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The story of Manchester United's season up to now has been certainly one of decline.
After an encouraging first season beneath Eric ten Hag, this marketing campaign has been filled with poor performers, be it supervisor or gamers.
Ten Hag is already feeling the strain and on the enjoying personnel facet, maybe no different participant symbolizes this decline as a lot as Marcus Rashford.
The assault chief final season, with over 40 objectives and assists, is now frequently the largest disappointment in each sport.
Regardless of scoring intermittently, his general sport has been so poor that pundits are beginning to fear about him not as a participant, however as an individual.
Talking on the overlap, Gary Neville mentioned that he appears to be like at Rashford and it’s clear that “one thing isn’t proper”.
Questionable physique language has lengthy been one of many banes of Rashford followers and the difficulty has turn out to be much more acute this season as United limp from one poor efficiency to a different.
Neville mentioned: “It's not only a case of him not enjoying good soccer. He doesn't look glad in any respect. “I'm previous the purpose of worrying about his efficiency on the pitch.”
Rio Ferdinand was much less sympathetic, saying that discuss of Rashford's “potential” was not related given his place within the crew.
He mentioned: “He’s not a baby anymore. A giant choice needs to be taken with and for him. Are the folks round him enabling him to make excuses for himself?”
Roy Keane added to the controversy that the shortage of senior gamers demanding accountability round him is a purpose for Rashford's struggles, however this doesn’t excuse his lack of effort.
As normal, the controversy round Rashford dominated the proceedings and ideas concerning the crew construction holding him again, whether or not he may need been particularly focused and so forth.
Nevertheless, nothing can excuse the plain lack of effort and destructive physique language on the pitch, particularly after signing a brand new contract.
Kind might be up and down and, to a big extent, it isn’t within the palms of the participant, however the effort on the pitch is there and that is the place followers have turn out to be a bit bitter in the direction of Rashford.
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