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2019-20 Performances

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6.2 Season Average Rating
Appearances
48
Goals
23
Assists
8
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We got completely dominated possession wise, hardly were able to bring the ball into their box and you expect Martial to do what exactly?
 
Genuinly one of the worst performances from a United-striker I've seen in many years. He didn't look bothered at all, made the wrong decision every time he had the ball and failed to control simple passes.
 
He’s really not that good. Never been a number 9. He absolutely should be an area we’re looking to upgrade on ASAP
 
I like Martial, he is a good player. Still not played a full season at CF yet but his shot volume is decent. He'll only become more consistent and more support from midfield will help - he's sometimes caught between two roles.
 
Looking poor lately. Looks not arsed when he loses the ball or doesn’t fall for him. He’s a real strange one as on his day he’s quality
 
Bebestation said:
I feel a tad sorry for Martial.

I look at the way he plays & how deep he plays & really wonder - do we really need a CAM at all when they particularly don't do anything?

Wouldn't it be better to have 3 CM & allow martial to drop deep as CAM? Would've that be the way he progresses his game more instead of pushing him to get more and more in to the box.

Or when we play 352 — why didn't we play 3511 with Martial behind Greenwood so martial can play like the support striker who drops deep and interlinks play.

He does literally the same exact thing like players like Lingard & Pereira whilst occupying another role in front of them - yet does it with ease by dropping back only when there is space and when the attack is free.

Seems like such a backwards club sometimes in terms of tactically getting the best out of players.

The CAM currently is the most useless thing in our attacking game, you could argue that City are with playing with 3 attacking midfielders in centre midfield that drift forward in to space due to their CDM and Liverpool neither have a CAM either & have a False 9 type player yet their creativity is spread evenly across wide areas as well.

The 4231 is holding us back because the number 10 and number 9 are too similar. Martial gets as much creativity and interlinking ability front the front line as Lingard & Pereira - & the number 10 is purely used for pressing.
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Martial is not at all a creative player, his passing is poor. His strongest aspect is his finishing.
 
Did he even play today? The guy goes missing again when we need him the most. How many more excuses will we have for him.
 
Disgraceful performance. Fluffed every chance and didn't work nearly hard enough.

Squad player at best. EXTREMELY overrated on here.
 
Everything that's bad about martial tonight. Chasing a game, he's our only established forward on the pitch and he spends the entire game jogging around 30 yards from goal.

This guys place in the team is an easy target for Mason to hit because I'm sure he can usurp him
 
He doesn't get a lot of service, so it is difficult for him to get goals, but I still think he could be doing more.
 
We had the ball for a good 30/40secs in their half and he didnt once move into their box..
 
Been a fan of him throughout his time here hoping he would become the player his ability suggests he would become, but I am running out of patience with him, hes good but not good enough for all the luxury moments he has. Big decision with him over the summer...
 
Red_Aaron said:
Everything that's bad about martial tonight. Chasing a game, he's our only established forward on the pitch and he spends the entire game jogging around 30 yards from goal.

This guys place in the team is an easy target for Mason to hit because I'm sure he can usurp him
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Think so as well, wouldn't be surprised to see Greenwood as our main nr 9 by next season. Martial can certainly show magic at times but he's very inconsistent, too much so to be our main striker.
 
In games like this, instead of using that talent he has, he just goes missing. A lot of talent, but not enough mentality.
 
I think he needs a strike partner. Unfortunately Greenword nor Lingard were up for it today. Not a lone 9 at all, unless we're being dominated and hit them on the counter.
 
Denis79 said:
Think so as well, wouldn't be surprised to see Greenwood as our main nr 9 by next season. Martial can certainly show magic at times but he's very inconsistent, too much so to be our main striker.
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Greenwood isn't ready to be a main striker at all. We're managing him well at the moment. For the next season we should be in the market for a striker and right winger.
 
Don’t want to kill him but so annoying how much time he spends outside the box. You know when you see Haland and his instincts in the box, he heads into goal, he’s anticipating things, we need that. Someone who wants to be in the box.
 
Red_Aaron said:
Everything that's bad about martial tonight. Chasing a game, he's our only established forward on the pitch and he spends the entire game jogging around 30 yards from goal.

This guys place in the team is an easy target for Mason to hit because I'm sure he can usurp him
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This aspect of his game drives me mad too. I appreciate he's getting little support but come on, he needs to massively increase his work rate.
 
Martial's mobility is on par with Lukaku. His movement and work rate is just terrible. He is not positioning himself correctly at all. Always wants the ball at his feet to run at players. Never takes any deep runs. We should ship him off to PSG and find a more consistent and better suited striker. One of few players we can sell for a decent chunk of money and reinvest.
 
I think he needs competition. His position is pretty much unopposed with Rashford being better at left forward and seemingly draw names from a hat for right forward. He can play left forward as well as centre forward so he has that versatility going for him.

If he doesn’t improve with that competition next to him and the competition outperforms him, then we should get rid. Getting Haaland would certainly have lit a fire under him.
 
We need a better striker if we want to reach higher levels. Someone needs to fire him up more. Doesn't feel like Ole is the guy for that or to coach him into making better moves.
 
el3mel said:
Greenwood isn't ready to be a main striker at all. We're managing him well at the moment. For the next season we should be in the market for a striker and right winger.
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Don't believe he's ready either but think he'll do a better job than Martial within a year. We should buy a striker, I completely agree but there's no guarantee we will.
 
I'd rather we had Jimenez as our striker than martial
 
Unpopular opinion here but he wasn't that bad tonight, just an expected performance. He's not got the work rate or energy to play up front on his own.

People hanging him out to dry for shooting too often would have bashed him for not shooting if he'd passed.
 
SweetRightFoot said:
Unpopular opinion here but he wasn't that bad tonight, just an expected performance. He's not got the work rate or energy to play up front on his own.

People hanging him out to dry for shooting too often would have bashed him for not shooting if he'd passed.
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Not to mention he wasn't exactly getting a lot of support from any of the numerous number 10s who ended up on the pitch or his strike partners.

Do wonder why he doesn't bother dribbling anymore, he had Walker on his heels a few times and could easily have gone past him but kept looking for the safe option.
 
Red_Aaron said:
Everything that's bad about martial tonight. Chasing a game, he's our only established forward on the pitch and he spends the entire game jogging around 30 yards from goal.

This guys place in the team is an easy target for Mason to hit because I'm sure he can usurp him
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Yeah, he might need to play in a front 2. Seems like a player who would do well for a 3rd-5th place team in Spain or Germany like Sevilla/Valencia, Leipzig or Borussia Moenchengladbach where his talent would be enough to justify accommodating his weaknesses.
 
I dont know what people still see in him. he might be a talent but we cant rely on him.

In that matter our front 3 is not really inspiring apart from their occasional moments of brilliance.

We need consistent goal scoring front 3.

We addressed our defence in last window, In this window we added Bruno to the midfield now its time to address our front Three.
 
He is the complete reverse opposite version of Thomas Muller. He has been in terrible form lately, not doing the things players of his quality should be doing. His strengths are not working for him, and his weaknesses are still there. Basically, very bad form. Needs to get out of this shit form, because right now everyone has the right to doubt his abilities, and also the decision to not play him as a striker seems justified.
 
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