ITV Host guy: "Well I don't know what Marcus Rashford has planned for summer, but he's gonna have to cancel them, he'll be in France won't he, surely?!"
The media do my absolute head in. I'll say this now, for all my moaning tonight, I do like Rashford. The kid's obviously got talented, a lot of promise there and I think he could have a wonderful career. But the hype surrounding young, English players whenever they do ANYTHING remotely positive is way too much, and the idea that Rashford was in anyway phenomenal tonight is silly. Rashford is still incredibly rough around the edges, he had more opportunities to score tonight and his first touch let him down every single time. He also lost possession tonight on numerous occasions.
You ask me, the Euros is too soon for him. The kid's only 18, give him the summer off, let him get back to his club early and allow him to blossom into this player we all want him to be. Take Sturridge, wrap him in cotton wool and he'll contribute much more than Rashford as he is now. And hopefully in 2 years, he'll be a much more polished 20 year old who's been banging in the goals and is ready to take on the World Cup.