by WestYorksRoyal »
04 Mar 2024 10:38
URZZZZ WestYorksRoyal URZZZZ Rashford is an embarrassment
Very good strike granted, but he hasn’t done a single thing right all afternoon other than that. You simply cannot carry passengers at this level and is the exact reason why United will never challenge right at the top with wasters like him in the side
You look at what Guardiola demands of obscenely talented players and that's the difference. Simply having the ability to hit a worldie isn't enough at that level. Had Rashford broken through in the Fergie era, he'd have either become a beast of a player under his tutelage or been sold abroad.
Agreed
There was a cross in (around the 30th minute) which United cleared to the edge of their box. De Bruyne bust a gut to reach the loose ball, Rashford ambled towards it
Aside from respective talents, there’s your difference, the mentality is light years apart. Talent is immaterial at the highest level to an extent if the application doesn’t match
And it's what's required at the top. If you look at a player like Grealish, it took him time to adapt at City and it's no surprise. If you can help a team like Villa win 10-15 games a season, that's great. It kept them up in their first PL season.
Whereas at City, winning every week is taken for granted, and if you can't deliver in a title defining match at Anfield or CL semi final tie against Real Madrid, what's the point of you being there? City have such a gulf in class against 90% of their opposition, you're signed to make the difference against the 10%.
Whereas Man Utd accept less at the moment. They love a 7 or 8 game run winning the games they should, but the gulf from the top teams is as big as it's ever been.