I think ETH is a good test for a player like Martial. What I mean is that there’s never been a question about lack of skill but only that of discipline & effort with Martial. And I think there’s no better disciplinarian than managers like ETH. If Martial can wake up from his snooze fest, once again it’ll be like a new signing with an abundance of hidden talent that we’ve been waiting to see for years and only been gifted glimpses so far.
Apart from Martials own faults, the club is also at fault for hiring managers who were not good coaches. And ironically the last (borderline) decent coach we had was LVG and he was the one who initially let Martial stake a claim in the starting 11. From all the past managers, he atleast coached Martial into playing to a certain set of instructions and then letting his skills do the talking. I expect ETH to do the same.
I also believe players like Martial who are more skilled than players like Rashford have a higher ceiling under ETH if they can learn how to play systematic and organized football that ETH will introduce. Many a times, Martial would not even receive sufficient service from which he could create efforts and this will likely be a diminishing issue once the team improves at playing under ETH’s style. But players like Rashford will have to grow their skillset to survive at United and atleast get the basics right. Useless long shots and losing possession will not be tolerated under ETH. He will have to completely change the way he plays football.