Imagine him with RVP's shooting technique!
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Yes. Easily to be fair to the guy.
Not sure I've noticed much of that. More a case of him running out steam after making driving/dribbling runs into the box due to having to get past too many defenders. Over time he'll learn to put the final touch to those moves or simply find a way to have to do less. But it only happens because he's capable of taking defences on.
Yes, i agree with you on this one. That little backheel from Rashford that sent him clear until Stones came crashing in. He could have just smash it through towards the goal rather than dribbling it into the box. But why are we nitpicking this when his ability to reach a higher ceiling is there for us to see.
He wants to play as a striker so is there any point in signing a young striker like Kane or Lukaku for massive money? Okay Kane is looking like a fantastic player so if he is available then I think itd be hard to turn down but I do think it would hamper Martial.
I don't see why we can't bring in another young striker, barca fit 3 strikers in their system. On top of rotation, it's about the movement and flexibility of players. I think Martial definitely has what it takes to part of a fluid attack.
No they don't.
Kane, Alli and Lukaku are probably favourites - and no one is winning it by a landslide. Martial didn't have a season as good as theirs, he just showed enormous potential, but as far as YPOTY goes it should be one of those threeIs he eligible for the PL Young player of the year ? Because if he is, he wins it by a landslide for me. Wasn't probably as effective yesterday with his dribbling, but still had some really great link up play with Rashy. That little set-up they had in the 2nd half near the wing, to bring the ball into the box was just
I have to agree with you. Suarez is the closest to Martial, Messi and Neymar aren't strikers.
I think Martial is still ahead of Alli. Agree about Kane and Lukaku though. Probably Kane will win it again as his goals have held more importance in PL Title Challenge
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Not so sure, yet. I thought RvP would defo win the 12/13 award, yet Bale got it ahead of him.
If Martial continues this good run, you never know.
That's good company he's keeping. Hopefully he'd go onto emulate those three legends!
Incredible company! If he can reach Giggs/Cantona levels, we'll be back winning titles.
I think it's also a good achievement considering he has played out wide. Scoring 1 in 3 is decent all things considered, particularly considering his age and the fact the team have created so few chances this season.
I think had he played regularly up front he would be around the 20 goal mark around now. If he was playing for a team who could create chances then....who knows. Regardless he has been our most threatening outfield player this season by some distance. Considering his age and the environment he has come into that's quite a good achievement. Unfortunately for him may not even make top 3 YPOTY due to the outstanding seasons for Kane, Lukaku and Delle Ali.
Don't let the city fans see that!
Tottenham 3:0 Man Utd
If only THAT run had a goal scoring finish. 
I imagine he thinks he's made a huge mistake
Not his best game but he still has moments of brilliance where he can score a goal or create a chance out of nothing due to his perseverance.
Easy to forget he's only 20. The decision making will come.
He looks knackered, really needs a rest but who would replace him?
Completely burnt out.
On a completely unrelated note, Chicharito scored his 24th goal of the season today.
On a completely unrelated note, Chicharito scored his 24th goal of the season today.
Thought the same myself today, and I bet Dave is praying RM come back in for him.
The rest are truly shambolic. We're miles off.
One man attack.
Yep. And the humiliating and sad thing about our current situation is I wouldn't blame him.
Looking forward to seeing how he does under Mourinho, especially if we bring in competent attackers to help him like Ibra
As of now, with LvG, the plan is basically give him the ball and hope he scores while everyone else hold your shape.
As of now, with LvG, the plan is basically give him the ball and hope he scores while everyone else hold your shape.
We kept him out wide and put Young up front 
He didnt have his best game, but he still created the only shot we had all game.
He didnt have his best game, but he still created the only shot we had all game.
Only real piece of quality in our team other than De Gea.
Also, read his wife left him, is this true?
Also, read his wife left him, is this true?
It's really frustrating we have to rely on his moments of brilliance for any semblance of attacking threat. It's so easy for teams to double and triple team him at times because Rojo never bothers to overlap and the one time Rojo did and had time to cross we only had Ashley bloody Young in the box.
Once again carrying our attack all on his own.
I bet he's having a joyous time, he's looked absolutely fecking exhausted recently.
I bet he's having a joyous time, he's looked absolutely fecking exhausted recently.
Van Gaal seemed to imply martial not scoring a good chance with lots of space was the turning point. Let's forget that he made it entirely himself amongst a team so clueless we were just hitting the ball at him hoping he'd do something
Not his best game, but could have scored a magical goal. Looks like he either needs a game or two out, or a hell of a lot more support.
What's amazing is that our entire gameplan going forward seems to be to "give it to Martial". No quality through the middle. No quality from the right. No quality from the striker. Just give it to this and hope.
What's amazing is that our entire gameplan going forward seems to be to "give it to Martial". No quality through the middle. No quality from the right. No quality from the striker. Just give it to this and hope.
I am not seeing any genuine footballing chemistry between Rashford, Martial and Lingard. Our best attacking combo has been Mata, Rooney and Martial IMO.
I was absolutely livid just before he created our only chance. He got the ball out wide, and there were five players standing in a line in midfield, just behind him, showing absolutely no intent of offering him anything that resembled an outlet.
At the end he managed to create a chance out of it on his own, but for me that really summed up our game. Punt it to Martial, and hope he does something. It's a travesty, really. If you're him, you can't be blamed for starting to look for a way out after a season like this, because he's clearly cut out for a much higher level than we're offering him now.
At the end he managed to create a chance out of it on his own, but for me that really summed up our game. Punt it to Martial, and hope he does something. It's a travesty, really. If you're him, you can't be blamed for starting to look for a way out after a season like this, because he's clearly cut out for a much higher level than we're offering him now.
He's so much better than everyone else it's embarrassing.
I've only read it in The Sun, so I don't know how true it is. The Sun were the only place who reported the original story including that X Factor bird as well, and nothing seemed to come of it after that, not in the media anyway.
I will say it here, Martial like the rest of the team has been average this season.
I think he was fortunate in his first few games that he didn't speak English and therefore it took longer for LVG's tactics to filter through to him via teammate translators - he was just playing on instinct.
That's harsh and you're not wrong, however, it's incredibly out of context. We've seen Martial play to his potential and consistently show that in spurts (that's an oxymoron but you know what I mean) show his class. How it produced consistent results? Nope but his 'average' is the least of our concerns and shouldn't really warrant a mention where the bigger problems are his team mates and sh|te tactics.
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