Pretty sure he has a better record than most players we’ve had since Fergie left. Been here too long sure but let’s not talk about him being as big a flop as most revisionists in this thread are making out. Similar goals to game ratio to Rashford too. Should’ve been better but he’s not been a colossal flop like people would want you to believe.
Go on then, I'll take this as I think Martial has been woeful for us over a number of seasons and I reckon (as I type I haven't checked) that his goals to games will stack up poorly compared to some players we've cast off as flotsam and jetsam. I'll go with all the players I can remember have played up top for us as a serious choice signed since Fergie retired.
Martial - 317 games - 90 goals, 0.28 goals per game
Rashford -384 games, 126 goals, 0.32 goals per game
Lukaku - 96 games, 42 goals, 0.43 goals per game
Cavani - 59 games, 19 goals, 0.32 goals per game
Ronaldo (return), 54 games, 27 goals, 0.5 goals per game
Zlatan, 53 games, 29 goals, 0.55 goals per game
Hojlund, 24 games, 6 goals, 0.25 goals per game
Greenwood, 129 games, 35 goals, 0.28 goals per game
Ighalo - 24 games, 5 goals, 0.21 goals per game
Weghorse - 31 games, 2 goals, 0.06 goals per game
Falcao - 29 games, 4 goals, 0.14 goals per game
Sanchez - 45 games, 5 goals, 0.11 goals per game
Depay - 53 games, 7 goals, 0.13 goals per game
So looking at that - Martial has played the 2nd highest amount of games (nearly three times more games than Greenwood in first) and is only above Hojlund and then accepted flops in Weghorse, Sanchez, Falcao and Depay. He's equal with Greenwood, who alongside coming through as a youngster mostly played on the right anyway.
Interestingly, way off the records of Lukaku and Cavani, who most people would see as not good enough.
If you take Martial's record in the seasons since covid his rate is:
95 games, 19 goals - 0.2 goals per game. Putting him below Greenwood, Ighalo and Hojlund.
This is before we use our eyes and look at the obvious lack of care or bothering to put in a shift for the team. His first touch is laboured and poor, he's lost any pace that he ever had and seemingly all the desire. The guy should have been sold a long time ago.