Anthony Martial... SOS

[Wumminator]

We're a bit down.

I'm a bit more down than I have been in a while. I honestly didn't think we'd be this bad.

But one thing has me hopeful. After a goal in our last match and being our best offensive player last year, I think Martial is now primed to come back and spearhead our attack. He's going to grab us to top four because he is that good.

Is there ANYONE who thinks he shouldn't be starting up front over the next few games? Rashford or him now surely.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

 

[Raw]

Him on the left, Rashford up front. God I've missed actual flair on the wings.

 

[Man-United]

If he was good this season then yes, but he's been shite so I'm not really looking forward to watch him either.

Rashford upfront, Zlatan SS with Mata free role and Mkhi(will never happen?).

 

[Wumminator]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

Are you kidding me?

We've won one in six now in the league haven't we?

 

[Raw]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

We've also won 1 in 7 in the Premier League.

 

[AXVnee7]

All he has to do is offer link up play, then he's already on par with Zlatan. Score a goal, and hey that's a bonus!

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Are you kidding me?

We've won one in six now in the league haven't we?

@Raw I didn't say we've been good, though. Just that we've not been that bad.

And to be fair, in the last 6, we've played Liverpool and Chelsea away, the current champions and the league leaders.

 

[endless_wheelies]

Actually we're 10% better finishing off being ridiculously good.

 

[GE]

Draw, draw, draw, win, loss, draw, draw, draw. Finish 6th.

We've not been THAT bad, we haven't lost many guys...

 

[Castia]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

Can't tell if serious...

We've won 1 in 7 league games draws are no good.

 

[Utdstar01]

I've been looking forward to seeing him in the side for weeks now and he's not for one reason or another

 

[DWelbz19]

He'll actually have to be on the pitch to save our souls.

 

[DevilRed]

Him on the left, Rashford up front. God I've missed actual flair on the wings.

I've missed having defenders chase a striker who can actually run onto a through ball.

Its really simple logic that the best teams can make opponents backlines turn and face their own goal. We wont achieve that with Rooney and Ibra upfront.

I also think that we have electric pace in some of our younger players. Surely this first in with Mourinhos counterattacking style?! We have not seen that AT ALL this whole season.

 

[LouisDanGaal]

We just absolutely battered them and were unlucky not to score, get a grip

By the way completely agree with Martial starting up top. Or Rashford. Or even Rooney, just get Zlatan a bit of rest, hes been awful recently.

 

[Massive Spanner]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

yeah I'm sure you'd have said the same under LvG with 1 win in 7.

 

[NinjaFletch]

Oh good an overly dramatic Twigginater thread. Just what I needed.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

If he plays like Rashford today, i.e. keeps the width and hugs the touchline, then he will be very dangerous for us. Get him into 1v1 situations and more often than not he'll beat his man.

 

[ReDDHDevilS]

Martial on the left, Mkhi on the right, Rashford down the middle. Dying to see some pace upfront!

 

[Man-United]

The more games Martial miss, the better he will get on redcafe.

 

[Ainu]

Actually we're 10% better finishing off being ridiculously good.

Perhaps against shit teams like Burnley. We're a lot further away from being ridiculously good against strong teams.

 

[Wumminator]

Martial on the left, Mkhi on the right, Rashford down the middle. Dying to see some pace upfront!

Not seen anything from Mikhi at all to know how good he is. But Martial/Rashford playing together in their favoured position sounds fecking great to me right now.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

yeah I'm sure you'd have said the same under LvG with 1 win in 7.

What did I say that was wrong? Have we really been that bad in our last 7?

 

[Wumminator]

The more games Martial miss, the better he will get on redcafe.

Apart from being our best offensive player last year and recently being voted the best young player in Europe, I have to admit I don't really know why he is rated so highly.

 

[Wumminator]

What did I say that was wrong? Have we really been that bad in our last 7?

Yes. It's been pretty tumescent to be frank.

 

[endless_wheelies]

Perhaps against shit teams like Burnley. We're a lot further away from being ridiculously good against strong teams.

Like Man City?

 

[Man-United]

Apart from being our best offensive player last year and recently being voted the best young player in Europe, I have to admit I don't really know why he is rated so highly.

Are you not rated on how you are this season? Because that's what I was told in the Ibra thread by some.

 

[JB08]

Martial - Rashford - Mkhitaryan as a front 3 would be tasty.

If Zlatan starts finishing, he can play in Rashford's place.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Yes. It's been pretty tumescent to be frank.

Results have been bad, yes. Performances haven't. I'll take this over anything I've watched in the previous three seasons.

 

[bosnian_red]

Really needs to start up front for us. He has that composure in front of goal that is sorely lacking. He almost dug us out against Stoke, but then of course we threw that away. But we need his composure up front or even on the left, but Ibra is just being way too wasteful. Plus Martial is our best attacking player when at his best so we need to get him back to that.

 

[Jed I. Knight]

No idea what's going on with him. Was reported to have some sort of injury, but certain to be back, and now journos are reporting that nobody can answer whether he's injured or not.

The latest casualty of Mourinho's tendency to shut out players for no apparent reason?

 

[Wumminator]

No idea what's going on with him. Was reported to have some sort of injury, but certain to be back, and now journos are reporting that nobody can answer whether he's injured or not.

The latest casualty of Mourinho's tendency to shut out players for no apparent reason?

There's absolutely no chance he's simply dropped. He has to be injured.

 

[liamp]

No idea what's going on with him. Was reported to have some sort of injury, but certain to be back, and now journos are reporting that nobody can answer whether he's injured or not.

The latest casualty of Mourinho's tendency to shut out players for no apparent reason?

If Mourinho's frozen out Martial, then I completely give up.

 

[Sparky10Legend]

We've lost one in our last nine. We've not been that bad.

Ok Louis

 

[Jazz]

We're a bit down.

I'm a bit more down than I have been in a while. I honestly didn't think we'd be this bad.

But one thing has me hopeful. After a goal in our last match and being our best offensive player last year, I think Martial is now primed to come back and spearhead our attack. He's going to grab us to top four because he is that good.

Is there ANYONE who thinks he shouldn't be starting up front over the next few games? Rashford or him now surely.

I certainly think he should be starting! Been crying out for him!
Twigs if you do this twitter stuff, can u send him a message that we need him

 

[Jed I. Knight]

There's absolutely no chance he's simply dropped. He has to be injured.

I hope you're right, it just seems strange. Mourinho didn't mention him when asked about injuries in the pre-match interview, did he?

 

[Zoo]

Well Zlatan needs to be dropped. This can't go on.

 

[Zoo]

No idea what's going on with him. Was reported to have some sort of injury, but certain to be back, and now journos are reporting that nobody can answer whether he's injured or not.

The latest casualty of Mourinho's tendency to shut out players for no apparent reason?

He has a foot injury. The French media reported it.

 

[Jazz]

If Mourinho's frozen out Martial, then I completely give up.

If Martial is being frozen out, then the club directors need to intervene. I'm sorry, but we cannot have this happen to one of our most talented prospects.
I know Martial liked LVG and also the way LVG coached him, so I hope this isn't affecting Mourinho's attitude towards him. I've heard Jose comment on some players preferring LVG's coaching - let's hope he doesn't hold that against them.

 

[Jed I. Knight]

He has a foot injury. The French media reported it.

It was reported in the English media as well, out of the blue and on the day of the game against City, accompanied by the mention of it being minor, and that he would be back for Burnley.

This is all I have seen regarding him today:

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And Mourinho was asked how injuries affected his selection in the pre-match interview, and he didn't mention Martial at all.