Walters_19_MuFc
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MARTIAL WINS TWITTER GOAL CUP
Anthony Martial has already scored plenty of memorable goals for Manchester United and now his effort against Stoke City has been chosen as the best Premier League strike of 2015/16 by Twitter users.
The French forward superbly finished off a flowing team move against the Potters in February and, this week, went up against seven other contenders in the Twitter Goal Cup, with each round put to a fan vote in a knockout-style tournament run by the Premier League's official account.
After seeing off competition from Tottenham's Dele Alli (v Crystal Palace) and Chelsea's Eden Hazard (v Tottenham), Martial triumphed over Christian Benteke's acrobatic volley for Liverpool at Old Trafford in the final, taking the prize with 57.6% of the vote.
It's not the first time our no.9's finishing has caught the eye, with his debut solo effort against the Merseyside outfit winning our Goal of the Season award earlier this month. Martial also follows in the footsteps of ex-Red Angel Di Maria, who claimed the Goal Cup award last season.
Watch Martial's goal against Stoke again in the video above.
What makes you say that? I think he will go from strength to strength. In a functional team he will easily sack 20 goals next year I reckon.I can see him having a difficult second season, but that doesn't mean we should be any less excited (hell, even Messi had a difficult 07-08 season by his standards).
Can see him thriving in the counter-attacking style.
Higher expectations from the fans, less prominent role in the side (usually a good thing, but people will be less accepting of his mistakes if the ball was supposed to go to Ibra rather than Rashford and it's possible if we're not abject he may even be rotated), won't have a full pre-season because of the Euros and probably switch off a little bit due to complacency.What makes you say that? I think he will go from strength to strength. In a functional team he will easily sack 20 goals next year I reckon.
we should build the team around him. he's that brilliant.
age has nothing to do with it for me. it's all about talent. He is so good that we should maximise his ability as much as possible. he will get us all the goals if this is done. Relieve his defensive duties get him in positions to run at defenders and he will score goals for fun.I said it early last year and people kept banging on about him being too young etc. The kid is the business right now, we need to learn to squeeze the most out of him.
Perhaps I think this guy is just ridiculously good, in fact I think he's better now than people realise and the only reason he isn't already rated higher is because he's so young and people think he has potential to be even better. Next season will be the year for Anthony MartialHigher expectations from the fans, less prominent role in the side (usually a good thing, but people will be less accepting of his mistakes if the ball was supposed to go to Ibra rather than Rashford and it's possible if we're not abject he may even be rotated), won't have a full pre-season because of the Euros and probably switch off a little bit due to complacency.
Would ruin the euros for me if he doesn't play.
Couldn't agree more, lll be watching every France game just to see martialWould ruin the euros for me if he doesn't play.
Hoping this isn't a big deal.
That's only our players, right?Our fastest player last season.
That's only our players, right?
That's only our players, right?
Shucks, for a second there I thought we owned the top 5 fastest, clocked out of the entire Prem....that was until I saw Smalling's name on the list
(not that Smalling is a slouch either btw).
Our fastest player last season.
You could well be right NF. I haven't seen that list, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Vardy topping it.I think Martial was second behind Vardy in the league though, wasn't he? Sure I read that somewhere.
That's only our players, right?
Shucks, for a second there I thought we owned the top 5 fastest, clocked out of the entire Prem....that was until I saw Smalling's name on the list
(not that Smalling is a slouch either btw).
Yeah Smalling is quite fast, so too Rooney apparentlySmalling's suppose to be our fastest players if interviews through the years are to be believed.
Also I'm fairly sure the top recorded speed each season is always near 37KM/H, so our players are very close to the fastest.
You could well be right NF. I haven't seen that list, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Vardy topping it.
Good omens for us though. Another 2-3 quick players and our team looks much pacier than the dinosaur it's resembled over recent years.
Regardless, good memory you have!Just found it, he was:
http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/...230516-bpl-players-tracking-data-results.html
Vardy's top speed was 35.44 to Martial's 35.4
I find these top speed things a bit pointless, but still, nice to know.
Our fastest player last season.
He needs someone else to rotate with. He played 64 games last season for club and country which was the most of any player in Europe and he's only 20. He needs to rest sometimes.