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Absolutely. Martial is one of the most effective players at what he does and the job of the coaching staff is to put him in the position which allows him to utilize his skillset more. Playing with a target man who can't hold the ball up and two makeshift wingers is totally pointless and especially because I don't see Martial as an explosive winger that will run up and down the touchline like douglas costa or William for example but plays more in short spells and doesn't need to be involved like you said in the whole game. There's no point comparing him with speedsters like Mane, Sane etc because they're different players totally. He can change the game in one or two moments. What LVG did with I liked because he made martial the focal point of the attack and gave him the license in the final third to affect the game either by running at his fullback to the byline and cutting back or cutting inside for the curling shot. We seen him use this shot twice in the last two weeks. These moments would happen maybe 5/6 times a game and martial would be decisive with 1 or 2. This needs to happen more with mourinho.
Whilst people mention Sterling & how he might run more - which he does; what has improved him is a manager who has adapted his tactics to get consistency out of sterling.
Surprisingly - pre Pep, sterling & consistency were things that were never in the same sentence or could hardly be seen in the future. Sterling is not the greatest dribbler with the ball at his feet so having him in a position where he stays on the ball & becomes a creator would not have improved him.
What I saw from last season was sterling allowed to play as a pure forward - normally receiving the ball at the far post after making an accelerated run on placement that defeats his marker/fullback to tap a goal in.
Nothing overly extravagant in his play but a level of clinical efficiency to his game that has been added by his manager.