Neville Kneville
Well-Known Member
The last bit just sums up the whole debacle of this thread. Of course Marcus Rasford wouldn't get in ahead of Lukas fucking Nmchea or Brandon Barker, deary me.
No he wouldn't have got in our kids' teams ahead of them. He was behind Wilson in Utd's setup & only got in because Wilson moved up TO THE FIRST TEAM. Rashford wasn't as good as our kids by comparison, at any level. He improved when he moved to the first team. There he went up a level which Barker etc may possibly have struggled to reach. We will never know because only one team gives the academy kids a chance. If Byrne, Barker, Bryan etc had been in Utd's reserves they all would have played a decent number of first team games & would probably still be there now being assessed.
Many kids who succeed are not the obvious best, they learn to adapt to first team football & go up a level.
The fact you have no idea that happens, just shows you have no idea full stop.