I doubt he would call an English Manchester United player a diver though.
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I doubt he would call an English Manchester United player a diver though.
If he could run and stay fit he would be quite something. The technical ability and strength is there. He sadly completely lost his pace and burst though.
I want to see him on the left when Rasmus comes back. Get Rashford on the bench.
That's actually not a terrible call, but only because Rashford is so utterly pony.
Great to see him play a good role with Hojlund out.
While some have totally ruled him out he's still got his value.
While some have totally ruled him out he's still got his value.
Nice goal.
Lovely finish for his goal, also good play earlier in the move. Occasional link-up but other times he surprisingly failed to find a team-mate. Lack of movement and physicality is a big issue.
At the very least you’d probably get some very nice link up with Hojlund, especially if you allowed Martial to drift centrally instead of staying wide left.
Well taken goal that. Cant complain about that performance
He should do better against Gala during the week with 2 actual hard working wingers either side of him if he starts. I don’t think we can afford to carry both Martial and Rashfords lack on intensity against better teams this year. The rest of the team is still so shaky.
Yeah, I think the combo of losing his speed and always being injured means that Ten Hag will let him go this summer and we'll sign a new striker, even though I think Ten Hag rates him as a footballer. He can't be getting slower, always injured AND allergic to tap-ins/headers/the 6 yard box really anything physical other than his very good hold up play around half. But hopefully he can contribute well the rest of the year and help us quality for the CL. That's probably best case scenario at this point unless he has a stunning rejuvenation.
Surprised to see he still has the burst of pace to bamboozle defenders. Great touches to draw the penalty and score the 3rd. He'll tear it up in the Saudi League.
He made a pass in the midfield to release the right winger and jogged all the way to the box and produced a relaxed dink. As lazy as before! 
Thought he did pretty well today.
Very well taken goal, a good run that lead to the penalty and he put himself about a bit too.
He won a few headers as well which I don’t think I’ve seen for a few years.
Good effort all round (didn’t think I’d say that about him again, but fair play)
Very well taken goal, a good run that lead to the penalty and he put himself about a bit too.
He won a few headers as well which I don’t think I’ve seen for a few years.
Good effort all round (didn’t think I’d say that about him again, but fair play)
When he was selected to start I'm sure plenty thought we'd get the moody version of Martial offering nothing to the contest.
A goal and won the penalty and his all round game was decent. Need more of that from him in the weeks ahead.
A goal and won the penalty and his all round game was decent. Need more of that from him in the weeks ahead.
Very good second half in fairness. He enjoyed that, didn't he? Maybe he had just forgotten what it fieels like.
According to Neville he has a reputation/history of diving.
His stats against Everton are ridiculous so I expected a goal but when you see the finish like that it can only make you think what could have been. Love this guy but he’s not long for the club.
Yeah, that was weird to hear. I don't remember Martial diving much in his whole United career. Bruno yes, not Martial.
He had a period after talking with Ole where both he and Tashford started to go down a bit easier when actually hindered. It won us a host of PK’s until Kloppier-Than-Thou cynically vaxinated refs in England against awarding us a pen almost ever again.
Yeah it was annoying when people started to point out how many penalties we got like it was a major conspiracy, when they were nearly all solid penalty shouts. It's like no thought went into it 'more penalties = more diving/bad decisions' when the main reason was that Martial was the most direct striker at dribbling at pace at defenders at the time, so of course he'd get more penalties than a big slow CF who would hold the ball up. Same with Rashford, if you run at defenders at pace in the box, you will get more penalties over the course of a season, it's logical.
Can’t even remember a single dive by Martial. He’s always been a fair player in that sense.
Neville speaking out of his arse as usual, you will never hear him speak the same of Rashford, who does actually has that reputation.
Loved having that ref take the yellow back after the replay today. I wanted to pop his head off for giving it in the first place. The commentators were talking about Martial's "reputation." Well, Young reached out to trip him, clear as day. Martial wanted a goal, not a foul.
If we can't find another striker to sign for us in the summer, I would say he can stay at the club if he can accept a pay as you play deal similar to Owen
Ironically Young is a known diver (Man Utd v QPR anyone?), but yes Martial doesn't usually go down in the box for no reason
The right move for next games is drop Rashford, Martial to LW and Hojlund up top. Think he will link up nicely with someone who isnt a selfish brat. They also can swap position during games.
Still the same issues but at least he was productive and showed a bit more grit. If he only would push himself more, same for Rashford
Bro is grinning like crazy after the match, stopped after seeing the camera
So you suggest to drop Garnacho after a wonder goal, and also to be without a striker on the bench?
So, how else do you, (who I assume thinks that Manchester United FC should retain the services of Anthony Martial, because he scored against Everton) think Utd keep this player, without a contract?
I don’t really have a point in saying this, but his body language and demeanour seems way more positive to me this season. He’s smiling quite a bit, even when he’s being subbed on. He also looks a lot more lean. It obviously hasn’t translated into much in the way of performances much at the moment but at least he doesn’t have that world weary look we’ve seen so much of in recent seasons.
I can’t see ETH dropping Rashford, even though Martial replacing him on left is a good call. I think he will do everything he can to get him going again, it’s the same blind faith that Ole had in him.
Yeah, he's just not fit for top level modern football.
Doesn't cover enough ground, doesn't press with purpose....
Luxury player to have.
Not sure we can afford him playing.
It's a simple question. You went off about 8 years and implying people want him to stay. To which I asked who has suggested Anthony get a contract .
Keep him until the summer obviously
9 more to 100 goals? Hopefully he will get the remaining goals before the contract expire in the summer.
It's good to see him score and play well, hopefully we can see a bit more of it before the end of the season.
Imo, playing him out wide just about highlights every weakness he has. Thought he was quite good against Everton, bizarre to see the amount of times he was free in the middle but ignored during build-ups. He excels at one-twos and bringing others into play. More often than not, he'll either successfully hold onto the ball and bring someone into play, or he'll be fouled and win a freekick. More often than not, we either played it backwards or went for the "most likely to fail" through ball from our own half.
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