Lingard had a lot of previous playing as the second striker, he did it very succesfully at Brighton for instance and even for us at times before Jose joined. Him being played wide was forcing him into a position he had never had great succes in.
Martial has not shown any consistent ability as a striker. If he was playing their for France and being succesful then yeah sure.
Clearly his suitability as a CF is a matter of opinion but i fail to see how someone with such poor movement off the ball is capable of playing there for us. As a rotation option maybe but thats it.
And Martial hasn't had good performances as a striker? This is where he started for us at United & he did considerably well (never mind lingard & brighton); especially considering his age. He was also good for both Lyon & Monaco in the same position. You consider him starting at a number 9 and taking his number taken by Jose & Ibrahimovic- is Jose the only right manager? No. Jose has deemed Martial to be firstly a rubbish CF; with a a complete lack of proof & now a rubbish LW too because he got Sanchez - Martial is being shifted because the player is simply not Joses style; that doesn't make this Martial FC - it just simply does not make it Jose FC. He prefers the 24 year old Lukaku- who needs the whole team and to be a central figure to get the best out of him & even then only for a couple minutes a half at max. What Lingard did with brighton has minimal input to Jose suddenly using him at CAM; that is the type of blind support of Jose we fans see; that some fans think we show towards Martial. It's not Martial FC; Unfortunately- it is Jose's bodybuilding FC & luckily it is not United's style & luckily for martial - Jose is looking weaker and weaker tactically every week.
You look at the goal yesterday- It looked like this
Martial- Lukaku
Sanchez
Why is it so hard to play like this? Play him as a centre forward slightly leaning towards the left hand side. He showed he can assist yesterday am i wrong? Guess what? If we play say something like the 352 - lingard, Rashford, Lukaku, Martial, Sanchez can rotate around an organised 2 striker and one withdrawn striker/CAM role.
Jose is tactically poor to get the best out of someone like martial. Highlighting this is not Martial FC; it is more fans being an anti- Jose FC. Scraping through an average Chelsea team this season doesn't cover our tactics with glory & suddenly everything is rosey. Jose is a historically a very short term manager unable to think about getting the best out of certain players in the long term.
- He blocked Martial's & Rashford's chance of playing as strikers & strikers together by buying and making Ibrahimovic the 34 year old main man
- Now blocked Martial's & Rashford by buying Lukaku aswell as being very stubborn with a 4231 or a 433 where martial & rashford are wingers; not forwards
- Mkhitarayan who was also in his prime/older and got completely outshone by Lingard the CAM which happened due to Mkhitarayan being rubbish - not because Jose was some wonderful manager who has the intention to get the best out of Lingard
- The younger players like Tuenzebe & TFM have been blocked significantly by a complete pointless CB purchase who is overrated as being a ball playing CB & a good performance from him is when he still makes 2 mistakes per game.
Being happy with this is indicative for support of Jose- which is clear to see as every week goes & bears minimal support towards Manchester United due to his ever apparent weaknesses. Jose has unfortunately been a waste of time & the fans who were excited for his arrival are ultimately scraping for some sort of success story.