Well, he was an incredible dribbler who could dance past 2 or 3 players with relative ease, now he seems hesitant. Evidently Mourinho's focus, when working with Martial was defence and ball retention. I can see that, just watching Martial this season in comparison to his first season with us.
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Everyone else's fault as usual.
We need to play
Rashford - Martial - Lukaku
To have the best balance.
The best crosses will have the best target men on the opposite side whilst Martial is the player than can drop deep to pass the ball wide or take on defenders centrally.
Let Rashford & Lukaku run behind the defence.
Rashford - Martial - Lukaku
To have the best balance.
The best crosses will have the best target men on the opposite side whilst Martial is the player than can drop deep to pass the ball wide or take on defenders centrally.
Let Rashford & Lukaku run behind the defence.
Was the Mourinho effect off when he scored that goal vs Fulham some weeks ago and returned again the last couple of matches ?
I'm not saying he's lost the ability to do so, I'm saying he generally seems hesitant, which usually leads to him giving up possession. Are you saying his dribbling is as good as it was in any of the last 3 seasons?
We need to play him up top with Rashford, he's a striker not a winger.
Martial is a false nine type striker as well.
Yeah I agree he's a central player more than a wide player.
Another fecking enigma to go with Pogba. Does any other club have such headaches with their supposedly best players and how to actually get them performing? There has to come a time when you just accept that they're not working out here and cut your losses.
Well yeah I think he's still exactly the same which is actually a problem (that he doesn't seem to be able to progress at all). He has always been kinda inconsistent in his dribbling. When it's his day it looks magnificent and joy to watch but when he's having an off day he loses every singe dribble. Happened a lot actually, but just whenever it happened the previous years it was blamed on Mourinho or his teammates so they tend to get forgotten.
The problem with Martial is he can't take his game to the next level and start becoming more consistent. He's a moments player at the moment, so it's logical you'll feel that.
Well LVG did buy him to play centrally - we only used him out wide because Depay was poor from what I can remember
French connection of apathy
It’s got to the point with Martial that position etc is irrelevant - we need to sort out his fitness issues. He seems to never string a long succession of games together and that is killing his development as a player.
My reflection on the prior Rashford vs Martial debates was always, "Who would you want to face least as a defender?" Martial might pull off a great moment of skill, but otherwise I'd rather face him every time. Rashford will always run you ragged.
TBF that's why your not a premiere league defender.
Martial is easy to read as a winger. However when he is in the box & twisting & turning rather than dribbling - he becomes a nuisance to defenders.
I disagree. He looks a lot less confident in his dribbling these days, as far as I'm concerned. Have said this all season, even when he was banging them in under Mou.
Im tired of all the excuses you guys find for him here. He is not world class player and he wont ever be.
Could always agree to disagree then.
I guess that's the way it's going. I'm looking forward to seeing them all next season, we'll have a clearer picture on where we're at then.Could always agree to disagree then.
Meh I'm off the Martial hype train. He seems like he's happy to play Ok and get the crazy wages we pay him.
There's no determination in him to be as effective as possible on the pitch or improve weak areas of his game. I don't care how much talent you have, if you have this attitude you'll never be top class.
To make it worse we rewarded him with a fat contract and a guaranteed starting spot with no competition. The new Manchester United way.
There's no determination in him to be as effective as possible on the pitch or improve weak areas of his game. I don't care how much talent you have, if you have this attitude you'll never be top class.
To make it worse we rewarded him with a fat contract and a guaranteed starting spot with no competition. The new Manchester United way.
A properly run club would sell him for good money as he still has good value, but that's not us
My feelings exactly, I've defended him vigorously over the years but I'm done. There hasn't been a single bit of improvement in his game, no improvement with his inconsistencies, nothing
That's his latest wage according to the leaked salary list recently.
When in doubt, blame it on Mourinho.
Ahh, fair enough, I assume/hope that with the appearance few added on.
Sure, why not.
Not sure I could handle his lack of movement centrally, it can be even worse than Lukaku.
This article explain how even presented less chances to score and he stils able to score 10 goals whereas he was provided 6 goals only . And he is 3rd clinical striker in the PL
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...t-sees-16077170.amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...t-sees-16077170.amp?__twitter_impression=true
Yet more proof he should be the focal point. Me, @Santoryo and @Aloysius's Back 3 have been banging this drum for a while. And people will keep telling you 'he's not improving' and has 'no desire' . He's very close to be a top top player. Hopefully he stays fit and avoids the small injuries that keeps ruining his momentum.
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It's interesting how as the wages of our players increases, the performances get worse.
He is largely responsible himself for the lack of good chances he gets. His movement to get into goalscoring positions isn't good. They are also talking about how bad he's creativity has been in the article.
Man Utd 0:1 Barcelona
Did he and Lingard even break a sweat when they came on?
They were jogging about.
They were jogging about.
Absolutely frustrating player to watch.
Shocking workrate.
Should have started, but Ole is carefully manging his minutes coming from the recent injury niggles
His touch was a few times. Can't believe he fecked the one that mattered
a few times. Can't believe he fecked the one that matteredWeirdly actually thought he put in a decent shift when he came on.
Barely fecked it, full sprint with a defender on him makes it difficult to control it, in the end it's great defending from PiqueHis touch was
Was he wearing Harry Potters invisibility cloak?
We lost control when this bone idle cnut came on. and just basically strolled around.
Same. Pressed well, looked lively with the ball, shame about that chance he cocked up.
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