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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 49
- Goals
- 17
- Assists
- 11
- Yellow cards
- 4
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Not even best at united... Has to be Shaw
Is Shaw still a teenager?
He's absolutely the real deal. its just a question of please dont get injured #wrapincottonwool
Feel free to disagree, but I disagree with your disagreement. :P
That is probably because he cannot break into that current XI at Barcelona. Not many in the world can. So he's off on loan getting experience.
Odegaard is 16. It'll be a while before he can compete for a top spot at Real.
I don't want to derail the thread, though.
Top of the table feels so good.
Well its fairly obvious really. One isn't doing anything because he's 16 years of age. One is on loan to an average team. Martial is leading the line for Manchester United and surprising pretty much everyone with his performances.
Self explanatory really.
Champions League - Group B
Man UtdvVfL Wolfsburg
Wed 30 Sep 19:45
October 2015
Premier League
ArsenalvMan Utd
Sun 4 Oct 16:00
Next two games before the international break. Both of these teams will play an open game and try and win, which creates space for Martial. Will be interesting to see what he can do in games where he'll have the opportunity to read the defences and position himself accordingly.
We'll get a good look at his off-the-ball positioning and intelligence and whether he has that predatory instinct to figure out where the weak links are like the real top, top class forwards do.
Man UtdvVfL Wolfsburg
Wed 30 Sep 19:45
October 2015
Premier League
ArsenalvMan Utd
Sun 4 Oct 16:00
Next two games before the international break. Both of these teams will play an open game and try and win, which creates space for Martial. Will be interesting to see what he can do in games where he'll have the opportunity to read the defences and position himself accordingly.
We'll get a good look at his off-the-ball positioning and intelligence and whether he has that predatory instinct to figure out where the weak links are like the real top, top class forwards do.
Only injury can stop him.
Still can't get over how good his overall play is for a 19 year old. What a talent! Didn't score today, but was still massively infuential to our play, and that's what you need from strikers.
This kid is perfect for us. United have always had superstars, and this kid is a superstar in the making.
I think we're at the point where he's being overrated finally. Very tidy performance and I think we've forgotten what it looks like when a striker actually contributes to our play without scoring but half the people who voted think he was MotM today ahead of Blind and Mata as well as an 8.1 overall. Today was a 7, maybe a 7.5 I think what is exciting is it was those for all different reasons to his previous performances.
You have to take into consideration his age and the fact that he's only played five games for us, though, anation of those games were 10 minute cameos.
You've got a point. The reason why he's so highly rated is him having basically changed the dynamics of the team. Having De Gea and Martial in the team has been a massive difference to the team.
The next stage for this teams development is replacing Rooney and getting Shaw back to his best.
he's currently doing what RVP and Falcao couldn't do
I thought this performance was his most promising - because of his overall game being so good. Kaboul absolutely shat himself, terrified of his pace and getting turned.
Easily done, I had to Google it to make sure.Damn time flies... And here I was thinking I'll get one over by being smart
Excellent display today, really thought Depay would've squared that one chance back to him for a tap in but nevermind. His strength is crazy for a 19 year old.
And Rooney. But Falcao and and RvP were putting in 4's and 5's all last season when they didn't score, just making the point that simply contributing doesn't make it a MotM performance. It has a disproportionately large impact on our attacking play because it allows the rest of the forwards space, but then again that is what strikers *should* be doing.
didn't score get rid
He's going to be brilliant for us if he keeps this up.
His hold up play is brilliant,Drogba like at times.
His hold up play is brilliant,Drogba like at times.
Absolutely massive potential. Pace, strength, quick feet and composure in front of goal, and he is only 19. He is a greater talent than Ronaldo was at 19. Ronaldo showed great potential but not as much end product as Martial does. I rate him higher than Benzema if Martial can maintain this form, and there is every reason to believe that he will be a monstrous player in 2-3 years' time. He is already our best striker.
Kenny Cuningham looked at that performance and said he needs to work on his game to be top class, the ball kept bouncing off him and be needs to work on having his back to goal
Pat Nevin claiming United finding Martial as the answer was luck.
Setanta Sports ladies and gentlemen, they had the game live at 3 and named him motm!
Pat Nevin claiming United finding Martial as the answer was luck.
Setanta Sports ladies and gentlemen, they had the game live at 3 and named him motm!
So MOTM awards should only be awarded when players do something beyond what they should be doing instead of being, you know, the best player on the pitch during the match? His hold up play was fantastic and he should/could have come out of the match with two assists - those assists involved some sublime pieces to play to deliver chances on the plate for his teammates. People can go overboard with praise for a fan favourite, I will give you that, but Martial was one of the three genuine contenders for MOTM today.
He is showing unreal potential. Seriously, these performances at 19 year old...
He is sensational. Can we brand "feck off Madrid" onto his forehead?
Don't be silly and actually read my posts.
That's the kinda thing that will make him want to leave
No, just no.
Don't even suggest it. I'll cry if he goes to Madrid in a few years.
Odegaard
Freddy Adu would like a word.A wife too..with another kid on the way too.. a responsible father is our Martial.He has a daughter.
The way he has started, people will expect him to turn up every match. He is only 19 don't forget and will have his ups and downs and we will need to be patient with him. Now go smash that Hattrick against Wolfsburg lad!
He is just way ahead of average Homo sapiens. Be it football or real life.
"just making the point that simply contributing doesn't make it a MOTM performance" then you go on to state that he is simply doing what a striker should be doing. That's what you posted and that was after you said he getting 'slightly overrated' for doing things strikers ought to be doing like there is a hundred strikers doing what this kid has been doing for us since coming in. The point is he has done very well all things considered.
Another strong performance that could have resulted in two assists, he just has everything in his game that you want in a modern #9 and he's only just getting started.
The scary thing..he is just getting better...in both!
Nah disagree, he was ace today, 8 is spot on IMO. Almost every contribution he made was positive. While it would be silly to make any bold claims after 3 starts and 2 sub appearances, he really does look the real deal. It all looks effortless to him.
More like put a clause in his contract that foresees the inevitable if he keeps this up.
Yup. We look like a right mess with Depay and Mata both nearly exclusively cutting inside and now when Rooney is back he likes to operate in that area as well and he's impulsive and where he will be is hard to predict for his opponents and his teammates. It is almost an impossible job for a striker to have the versatility and intelligence to adjust accordingly to all of that but Martial did exactly in this game especially.
There was a point in the game when Mata dropped to the central midfield, and before it meant we had no threat out wide but Martial had made his way out right to play as a winger. In a very mature way, not hunting the ball but actually playing the role of keeping width and he did the same when Rooney dropped deep or when Depay cut inside.
The strikers who do have the intelligence to move out wide rarely have the ability to actually beat their man and create something as well, like when Rooney ends up out there. We don't need a world class striker like Falcao or RVP, we need someone who suits the team and Martial has been that player for us so far.
Neither of those things mean what you claim they do in their original context. And the latter is is again nonsense.
In short: We need a striker who can also play as a winger just as we need wingers who can also perform as strikers to secure the interchangeability of our players' positions and maintain maximum flexibility in our possession based approach. It's no surprise that Memphis and Martial have linked up so well together. The M&M's are gonna be plenty of fun to watch going forward.
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