One of the problems I have noticed with him (common with young players) is that he switches off a lot, far too often when a move breaks down he doesn't react quickly enough to getting back into the game and just stands where he was or walks slowly
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Probbably a little Over played, Looked tired and i can understand that. LVG has some big balls to take him off at that stage , and especially for Fellaini 
, its the best decision to make but you just know the whole of OT was gonna have a moan when they saw the Numbers on the board come up
, its the best decision to make but you just know the whole of OT was gonna have a moan when they saw the Numbers on the board come upThere was once chance at the start of the second half where Lingard beat his man and drilled it in low, was never going to make it to Rooney but the CSKA player made a hash of the clearance. I thought if Martial had gambled on the cross coming in he'd have easily got a shot away and probably scored. Despite all the weird criticism Owen threw at him was surprised he didn't mention that, thought it was obvious Martial was being dozy there.
Another game where he gets tripled up on. The other players should be running into all the space left.
Below par, but his par is very high in fairness. CSKA had clearly, and rightly, marked him out as the main danger so he was often crowded out by defenders. Could possibly do with a bit of a rest, but I'm not sure if we'd cope without him!
Pardew has worked us out...
There was one moment in the first half, it was when he ripped that brute's shirt, he was being chased down by four CSKA players and manhandled into the corner.
It demonstrates the threat he possesses and how much defenders - and coaches - worry about him. Some uncharacteristic indecision in the second half tonight, which we can forgive.
It demonstrates the threat he possesses and how much defenders - and coaches - worry about him. Some uncharacteristic indecision in the second half tonight, which we can forgive.
His hold up play for a 19 year old is just incredible.
Looked poor tonight but actually did have some decent chemistry with rooney in the hole as the setanta commentary pointed out.
Again we just look better when he is up top
Again we just look better when he is up top
He looked really tired when he came off. He's played a lot of football for a teenager. In an ideal world he'd get a game or two off.
Not his best performance tonight, quite frustrating really as he got given an opportunity up top and was offside constantly and his link up play wasn't as good as it has been.
Frustrating we're making him a work horse and playing him further away from goal, where yes he has room to run into but also means he has to do more to get into it too. With players like Martial, you should give him all the tools to succeed and playing him wide left (now that he's getting double/triple marked) means he's battling twice as hard.
And your thoughts on tonight?
Probably his worst game in a United shirt, but he's always so positive. Just didn't come off tonight, unfortunately.
Didn't really have any chances today that I can think of, and this goes back to what I, and others, have been saying about we sometimes look void of ideas, regardless of who we play up top. We were better in terms of creating more opportunities tonight, but we still didn't create that much, and because of that, Martial sometimes feels he has to do everything on his own.
Didn't really have any chances today that I can think of, and this goes back to what I, and others, have been saying about we sometimes look void of ideas, regardless of who we play up top. We were better in terms of creating more opportunities tonight, but we still didn't create that much, and because of that, Martial sometimes feels he has to do everything on his own.
His weakest performance so far other than maybe against Arsenal. With Rooney also playing as a striker that may well have been the first time in his professional career he's played with a strike partner? Did he play alongside Giroud for France or something?
He was surrounded by three guys each time he got the ball. If we had runners going off him (and were smarter) we would have had people free at times. Hes clearly a threat and you can see the opposition will do that more to him now. We need others to help him out.
His hold up play is the most surprising thing about him, its better than I thought it had any right to be at this stage of his career.
His hold up play is the most surprising thing about him, its better than I thought it had any right to be at this stage of his career.
The stats are pretty grim tonight
Passing - 57%
Shots OT - 1 from 1
Dribbles success - 1 from 9
Passing - 57%
Shots OT - 1 from 1
Dribbles success - 1 from 9
Who cares? Booo
Below par and faitgued. All things considered I'm fine with that. We've run him into the ground and asked him to be a tracking winger, whilst expecting him to beat players up the pitch AND score goals/create chances.
