Is this... is this satire?
Let's break down this utter tosh.
"average before Bruno" no doubt. Any striker in the world would look average when the opposition see you as the only attacking threat and the only supply you're reliant on is coming from Mata, Lingard & Pereira. Were you expecting Martial to pick the ball up in his own box, beat 9 players and slot it home every game? In the first half of the season, we didn't score more than 1 goal in any single game where Martial wasn't playing, even when we were crap he was the shining light for us.
"I want us to buy a top, top No 9. That is not Martial." Ok, he's the 5th highest goalscoring No.9 in the league this season with 17 goals (also 6 assists) behind only Vardy 23G 5A, Auba 22G 3A, Ings 22G 2A & Kane 18G 2A. He has played 200 less minutes than Ings, 300 less than Vardy and 400 less than Auba. Also, if you add his goals and assists then he has contributed to 23 goals, 3 more than Kane who everyone claims is a "top top no.9" & only 2 less than Auba & 1 less than Ings who we've already established played a considerable amount more minutes than him. To top it all off, let's return to the earlier point as well that we played the first half of the season without a single creative midfielder! let's no forget that Pogba was out injured until we signed Bruno.
Another key thing to consider is age. Every position on the pitch matures at a different rate, strikers don't typically hit their prime until they're past 25. Martial is 24 years old & already outperforming the next youngest No.9 I previously mentioned in Kane, who is 27 years old tomorrow. Vardy is 33, Ings is 28 & Aubameyang is 31. Do you really think he won't make up those 1 or 2 goal contributions they're ahead of him by the time he is their age? Give your head a wobble.
"He has improved, but still does not lead the line and inspire his team, score enough goals on a consistent basis, (like Aguero, Lewandoski, Kane, Benzema, even Vardy etc..)" Ok, well we've already debunked the absolute crap you're spouting about Kane in the paragraphs above so I won't go over that again. Let's now focus on your claim he doesn't lead the line and inspire the team. Martial's hold-up play has been nothing short of superb this season. He wins so many fouls, unlike Rashford at no.9 who runs into blind alleys and loses possession. Martial has won us plenty of penalties with his quick-feet and drive. He absolutely inspires the team because he leads the press and the rest of our players follow him. He brings an abundance of energy & when the team isn't playing well he can put them on his back and score one of his thrilling solo goals as we've seen several times now. Martial also plays well when Rashford isn't playing but the same cannot be said about the vice versa, infact Rashford looks lost without Martial and that's because Martial works so hard for the team off the ball and makes the players around him better.
Finally "Martial would not improve any other big club in Europe" Well, it's a damn good job the board vetoed Mourinho's desire to sell Martial or we'd currently be watching him at another big club & we'd be bloody devastated about it too. Thank God he's our no.9.
It's time to end the agenda driven crap against Martial. Sorry if this was a bit too impassioned but I'm so sick of this lad not getting the credit he bloody well deserves. If you're going to keep talking rubbish about this player then it's about time you bring some facts to the fight.
