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

[PaulTheVillan]

Nothing but trouble, send him back.

https://bsky.app/profile/avfcthereligion.bsky.social/post/3lhf6566joi2z

How dare he

[olaftab]

I also heard he was seen actually kicking a ball at BMH. WTF!

[Sexual Ealing]

Nothing but trouble, send him back.

https://bsky.app/profile/avfcthereligion.bsky.social/post/3lhf6566joi2z

The hungry kids I know didn't even want his lunches because he played for the red filth. They told me as I was having my third sausage sandwich, with butter.

[PeterWithe]

I still maintain there is a large portion of the country's fan base that doesn't like him purely because of his political positions outside of football, rather than anything he's done (or hasn't done) on the pitch.  He could score a 7 or 8 goals before the end of the season, but if you're of the "woke is evil" "BLM are terrorists" mindset, then the likelihood is you'd probably still want him nowhere near your team.

I must admit his off field stuff had, through time, kind of melted into 'um, did something for poor kids' in my mind, so I've just had a recap.

An impressive young man, good on him.

[brontebilly]

He is supposed to be one of the most incrediblest, magnificent young managers in the world yet has not been able to get a single tune out of the players he inherited.  Pretty much what every new manager inherits - see Glasner at Palace, see Moyes at Everton, see the bloke at Wolves even, see Emery at Villa. 

He cannot just keep rocking up to press conferences saying the players are shit and the team is the worst in their history and expect no one to notice that he has done nothing to change things in fact is worse than his predecessor at this point.

Yeah but he has a system..... 

Or an "idea" as Gary Neville puts it. It's funny in football and increasingly in life how perception trumps actual results. Kompany taking Burnley down with his identity and somehow landing the Bayern gig off the back of it, for example.

Amorim I guess made clear to those INEOS clowns he had an "idea" that involves a strict 3421 formation regardless of the resources at his disposal or results. Playing an attacking midfielder up front in itself isn't an issue (false 9s have been used to win PL and international tournaments) but it seems deliberately provocative to do so near the end of a transfer window and leave two (admittedly average) strikers on the bench. The game where he played Eriksen and Casemiro in midfield v Newcastle seemed even more pointed imo, where he hooked Zirkzee early, when his midfield were getting destroyed. Jack Charlton did something similar with Liam Brady near the end, he admitted afterwards he needed to make a show of him. Amorim I reckon tried to do that with Casemiro that day.

[PaulWinch again]

Nothing but trouble, send him back.

https://bsky.app/profile/avfcthereligion.bsky.social/post/3lhf6566joi2z

Toxic….

[PaulWinch again]

To be fair, that's such a basket case of a club, with utterly scumbag owners and strange investors and operators, that it's going to be very difficult to turn it around without wholesale changes from top to bottom. I hope it takes a very, very long time.

Agreed on all counts. But there are small things you can do in the short term - like not playing Kobbie Mainoo up front.

Yep I think this is it. I’ve no doubt he’s got talent as a coach and he’s being dragged down by the hilarious Man Utd black hole. But he is doing stuff, as highlighted, that further exacerbates the problem. He’s taking a weirdly dogmatic approach.


Villa weren’t in amazing shape when Unai came in, he did alright pretty quickly.

[Drummond]

To be fair, that's such a basket case of a club, with utterly scumbag owners and strange investors and operators, that it's going to be very difficult to turn it around without wholesale changes from top to bottom. I hope it takes a very, very long time.

Agreed on all counts. But there are small things you can do in the short term - like not playing Kobbie Mainoo up front.

Yep I think this is it. I’ve no doubt he’s got talent as a coach and he’s being dragged down by the hilarious Man Utd black hole. But he is doing stuff, as highlighted, that further exacerbates the problem. He’s taking a weirdly dogmatic approach.


Villa weren’t in amazing shape when Unai came in, he did alright pretty quickly.

Emery's debut v ManU, winning 3-1 in what proved to be Ronaldo's last game for them, and ending their 9 match unbeaten run is one of my favourite games ever.

Emery had a plan and we looked  like a team, we were organised, had a system and the players all knew what they were doing and were motivated.

It showed what can be done when a manager thinks about what he has, what the opponent offers and changes things accordingly.

Absolutely glorious.

[The Edge]

Nothing but trouble, send him back.

https://bsky.app/profile/avfcthereligion.bsky.social/post/3lhf6566joi2z

Toxic….

Total waste of space

[Hookeysmith]

Nothing but trouble, send him back.

https://bsky.app/profile/avfcthereligion.bsky.social/post/3lhf6566joi2z

Toxic….

Total waste of space

Hope that kind of behaviour doesn't rub off on the others

[Clampy]

A panic buy. Wake up people.

[Dave]

A disgrace and an embarrassment.

[paul_e]

Unprofessional with an attitude problem and fully deserves to have been singled out by Amorim!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He has all the ability in the world, and whilst Emery will be demanding of him in our way, he will get the best out of him.

Pretty much where I am. There's still a great player in there, hopefully this fresh start will be just what he needs. As Man U pundits and journalists are queuing up to say, it's a brilliant opportunity for Rashford. Last chance saloon? Probably. It's up to him and given the positive environment he'll find at Villa Park, I'll be amazed if he doesn't take it with both hands.

As for Unai, there's massive respect from all and a common theme I'm hearing these last few days is how Rashford needs structure and instruction from Unai. You can bet the house he'll get it. Rashford has had so many different managers at Old Trafford, all with different styles and messages, it's little wonder he's confused. My guess is he'll be a willing student of Emery as he knows it brings results and can only be good for him.

Play him on the left, let him cut in and we'll hopefully start to see the best of him. He needs to put in the hard yards now to get up to speed. Once there we should have a proper player on our hands and his nightmare will be over.

[LeeB]

Someone cutting in and shooting, feels like bloody ages since we've done that. Not sure why as it seems to be very effective for our opponents.

Watching his YouTube goals you forget how good he can be, and Christ on a bike he can twat a football, that's always good to see, I'm bored of fanny shots as well.