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Bad logic, having off the ball running is essential but doesn't mean that having off the ball running automatically makes a player good.
Was my exact thoughts, looked so sharp and bright when he first came on
He was trying to find Greenwood with some passes & this is why Rashford in the middle doesn't make sense. Rashford needs to be on the left cutting in on his stronger foot. Greenwood needs to be cutting in on his left foot. Martial needs to play centrally trying to interlink both of the two main but wider strikers together.
This would work for me.
Yeah he was good. More like the Martial of old today.
Me too - if we have the money get a competition for a false 9/deep CF role against martial - someone like felix would be perfect but we are not in the best position to entice the lad.
I've always maintained Martial is a better striker than Rashford. His close control means moves don't break down as often.
Still not good enough because rashford isnt really good on the left. We need to keep it real and realize rashford isnt top tier anywhere. It was only a few months ago we were crying that rashford needs to be moved to the center. Now he is there and we are now suggesting he should be moved back to the left?
I didn't criticise him after this game but considering in the past his fans would act like he wasn't playing bad or claimed it was someone else's fault, you just have to deal with it.
Yeah, he was more up for dribbling his man again yesterday and he actually tried a shot from distance. If we can get more of that next season, I'll be very happy.
It must be confusing for you lot who rate Martial so highly. Not so long ago there was a fair bit of support for your view but a change of manager who you criticised for holding him back has just flipped things completely. Which as I've said for a long time it shows how arguments tend to be a popularity contest.
Have to agree with this. Was actually quite impressed with some of his work yesterday, he also seemed to take on more shots than I remember Martial doing in previous games which is often something that quite bugged me about him, sometimes not being selfish enough.
Still wondering this myself you know...
Aren’t you the guy who said he’s in the same bracket as the likes of Kleberson and Bellion? You’re hardly credible when it comes to this topic so I wouldn’t go about throwing words around like ‘cult’.
So my opinion doesn't count because you don't agree with it? It's nothing short of the cult of Martial at this point. He does nothing for large parts of the season and he's the victim? We're all still waiting for him to become the next Salah like everyone said, just like Bellion was the next Henry and just like Miller was the next Keane.
I'm sure your opinion on many things is valuable, this is not one of them.
No, your opinion does count, it's just untrue and I'm sure you can see that yourself but for some weird reason you let personal dislike get the better of you. Even after Sunday's match, you came into here to the Martial thread to moan about each of the front 3 but did you even post in Lingard's and Rashford's threads, considering that they both started the game? I doubt it. At this point it's an obsession, so when you talk about a cult, what would you call yourself? It seems hypocritical.
Believe me, I've said enough about Lingard in recent weeks and I think we're all on the same page in regards to his ability/United quality. Rashford I'm more inclined to give the benefit of the doubt. He tries every match and even if he's shooting from 40 yards out, he's only doing so to try and force the issue because nothing else around him is working, plus, he's what? 20, 21? He'll only get better.
