i am a bit sad. he needs to have a worldie of a season for us to have any chance at challenging. We need reinforcements in January.
9
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 49
- Goals
- 17
- Assists
- 11
- Yellow cards
- 4
- Status
Stats:
1 shot
1 on target
22/28 passes
78.6% completion
3 of the failed passes were through balls toward the box.
1 chance created
0 crosses completed
2 ball recoveries
1 tackle
Schweinsteiger to Martial - 13
Carrick to Martial - 7
Rooney to Martial - 6
Mata to Martial - 2
Memphis to Martial - 0
Martial to Schweinsteiger - 5
Martial to Valencia - 4
Martial to Rooney - 2
Martial to Mata - 2
Martial to Memphis - 0
1 shot
1 on target
22/28 passes
78.6% completion
3 of the failed passes were through balls toward the box.
1 chance created
0 crosses completed
2 ball recoveries
1 tackle
Schweinsteiger to Martial - 13
Carrick to Martial - 7
Rooney to Martial - 6
Mata to Martial - 2
Memphis to Martial - 0
Martial to Schweinsteiger - 5
Martial to Valencia - 4
Martial to Rooney - 2
Martial to Mata - 2
Martial to Memphis - 0
easy us saying that though. He didn't know the defender was on his arse after the great turn
A perfect summary of our slow play.
Amazing player. He stood out even in a crap performance. He plays with a maturity far beyond his years.
Shame we provided no support to him whatsoever.
Shame we provided no support to him whatsoever.
Yeah, our best player by a mile.
Agree with most the positivity in here. Just a shame he didn't finish that chance before half time. That could have changed everything.
It was actually a good finish, but unfortunately an even better save. I thought he was mostly great in what he did today. His pace really is something, even if he doesn't look fast always he just glides away from people. He even made Bellerin look stationary today. He is also so strong in his hold-up play that it is quite something for a 19 year old lad.
Watching him playing so well at such a young age gives me hope that Wilson can replicate some of that play.
The only one out there possibly who can come out of this with their head held high. He tried his best to get us back into it but it just wasn't meant to be.
Hype getting a bit out of hand I see. He really wasn't very good today. Which doesn't matter.
He makes great runs too - Herrera will feed him through balls all day long
He made out only real chance all on his own. Made numerours good runs. And the biggest compliment I can pay him is, throughout the whole match I thought if anyone was going to get us back in the game it was him.
Scoring isnt everything.
Completely agree although regarding your last point, from the little we've seen of Martial, if there's one thing he could perhaps improve on is that he's a bit too unselfish at this moment. His maturity in playing the game and adjusting to the situations is very assuring as he seems always pick the 'right' choice. He will beat the player for pace and laid it square, he will hold the ball well and lay it off, he won't try to take on 2-3 players in no hope situations (looking at you Memphis) etc. Maybe we can see a bit more forceful threat from himself. E.g in situations where he drops deep/wide and instead of looking for the right pass, become the danger himself and look for the shot (in effect this will open up space for others too).
That's not a slight on him though, he's done everything you can ask of him and then some. A joy to watch.
Our best player in the game, by far. At times he was all alone against the whole Arsenal defence and still made things happen more often than not.
He's miles ahead of Memphis at the moment in terms of decision making, technique, maturity, attitude and overall impact in the games.
He's miles ahead of Memphis at the moment in terms of decision making, technique, maturity, attitude and overall impact in the games.
The only positive player, and who can actually pull of his tricks and dribbles is this 19 year old kid, knows exactly how and when to dribble, and get past people, we got a great player on our hands
He was actually pretty decent again I thought amongst a bunch of woeful performers. Made a chance for himself which was well saved and despite being isolated for large periods of play he at least tried to make things happen when he got involved. The future looks good for him.
I thought he made a fair few unforced errors during the game, in the highlights reel I counted 11 times he lost the ball.
However I thought he was our MOTM and our brightest player. He was trying things and brave enough to keep trying when a previous attempt hadnt worked. He seems to me to have a calmness about him but also a sharp energy as well. Some of his touches show just how big a future he has.
Still learning how his team mates play, still learning the English language, still getting used to being in England and not France at 19. Still getting used to the EPL. Hamstrung by a strike partner who is past it. I would actually like to see him and Wilson get a game together and Rooney on the bench. I think we would see goals.
However I thought he was our MOTM and our brightest player. He was trying things and brave enough to keep trying when a previous attempt hadnt worked. He seems to me to have a calmness about him but also a sharp energy as well. Some of his touches show just how big a future he has.
Still learning how his team mates play, still learning the English language, still getting used to being in England and not France at 19. Still getting used to the EPL. Hamstrung by a strike partner who is past it. I would actually like to see him and Wilson get a game together and Rooney on the bench. I think we would see goals.
Management must set the attack around him. Vital to get the very best out of him. He's just so good
I liked what I saw from him today. He was positive in his actions and thinking. My fear is burnout. I think that is part of the issue with Memphis. We have zero backups for his role that are remotely suitable. That includes Rooney. I just hope he doesn't burn out. I agree the attack should revolve around him. He is so dangerous. Ideally I just wish he had a proper partner at #10 or as a strike partner.
Our best player by far during the match. Thought he was really unlucky not to score as Cech pulled off a crazy save. It's amazing how he's done since coming here.
At 5:30 when he goes past Gabriel and cuts it back, why the feck is Rooney not making that near post run until its of no use? At least Fellaini had made a decent far post run. Time to drop Rooney and give Martial either a decent strike partner or a No.10. Wilson or Mata or Herrera.
