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The shot that hit the post.
I think our overall league standing hurts the perception of our attackers, a lot. Rashford has 20 direct goal contributions (15G, 5A) in 25 games, that’s 0.8 goal/assist per game. Martial has 12 in 18, 2 in 3 is also top tier, Greenwood as a teenager is heading for double digits in his first full season at senior level.
To be fair, Solskjaer deserves credit for a fair few players being a lot better individually this season.
Hard to dispute that but I think that with Rashford and Greenwood either side of him plus a 10-15 goal AM in behind we will have enough goals in the side. Given what this this team needs in midfield, at left back and AM I think it's best to utilize what we have now up front and focus on strengthening parts that make the whole team better as a unit.
It's very easy to dispute, the only thing that was streaky regarding Martial was his gametime. Otherwise he has been a consistent creative force and goal scorer whenever he played.
He won't get rid of Rashford, that's crazy.
I think if released early enough, Martial is clean through. I don't really have any gripe with the decision Greenwood made, I just think an early release would have got Martial through on goal.
He's been working much, much harder this season.
Our league position is not reflective of our true ability as a team. We should be 4th if we had just planned out a better transfer strategy securing a better attacking midfielder. We have suffered at the hands of both lingard and pereira.
His run looked more like a dummy run to open up the space for Pereira.
No he wouldn't. He didn't sell sterling or Sane to teach a hard lesson, did he. Sane and sterling in 2016-17 season were wasteful. He groomed them and made them understand the importance of team work. Ole has to do that. If we start selling players like that then we will be left with players who just play safe and are afraid to take risk.
This video is also funny seeing how everyone in the box who were expecting a pass from Perreira raging at him for going for goal.
Though Rashford should use that feeling and remember that's also how others feel when he gets selfish in the box and goes for glory instead.
I would be most worried about the pass, it would have to be a really nice pass, Martial is easily a good enough technician to engineer an opportunity from there. Either way, I'm only splitting hairs, passing to Pereira was also a good option.
It's good being able discuss these missed chances after we've actually won for a change.
I hear you, but what he said was funny and true re Rashford. I want him to score as many as he can but it's also very frustrating when he gets too selfish with a better option available. One of the things Marcus needs to learn as he matures is knowing the right time to go solo or give a lay off to a better placed teammate, that will help him to reach the top level.
Yeah there was a split second for a great through ball to Martial, and given his quality and the adrenaline he had after that tackle, he would most likely have pulled off something great. The pass to Andreas was good, and he just bottled taking up any of the options ahead of him. I give him slack for this game though, he contributed fairly well to the win.
