Do you think Rashford is playing for the contract?

[Frank]

There are some opinions from fans that Marcus Rashford has been seen to be playing for the contract. Last season before he signed the recent contract, he had a great season which earned him a bumper contract, but it seems he has dropped in form this season. Do you see this as intentional?

 

[Heatman]

There are so many things that is going on in Manchester United right now and it's going to be very wrong for us to pick out only Marcus rashford to criticize his form.

I would say that almost all the players in the Manchester United starting 11 are not playing up to the expectation that they are supposed to apart from Bruno Fernandes who also have bad matches once in a while.

 

[McIrx]

Though we've seen cases where players suffer a drop in form after getting a massive contract, Rashford's case is clearly not one of those. He's way too young to down tools because he's getting paid about £300k.

By the way, this is not the first time he's suffering a dip in form. And he's also a victim of his own success. In due time, he'll come around and start getting the goals again. Luckily for him, Manchester United doesn't have players who can keep Rashford on the bench.

 

[Frank]

Though we've seen cases where players suffer a drop in form after getting a massive contract, Rashford's case is clearly not one of those. He's way too young to down tools because he's getting paid about £300k.

By the way, this is not the first time he's suffering a dip in form. And he's also a victim of his won success. In due time, he'll come around and start getting the goals again. Luckily for him, Manchester United doesn't have players who can keep Rashford on the bench.

The issue with the MBE is that he is lucky not to have much competition for places because that should have helped in resetting his mindset about working harder. With less competition, there is no hunger from him to keep fighting.

 

[McIrx]

The issue with the MBE is that he is lucky not to have much competition for places because that should have helped in resetting his mindset about working harder. With less competition, there is no hunger from him to keep fighting.

The dude is actually fighting, he's just not winning. Though the sharp focus has been on Rashford but other forwards are not scoring too. Also, the quality of chances he gets to score hasn't been up to par recently.

Stats show that Rashford is only behind Haaland and Salah in the list of players with most attempted shots. He's just not been hitting the target like he was last season. Also, the chances created for him isn't enough. That's not to shield him from criticism, but to point out that he's actually trying to make it work. Asides Bruno Fernandes in the team, Rashford ranks second for chance created too. With a little luck and the team improving in form, he'll come around.