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Santoryo

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Yup. He’s had an awful time the last 18 months with injuries. All the talk of his quality - that’s by far his biggest issue and its why the Seville loan was a disaster.
Yep. He started well at Sevilla then started picking injuries and it was down from there.
 

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More inevitable than Thanos.

Man gets a second chance and, as night follows day, gets injured.
Once he’s asked to run around a bit more he breaks down. I’m pretty sure it has happened before when he was asked to press the defenders properly. He has been static for so long his body can’t adjust to a required workrate at this level.
 

groovyalbert

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Martial out, is Sancho fit? Will Ronaldo bother playing? How long until Rashford is out for a spell?

I'm sorry, but the state of this squad a day before the season starts is a fecking disgrace to the club. Everyone involved in managing this window should be ashamed.
 

Carlsen19

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There's no curse in this, just that we love to bank on average players and then wonder why we are not successful.
This. He’s a complete waste of space who should have been gone a long time ago, relying on him coming into the season was always suicide.
 

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Quite a melodramatic reaction in here. A player had a minor niggle and will miss one game. Happens. Chill.
 

Santoryo

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This is where the problem with being thin in attack will rear its ugly head. In pre season we've looked good going forward with all of Martial, Sancho and Rashford, especially Martial-Sancho connection. But when you took one out the attack didn't look as good, case in point the Atletico game where Sancho's absence was truly felt.

I wonder who starts in place of Martial. Ronaldo isn't fit enough and Elanga is a disaster. Bruno false 9?
 

Santoryo

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Quite a melodramatic reaction in here. A player had a minor niggle and will miss one game. Happens. Chill.
I agree with this. Some people already screaming for selling. Folks do really need to chill.
 

angak

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Quite a melodramatic reaction in here. A player had a minor niggle and will miss one game. Happens. Chill.
This isn't minor. He has had a million soft issues injuries and was our only striker going into the season.
 

Chief123

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Quite a melodramatic reaction in here. A player had a minor niggle and will miss one game. Happens. Chill.
The fact it leaves us with no match fit striker for the start of the season, the reaction is warranted.
 

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Quite a melodramatic reaction in here. A player had a minor niggle and will miss one game. Happens. Chill.
He may miss two. Before he’s back for a couple and then misses 4. Rinse. Repeat. This is the Martial of the last 18 months - we went into this summer with everyone having huge doubts about him being kept as SECOND choice striker let alone the main man. It is batshit crazy that he is our main striker.
 

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The fact it leaves us with no match fit striker for the start of the season, the reaction is warranted.
Sure, the state of our squad is very bad going into the season, with or without this injury. But it's downright comical to talk about a curse or berating a player because he picks up a minor hamstring injury.
 

Swedish_Plumber

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He may miss two. Before he’s back for a couple and then misses 4. Rinse. Repeat. This is the Martial of the last 18 months - we went into this summer with everyone having huge doubts about him being kept as SECOND choice striker let alone the main man. It is batshit crazy that he is our main striker.
The fact he played well in a few pre season games and the board see that as an excuse not to fecking sign anyone shows ya how much we plan for the actual football too.

Even if he had stayed fit all season it’s pure negligence not to get someone in for attacking depth. Add to the knowledge that ronaldo wants out and I don’t even know what to fecking say.

It’s not melodramatic to see the same patterns at play that have caused our downward spiral to mediocrity.
 
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