Should Ten Hag give Rashford a chance? According to British media reports, after Rashford went to a nightclub, Ten Hag felt that he had been deceived, and the two had not spoken much so far, after Rashford told Ten Hag that he was injured and could not move and asked for leave. As a result, he was immediately photographed by the "Sun", he went to a nightclub and bar in another city to drink, and the gossip newspaper also interviewed the waiter in the bar at that time, and people said that Rashford ordered tequila, and after drinking more than one drink, he felt that he was rushing.
In this way, Ten Hag is embarrassed, not to mention that Ten Hag's forward line is so short of people some time ago, the just concluded league and FA Cup Manchester United forward problems are still very serious, Hojlen is still recuperating from injury, Antony has not had a successful pass in the whole game, and Diallo, who has high hopes, has no ability to play the starter whether it is speed, body or technique, or there is no absolute bright spot.
And Rashford's games have been as bad as ever, he originally regained a little feeling on the left side, but soon Hojlen was injured, and Rashford was forced to temporarily push to the center forward position, and gradually disappeared under the siege and interception of the opponent's central defender. In fact, Rashedford has played as a center forward in the past in Van Gaal, Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and the statistics were okay at the time, so why can't he play as a center forward in Ten Hag?
Van Gaal's passing style of play is very good at using the space on the pitch, and after pulling the width of the field through various cutting arrangements, it forms a local one-on-one space for the strikers to find opportunities. At that time, Rashford was unguardable when he first debuted, and the opponents didn't know them, while Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used defensive counter-attacking tactics, and Rashford had a lot of space to sprint.
But then in Ten Hag's tactical system, on the one hand, he didn't have so much space to sprint, Ten Hag asked the strikers to participate in high pressing, and Rashford's defensive and fighting ability was not strong at all, and he only knew how to walk there. His move to get rid of the defense for so many years, but there is nothing new in just a few clicks, and slowly the opponent will react, and there is no new way to deal with Rashford with a little targeted package.
And Rashford can't do it with his left foot, unlike Garnacho and Greenwood, he can shoot or pass with his left foot, and Rashford can't go down the left side to cross and can only cut inside. The most important thing is that Luke Shaw is injured again at this time, and without the full-back to cooperate, Manchester United's wing attack is greatly reduced, because without the offensive cooperation of the wing, the opponent will devote more energy to defend your inward.
Marcus Rashford is even more restricted, if he plays as a centre-forward, he doesn't have a header in the middle, and he doesn't have a strong ability to run against offside, he likes to drop back to get the ball or roam around the wing. Usually Garnacho is on one side and he goes to the other side, and the awkward place is his own position in the center, if he can't stay once he pulls away, B Fei will often go to the position of pseudo-striker, such as Rashford to the right side of the original right side of the Foson, Antony, these people will become wingbacks or full-backs.
And Dalot will play in the middle of the position, helping the midfielder to fill the hole and defend, seeing that it is not because of Rashford's current technical shortcomings, it is very easy to trigger a chain reaction of Manchester United, and the core problem has not been solved in key positions. As the DNA core of the team, he has a weekly salary of more than 300,000 pounds, which is equivalent to the top salary in the team Rashford, and he must be on top of such a good offensive resource and position.
To put it mildly, the ability is not good, look at Hojlen, he does not have Haaland's absolute physical fitness and impact, but he knows how to play with his life and fall all over his body in a game, and in turn, Rashford every game, he can't watch the replay at all, if you look closely, he is always walking there. I heard that the new sporting director Ashworth has a new target for the introduction of strikers, that is, Evan Ferguson, who is popular in Brighton this season, just as Manchester United is going to get Marshall, and in the case of multi-front operations, they want to bring in a striker thigh.
It can be said that the further Rashford goes, the more embarrassed he is, either he makes himself more versatile and can play left and right, practice his left foot and then practice his own confrontation, so that his thigh muscles are more balanced. Now Garnacho can play on the left or the right, or Rashford can improve his passing ability on the right in addition to cutting inside, or he can improve his shooting ability with his bouncing headers, and he can support himself in the middle.
Otherwise, I think he will be marginalized quickly in the next year to two years, and the new sports director and technical director will always have to make a difference, occupying the resource position and occupying the team's salary space, if you don't grow up, who will you do when the time comes? I think Rashford's attitude is moving in the opposite direction of what the fans expect, and if he doesn't get lost, he'll be the next target to be rectified.
It's a pity that he, Martial, Lingard, Pogba, Greenwood, these people were all pinned on high hopes, but none of them were kicked out or stayed, Mourinho really fired for nothing, I really hope that Manchester United will not repeat such a tragedy!