Just put him up front where he can hurt them. Phenomenal player
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Oh I didn't mean he wasn't still class out there, he's still been our best player. I just think we would actually look like scoring if he was up front, City can't handle him.
Would like to see him running at Kompany (yellow card) and moved centrally.
Love this man hard.
Best forward we have. Comfortably.
Looked like the best player on the pitch.
That ball into the box was delish
Still our best attacking player but he's wasted on the wing, get him back to #9 ffs.
This.
His output has been terrible since he has gone on the wings. Van Gaal needs to put him back upfront and so he can start scoring. I do not understand why Van Gaal is struggling with this simply concept.
He's invaluable to us because he can beat men even with no support. Our most threatening attacking player by far.
Master at holding the ball up under pressure and involving others.
My concern with him as a #9 is that he wouldn't see as much of the ball as he is doing at the minute on the wing. Especially as he would have to be replaced by Memphis or Young, who wouldn't provide as much as he is currently doing.
Was very good I thought.
Can we just play him up front ffs
What a fecking ball that was, incredible that he has even that in him.
If he plays as a false 9, he will see a lot of the ball like how Suarez plays for Barcelona or Liverpool in the past. On the wings, he has a lot of the ball but he is less influential in his output productivity because he has to use some of his energy to track back and help his fullback.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, since he's a player who's capable of dropping back and picking it up, before taking on players. He'd still get plenty of time on the ball because he's one of those players who has the ability to just forcefully involve himself.
Our best attacking player. If we had 2 Martials, we'd be in business.
We need to bring in a versatile attacker that can play out wide and beat a man, so Martial plays up top.
We need to bring in a versatile attacker that can play out wide and beat a man, so Martial plays up top.
He would see much more of the ball in areas where he is most effective which is all that should matter.
It doesn't matter where he plays because there is always going to be a problem of playing either Rooney or Memphis (two average players at the moment). The most important thing is to give him the ball and support him when he has it and that is on the wing or up front. Just because he'll play up front doesn't mean he'll automatically bang them in.
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Am I the only one that thought it should have been obvious to a 5th grader that Martial needed to be moved centrally for the last 25 mins?
Get Rooney out of this side and Martial up front. The difference he makes to our attacking game is huge.
Realistically, the only hope we have is an injury to Rooney to see the best out of Martial. He'd thrive with Memphis, Herrera and Mata in behind him.
It is absolutely mind-blowing that LVG puts him on the wing with the form Rooney is in.
Infuriating.
Infuriating.
He plays wide to accommodate Rooney it's not rocket science. Depay has been poor and still settling so LVG uses his best options.
Most talented player on the pitch by a distance (saying something when there's Mata, De Bruyne, Sterling, Toure, Schweinsteiger and Rooney on there). Incredible how he's such a good player despite being just 19. He's brilliant on the wing, but up front he's even better probably (though there really isn't that much between that). The biggest difference is our back up on the wing is Memphis/Young, who can both be excellent players, and up top it's Rooney, who is pretty clearly past it at this point.
He is already so good. I know he is very young and maybe it is too early to call him world class but he does show some world class things almost every game. He dribbles past players like they arent there and that pass towards Lingard really was world class.
Prior to CSKA I thought heading was his weakness and he scored a header, this week I thought his passing wasn't up there and he provided some beauties.
Would be great to see Martial in front of Herrera with Young or Depay on the wing.
It really is infuriating to see him on the wing.
I don't think comparing us to Suarez at Barcelona or Liverpool is relevant, because our style of play is so different. Whatever you think of Rooney you can't deny that he sees less of the ball than Suarez did at either of those clubs. LVG's style works this way and I'm convinced that's part of the reason every single striker we've tried as looked isolated and poor.
By far our best attacking outlet which, to reiterate all that has been said before, is shocking really. I hope he's played as a 9 with Fellaini or Pereira or even Mata behind him on Wednesday, tear Boro apart and show LVG what plan A should always be.
I understand that and I have criticized Van Gaal for that decision. Nevertheless, even though Depay has been average, I still rather have him in our team over Rooney who has been piss poor for a player who seems to be our star man.
Another great display, I love how he ghosts past even the best of defenders. He should not be out wide though, he should have been running directly at that City defence instead of the shite we seen yet again from Rooney up there.
Another game another good performance.
Imagine what he could achieve when playing upfront...?
Good to see him being thrown out wide to cater for Captain fantastic.
Good to see him being thrown out wide to cater for Captain fantastic.
What a talent. Playing on the left by himself without much support from Rojo and yet gave Sagna a hard time.
The two genuine weaknesses he has are crossing and striking from range. Hopefully he can improve on the former but the latter is just a part of his game I doubt he'll ever have. Not enough power in that right foot of his.
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