and scored three goals. Rashford has maintained a 1 in 3 scoring record whenever he's been called upon.Man Utd is a shambles of a club right now, and so I won't judge a player based purely on how it's gone for them there under three different managers in three years. Look at Scott McTominay, deemed not good enough for their midfield, and now leading the title charge at the heart of Napoli's midfield in Serie A. Look at Antony Elanga, tearing it up at Forest. All it seems to take is to get the decent players out of that environment and they can thrive.McTominay and Elanga were never accused of not trying though. There's a big difference. There's a lot of parallels with Rashford & Gabby. Talented forward players maybe too reliant on their pace and power to the detriment of the technical skills. At the same age Rashford is now, Gabby was flying for a stint under Lambert on the LW up with Benteke and Weimann (the time to sell him in hindsight). I've memories of him being called up by England around then but not showing up for whatever reason. Never as prolific as Rashford sure but could be a very effective PL player when he wanted to be. Detriment of their technical skills? I'm beginning to wonder if you've ever actually watched Rashford play? He's a very technicaly, very skillful player. Gabby had pace and was an okay finisher when on form - but his technical skills were well below average. That's not a criticism of him, it's just he wasn't that sort of player. He was never expected to dribble around two players and put one in the top corner - he wasn't that sort player.Nothing like Rashford. The only similarity is some of his own fans think he was lazy. The difference is with Gabby it was almost universal across the fan base, whereas with Rashford there are still PLENTY of Man Utd fans who think he's been hard done by and mismanaged with a great player still in there.
There's no Man United fan I know who thinks Rashford has been hard done by at their club. Anyway he's with us now so let's see how he gets on.