England v Denmark

A couple of things though

1. He has been ineffective for England and Man Utd for a good few months though. He had no preseason like all the United players due to COVID causing United's Season not to end until the 16th of August, he started more games than anyone but Bruno and Maguire and as I mentioned has been playing with 3 injuries that have increasingly hampered him. So it's not like Southgate wasn't aware he wasn't going to be that effective
2. Of the 4 times, he has got on it's been twice off the right where he is awful even when fully fit, once up front where he needs a team setup a specific way to be effective which England aren't and once on his favoured position. Hence he hasn't really been given the chance to really be effective

Again it just seems to me that when you have a player who is injured especially given both the situation caused by COVID and the situation next November with the world cup due to corrupt FIFA; who is barely going to get minutes due to being hampered by it then why take him . He might not even get to have the operation next summer because as WC qualifying hasn't been completed yet England have 7 of those games to play before the end of the year (and more if we don't come first) which has seen the Nation League pushed back to where the World Cup would be so next summer is not actually free so we could again have a Rashford who should be pushing for a start being hampered so much that he isn't close to pushing for that. It just strikes me as short term thinking, he isn't adding anything really to the Euro squad but could for the World Cup but it relies on him getting fully fit and I just don't see that happening now

 

Nowhere have I said he should start, just that its annoying that he has so little involvement when if he wasn't in the squad he would be getting the operations he needs done

They did start managing his minutes more towards the end of the season but generally, they weren't giving him much rest, if he didn't start he was on the bench and pretty much always came on.

The simple fact is though is he adding anything to this squad right now? If you say yes then you are deluded. His play is restricted due to injuries, he is knackered as he had no preseason and apart from a 2 week holiday he has been playing pretty much solidly for 13 months now, he won't get a preseason this summer either as he will have one of those injuries operated on, he probably won't get a chance to have the other 2 fixed next summer due to the Nations League and won't get a preseason as I expect the season will start almost as soon as the Nations League ends due to the WC happening during the season so they will most likely want to grab an extra week or so of play rather than end the season a month later than normal.

I just don't feel this is doing Rashford and in turn England any favours in the long run. It would be different if say it was Kane and even if he was missing a leg he would still have to start but looking short term over a player who in the current situation isn't really anywhere near starting as there are a number of players in the positions ahead of him (he is closer to starting as a striker than in his prefered position) seems daft to me

Yep, was fit and inform so would have added more. Or another striker maybe

 

Yes because I'm having what is called a discussion with people. I know you don't have the brain cells to do that, you can just throw around barbs like a complete and utter Twit