Well, I can guarantee that is not going to happen. If it it would, I would totally lose my faith on our clubs policy.
Keep on fighting Anthony!
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Keep on fighting Anthony!
Matic and Lukaku need breaks.
Another one with a tin foil hat
It's clear to everyone who has eyes that Martial and Rashford are far away from finished products. Today, Martial was poor. He was found brilliantly by Pogba and finished clinically. Martial's assist isn't a real assist. He fired it into Lukaku and he had to do all the work to hold of two men and smash it in.
When people watch players play, you need to assess everything they do. Martial isn't threatening. He isn't imposing. He doesn't put himself about. He doesn't make good runs. He is predictable. He has a lot to work on. The pundits are right to be critical of his performances.
Don't let the stats fool you. The rotation trickery masks the poor performances.
Ditto.
When people watch players play, you need to assess everything they do. Martial isn't threatening. He isn't imposing. He doesn't put himself about. He doesn't make good runs. He is predictable. He has a lot to work on. The pundits are right to be critical of his performances.
Don't let the stats fool you. The rotation trickery masks the poor performances.
Ditto.
Is it because of his low IQ?
He was fine ffs. Every flair player of his ilk will have low percentage games - He still came away with an assist and a fabulous goal, also should have won a penalty. His involvement in goals per 90 is by far and away the best in the side. Very much earning his place at the minute and I don't think he'll be the one making way for Sanchez.
What a fecking goal!
Does that make Pogba assists null and void also? Rolling two passes along the 18 yard line met by a brilliant strike from Martial and great work from Valencia is hardly defence splitting genius?
I won't deny he is my favourite player. The boy is special. One thing I would like him to do is be more hungry to score more goals. I always felt he can reach 20+ goals in all competition every season and 15+ Assist. He has a capability to match HENRY's efficiency but right now I feel he is more modeling his style to Hazard like player, which again is not bad but he has much more to offer than that . Be more direct, take his man on and get into the box more often than not. Like many times I observe our midfielders outrunning him and he just stands still. Be more direct and he has the capability to be much mire than Hazard.
Note: This is hardly a knock on Hazard or anything who I feel is a top player himself.
Note: This is hardly a knock on Hazard or anything who I feel is a top player himself.
Pundits judge him by ridiculous standards.
Just turned 22.
Just turned 22.
Only the pass to Martial is a real assist. Valencia had a lot to do in order to score. Martial didn't have to work the ball further. Pogba found him in space and the ball was perfectly weighted in order for Martial to curl it home.
I only commented on the Martial assist because people seem to think that any assist means the assisting player has done something spectacular.
You know when a player is played through on goal and passes across goal for his mate to score? It's kind of like boasting about that as if you did something noteworthy.
Weren't you the poster that got a barrage of
's for your opinion of Martial the other day?Seems like you enjoy entertaining the caf.
I think he seems weirdly underrated in general. He is an amazing talent with room to grow, but what he's already achieving is very very good. Maybe because he started the season being benched quite a bit and there was a suggestion that Jose didn't fancy him much
You’re wrong. Random journos are reporting it. Why would they lie? Why I ask?! Why?!
I won't get into discussions but some judge him in a way I can't comperhend.
But I must mention this for a brief period of the game, some 10 minutes, he looked like a PES player in a seniors sunday league, he was frightening. Martials potential is off the charts and his mentality ain't bad either. For what its worth people who take a shallow view (he's not good enough for us at the moment) seem to forget the fact that such a statement actually means that we're not good enough to have such a player. Put him in a top team and watch what he can do.
But I must mention this for a brief period of the game, some 10 minutes, he looked like a PES player in a seniors sunday league, he was frightening. Martials potential is off the charts and his mentality ain't bad either. For what its worth people who take a shallow view (he's not good enough for us at the moment) seem to forget the fact that such a statement actually means that we're not good enough to have such a player. Put him in a top team and watch what he can do.
Guaranteed if it was Rashford (or any other young English player) instead of Martial who had put out that performance, you're not hearing a peep out of Neville and Carragher. Take their opinion with a grain of salt.
I don't take it at all. The only opinion that matters is Jose's. The pundits are just getting paid to be controversial, feck em.
If we are to play 4-3-3, then he is the perfect player for the left of the front three. He can finish, he can dribble, he can shoot. His technique and close control are top notch. Can play CF too. I just hope he will be here for a long period and be part of our future success.
Martial scored a goal but other than that, he didn't really looked like he was too bothered. And this is becoming the norm. He's walking around looking like he really doesn't care. At least when Rashford came he had a go at defenders, Martial either runs right in to the them, or just lays the ball of to someone else to make something happen. If he's upset because he keeps getting subbed then he only has himself to blame, he's just not doing enough.
Lingard also showed how inconsistent he is too. His performance level has dropped again.
Lingard also showed how inconsistent he is too. His performance level has dropped again.
10 goals and 10 assists midway through January (and that too without being a starter earlier in the season).
Think his linkup and understanding with Pogba and Lukaku is good.
Think his linkup and understanding with Pogba and Lukaku is good.
Yeah, the stats back that up. Surprised Pogba and Lukaku have only combined for 1 goal.
Nice to see Pogba and Martial up there too.
Mkhitaryan had such a good start to the season then it all went to shit. All three of the Lukaku/Mkhitaryan combined goals happened in the first five league games.
Absolute rocket of a goal. Thought he was a bit up and down, still a few of those weird off the ball moments but I love his eye for goal and to drift in and hit a shot that sweet, take the delight and build from it! More of that!
