Big. Mourinho.
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Big. Mourinho.
So damn good, needs to play every game. Even when he isn't having a good game he has that moment of magic in him, something other players seem to lack.
If he was as shit as Ashley Young he'd have to put that effort in week in and week out just to stay in the premier league. Now get on your bike.
Well their teams are better drilled and coached to find them, leave Hazard or Salah, do our midfield and defence play like City or Liverpool or Chelsea do? How are Martial or Mata or Rashford going to create space when our passing is so slow and our attackers are always facing a parked bus?
Anyone a replay of the second goal? (@GifLord looking at you 
). My perfectly ''legal'' stream cut out and I missed it. Also the video player in the match day threads won't load for me.
). My perfectly ''legal'' stream cut out and I missed it. Also the video player in the match day threads won't load for me.Absolutely.
LOL. This.
Well done Jose for starting him
You got lucky today. Martial decided to turn up
WUM.
He should play every game. What a player and talent we have in our team.
Just keep playing him and give him the confidence. So much class when he is good.
Two excellent finishes from the two chances he got in a game where we were starved of possession for chunks of time, clinical.
The attacking players need to be better at finding space and keeping the ball. Mata was able to get on the ball and keep it all day. Rashford, Lukaku and Martial weren’t. I don’t want to get into a back and forth about this but attacking players can’t be absolved when they don’t play well if they’re going to get all the credit when they do well.
You want to make this a Mourinho thing and it’s boring as hell. It’s a player performance thread. Martial scored two great goals so his all round performance can be excused. It doesn’t change how poorly he played before the first goal but an attacker who scores twice has more than done his job regardless.
You don't expect every touch to be a youtube highlight reel. That's how 90 minute games ago, there's ebbs and flows. Not to mention he was matched against their best defender in Azpilicueta with Willian adding support. Its hard to nitpick on a 2 goal performance that saved our hides.
Just needs to play and get confidence. Wonder what he'd be like if we actually had an attacking philosophy?
Ed needs to get him to sign that contract extension. Hopefully the next manager will be an attacking one.
Ed needs to get him to sign that contract extension. Hopefully the next manager will be an attacking one.
Seems to have that knack of drifting into dangerous positions unnoticed and being in the right place at the right time. I wish our actual striker had that.
Was good to see.
Which is why I’m not nitpicking. He’s more than done his job today with two great goals. I’m not asking for every touch to make a highlight reel. The goals make it a very good game. Was he particularly good outside those moments? Not really but at the end of the game the goals are obviously much more important.
No doubt about it, but discrediting those who, rightly, defend him Martial FC supporters instead of solely attacking their argument is nonsense, which is what I’m calling out.
He did have quite a positive reaction when he came off, big grin and a hug from Mourinho. Hopefully he was just resting him with an eye on Tuesday.
As always I recognize the talents while arrogant posters are trying to tell me in detail how useless he is. Lawlz.
A disgrace how the manager has wasted a year of his career and thereby robbed our club of some excitement and better results.
I know my football.
A disgrace how the manager has wasted a year of his career and thereby robbed our club of some excitement and better results.
I know my football.
Martial FC, we eating good tonight
Indeed. They know absolutely nothing. Don't know how to spot true talent.
No doubt he should be in starting 11 and be trusted even after a bad game. The only question is should we try him as a striker more often.
You’re like Jose. Always making it about you.
Even the top players in other clubs would find it difficult to hold the ball against three players, the other teams' attackers get space and time to do their thing because their midfield and defence are extremely good at transitioning the ball quickly with incisive passing.
And I did not even mention Mourinho.
Always thought he was a disaster for big away games but he showed up huge today. Very clinical.
Should have been left on.
Should have been left on.
I think it might mitigate his big strength which is isolating players and going by them. Up top he will play with back to goal
2 good finishes and I have been critical
Of the lad but done well today
I get enough arrogant crap whenever I make a prediction so I will certainly cash in when I am once again right.
Wow you recognised the talent of a player almost universally recognised as one of world football's biggest talents.
You absolute fecking prophet.
Imagine if his signing condition is the return of #9 shirt to him?
Not on here spanner. Not on here. Makes the caf a pretty unintelligent place if you put it like that.
What did your coaching reference relate to then? Plenty of other threads to bore people in with that stuff.
Agree. I like Lukaku but he's hindered the development of two players with much higher ceilings.
Great finishes
Love him! Such a delight to watch him play.
Would like to see him team up with Rashford and Lingard upfront, think their movement and pace would be great.
Lukaku sticks out like a sore thumb far too often when we try to speed up attacks.
Would like to see him team up with Rashford and Lingard upfront, think their movement and pace would be great.
Lukaku sticks out like a sore thumb far too often when we try to speed up attacks.
Such a brilliant player, so glad for him today.
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