Widow
Full Member
Martial just isn't good enough for us. We have given him plenty of time and chances but he just isn't working out. I wonder if Ole has the balls to move him on!
Rashford is a problem? Some people around are impossible to please. Martial is most definitely an issue but including Rashford in the discussion is bizarre to say the least. His G/A is right up there with anyone else in Europe this season. Season finished late last year and the squad started this season with no pre season. If you think that's not going to affect them then you really don't know much about conditioning in pro sports. I do remember Rashford sprinting back in the last minute of extra time last night, literally the whole fecking pitch. A poster called him lazy, just feck right off to be honest.
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If you're Greenwood you must be so frustrated that your minutes as a striker are used up by Martial.
Rashford is a problem? Some people around are impossible to please. Martial is most definitely an issue but including Rashford in the discussion is bizarre to say the least. His G/A is right up there with anyone else in Europe this season. Season finished late last year and the squad started this season with no pre season. If you think that's not going to affect them then you really don't know much about conditioning in pro sports. I do remember Rashford sprinting back in the last minute of extra time last night, literally the whole fecking pitch. A poster called him lazy, just feck right off to be honest.
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If you're Greenwood you must be so frustrated that your minutes as a striker are used up by Martial.
Exactly. Seems this is being lost in all the reactionary group-think.I thought both of them had decent games yesterday. There's only so much space a forward can find in a midweek game against a team that parks 7 players in their own box.
He's also scored as many goals as Cavani. What do the Cavani fan boys make of that?Martial fan boys really struggling to come to terms with the fact their man has scored same amount of goals as Scott Mctomminay this season.
Rashford gets goals and assists when playing poorly as he did again tonight. Played poor but found a moment.
Martial messed up every final pass he attempted and his shots were awful. Holding the ball up well isn't good enough.
I’d say watch 5 mins of Cavani and tell me you’d rather Martial?He's also scored as many goals as Cavani. What do the Cavani fan boys make of that?
The overplaying of Rashford is getting to him. Back injury, which we don't even know if he's fully recovered or it could be giving him problems. Maybe he's playing with pain.
He's also scored as many goals as Cavani. What do the Cavani fan boys make of that?
That's my issue with our fans. A player being frustrating while doing something, is better than one who does nothing. Even if he is wasteful, Rashford will still manufacture chances and shots. Like Nani, he can have an off day where those chances and shots are terrible, but at the end of the day, they are still contributions. Martial and Mata consistently offer nothing. They can go a handful of games barely making any drives or incisive passes. Martial used to get away with that when he was constantly on the left flank, hiding then making one or two run bursts after a few games, but now that he's been the focal point, his lack of usefulness has been on full display.Yeahh but but but.... he doesnt meet the eye test and runs into players.
I have not seen 1 winger this season who has had 100% dribble accuracy.
What I have seen though is a player who will try try try, give his all for the team and even when things are not going well, come up with moments in games to influence them.
PSG away
Southampton away
Leipzig home
West Ham away
Wolves Home
Good thing he has better advisors than someone like you. When you are 18 you are not entitled to play no 9 for Manutd. It has to be earnt. The games he has played as a 9 he has not been any better than Martial.
Completely agreeIs there Cavani fanboys or just people who are rational thinkers and can tell quite easily one is a lot better than the other. The childish fan boy nature of football fandom these days is embarrassing.
The lad needs minutes as a striker to grow that's all if he can't even get them when our other strikers (bar Cavani) are in god awful form then he'd be right to worry.
He's also scored as many goals as Cavani. What do the Cavani fan boys make of that?
I'd do the same.I am probably alone here but I thought Martial played better last night and showed a few glimpses of his previous form. I would keep him in for West Brom, probably on the left with Cavani in the middle and Greenwood on the right. Rashford could do with a rest I think, his form is really patchy.
Who said he's entitled? The lad needs minutes as a striker to grow that's all if he can't even get them when our other strikers (bar Cavani) are in god awful form then he'd be right to worry.
He should be rotated with Cavani.
@Pogue Mahone
The new FBRef scouting tool allows us to easily look at our forward's defence stats (among many others stat) in terms of performance against every player in their position(s) in Europe's top 5 leagues.
https://fbref.com/en/players/a1d5bd30/Marcus-Rashford
https://fbref.com/en/players/8b788c01/Anthony-Martial
Compared to Cavani
https://fbref.com/en/players/527f063d/Edinson-Cavani
I'd do the same.
Is Rashford being too distracted by his off-field activities? His head just doesn't seem to be in it, apart from the odd flash like last night for the assist.
The problem as I see it is quite simple Martial needs to realise he is not Pele or Ronaldo and knuckle down and get stuck in. Rashford not knocking all the great work he has done off the field , needs to realise you cannot be a part-time footballer.
Rashford not knocking all the great work he has done off the field , needs to realise you cannot be a part-time footballer.
What does this even mean?
Do you know something that suggests he's not putting in "full-time" levels of effort towards football?
Here is a classic example of using a stat without watching a game for 90 mins.He's also scored as many goals as Cavani. What do the Cavani fan boys make of that?