It's great to see a player who does all of his talking on the pitch. Humble, reserved and family man are not terms i'd associate with a modern footballer, let alone a 19 year old kid who has just become the most expensive teenager of all time.
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His lack of emotion cracks me up. It's like he doesn't realise size of what he is doing, fee, club everything.
Looking forward to seeing the variation in his game. First goal at Southampton aside, seen same finish and celebration every time.
Looking forward to seeing the variation in his game. First goal at Southampton aside, seen same finish and celebration every time.
Yeah he needs to work on his celebrations
Only confirms the noises about him that he is down to earth. Refreshing to see he isn't one of the many cringeworthy footballers nowadays who are at home standing in front of mirrors 'working on their celebrations'.Yeah he needs to work on his celebrations
Exactly, the best scorer in the PL had same boring celebration with his hand lifted through his entire career...
That Liverpool goal seems like such a long time ago now.
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As long as he keeps scoring - I can connect with him.
I tend to disconnect with players who are not good enough to play for MUFC, for example Falcao - that guy was/is terrible.
I tend to disconnect with players who are not good enough to play for MUFC, for example Falcao - that guy was/is terrible.
"Martial, déjà le petit prince de MU". Martial already the little prince of United.
My friend, defending and/or saving goals is not as simple as that.
Just because you think you know what a striker will do, does not mean you can stop the goal from occurring.
Many great strikers in the past have a signature type of goal - everybody knows what he is going to do - but nobody can stop it from happening.
Similarly, nobody knows what Falcao/Rooney will do, but neither can score a EPL goal.
I do expect a drop-off, but it won't be because defenders or goalies have worked him out.
So true!Spot on. However if it's Bale who stole Ronaldo's ball in similar fashion he won't be able to get away with that, even if he scored
Yea he's a right boring cnut, if we don't get a triple corkscrew after his next goal I'll drive him to Madrid myself!
Have all of his goals gone into the bottom of the right corner so far? Seems to like placing them there.
Word out of the club was that the whole of Europe was after him and club had to act fast. Wenger'so comments also suggest the same.
Yep he was so hotly pursued that his name wasn't mentioned anywhere the whole summer until the day we signed him. Sounds like a popular bandwagon to jump on.
Why would clubs want the world to know they're after him?
Spurs, Barcelona, Chelsea were all linked with him at various points
Seriously, just because you hadn't heard of him doesn't mean that he was an unknown.
Wenger is just upset he can't go into France and pcik up world class gems for peanuts anymore.
I really don't know why I took time for this but still:
Linked to Barca
http://www.90min.com/posts/2500281-...onaco-s-anthony-martial-for-pedro-replacement
Linked to Chelsea
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...make-40m-bid-for-monaco-striker-10464008.html
Linked to Tottenham
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ino-eyes-20million-swoop-Anthony-Martial.html
And a comments from one article after we bought him:
And comment from Barca sport director from the same article which indicates they were looking at him:
Wenger today said Monaco told him he would not be sold this summer and took them at their word. Dipoesnt know the powers of Ed.
They said that to everyone, United tried their luck after the CL elimination which was the thing to do.
Tbf there were rumors that many clubs were not happy when they sold him because they told everyone that he is not for sale. Also there were rumors of many people at Monaco being pissed because of his sale.
In the end it looks like it was just about offering amount of money they couldn't turn down. The future will show if it was a good decision but so far it looks like we did great.
There is always one poster talking absolute shite, no matter the topic.
It is pretty simple in this case. A lot of clubs wanted him and had him on the radar, for years. We acted fast after their CL qualification wasnt successfull, offered them a big amount of money. They couldnt say no, we got him. Case closed. Well done Ed and LvG.
It is pretty simple in this case. A lot of clubs wanted him and had him on the radar, for years. We acted fast after their CL qualification wasnt successfull, offered them a big amount of money. They couldnt say no, we got him. Case closed. Well done Ed and LvG.
Ouch. @December_16 getting torn apart by the ass cheecks in this thread left and right....
I'm curbing my enthusiasm. This all seems too good to be true.
It's the usual Caf bollocks. He's shown great enthusiasm and emotion after each and every goal he's scored. How a finish is termed "cold" or "hot?" is beyond me. Maybe the word they are looking for is unfazed which would be a fantastic trait to have in a striker. Why would any of that perturb you?
My friend, scoring goals is not as simple as that. Managers work on tactical plans for individual players for a reason.
The kneejerk fan will talk about it as if the player suddenly lost their skill or pace when the truth is more complex.
For example, take Valencia's first season where he was devastating from the right with his crossing. Many fans would say he forgot how to cross or stopped taking on his man with his pace. I think that after a season a scouting report for how to show him onto his left foot was developed with the consequence that Valencia's one dimensionality was exposed.
This is one reason why SAF and now LVG like to blood players at different positions so they learn to do different things on the pitch.
Martial will command attention and that is a good thing because it will stretch defenses in a way they wouldn't against a less effective player.
Took them 3 seasons to figure him out? 6 if you start to count from his Wigan days.
As others have said... Many teams were thinking of going for him, but Monaco were saying no chance until they got knocked out of the champions league, but it was a huge price then. Everyone was planning on going for him next summer. And he wasn't unknown at all. Look at the champions league qualifiers thread and you'll see like 5-6 people (including me) calling for United to sign him. The talent is obvious with him.
I agree with you somewhat but I don't think it was that simple in the case of Valencia. He used to just be able to accelerate suddenly and get half a yard to make a cross. When defenders started overcompensating and trying to get the jump on him, he started feinting, they'd go, leaving him space to make a low cross. I remember him destroying Ashley Cole in particular with that trick. Nowadays he just seems bereft of both pace and confidence.
It remains to be seen whether Martial will get found out like Hernandez but I think he has a lot more in his locker so we don't have to worry as much.
I predict he will score 32 this season.
My memory is fuzzy. I should have said first full season, 2011-12. Valencia suffered that nasty injury which set him back.
At Wigan his production was less because the team played more negatively (as I recollect).
You do realize that that he was named player of the year after his injury right?
Defenders never figured out how to deal with Valencia. He just inexplicably turned to shite overnight.
Yeah, he won it in his first full season 2011-12. I'm saying he only really had one season where he was effective like that. I think defenders adjusted how they played him after that season.
Would fecking love him to score again today. Couldn't be a better fixture on paper (Liverpool maybe)
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