Played like a top striker today.
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Yep!
Good level today.
He's a striker always has been. Best ball control out of all our forwards, he's the guy you want the ball going to in tight spaces in the middle of the pitch. Playing down the middle also gets him involved more, so he can't hide as much as he tends to out wide.
I've been waiting for Martial Law to become a thing.
Played like FIFA Martial today. Up front Ultimate Team version.
My only question is, how fit was Spurs compared to us?
Did we began pre season earlier than them?
If that is the performance against top 6, even in pre season, things are looking good.
Martial looks different.
Did we began pre season earlier than them?
If that is the performance against top 6, even in pre season, things are looking good.
Martial looks different.
Yes this was only Spurs 2nd game
Oh well, explains our dominance against them.
Nothing to be excited about yet. Calm Martial FC.
We back 
Working hard, great movement. Couldn't be happier with how he's looking right now
Wow if this guy actually decides to add running to his godly talents then he could easily win us the league
Martial should start as the number 9. Rashford should be the one over on the left over Martial.
Our best finisher, so I’ve wanted to see him given a chance down the middle. The only thing missing was a bloody run in behind now and again. If Ole can get him to look interested then we’ve got a top player on our hands again.
Best finisher we have at the club. Keep playing him up top, he has too much talent to waste it on the left.
Ummmm his goal comes from a run inbehind and earlier in the game he made a run inbehind and Perreira didn’t release the ball quick enough. He made a few more as well in that 45 minute spell.
Rashford left wing as a work horse that can run in behind, Martial to play Central and score layoffs and cutback passes, James on the right doing the same as Rashford on the left.
I wasn’t talking about today, haven’t even seen the game. I’m talking in general, he’s been a bit too static. But if Ole can get him to run in behind more often, I’d be behind him being our number 9 because he’s our best finisher. That’s the crux of my post in case I wasn’t clear.
Ah I see, sorry this sentence made it seem like you were talking about today but you meant overall in his game normally.
Good thing is he has made quite a few in this pre- season tour so hopefully may it continue.
Would solve so many of our problems if Rashford could play on the right. I don't see Rashford as a left winger at all and Greenwood isn't a starter as of yet (may well have the ability to be but we should ease him in). Martial should be our starting striker.
I still think he is best coming off the left running at defenders and then crossing in from the by-line or cutting inside and opening himself up with a shot. That is when i think he is at his most natural and devastating best. He can of course makes a capable emergency number nine
I like seeing Martial playing the no.9 role, think he is going to score couple more goals this season. Looks clinical and fit very well in that position.
For me a Benzema type of striker. Just needs a coach, who lets him play in the right zone.
Puts the work in and he really can be everything he was hyped about when he first joined. So far he looks leaner and in the mood to work.
When on song he is one of the finest players to watch. Lovely 45 mins. I don't think his style is suited for playing as a winger. He should be given more of a henry type role. Can easily see him scoring plenty.
For him to function as an inside left winger there need to be some space for him to do his business, which we did not create last season with 90% of our attacking play being focused on the left flank.
More efficient than Rashford, better decisions, he does not break up the flow in attack as much as Rashfor, better on the ball and at passing. In games where we are expecting to be comfortable more on the ball i would pick him as a striker every time over Rashford. When we are not dominant on the ball(i. e against technical teams like City) we are better served by playing Rashford.
This pre-season has done wonders for him. Added new dimensions to his game, not only was their good efforr to his pressing but also intelligence, blocking the passing lanes well. And he made great runs through the channels. Was the best I've seen him up top since his first year. So hope he can step up this season. More and more its looking like James has been bought as a LW to free up Martial for the #9 position, which is a clever move. The energy, movement and speed of James on the left works really well too.
He's always had clever movement as a nine, good link-up play and holding the ball under pressure. This season he looks fitter and chomping at the bit
He's playing as a false 9 though and is allowed to get involved much more. It was was more regimented under Van Gaal and he had to occupy certain areas.
Encouraging signs so far. Do agree with the box player stuff though. He has done it in the past, especially from the left. Just needs to show a bit more desire.
The only thing he lacks for me is a poachers instinct.
The more I think about it, the more I feel these 2 should play up top together. It can be a devastating combination. Play James and Gomes off the wings with Pogba and McT in central midfield.
Pogba is a great player, he can play well in a 2 no doubt but it's a waste of his abilities in my opinion.
True. Should play centrally in an attacking midfield role with a certain amount of freedom. Or with one controlling and one high-intensity midfielder in a three man midfield.
Hi, what’s Martial FC?
No he can't.
He got the abilities, but not the discipline. So, in theory, he can perform well there. Not that it is how you get the best out of him, far from it.
He can. He's done it for us a lot of times. It just depends on who the opposition is. Do you remember at the beginning of Mourinho's second season when we were winning 4-0s on the trot? In the first few games up it was us and City who were being tipped to win the league. Pogba was playing in a 2 man midfield at that point. Even when he first came he was playing in a 2 man midfield with bloody Fellaini and we were creating chance after chance.
Glad to hear he played up front. People talk about a period he was excellent on the left wing, Ive never thought it myself, still think his best period was his first month or two at the club up front and also never been convinced Rashford is a striker.
ALways thought they should play as you say, if we were to sell Lukaku as I hope I would like us to sign a right winger then we could have Rashford/James on the left Martial/Greenwood up front and a new signing/Lingard on the right....of course that still leaves Mata and Sanchez which is experience of course but dont think either should still be here personally
Go and watch som games from the last world cup. Also some games with United. He can play there but it would be a waste in my opinion.
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