Rashford considering his future...

Rashford has released 3 books in the past year ? :eek:
How can anyone say this isn’t a distraction then ? Doesn’t it take a lot of time and effort from compilation to promotion for even one book ?
 
Devil’s Trident said:
Rashford has released 3 books in the past year ? :eek:
How can anyone say this isn’t a distraction then ? Doesn’t it take a lot of time and effort from compilation to promotion for even one book ?
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He just takes photos with them, that's not much effort.
 
Vidyoyo said:
He also seems to think Rashford himself is tweeting which makes me suspect.
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Well it makes sense its the same sort of people that seem to think Rashford himself is the one sitting down to write children's books, when he should be out in the garden doing laps.

But you know Rashford promoting a book to raise money for a children's Charity what a cnut eh? When the team he plays for lost a football match he should have been straight on the phone getting them to cancel the release.
 
I doubt Rashford had more than a very basic input on the book or most of the other things he does. Its not his time management that bothers me, its his application to the job that is paying him about 7 times the yearly national wage...per week. I don't think he his burning the candles at both ends I just think he he has become what most overpaid and under-managed young footballers become, disinterested and full of themselves. Hes not worth 1/3rd of his wage currently and behaves (like a lot of other players at the club lets be fair) like he is the victim rather than part of the problem.
 
Devil’s Trident said:
Rashford has released 3 books in the past year ? :eek:
How can anyone say this isn’t a distraction then ? Doesn’t it take a lot of time and effort from compilation to promotion for even one book ?
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Do you people really think people like Rashford actually write it? It's like Evra's book. Andy Mitten interviewed him multiple times and wrote it and then Evra and his team read it and gave feedback until the final version.

People like Rashford and Evra do not actually have the time to write the books. That's why it's 3 in the past year and people bringing it up are being disingenuous. It's not Rashford on his own writing it.
 
Devil’s Trident said:
Rashford has released 3 books in the past year ? :eek:
How can anyone say this isn’t a distraction then ? Doesn’t it take a lot of time and effort from compilation to promotion for even one book ?
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The books are written by ghostwriters, Rashford hasnt written a book. He has posed for photos, and the content is simply a written interpretation of conversations he has had with the authors. To my knowledge all of this has taken place in his off time.
 
Tom Cato said:
The books are written by ghostwriters, Rashford hasnt written a book. He has posed for photos, and the content is simply a written interpretation of conversations he has had with the authors. To my knowledge all of this has taken place in his off time.
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What knowledge do you have of his roster?
 
Everyday i login i see this thread on the front pages and that just reinforces my belief that rashford should be playing in the reserves till the end of the season and then sold to the highest bidder.
 
I would think most of his books aren't actually his idea. It's other people and leeches seeing a potential money machine (because it can be a continued series) that convinced Rashford to put his name on them while he added very little to the contents. He's becoming a marketing machine and people wonder why this guy lost interest in his football. Surrounded by the wrong people hiding behind inspiring kids.
 
If Rashford was actually performing well, I'd assume his book releases would be seen in a very different light
 
I get why people have ghostwriters for autobiographies but someone writing a piece of fiction and celebrities putting their name to it seems a bit too much to me. Nobody believes Rashford was writing a childrens story after training ffs.
 
tenpoless said:
I would think most of his books aren't actually his idea. It's other people and leeches seeing a potential money machine (because it can be a continued series) that convinced Rashford to put his name on them while he added very little to the contents. He's becoming a marketing machine and people wonder why this guy lost interest in his football. Surrounded by the wrong people hiding behind inspiring kids.
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Shitting out a kid's book is one of the go-to moves for any PR firm building a celebrities brand/cashing in.

It takes absolutely zero effort and brings potentially massive gains.

  1. Find a wannabe author who's submitted a passable book that they can adapt slightly based on what you want.
  2. Offer them a tiny percentage of the profits in exchange for putting your clients name on it (I've personally seen 97.5/2.5% splits. Shockingly low amounts...especially when you consider that the actual product is 100% theirs)
  3. Sell it to a big publisher by virtue of your clients celebrity. They'll pay a huge amount just to have the celebrity branding, so you've already banked a small fortune before the book even hits the shelves.
  4. Use your clients celebrity (social media followers, press contacts) to get extensive free promo for the book
  5. Collect the profits...and they'll usually be massive, because...well this article explains it well.

The tl;dr version is: Kids books make up 30% of yearly sales, parents only buy classic authors or celebrities, supermarkets only stock celebrity books and bestsellers
 
tenpoless said:
I would think most of his books aren't actually his idea. It's other people and leeches seeing a potential money machine (because it can be a continued series) that convinced Rashford to put his name on them while he added very little to the contents. He's becoming a marketing machine and people wonder why this guy lost interest in his football. Surrounded by the wrong people hiding behind inspiring kids.
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I am hoping he is getting paid handsomely for it
 
Here we are talking about his books and his PR

Sad.
 