Comfortably our best player yesterday, the kid is absolute class.
Shame the rest of the team was having an absolute shocker of a performance.
Shame the rest of the team was having an absolute shocker of a performance.
The kid cant save matches on his own. The team needs to support him.
This clip pretty much sums up our attack in this game
Looks to be a level above most of our XI in terms of technique, movement and decision making. Which, considering he is 19, is an indictment on the rest of them.
He's quite simply fantastic. He'll score 25+ this season unless he gets injured. This time next year he'll be world class.
A bit ridiculous how no one brought him up in the summer when there numerous threads on which striker we should sign. He looks a level or two above every one of them.
A bit ridiculous how no one brought him up in the summer when there numerous threads on which striker we should sign. He looks a level or two above every one of them.
Not to be hyper critical, but he really should have scored that chance... that's the goal, just before half-time, that gives us any remote chance of getting back into the game.
Still he made the chance himself and everything, and he's generally brilliant... so there you go.
Still he made the chance himself and everything, and he's generally brilliant... so there you go.
Not to be hyper critical, but you're going to be hyper critical?
Cech made a monster save, it happens, no blame on Martial. He did brilliantly to even fashion the chance.
He had very little time to shoot before the defender closed down the angle. Cech was very fast rushing forward to close him down though
An indictment of the quality of our so called 'senior' players and 'legends' that we now rely on a 19 year old in his 5th or so game for the club to get us results. He and Mata make up our attack. Disgusting.
Indeed, but then that is generally how people phrase things before doing that exat thing!
And he did do brilliantly to fashion the chance (as said above) he'll have to do brilliantly to create chances for himself in a lot of games for us it seems... he also has to take the chances he creates, and with his standard of finishing he's shown so far, I'd expect him, one on one with the keeper from 8 yards out to score.
I love the kid, but doesn't mean that he didn't have the big chance that could have got us back to the game. We should rightly applaud him for creating it (and we have) but yeah, you would hope next time he bangs that in.
Looked to me as he scuffed the shot a bit (need to see it again though), if he connected a bit better and lifted it half a metre off the ground then thats a goal.
Yeap, He did scuff a little bit but it was down to his balance after he tried to bounce the ball with the right foot and shot it with his left foot. Had it the other way around he would've been able to make a clean shot with a better angle
It was an excellent save. Nothing wrong with the finish. Would have found the corner perfectly. Once Cech got that close and spread himself the opportunity was gone.
Martial did pretty much everything possible to score that, but you have to give Cech props for reading the situation and closing him down very quickly. If he didn't manage to spread his leg out wide it was a goal. Sometimes tough things are just not meant to be, on another day that goes over his foot into the bottom corner, and Schweinsteiger takes a good first touch and dinks it over the keeper.
At 3-2 we could well have got back into the game, but it was just 1 of those days.
Apart from that though he looked our only shining light, he goes passed defenders like they aren't even there, and he muscled Mertesacker on more than 1 occasion. I haven't felt excited to watch a united player like this since Pogba in the reserves and Ronaldo/Rooney when they were together.
At 3-2 we could well have got back into the game, but it was just 1 of those days.
Apart from that though he looked our only shining light, he goes passed defenders like they aren't even there, and he muscled Mertesacker on more than 1 occasion. I haven't felt excited to watch a united player like this since Pogba in the reserves and Ronaldo/Rooney when they were together.
I love how he never smiles and looks so serious all the time.
Harsh to say he didn't do enough there. He clearly did enough, just Cech did better.
It's a bit concerning that we're demanding a 19 year old who is less than 10 games old at the club, to score those kinds of goals though.
It's a bit concerning that we're demanding a 19 year old who is less than 10 games old at the club, to score those kinds of goals though.
It is. With the way Rooney and Memphis are playing, our season's hopes basically rest on his shoulders.
To be fair, no striker converts every single one of their big chances. Apparently those are usually converted at around 40% (saw this stat somewhere), and he's been scoring all of them but that one pretty much. Did great to make it but was a good save on him.
He's a different level of talent and potential to any of our other youngsters though. Januzaj, memphis, Wilson, pereira are all varying levels of promising and can become top players, but with martial, you can tell he is already an excellent player. Even on an off day, he can still dribble the ball past defenders, hold the ball up and create something out of nothing. He's actually a lot like an aguero, or a Sanchez for us, and he'll only get better. Obviously not at their level quite yet, but he's that difference maker we needed in our team, someone who can suddenly just take everyone on on his own and score a goal. As long as he stays clear of injuries, its obvious he'll become one of the best around. Same with Shaw (sadly he hasn't stayed clear of injuries, so let's hope he recovers well and it doesn't hamper him too much).
He's a different level of talent and potential to any of our other youngsters though. Januzaj, memphis, Wilson, pereira are all varying levels of promising and can become top players, but with martial, you can tell he is already an excellent player. Even on an off day, he can still dribble the ball past defenders, hold the ball up and create something out of nothing. He's actually a lot like an aguero, or a Sanchez for us, and he'll only get better. Obviously not at their level quite yet, but he's that difference maker we needed in our team, someone who can suddenly just take everyone on on his own and score a goal. As long as he stays clear of injuries, its obvious he'll become one of the best around. Same with Shaw (sadly he hasn't stayed clear of injuries, so let's hope he recovers well and it doesn't hamper him too much).
- Status