I think he has been ok today. Nothing too groundbreaking but we should Keep playing him and Mkhi as wingers.
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Was crap but he was still not worse than Rashford today and looked a better at defending and closing down than Rasheeerssss.
Very good intensity and deserves credit for his diligent defensive work.
He could've had two great runs in the second half but for some reason Ibrahimovic stopped them. Other than that, nothing special in the second half.
Not at the races today, offensively.
If he performed to the standard we know he's capable of, like Mkhitaryan did on the opposite side today, we would be absolutely devastating. With Mkhi likely out for a while, it's even more important that Martial finally finds his feet again.
Agreed, put a lot of hard work in but didn't get into the game in attack, not helped by how poor Darmian is at supporting on the flank and how much he needed to stay deep to help him against Sissoko in the second half.
He struggles against high-pressing pacey full backs who deny him space. Especially since he doesn't seem to like to run in behind for some reason. He needs to be more inventive with his movement.
He did alright. Still should start because everything behind him is shit.
Completely different players of course, but it's almost like there's a bit of the Nani thing with him.
In that you'd always prefer him on the pitch because you know what he can do, rather than someone a bit more limited and less explosive.
Also, with his sheer pace, defences know they can't take a risk.
That's why pace on both wings, and Pogba's bursts of pace give us huge potential.
In that you'd always prefer him on the pitch because you know what he can do, rather than someone a bit more limited and less explosive.
Also, with his sheer pace, defences know they can't take a risk.
That's why pace on both wings, and Pogba's bursts of pace give us huge potential.
Out of interest, do many players not struggle against those type of fullbacks?!
Well yeah
But some players are still able to make things happen. Martial seems completely toothless.Needs to do more in attack although he's showing more intensity which is good. Think he's lacking a partnership with the fullback on the left as well though. Would probably be a big help having someone driving down the left the same way Valencia does on the right.
Well yeah
Probably still in shock he's gone from being pretty much our only attacker, to just a young guy on the wing. Which in fairness is a lot more sensibl for a guy of his age at a club our size!
Still needs to rediscover his form, some poor touches at key moments. But apart from that, surely needs a better left back partner.
But Shaw is nothing like Evra in terms of attacking skills, and I'm not sure he has that engine either.
Right now., nope. But beginning of last season, thats what he did.
His form will come but he's working harder than ever. That's why Mourinho will stick with him and rightly so.
He did, so let's hope that he can regain that form. He has the tools in his locker.
For what, 8 games.
Shaw has been poor the majority of his United career.
I agree with whoever said Martial needs a partner down the left.
Any gifs of him in the first half on the break where there was about 4 or 5 Spurs players around him ?
So for 8 games he showed he can do it. Which means he has the engine to do it as shown. He just needs to get into form and get a run. As @Rossa said, he has the tools, its just using them consistently, which gives us a new threat on that side.
Saying that, Martial needs to do much better himself.
I still feel like his dribbling isn't at the level that it was last season. His touch is off and too often, he wants to cut inside when he should stay wide.
Darmian does him no favors honestly.
Still, Martial needs to do more IMO. We really need him firing for our attack.
Still, Martial needs to do more IMO. We really need him firing for our attack.
It's nowhere near the same level.
When he got the ball last season you expected something to happen every single team. He was electric.
I've said it since the start of the season. His obsession with playing like a striker on the wings is costing him chances and ruining his season. To be completely frank I'm somewhat shocked he hasn't realized what effect it's having. He keeps making the same mistakes every week because he's always so desperate to cut inside and shoot, and confidence is one thing but everytime he tries it it's like it's an innocent first try, instead of it being the 7th failed attempt at it all game, every game, twice a week.
I've watched every minute of United this season and I genuinely remember him going outside a full-back only once, against West Ham when Obiang fouled him. That was the one thing that made him so dangerous and effective last season.
Granted, today he was the weekly victim of Ibrahimovic's 'you don't exist' selfishness (Mkhitaryan was on the receiving end last week) but he still needs to be making better decisions himself in the final third.