Frank Grimes said:
I get why people have ghostwriters for autobiographies but someone writing a piece of fiction and celebrities putting their name to it seems a bit too much to me. Nobody believes Rashford was writing a childrens story after training ffs.
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Yeah it does make me chuckle. Ghost written fiction is a bit mad to me, smells like total cash grabs.
 
roseguy64 said:
Do you people really think people like Rashford actually write it? It's like Evra's book. Andy Mitten interviewed him multiple times and wrote it and then Evra and his team read it and gave feedback until the final version.

People like Rashford and Evra do not actually have the time to write the books. That's why it's 3 in the past year and people bringing it up are being disingenuous. It's not Rashford on his own writing it.
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Even if it was, what Rashford does in his downtime is kind of up to him? I mean he obviously isn't, but if he was spending his evenings writing books then it's hardly the end of the world.
 
The fact that the last 5 pages on here are about PR and book releases says it all. I honestly feel like he Just doesn't care about football anymore. His dramatic Instagram apologies are only there to strengthen his public image of a well spoken high profile influencer. Very disappointing. He could have been a legend here. If he can't show a bit of fight and ability by the end of the season we need to move him on.
 
Leonzo1 said:
The fact that the last 5 pages on here are about PR and book releases says it all. I honestly feel like he Just doesn't care about football anymore. His dramatic Instagram apologies are only there to strengthen his public image of a well spoken high profile influencer. Very disappointing. He could have been a legend here. If he can't show a bit of fight and ability by the end of the season we need to move him on.
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No, the fact that the last 5 pages are about his book is a testament to the state of this forum, not his passion for football.
 
Leonzo1 said:
The fact that the last 5 pages on here are about PR and book releases says it all. I honestly feel like he Just doesn't care about football anymore. His dramatic Instagram apologies are only there to strengthen his public image of a well spoken high profile influencer. Very disappointing. He could have been a legend here. If he can't show a bit of fight and ability by the end of the season we need to move him on.
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More likely it says that United don’t have a game for three weeks than anything else.
 
Leonzo1 said:
The fact that the last 5 pages on here are about PR and book releases says it all. I honestly feel like he Just doesn't care about football anymore. His dramatic Instagram apologies are only there to strengthen his public image of a well spoken high profile influencer. Very disappointing. He could have been a legend here. If he can't show a bit of fight and ability by the end of the season we need to move him on.
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So if there was only say 1 or 2 pages of random people posting shite moaning about PR and Children's Books on an internet forum that Rashford himself has nothing to do with then it would indicate that he still does care about football?
 
All I can hope for is that he comes into some sort of form for the next season. With a lot of players leaving, I’m pretty sure the club wont sell him unless we get an outrageous offer (which we wont). Currently not looking good for that though…
 
DJ Jeff said:
any consensus on how good he was around November 2019-January 2020? around the Spurs game I thought this guy had Ronaldo 07 type potential, a 25 goal a season wide forward. Doesn't look like it'll happen now
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What matter most is that he is now a 2-5 goal a season player, with headless chicken style of play.
 
There's no indication that his off field activities have affected him. Rangnick recently said he's training well.
My feeling is that he is sulking about being made to play on the right. The sulking has led to a lack of effort, the fans have got on gis back and that has shattered his confidence.
 
Adisa said:
There's no indication that his off field activities have affected him. Rangnick recently said he's training well.
My feeling is that he is sulking about being made to play on the right. The sulking has led to a lack of effort, the fans have got on gis back and that has shattered his confidence.
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The lack of effort and seemingly lack of confidence has been going on a lot longer than he's been playing on the right. Hell, the lack of effort has been happening for three years now, although his general form was so good in that first season that nobody really talked about it. If you are playing brilliantly you can somewhat get away with some laziness. In the second season his form was bad but he was still getting goals and assists so it was still getting overlooked by some people. And then this season he's gotten worse again.
 
I dont care if mother theresa plays for us i still want her sold.

Applaud her for her works but shes a terrible footballer.

And the same case with rashford. Hes here to play football. I dont care what he does outside the field. I just want him sold because he sucks in it.
 
Sky1981 said:
I dont care if mother theresa plays for us i still want her sold.

Applaud her for her works but shes a terrible footballer.

And the same case with rashford. Hes here to play football. I dont care what he does outside the field. I just want him sold because he sucks in it.
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Mother Teresa was no Mother Teresa
 
Withnail said:
Mother Teresa was no Mother Teresa
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Now please do not give ideas to Rashford's PR team. What if he decides to go into priesthood? It would become Father Rashford. Mother Teresa and Father Rashford will be too much.
 
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