Shouldn't have been in this position in the first place.
It was a difficult game for him with few chances (if any?) to get the ball in the kind of situations on the break that players like him thrive off. He didn't look nearly as sharp as he can be. Wouldn't complain if he got a rest against West Brom but I'm guessing Van Gaal knows what colour zone he is in.
It is insane that this guy is shouldering the burden of carrying our entire attack.
https://instagram.com/p/9pKSsSKZ_A/
"Bad match for me tonight."
Looks like he's taking it a bit rough. He seems to have very high standards which makes me even more confident in him, it's not easy when a team is parking the bus like that. He'll grow even stronger from this.
Most importantly, Hope he didn't think the crowd was booing him...
"Bad match for me tonight."
Looks like he's taking it a bit rough. He seems to have very high standards which makes me even more confident in him, it's not easy when a team is parking the bus like that. He'll grow even stronger from this.
Most importantly, Hope he didn't think the crowd was booing him...
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Didn't he get the memo? The crowd was booing to support him.
He and Berba played together upfront at times for Monaco.
We attacked for 90minutes. Did you really think the fans forced us to attack? Or you trolling?
Played lots of games since arriving and teams are singling him out already, ideally we should be able to rest him as he's going to have bad patches. It's refreshing to see him come out on his instagram and say he had a bad game though. I mean he doesn't need to do that and shouldn't have to but it shows he's pretty humble and mature.
He got standing ovation after the boos and whole stadium was chanting his name. Don't think I've ever heard OT be so loud as they were with the boos, attack attack and his chant.
Think he's just being critical bout himself, which is a good thing.
Good thing LVG decided to rest him a bit.
Sorry but in no way should he of been subbed off, especially not for Fellaini.
It worked though, especially for our upcoming games it was a good substitution as he was visibly tired.
Well he's a better judge of his own performance than many on here (and in Old Trafford last night). Was always going to happen, though. He's just a kid who's performed miles better than expectations this season. Great to see he sets himself high standards and isn't going to strop about being subbed. I just hope our other attacking players can compensate for this inevitable dip in form. We badly need Rooney and Lingard to kick on from last night's performance and have a decent run of games. I'm not sure we can rely on Memphis to fill the void, based on last night's cameo.
In his short time here he's become our only real attacking threat eventhough he was virtually unknown player when United first signed him. LVG said he's one for the future, and IMO even Martial himself didn't think he would play that much, let alone starting in almost every match. Being only 19y old and in another country with expectaion that are constantly raising can really damage young player no matter how talented he is. No one wants him to burn out, let him develop and being rested now and then will only benefit both him and United in long run. Fellaini gave us other options when introduced and in the end United won the match so don't really see why it's so big deal that Martial was taken off earlier than expected.
He needs a good winter break to recharge his batteries. Maybe something resembling Fergie's treatment of Ronaldo when he was Martial's age. Young players will have ups and down, both mentally and physically - you can see some signs of exhaustion already, and Martial didn't even start that many games for Monaco. So there's an excessive workload on top of playing in a faster, more intense league. Unfortunately, we are super-light up front and he's been our best attacker this season, so the club can't really afford to give him a few weeks off. Just hope he's not run into the ground, especially when he won't get a lot of rest in the summer with the European Championship in France.
Really hope we tell Domenech to go easy on his minutes during the international break.
Edit: Feck, meant Deschamps.
Edit: Feck, meant Deschamps.
feck sake. I just looked at my calendar and realised it's two weeks between WBA and Watford. Then it dawned on me.. sodding internationals!
Where are people getting this he looks tired malarky from?
He doesn't stop running, and he's 19 years old. He's probably on a massive high if anything.
He doesn't stop running, and he's 19 years old. He's probably on a massive high if anything.
That would be from him looking, you know, tired?
He even admitted himself he had a bad game, on his instagram page. Why are you insisting the opposite is true?
His worst performance for us. Still an incredible player though and will surely be the best striker in this league before too long.
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