He's been so good as of late, with goals and assists to back up his performance too.
Would love to go dig back the posts earlier in the season where some posters insisted on Mourinho having some sort of preferential treatment of Rashford because he didn't clearly rate Martial or some garbage like that, but I'm not that petty.
Would love to go dig back the posts earlier in the season where some posters insisted on Mourinho having some sort of preferential treatment of Rashford because he didn't clearly rate Martial or some garbage like that, but I'm not that petty.
Nothing really wrong with what Neville was saying about him. He said he's a great talent, and can be a truly great player, but he needs to find that extra 5-10% every week pretty much, but despite that he's still a very good player. And that's true. He needs to find that extra bit of intensity that he sometimes lacks on a consistent basis to make the step up to being a world class player IMO, and he's definitely capable of that. Still young, and I think once he sees Sanchez's mentality, he'll make that step.
They never used to count as assists. For some ridiculous reason we've let the term grow to mean very little.
There used to (sensibly) be common sense involved.
Exactly. He will see an all action but yet a fantastic flair player on the other flank. That will make him step up, for sure.
Don't mind the criticism. He needs to be put on his toes if he's to fulfil his potential. People also take these pundits opinions too seriously.
The Martial discussion on Owen's and Hargreaves' panel went different. When asked by the presenter why Jose didn't seem convinced enough like many to have Martial be one of the first names on the teamsheet, Michael Owen replies it's Jose he's not convinced about. Criticised his usage of young attackers. Said they tend to struggle under him. Brings up Salah, Hargreaves chips in KDB. Presenter suggests maybe it's the defensive reaponsibities, that Jose is a very demanding manager. Hargreaves suggests maybe he makes up his mind about these players earlier than most.
Pregame they had criticised Pogba's impact as well as roasting Jose for buying Pogba for 100mil and using him in a position that didn't get the best of him. That how could he not see what everyone has seen for so long.
Every pundit has a bias. Even when they speak truths, they exaggerate it
The Martial discussion on Owen's and Hargreaves' panel went different. When asked by the presenter why Jose didn't seem convinced enough like many to have Martial be one of the first names on the teamsheet, Michael Owen replies it's Jose he's not convinced about. Criticised his usage of young attackers. Said they tend to struggle under him. Brings up Salah, Hargreaves chips in KDB. Presenter suggests maybe it's the defensive reaponsibities, that Jose is a very demanding manager. Hargreaves suggests maybe he makes up his mind about these players earlier than most.
Pregame they had criticised Pogba's impact as well as roasting Jose for buying Pogba for 100mil and using him in a position that didn't get the best of him. That how could he not see what everyone has seen for so long.
Every pundit has a bias. Even when they speak truths, they exaggerate it
That flight of the ball is the kind that you get in FIFA games..so majestic. He ran to celebrate before the ball went into the net. Marvelous.
My main concern is the arrival of Sanchez. No offence to Sanchez but will he hurt Martial's spot on the left?
My main concern is the arrival of Sanchez. No offence to Sanchez but will he hurt Martial's spot on the left?
Mourinho will not drop consistent goal-scorers. It is Mata who will make way.
Happy with Martial's progress. I thought he had become a bit complacent after his first season, as though he had made it already. Think the whole experience of fighting to regain his spot will do him good and he won't take his position for granted. He's already on course to having his best season with us.
Martial has great quality, we don't see it often enough, but he's having an effect in most games he plays in. I also think the team can play around him very well, he's very good with the ball, can receive it and pass it on. At the minute I don't think anyone should be taking his place. I think we've got a great player in Martial, but he needs runs of games.
It's nice to see one of our players able to run with the ball and have good close control, it's a really difficult skill. Perhaps Lingard has it too but not to the same extent as Martial. Plenty for Martial to work on though as others have suggested.
It's nice to see one of our players able to run with the ball and have good close control, it's a really difficult skill. Perhaps Lingard has it too but not to the same extent as Martial. Plenty for Martial to work on though as others have suggested.
So everyone would agree, Mourinho's handling of him has been great?
Pretty sure both will play.
10 goals and 10 assists by mid-January in what is regarded as a lukewarm season from him. Can't wait to see what he'd be capable of when he'll have a good season.
I'm one of Martial's biggest fans but I'm cautious about expecting a real breakthrough season from him soon. The biggest knock on him even at Monaco was that he is content being what he is for a while.
You kind of need Jose lighting a fire under his ass every now and then or feel like his place is being threatened to bring the goods on regular basis otherwise he'll continue being lukewarm.
Insane talent though.
He can absolutely do better. However, his problem has been consistency, now he’s delivering the goods even when not at his best. I’m very pleased.
The definition of an assist has never changed. They weren’t always tracked but, since they were, they’ve always meant the same thing.
I thought Martial’s performance was like his last one. Scores a wonder goal so criticism seems churlish but, feck me, sometimes he looks like he can’t pass water. So many attacks breaking down because of a wayward pass or just playing with his head down. Him and Rashford cause a lot of the same problems. Which I’ll put down to being yong and lernin. Someone like Sanchez (and presumably the reason we wanted Perisic) in the mix will make a massive difference to our attacking football.
Didn't play particularly well, but still left his mark on the game. That's the sign of a good player. Jose has managed the player very well. All those posters who hammered Jose mercilessly for not starting Martial when he wasn't performing to the required standard look a bit silly now.
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