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No. 9 dream
There has long been an obsession in the media that Marcus Rashford is No. 9. Even when he stands out on the left at Manchester United, it’s like no one can rest until he’s playing like an absolute forward. Cue Dave Kidd in Sun:
“The honors and accolades are piling up for Marcus Rashford, and with good reason.
‘An MBE, a national treasure, a potential BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the best English alive.
‘Rashford’s extraordinary dedication to his campaign against child poverty has earned him all of this.
Yet there is one status that Rashford has most longed for in his 4.5 years as a first-team player: that of Manchester United’s starting center forward.
“And in Wednesday’s 5-0 Champions League defeat to German RB Leipzig, it seemed closer than ever to meeting that goal.”
He literally said as recently as april who prefers to play from the left, but continue.
After the Bundesliga leaders were topped off by Rashford’s 16-minute hat-trick, there was some snide laugh from Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Lineker in the BT Sport studio that the star was’ a winger, not a center forward ‘.
“The comments originated in José Mourinho’s time as Manchester United manager, when Rashford was predominantly on the wing, with Romelu Lukaku at number 9, often struggling to stay fit.”
So are we ignoring all of last season, when he played 35 times from the left and only nine times as a center forward? Oh, and his total goals were 18 and four at each position, so there is almost no difference in terms of goal production.
“He’s starting to look like the best center forward in the club. A better option than Martial, Greenwood or Edinson Cavani, which can operate centrally or widely ”.
Of course, Martial has had a bad start to the season as a center forward, but Greenwood has played 75 minutes as a forward this season and has scored two goals. And Cavani has played 41 minutes for his new club; declaring that he is a forward inferior to Rashford on that evidence it seems more than a little harsh.
“It all helps Rashford’s cause as a central figure at United, no longer on the periphery in terms of his playing position or personality.”
He has literally started two Premier League games as a center forward this season and scored a goal.
“Rashford had the most prolific season of his career last season with 22 goals for United, nine more than his previous best.”
Yes, and most of those goals came from the left wing. This is just weird now.
The resounding response has come this season, with seven goals in nine games, including one in a win at Brighton, a win at Paris Saint-Germain and then that treble against last season’s Champions League semi-finalists.
‘Rashford wreaks havoc from the left wing, as the Conservative government knows. Yet his future belongs at the center of United’s attack. And that future is almost here. ‘
Maybe. Maybe not. It seems like he doesn’t really care where he plays, so we’re not sure why others should. Oh, and wanting to feed starving children really shouldn’t be the exclusive domain of the ‘left’. We’re pretty sure Rashford has never mentioned his policy. You mentioned your favorite position, the mind.
Track Track
‘Mauricio Pochettino’ looking at ‘Man Utd’s work, hints at Jan Vertonghen while talking about’ impatient ex-boss’ – The Sun Website.
‘Jan Vertonghen drops a big hint that Mauricio Pochettino wants Man Utd’s job’ – Mirror website.
‘Pochettino insider hints jobless boss is’ watching ‘Manchester United’ – Teamtalk.
He ‘hinted’ by not once mentioning Manchester United, which is quite a gimmick.
No news is old news
We often express our shock and (almost) amazement at the work of the Mirror websiteis the prolific Jake Polden, but this, the most read story on Mirror Football in recent days, could be his best / worst moment yet.
The ‘news’ is this:
‘Sir Alex Ferguson’s message to Ruud van Nistelrooy after he swore in the ex-head of Man Utd’
The incident? 2006.
Van Nistelrooy’s apology? 2011.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s account? 2013.
The huge number of clicks for Polden without any new information? 2020.
We are genuflecting / crying here.
A matter of length
“The Manchester United midfielder’s headache is now a £ 197 million migraine as Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba and Donny van de Beek battle to make headlines … So will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer EVER be able to play together? ? “
With such a long headline, it can only be Mail online.
And with such a negative sentiment, it can only be a website obsessed with money and prices.
The answer? No, I will probably NEVER be able to play them together. But we’re pretty sure Sir Alex Ferguson never played Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham, and Solskjaer together either. How did that work out?
Joke of the day!
“If anyone should be able to recognize a world-class centaur forward, it’s the Greeks!” – Sun.
Mediawatch especially enjoyed the exclamation mark! So we have no doubt that it is a joke!
The so-called nonsense
That was Graeme Bryce, clearly learning the pale feet of The suns cockney comedy Paul Jiggins, who loves gory themes as much as Millwall.
“JOSÉ MOURINHO and his supposed Spurs gems left the diamond capital of the world with doubts about their true value after they were made to look like 24-carat plonkers.”
Can you use the phrase ‘assumptions’ if literally no one has called them that before?
Let’s say ‘no’. And we are the so-called experts.
I don’t know much about algebra …
Mediawatch definitely prefers the cheesy joviality of Jiggins to the outright miserabilism of Mark Irwin, who saw Arsenal beat Dundalk 3-0 and decided that his ‘match report’ It really should start with some thoughts on UEFA’s coefficient system. Because why praise Joe Willock or Reiss Nelson when you can be cynical about some math?
Deep in the bowels of UEFA’s Swiss headquarters, someone on his club’s IQ committee laughs quietly to himself.
“How else can you explain Arsenal’s ranking as the 11th best team in Europe?”
Well, for math, Mark.
UEFA’s coefficient system is based entirely on numbers and, more specifically, on the performance of each club over the past five years. And over the last five years, Arsenal have played twice in the Champions League qualifiers and then reached the semi-final and the final of the Europa League. Last year was poor, but that explains why Arsenal have dropped from ninth to 11th.
This is how he explains Arsenal’s ranking as the eleventh best team in Europe. If you are an adult.
Recommended reading of the day
Mark ogden on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first 99 games
George Caulkin talk to Isaac Hayden
Recommended look of the day
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