Nope. We can't afford to purposely start the game with Martial. It's like playing with 10 men.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 41
- Goals
- 12
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 2
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Played just 30 minutes for us and already our fastest player this season.
| Player | Club | Opponent | Top speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth | Spurs | 36.10 |
| Anthony Gordon | Newcastle | Man City | 35.67 |
| Anthony Gordon | Newcastle | Aston Villa | 35.63 |
| Adama Traore | Fulham | Arsenal | 35.55 |
| Rasmus Hojlund | Man Utd | Arsenal | 35.45 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Man Utd | Spurs | 35.01 |
| Ameen Al Dakhil | Burnley | Man City | 34.97 |
| Anthony Elanga | Nott'm Forest | Sheff Utd | 34.88 |
| Pedro Neto | Wolves | Man Utd | 34.84 |
| Pedro Neto | Wolves | Crystal Palace | 34.82 |
Not like, it is.
Hojlund has to play imo.
He will at the very least put himself about, make runs into channels, compete in the air, hold up the ball, etc, and do the general donkey work that centre forwards are supposed to do.
Martial is an absolute passenger. The sight of him strolling about while the defenders casually stroke the ball about is infuritating. If his shorts had pockets he would have his hands in them.
If Martial plays, Brighton's defenders will consequently push up and play on the centre line, so it makes no sense to pick him when it plays into their hands.
He will at the very least put himself about, make runs into channels, compete in the air, hold up the ball, etc, and do the general donkey work that centre forwards are supposed to do.
Martial is an absolute passenger. The sight of him strolling about while the defenders casually stroke the ball about is infuritating. If his shorts had pockets he would have his hands in them.
If Martial plays, Brighton's defenders will consequently push up and play on the centre line, so it makes no sense to pick him when it plays into their hands.
Boksic was a gem. My god, what a great player.
Are you talking about Denmark or United?
Boksic was a hell of a footballer. If Højlund ends up as good as him we’ll have done pretty well.
He seems rapid. Is this the overall list? Is he fourth fastest already?
Nice to hear that my childhood idol is still rated after all these years
.This goal absolutely killed me as a teenager.Nice to hear that my childhood idol is still rated after all these years
That’s cause all the rest play like they’ve been told to calm it down and never go full pelt.
Yes and yes. Although only comparing data from this season.
Denmark.
Interesting video. Realistic analysis.
No pressure lad.
Hope he starts today
3 sub appearances, you'd hope he has an hour at least in him.
Looking forward to seeing him play today. He should start from the off.
Delighted he's sorted out his hair. No more Danish Deirdre Barlow.
Man Utd 1:3 Brighton
We'll never how good he can be with players like Rashford and Bruno behind him.
Rashford could of played him a few times for 1 on 1s but decided to piss about too much.
Puzzling sub for Martial.
Puzzling sub for Martial.
The way he took the disallowed goal was promising, but I feel like he touched the ball half a dozen times in the entire match. He struggled to get involved today.
I'm excited to have him though and he will surely add value once he's fully fit and settled in.
I'm excited to have him though and he will surely add value once he's fully fit and settled in.
It's refreshing to see a hard working number 9. Give it a few months though and we'll be calling for his head.
The sub must have been because Hojlund cant play 90 minutes yet after the injury... otherwise bringing Martial on for Hojlund is just very strange. Would have prefered Garnacho on as the left winger and Rashford as centre forward over Martial though.
He brings some much needed tenacity, and has lovely striker's instincts and movement. So excited to have him!
Thought he was fine, held up the ball well and took some good positions.
I was quite impressed with what I saw of him today. Should have made a better contact on that first opportunity he had where he got across Dunk but he should of had a few goals today if his strike partner could and would actually pass the ball.
Must have been taken off to protect him or something as taking him off for anything else would just be insane when he looked the most likely to grab a goal.
Must have been taken off to protect him or something as taking him off for anything else would just be insane when he looked the most likely to grab a goal.
He looks decent.
He worked hard but rarely received the ball in a position to do much with it.
Perhaps he could have done better with that early effort (cross from the left) that he didn't make proper contact with. Not his fault his goal was chalked off (correctly).
Perhaps he could have done better with that early effort (cross from the left) that he didn't make proper contact with. Not his fault his goal was chalked off (correctly).
He'd have touched it more if our daft left winger knew how to pass the feckin ball
No idea why he was subbed off. That sub has made me doubt Ten Hag's state of mind.
If Hojlund wasn't injured I can't understand him coming off. One of the few bright sparks today. If his teammates could put the ball in the box more often he'd be a menace.
I agree with most of that. I don't agree with your last bit about the goal because I don't think we have conclusive evidence. From my point of view, the goal should have stood. A top down angle would have cleared this one up and is the only way to resolve the situation.
He worked hard but didn't get the ball. We did a very shit job of getting him on the ball. I was disappointed in how little Rashford tried to play him in.
Rashford could have given him 2 assists for 2 easy tap ins.
His runs are great, but our players are too selfish or dont go for the killer ball when they need to. Infuriating.
His runs are great, but our players are too selfish or dont go for the killer ball when they need to. Infuriating.
The plan was probably always to give him 60 - 70 mins
Can't blame him for the few chances provided to him which I thought he did well with them. ETH needs to play around him and he would be an asset. Weird decision to take him off for Martial who looked invisible in the game.
Great potential. Just hope his potential is not destroyed here. He has most of what he needs to be a good striker going forward.
Liked what I see and we need him basically to go injury free now for the sake of our season. He looks like a striker that any manager would like to have. Should have had a goal (not even counting the one that was disallowed)
His hold up is strong and hopefully we start delivering to him instead of our players being selfish
His hold up is strong and hopefully we start delivering to him instead of our players being selfish
He was quite good. Not much service, but this is how it is around here.
The boos when he was subbed really caught me off guard, though. I guess the crowd also liked what they saw.
The boos when he was subbed really caught me off guard, though. I guess the crowd also liked what they saw.