Meh, repeating same thing again and again.
More goals, assists, chances created, passes, better dribble completion rate, pass completion rate, more goal from outside the box but yeah Martial haven't improved from his first season.
Do you actually have your own opinion? The game can’t be reduced purely to statistics and I am astounded by how much some will allow figures to form their opinion. Why not give us your perspective based on what you have actually seen this season compared with previous ones.
I think Martial is having a very good season and has been our best attacker, but I don’t believe he’s improved on his first season which was exceptional. Everything which he has been excelling at this year was evident in his first few games for the club. Over the course of this campaign so far, he has lost a little bit of the explosiveness which was on display constantly in his debut season. His general play is very classy - great hold up play and terrific in confined spaces with quick feet, close control and tendency towards short, crisp passing interplay as well as a cool eye for goal - and has been evident all season.
However, that ability to commit a man one-on-one, to drive at a defender and beat him just isn’t there to anywhere near the same extent at present. His dribbling was that aspect which took him up a level - the close control and sharpness with which he moved is only matched by Hazard currently in the league.
I think a large part of the significant tailing off of this aspect in his play is to do with fatigue. He was in and out of the side plenty last year and began the season as an impact sub. Along with what you would imagine his training habits are like and the demands of the position he has most often been deployed in, it’s easy to guess that his body has not quite been conditioned for a full game or consecutive games. I particularly began noticing a tiredness in him during the Arsenal game.
I’m sure it will come. If it doesn’t, contrary to what some others think I believe he is doing just fine anyway, is someone we can be happy is in the line-up and should be building the side with him in mind as an important player. Of course, Alexis Sanchez could complicate that though...