How long before his next injury?
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- Assists
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Not surprised considering how he can walk on water and heal leopards.
Leopards? Is this Jesus or Tarzan we're talking about?
Haha, reckon it's lepers
The best thing Ole did was between 2019 and 2021 basically where he developed partnerships between Martial and Rashford, Rashford and Shaw, Bruno and Martial, and then Bruno and Rashford. We played out best football thanks to those guys. Now that we have an actual system, that's something that Ten Hag can actually use to build off of. Martial in up top and you already have all these players that click naturally. Just get a RW who clicks with them (I'm sure either Sancho or Antony would click quite well with Martial, and we'll be cooking. Hell martial already has an assist for Antony within like 10 minutes of playing with him.
Oh sweet summer child
If you meant to say lepers here then
and it needs to be your new tagline @modsLeopards and their damn, dirty disgusting spots need to be cleansed!
10 minutes into the next game he starts. We really need him to stay fit and then we’ll easily finish top 4… him and rashford when both on form are unstoppable.
Very encouraging signs indeed.
Lots of good things to look forward to. Can't say I've been this optimistic about United for a good while.
HE HAS THE POWER OF FLIGHT
I would love to see if he can fulfill his world class potential under ten Hag. If there is one manager that is perfect for Martial is ten Hag.
Stay fit you motherfecker.
I just hope he's fit for the second half of the season. I don't particularly have expectations for him to contribute over the coming weeks. We really should bring in an alternate CF so that our system isn't so hugely impacted by his absence.
Really has to prove himself now.
I don’t think we’ll buy a striker in January.
I don’t think we’ll buy a striker in January.
If He stays fit we start destroying teams.
10 9 8 7...
he's not God
Hopefully he is not selected for France so he can work on his fitness and get back for the busy January period.
We need him, he has done more in the time he has played this season than Ronaldo has all season for us on the pitch.
We need him, he has done more in the time he has played this season than Ronaldo has all season for us on the pitch.
Based on his output per 90', we need him for about 30' vs Real Sociedad to get 2 goals advantage. I think that's doable.
The final countdown.
It's scary how much hope we're placing in this guy. He's the most wildly inconsistent member of our squad, and one where there is a clear mentality issue.
He's riding the wave of a good pre-season, and a handful of good performances this season but does anyone really think he can keep that up (provided he can even stay fit)
His goal per season average (all comps) excluding this season and the one at Seville is 13, scoring one in every 3 games, and that's skewed by the anomalous season where he somehow scored 23.
That's not even a small sample size, it's six seasons worth of data.
He's riding the wave of a good pre-season, and a handful of good performances this season but does anyone really think he can keep that up (provided he can even stay fit)
His goal per season average (all comps) excluding this season and the one at Seville is 13, scoring one in every 3 games, and that's skewed by the anomalous season where he somehow scored 23.
That's not even a small sample size, it's six seasons worth of data.
Keep your negativity for when he actually performs awfully this season otherwise you're just rehashing the same boring essays written in this thread.
Has he been named in the French WC squad? Or will he be taking it easy for the next couple of weeks after this one?
Most wildly inconsistent player in our squad. Do bore off, we've had nothing but inconsistency from all of our player for almost a decade.
So what's a realistic solution from now till the window opens?
The squad will supposedly be announced on the 9th. France are kinda stacked in attacking positions, so it is quite possible that he won't be selected.
Won't go to the world cup, France have enough talent in attack.
This and this.
Sweet. Can’t see any reason not to take a chance on his fitness tomorrow so.
The anomalous season is the cause for optimism. It is for me anyway. Him and Rashford have shown the potential to work very well together. Obviously Martial doesn’t seem to have the stones to excel with big names competing for his place in the team but given the perfect circumstances… I mean we can all see how talented he is.
They're not wrong, in fairness. Very few of ours have flattered to deceive as regularly as Tony. On song he's good but the reality is that's been very infrequently.
No room for realism here then!
He hasn't even flattered, never mind deceived for about 2 and a half years but he's shown plenty in every game he's played since the start of pre season. We're giving everyone a chance to show what they've got under the new regime. Get with the programme.
Pretty much this. Not hard to understand.
Ok, now you’re making me overthink that phrase. What does it even mean? Who’s flattering who?
I agree that that season, along with other great periods and games he's had, is reason for optimism. I'll freely admit that I always tend towards optimism though.
I am not sure "having stones" is the problem with Martial. When United signed him, I read a long feature on him and his former coaches all said that he was a very laid-back character. One said something along the lines of him having the attitude of "If I play well and score, that's good. If I don't...well,there's the next game." I took that to mean he is not a person who will buckle down and be hell-bent on making things happen for him. It seems to me, he has struggled in the past to be in the right place mentally but that when he is, he performs very well.
Would SAF have been able to get him firing more consistently? I think so.
Yeah, as soon as I wrote that I was wondering if I was being too harsh. Agree it’s not necessarily lacking the stones. But it does seem like his head game is what needs most work.
Sometimes players suit differently with different managers. One quick glance and you see Martial is suited to ETH hence why he's looked good whenever he's played under this new regime. It's pretty obvious to me that he'll strive under Ten Hag and there hasn't been any reason for me to believe otherwise. Martial biggest hurdle under Ten Hag will be battling injuries because if he can't stay fit then everything else is moot.
OK, I may have taken some linguistic liberties there to make a point. Allow me a little artistic license, Pogue.
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