He'll have all the time in the world to turn into Cristiano Ronaldo if that's what he really wants, but right now he needs to sustainably nail down the basics of being Anthony Martial first.
I've watched every minute of United this season and I genuinely remember him going outside a full-back only once, against West Ham when Obiang fouled him. That was the one thing that made him so dangerous and effective last season.
Granted, today he was the weekly victim of Ibrahimovic's 'you don't exist' selfishness (Mkhitaryan was on the receiving end last week) but he still needs to be making better decisions himself in the final third.
He'll have all the time in the world to turn into Cristiano Ronaldo if that's what he really wants, but right now he needs to sustainably nail down the basics of being Anthony Martial first.
He needs to do better in the attacking third.
I've posted the exact same thing on this thread a couple of times. There's two main issues with his game:
1) Poor off-the-ball movement. He doesn't take advantage of his pace to make those clever runs on the inside left channel. Always wants the ball to feet before doing something with it.
2) Cutting inside. Martial of last season mixed things up between cutting inside and using his left. I can't remember a single time he's kept the fullback guessing this season because he seems to always insist on cutting in. `
WestHam game in League Cup
3) His shooting technique is awkward. It's not like Ronaldo overhit his shot in early day. Martial' shooting technique is meh. His best shot is curve it with inside his right foot into far right corner, but that would need him to do 2) well.
4) Passing/ play making. His pass is more lay off than actually inventive pass to create angle for next move. He makes it hard for his teammates at time to have to start to play making from scratch. Even young sloppy U20 Ronaldo is more tidy than him in this regard.
Glad I'm not the only one noticing this. If he tries to lace it, well, he just can't at the moment.
Pretty much sums it all.
He was really poor imo, no excuses. He isnt sharp at all, his dribbling (his biggest strength) seems completely off, Walker had it easy with him.
Looks like he's just completely lost his ability, all the hope I had for him is quickly slipping tbh. Starting to look like another flash in the pan, has been one of our worst players so far this season in all honesty. Really hope he can prove me wrong but even when he's scoring goals like against West Ham in the cup he didn't look completely convincing. All those excuses about him being tired and what not don't seem to have much credibility now either given the fact that he's had quite a few breaks throughout the season.
I know he's young, but I'm disappointed in how he's seemingly just shut off. Icardi has had twice or more the drama, not to mention he did the unspeakable, yet he keeps on banging them in day in and out in spite of the shit service he gets at Inter. I really hope he gets it sorted, while I also hope Jose and the rest of the United brass handle him patiently.
But in Inter the whole team is set in a way to accomodate Icardi which is not the case in UTD.
True, but alternatively, you can say that he has Zlatan, Rooney, Mkhi, Mata et al to take the opponent's attention away from him at United, while opposing teams in Italy set up to stop Icardi from the first minute to 90.
Not really, no. They focus on Perišić and Candreva/Eder quite a lot as well and also Inter are changing managers way too often with the only constant in attack being Icardi which isn't helping them either.
Sorry, I have to disagree here. He isn't pulling a Maradona but entire defenses are keyed in on Icardi, not unlike what we saw with Martial last year. Perisic and Candreva draw the defense too, but it's pretty clear who's the one making them tick and the opponents have identified this, yet they can't stop Icardi.
Also, the frequent managerial changes should hamper Icardi's scoring form, yet it doesn't. Going back to what I was saying about Tony, I want to empathize with what he's going through, but Icardi's had it worse (he's being booed by his own fans - albeit he kinda brought it upon himself) and continues to be productive.
Worked very hard yesterday. Not at his best yet, but we should keep playing him he'll get there.
I expect so much more from him, and i'm sure he won't disappoint.
I expect so much more from him, and i'm sure he won't disappoint.
Mate you can disagree all you want but the truth is he's their key player and everything revolves around him. Only himself, Miranda and Handanovic has cemented place in starting 11 and that's pretty much why opposition always focuses on Icardi because literally everything in going his way.
There has been so much tumbling in Inter with Perišić, Eder, Palacio, Candreva always interchanging on the wings, rarely one of them getting constant run of games. Same goes with their MF.
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