1G+1A as a sub. Excellent contribution.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 36
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 5
- Yellow cards
- 1
- Red cards
- 1
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So happy for him
Before his assist he was pretty awful, giving vall away once and the mishit shot
Another classy performance, I always see him finding pace between the lines and being ignored. Harry found him today and we saw the benefit. Our players should be more confident fizzing the ball into him, his touch is like glue and he usually picks the right option after.
Need him to play well if we are gonna put up a title challenge
Was worried when he airkicked it that it would knock him back out of form, but really nice movement for the Cavani assist and tucked away the type of chance he missed last game. Good signs going into the second half of the season.
The number of assists he gets must be right up there with anyone else over the last few years.
Martial catching form just when we need it. We are actually going to compete for the league this year.
The difference in demeanour between his Heskey moment and his goal was huge.
It looks a lot like pressure is the issue at the moment. The first chance was at 0-0 when the game was in the balance and the second was at 1-0 when it was already won.
When he relaxes, Martial undoubtedly has brilliant finishing ability. The issues with him are mostly mental.
It looks a lot like pressure is the issue at the moment. The first chance was at 0-0 when the game was in the balance and the second was at 1-0 when it was already won.
When he relaxes, Martial undoubtedly has brilliant finishing ability. The issues with him are mostly mental.
I know this is the martial thread but the weight of pass on that ball from rashford is inch perfect. Lovely play from all
Much better, slowly growing in confidence.
Slotted the goal nicely. Now, onto great things!
Guess not. He almost had an assist for Bruno’s too
The fecker really has a sweet smile.
Usually Martial is quite assured in his maninpulation of the ball when it comes to dribbling, passing, shooting etc so it was funny when he did that massive air kick
Glad he got a goal. Deserves for all the centre forward play he brings to the team.
Incredible how much of this aspect he has improved under Ole. Before, he was always on the tether on the game as an outlet ball on the wing or part of a passing move. Not he's more central to our attack in more ways that one.
He's still got to start scoring more and being absolutely ruthless in front of the goal though.
6 goals and assists in roughly 120 mins of football, he's really a machine when he gets going
Curious given you like to microanalyze player celebrations, what did you make of Martial sprinting to Cavani in celebration of his goal? The picture you painted in your post isn't of a player who's likely to celebrate a goal scored from a player rivalling him for his spot in the starting line up so jubiliantly...almost like a player's reaction to a goal scored by a teammate when 3-0 up not only means nothing, but assuming a player is reacting negatively when celebrating in a more muted manner is utterly absurd.
Curious given you like to microanalyze player celebrations, what did you make of Martial sprinting to Cavani in celebration of his goal? The picture you painted in your post isn't of a player who's likely to celebrate a goal scored from a player rivalling him for his spot in the starting line up so jubiliantly...almost like a player's reaction to a goal scored by a teammate when 3-0 up not only means nothing, but assuming a player is reacting negatively when celebrating in a more muted manner is utterly absurd.
If he does continue this form for the next few months, I honestly think we will win the league.
This Martial is simply driven by Bruno. You see it on his face every time he misses a good chance. The sheer embarrassment and accountability that Bruno has instilled in Tony, Marcus and Pogba is transformational. Martial of 2 years ago would have never scored that goal today because after his miss earlier he would have sulked around the field pretending to close players down.
Bruno
Bruno
Is that in response to my claim?
Of course it's a big IF, but I think that he has the potential to propel us into contention for the title.
The man has it all. I hope mentally he can keep it together.
It's not.
He changed the game along with Cavani. He is a matchwinner on his day, and we definitely need several matchwinners in the team so they can cover for each other if the others have off days.
Hope he can keep his good form up and ignite our run for the title. This thread has been a breath of fresh air for the last few pages, but no doubt if he doesn't score in the next game the doubters will be back out again in full force...
Hope he can keep his good form up and ignite our run for the title. This thread has been a breath of fresh air for the last few pages, but no doubt if he doesn't score in the next game the doubters will be back out again in full force...
What’s so funny?
Martial is kinda like rooney in the sense that he seems to hit patches of form a little later in the season and tends to go on a scoring spree.
Hope this continues as we'll really need his contribution now.
Hope this continues as we'll really need his contribution now.
It was a sweet assist and he didn't feck up a move right before it, it also sent us into the next round at a crucial time of the game. If he mopes to that one then there really is something wrong.
It's also about the situation. First case he has to act much quicker on a ball which moves much faster while being under pressure from a defender and needs to shoot with his weaker foot.
It's a silly post.
Spot on, that little space makes a huge difference. Time to cool down and take it on his right
He's got 2 goals and 4 assists in the last 3 games. It's that annual run of form. Expect him to look unplayable for the next 10 games or so.
If we can get 7 or 8 wins in those next 10 games we are right in a title challenge
Read the post from WR10 again, it was indeed funny
James' goal? Pretty sure it was Martial who played him in there so if he gets credit for the header that lead to the Lindelof goal then he should be at 3 for that game
Really happy that hes finding some form again, but he really needs to stop with these awful spells every year
He still must score more goals if he is our main striker.
Two in last three isn't too bad to be honest. He's got just one league goal all season though, so he definitely needs to go on a run to even things out a bit. He's been getting good chances lately, needs to be putting them away.
Mostly true but you can’t underestimate the fact it was on his weaker foot. He’s one of the most one footed attackers we’ve had in decades I reckon. When it becomes clear the lefty is the only choice it usually stresses him out too.
His current form is great but his season form is not good enough.
what's 'wrong' is you thinking that 10 seconds worth of player celebrations can provide indications in to a player's attitude without knowing anything else. What's more bizarre is you criticized him for not celebrating Bruno's goal without actually making it clear what you're implying from it. Martial barely celebrated either of the two goals he scored himself in the last week (including one against Sheffield which put us in the lead)
For the "martial doesnt have good movement brigade" he is the current leading receptor of forward passes in the league. I always said he made smart movements but we lacked the players to find him in great positions. As we can see this season we have more players in bruno, fred and even mctominay playing balls quickly between the lines which has helped our attacking intent. Id like to think Carrick is the reason for this.
Martial is the glue for everything attack related in this club.
The fact that people fail to see this says alot about their knowledge of football.
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