Still early days, but he looks great. I really like his style. What surprised me the most is his hold up play which is more than decent.
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Looking great so far. It's superb to see that he doesn't look at all phased with the fact that he's at a completely new club in a new setting. He's fast, clinical and looks like he's got the potential to be an excellent all-round striker. Just offers so much more in attack than someone like Rooney does at the moment.
I am slowly starting to believe the hype, as such does anyone else think he can go on and have the same goal scoring/overall performance season Harry Kane had for Spurs last term?
A difference is that we are not building our team around Martial like Spurs did with Kane last season, so their will be less emphasis in getting him the ball, which could lower his overall output.
A difference is that we are not building our team around Martial like Spurs did with Kane last season, so their will be less emphasis in getting him the ball, which could lower his overall output.
Pace, we have some!
For the first time since Ronaldo left, we have pace (with skill).
For the first time since Ronaldo left, we have pace (with skill).
He's our best forward.
Listening to Neville (from earlier on after the match) saying that we have to be careful how much we play him and that he should only be eased him, but I'm struggling to agree with him on it. Granted, we don't want to tire him out by playing him constantly, but he fully deserves to play, irrespective of how young he may be.
Yeah I agree with that. He fully deserves more play time and it looks like nothing phases him at all.
Neville did make a point that we shouldn't be saying he could be one of the greatest, despite only playing 3 games. Which I agree with. Sooner or later he'll hit a drought and people will get on his back again since they're expecting he'll consistently score in every other game, thanks to all of the annoying Henry comparisons.
And so far isn't a cnut. A person like Costa would probably have been stomping on van Djik and then screaming at him to get up. Looking good so far - after only 3 games. There will undoubtedly be a period where he isn't playing well and a lot will be written about it then, people waiting to slam down the waste of money. Be very important how both him and LVG handle it when that time comes. With the way Martial has been on the pitch though, would expect to just be icy cool about it.
Yeah, I do fully agree with that. I think he looks excellent so far and could potentially be a top player, but obviously we'll need to see him over an extended period of time to judge how good he really is going to be. Best way to judge it will be for him to play, though.
TBF in an ideal world we'd be taking him out of the line of fire for a few weeks and lowering expectations.
But sadly Rooney is dogshit and we've left ourselves with no other options upfront.
He seems like a natural goal scorer, very clinical and calm. He seems to know what to do and how to finish even before he has received the ball.
Neville was chatting shit there - Rooney and Ronaldo were playing day in and day out when they came here. If a players ready, he is ready. And Martial looks more than ready, physically and mentally he looks solid.
Martial and Memphis - the new Rooney and Ronaldo. I'm officially excited.
I dunno, I'm not sure I agree. Anyone with a rational mind will know that we have to be careful with our expectations of him. Martial's age shouldn't hold him back from being our main striker if he's performing well and scoring goals for us. I'd rather we have more options up front, but even if we did, I'd see no reason for us not to play Martial right now.
Did Fergie take Rooney out of the firing line and lower expectations? Where does this thinking even come from?
Yeah, I often feel that with the exception of players who are late bloomers, most top, world class talents generally start getting a lot of playing time at a very young age, with Rooney and Ronaldo being examples since they were already playing regularly when they were even younger than Martial.
Let loose Randy, allow yourself to enjoy it, it's the whole point of watching
Pretty much. Shown more in his two appearances in the league than the captain has all season.
Leave him out midweek vs Ipswich and hopefully haul him off after an hour vs Sunderland. (On the basis he scored a goal or two)
The thing i noticed about him is that he wins a lot of headers from goal kicks and long balls, I think he won 7 ariel duels today, that is a very good stat. I like his understanding with mata and memphis , Rooney is poor and i'd rather we had januzaj/herrera playing behind him to give him through balls. I hope our current players take advantage of his good ariel ability.
I'd agree with resting him for the Ipswich game (perhaps even give Wilson a shot), but if he's performing well against Sunderland I'd be happy for him to get another full game under his belt.
The Daily Mirror knows.
He must look at that everyday for inspiration.
You can't learn how to finish in my opinion, you either have it or you don't.
Depends on the scoreline, I'd want him fresh for the CL game on the Wednesday.
True, although I imagine that he'd be fine to play two games within the space of a few days.
I hope he printed out a large poster of it and stuck it on the ceiling above his bed.
I'm still finding it hard to believe he's only 19. Fecking 19!
He looks the real deal
Agreed, he put his neck on the line with this won and a lot of people were laughing at him. Not laughing now I bet.
This guy looks the real deal. I don't think i'd swap him for even Aguero or Costa his potential is miles bigger.
I've said it before but I think he's got everything that you can't learn or teach. All he needs now is the experience and the nous that comes from age and playing time.
Miles better than Aguero?! I'm excited about Martial, as my posts have shown, but it's certainly too early to say he'll be better than Aguero considering he's one of the best strikers around at the moment.
For practicing his English
He doesn't look the type to get exhausted. He's not broke a sweat yet.
Very impressed how he doesn't needlessly waste energy but at the same time is bright as a button.
Very very impressed
Didn't expect him to be so cool in front of goal.
Also, love the ease with which he goes past players. Something we sorely lack in attack.
Also, love the ease with which he goes past players. Something we sorely lack in attack.
Yeah, I mean don't get me wrong, he's certainly going to need to be rested at certain points to avoid fatigue, but I don't think we should be playing him any less than the other important players in our team at the moment.
Let's hope he helps us win a trophy like Kahwi did for spurs
I wonder what odds you could get on him becoming United's all time top goalscorer...
Ronaldo and Messi both did.
It's also rather frightening to think what we'd be looking at going forward if we hadn't signed this lad. Being a so called 'desperation buy' and all that.
Let's not beat around the bush, he's our one big hope for the season in terms of scoring the goals we need to be successful.
That's kind of strange for United to be in that situation.
Let's not beat around the bush, he's our one big hope for the season in terms of scoring the goals we need to be successful.
That's kind of strange for United to be in that situation.
Early days, but i think we have found our new top striker for the next decade or so.
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