Decomposing In Paris
Full Member
He’s our #9, & I’ll back him until he isn’t. He did ok tonight, lovely movement, touch, & hit with his left foot. Deserved a goal, got little service.
Werner would have had an absolute stinker tonight.No chance, and too bad Werner is off the market now.
Absolutely not. He was almost invisible in a game we have most of the play, and you just need to look at his movement off the ball to understand why. No anticipation whatsoever. He was good in february cirka, he needs to get his frontal lobes in gear.He was the best forward of the three, so I'm not going to complain about him. He will score next game.
To be fair he hasn't played in like 6 monthsYeah he struggled, but still did much more than the player people would spend 100 million to replace him with in Kane. Kane literally did nothing
I hardly saw IghaloI hardly knew he was in the game...he's like a ghost.
Ighalo to start, please!
Not often but he was given two brilliant chances, and the best strikers would have at least finished one of them. That's the major difference.And how many times did we actually give him any decent service?
Same as Rashford should have finished his? If I'm not mistaken, Martial is our most efficient player over the last 3/4 seasons. So, that's at least one thing I would never use against him --> His ability to combine with Rashford or James was subpar, same as his ability to involve himself in the game despite the lack of service..Not often but he was given two brilliant chances, and the best strikers would have at least finished one of them. That's the major difference.
Just because it is easier to get involved in the game when playing on the wing, I would not say that he offers more as a whole. And again, judging Rashford/Martial against a defensive team and with minimal service is not fair. And they have different strengthss.Rashford can afford to miss a chance when he offers so much more during a game, its not even a debate. Martial is our striker, he's there to bury those chances.
But that's blatantly untrue, otherwise those strikers would score hundreds goals per seasons and we all know that they didn't.Those two chances he had tonight would've been buried by most of the top strikers we've had in the past 3 decades. That's the bar, that's the gold standard. Not good enough.
Yep this is painfully obvious to me. He's not a lone striker, and I'm baffled how much time people are willing to give him to get comfortable at the role. Its just not for him, no shame in that, he's much better on the left, but Rashford is better. Neither are lone strikers.I think he's a great player but I don't think he is a lone striker. He's a LF and the problem you have is that Rashford is also a LF/LW.
I don't think he's either.I think he's a great player but I don't think he is a lone striker. He's a LF and the problem you have is that Rashford is also a LF/LW.
100% this. Ighalo should be leading the line and Rashford/Martial should be rotating with one or both on the field but from wide. Neither of them are physical enough, alert enough or canny enough to be the focal point of the attack.Ighalo needs to be starting, Martial needs to be taking notes on how to at least pose a threat over 90 mins.
Its painful isnt it? A world class save and a defender literally slides in to block his shot both on target. A left and right foot shot both at angles.But that's blatantly untrue, otherwise those strikers would score hundreds goals per seasons and we all know that they didn't.