Glorio
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Not sure Martial was used as a stick to beat Ronaldo. What would have been the point? When Martial was fit with ETH, he seemed to be first choice anyway. Ronaldo on the other hand, provided ample sticks for folks to beat him with all by himselfYep.
Martial's stock seemed to undeservedly rise when he scored a few goals earlier in the season and so was used as a stick to beat Ronaldo with - "Who needs a has been? If he can stay fit Martial will carry on banging in the goals..."
There were always two problems with that - it's a huge 'if' regarding Martial staying fit. He's also never been a guaranteed scorer - very inconsistent with some good seasons and some poor ones. With more of the latter than the former.
At least there was a more positive recent update about Eriksen's fitness.
The big concern for most on here, even when Martial was lighting up pre-season was whether he could stay fit or could even be trusted to keep his consistency.