Love his positivity. Obviously he can lose the ball cheaply at times but he is so exciting. Great finish and assist. Great buy.
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- Assists
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Once he cuts out losing the ball easily he will be frightening. He's ridiculously good for a 20yo.
You read my mind.
If we are keen on winning the EL, he might have to play more than if we would have been in the CL.
He can be a little inconsistent but you can see the sublime quality in his play and composure. He had one touch in the match where he just cushioned the pass and calmly turned with it all in the same motion to move toward the goal. Once it all comes together with some better players around him to open up space he will be absolutely lethal. I don't have any complaints about him at all, even his personality and temperment seem to be top quality.
Noticed that when he joined us. Young, hungry but mature at the same time.
He makes it look so easy. Of course he's very pacy, but he looks like he's only running at 75%.
Incredible that he was our last buy this summer, almost an afterthought.
Incredible that he was our last buy this summer, almost an afterthought.
Imagine how good he could be with quality service around him. He has to do a lot of it on his own out there at the moment.
We need to get our act together or we will lose him really fast.
Losing Shaw was one of the worst things that could've happened us this year. I'm still not over it.
We really need to get a good quality left winger in the summer and push this guy up top. He's a once in a generation talent that will score bucket load with proper players around him.
We've got him til 2020 so I'm not too worried.
Were people saying the same about Ronaldo and Rooney in 04-06?
He's a joy to watch.
Glad to say I got this one wrong...thought we had gambled too much on a future potential star when he's already the best option we have to win a game.
He has a young family which is sure to ground him, as opposed to other talents his age who go a bit mental with their money/status. Not heard how his English is progressing; don't think he spoke much when he joined.
As a big fan of those 1-2s Messi loves doing (Neymar too now). It was lovely to see Martial try connect with the other players.
He is probably the only player in the team that plays with such purpose. Lingard too actually, lingard just isnt as talented.
He is probably the only player in the team that plays with such purpose. Lingard too actually, lingard just isnt as talented.
Him and Shaw down the left could be frighteningly good. Shaw's a tank and is going to open all kinds of space up for him, like he was for Memphis. Martial is far more mature as well so he will link up and make good use of Shaw.
Those two are the only players in the club that run at players. I'm not even having a go at the other players cause it isn't their game. We simply haven't bought enough attackers in the last two years.
Although we lost Di Maria we got an upgrade, a younger & cheaper upgrade, as far as I'm concerned.
We'd been scouting him a while, just that Monaco getting knocked out the CL increased the chances of a move from 0 to feasible... and even then parts of the Monaco board were pissed off that he was sold.
Pretty sure his fee including addons is more than what we paid for Di Maria
To be fair, he does have to become the best player in the world for that to happen
£59.7m for Di Maria http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...ted-sign-angel-di-maria-from-real-madrid.aspx
£57.6m for Martial (if all the bonuses are triggered) http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...hester-united-transfers-monaco-reveal-9981162
Bet he's on a significantly lower weekly wage also.
Also, I bet he would be absolutely emotionless if some scallies broke into his house
No. We paid £59.75m for Di Maria. Maximum we pay for Martial is £58m
Fair enough. Pretty sure its also massively due to the Euro collapsing like a motherfecker in between those two years. I'd know, because I lost a chunk of my deposit when living abroad for the year.
Was he signed on the usual 4 year with an option (United's option) of an extra year?
Good, I hope he's not an fortune already so we can nail him down again to an improved contract in a year or so.
I'd actually like to see him behind a more focal point of a striker.
He has this unique ability to start attacks with the ball. It's hard to explain but he can turn - dribble - pass upon recieving the ball (a very small bit like kaka) and he does so with urgency.
He has this unique ability to start attacks with the ball. It's hard to explain but he can turn - dribble - pass upon recieving the ball (a very small bit like kaka) and he does so with urgency.
Also, I bet he would be absolutely emotionless if some scallies broke into his house
The fee's £36m at the moment.
+£7m if he scores 25 goals in his first four seasons here (he probably will)
+£7m if he gets 25 French caps during his first four seasons here (he probably will)
+£7m if he wins the Ballon d'Or in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 or 2019 (he probably won't seeing as he'll still only be 23 and has a long way to go to surpass Neymar or Messi in the next 3 years)
I expect £50m will be his final price. Not really that bad considering it's roughly what City will pay for Sterling. They currently have the same goals/assists for the season, fwiw.
Looking at their respective lifestyles and attitudes, I reckon that £50m will give us a player who's going to stay at the top of world football for longer than Sterling will manage. That's just a feeling, though.
+£7m if he scores 25 goals in his first four seasons here (he probably will)
+£7m if he gets 25 French caps during his first four seasons here (he probably will)
+£7m if he wins the Ballon d'Or in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 or 2019 (he probably won't seeing as he'll still only be 23 and has a long way to go to surpass Neymar or Messi in the next 3 years)
I expect £50m will be his final price. Not really that bad considering it's roughly what City will pay for Sterling. They currently have the same goals/assists for the season, fwiw.
Looking at their respective lifestyles and attitudes, I reckon that £50m will give us a player who's going to stay at the top of world football for longer than Sterling will manage. That's just a feeling, though.
Although it's a different kind of attitude you've got to give it to Sterling for what has happened. At 19 he forced that move to City, had to deal with all the other external things (media pressure, pundits blasting him, being the next great English hope) last year yet whilst still performing at a good level.
Player ability and attributes wise? That's debateable but I think Sterling carries that same determination and professionalism on the field. I.e I don't think he's that type, who will get out of shape and suffer a mental loss of form so to speak. The worry for him will be mostly the same for Martial imo. Over playing, too much pressure and risk of injury because their playing style (and accumulative wear and tear).
^ bang on. The media witchhunt against him led by Scouse pundits was a disgrace.
Feck the fee, all I care about is that he's outrageously talented. Pace, dribbling at pace (doesn't get talked about enough), finishing, strength, hold up play...the guy has everything you want in a striker. Can't wait to see what he'll be in a few years time.
I think having him in front of the defence be thay a false 9 or a CAM/CF will allow him to utilise his drive & skills. Playing off a predatory striker could be wonderful.
Just been watching some highlights of him. Fast becoming one of my favourite players
He's worked with Berbatov last season, IIRC
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Good on him and LvG. Louis ows the lad his job.
The more I think about it the more id love to see him paired up with someone like Lukaku. Pace and Power together could be something to behold
presumably Lukaku can speak French so they could communicate well
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