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Agree, Awpupd be good to see Rashford and Martial rotated in that position. I think Shaw, if he can prove his fitness and form, could excel in that position and become a real asset for us there. Yes Blind played there for LvG's Holland side so he could play that role too. I'm a big fan of Blind, not the quickest but a really clever player and an excellent passer and distributor. If needed Darmian could do a job there too. Moving forward I think 3-5-2 could really suit us.
That would be a great return given his last season. I'd say he'll get around 12 goals and maybe 8 assists, I hope he surpasses both our expectations.
needs to lay off the rompi pompi?
At what point does his shit performances start being his fault?
You count 20 minutes against a team in a friendly where our foot was firmly off the gas and where he didn't actually do anything bad as a shit performance? Yikes.
Along with the other year and a bit of shit form, sure do.
It's tactical I think. It's like he doesn't have the intelligence to get himself into a game when it's passing him by. He just stands out wide and waits for someone to pass to him. I often wonder if our offensive coaches ever seat him down and show him videos of himself standing outwide doing absolutely nothing
It was an issue of his at Monaco too and it was being worked on, so he knows it's a weakness in his game. I'm certain Jose also knows, as it seems to be a big reason as to why he prefers Lingard etc.
Oh come on Martial is just too static. Even when a cross comes into the box he stands out wide he doesn't try to make a run into the box . When all the other offensive players are in and around the box he is standing still outside
Positional or not, it's his overall game that worries me, he doesn't move. He's always standing still, waiting for the others to move around him, constantly waiting for the ball into his feet. He then cuts in from the left and either crosses to the far post or runs into 3 defenders and passes backwards, rinse and repeat all game.
You're nuts! No way.
The second game too he looked great after he was moved forward
Maybe he is abit thick?
As I said, his style is more suited to be a forward. I don't expect him to suddenly become a proper winger. He is given time to build fitness & sharpness for the incoming season while I believe Mourinho & many of us can see how Martial comes into life better in forward role.
Some of the analysis, It's a friendly game and game was already won. When he dribbled past fullback, cut inside and tried to play Lukaku in, Lukaku was already exhausted and asked him to pass the ball backwards. He can't influence the game alone when whole left side was flat as it was friendly and tempo completely dropped.Well, I'm starting to get confident he's not a typical Jose winger at all and won't make it here as a winger with Jose managing us. He's very lethargic on the flank and not causing chaos for the defenders as what Jose wants from his wingers. Rashford did that perfectly so he's a more preferred option.
Problem was there last season
Which is a problem in of itself. Last season when Ibra was injured Rashford was our main striker. It's obvious Jose doesn't see him as a striker, the same way LVG preferred Rashford too. Now that Lukaku's here, he's our main striker, with Rashford seemingly the second choice (he's played up top this pre-season too). So where does that leave Martial?
This isn't last season. There was lot of problems last season. He is young player and still plenty to improve, so why not wait till the season starts to see how he is playing? These friendly games are nothing but fitness building exercises.
This is my opinion only, but Rashford & Martial can't play centrally together. Both lack the presence & hold up play. Martial prefers a more patient link up while Rashford prefers a hyper approach with linking up. Martial was used as wide forward in that case under LVG so they don't mess up each other in case both playing centrally.
Andreas Pereira was dreadful as well, barely did anything of note, just tossed it off on the pitch and so lazy, overrated, sell Pereira and sack Martial.
