I'd say Zlatan if he had not done his ACL.
Injury prone strikers - Who would have been best if they had just stayed fit? Martial? Saha?
- Thread starter Loony BoB
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I dont think people are underestimating martial as a footballer but more for how he has played as a striker. He just isnt as sharp. You rightly said in physicality Saha tops him but that is so essential when leading the line of the attack,. I have seen many times Martial get bullied off the ball or not being able to get his first touch right because of pressure from defenders and this is something Saha excelled in, always occupying the defenders and holding them off , I actually think finishing wise they are on the same level but to get into those position where u have those chances to score, the awareness of knowing whats around you and the movement to get into those spaces he falls short in comparison to Saha there as well,. The glaring obvious fact is Martial is not a natural striker he is winger by trade , whereas Saha started out as a striker which obviously gives him a head start.
As an old timer, can I add Ian Storey-Moore to the list? Google him if you've never heard about him.
ooh, good call. They say he could have been the best of the class of 92 but injuries done him. On the out and out strikers i loved Louis Saha, when he was in full flow he was unplayable.
Why is this debate? Saha every day
Sorry but the overrating of Saha is mind blowing. This is a player who only managed to score more than 10 league goals in a season three times in his whole career and one of those was in the championship. This was a man who couldn’t finish a one on one with a keeper to save his damn life. Fergie even implied at one point that his injury issues were mainly in his head. He was a good foil for Rooney, a good player but the overrating of him is a different level.
No he didn’t, Ruud issues with Ronaldo and Fergie did. Also Saha was a better partner for Rooney, he wasn’t even in the same league as Ruud. Give your head a wobble.
Yea I remember as a teenager he was practically unstoppable. If he avoided injuries and didn't become overweight he very possibly could have been the greatest
Why was that then?
Both players were/are injured a lot.
I can barely remember Saha playing for us at all, which may be a function of there being less options for me to watch football on the odd occasion when he could actually play.
Martial dribbling with the ball in the box is a thing of rare beauty.
I can barely remember Saha playing for us at all, which may be a function of there being less options for me to watch football on the odd occasion when he could actually play.
Martial dribbling with the ball in the box is a thing of rare beauty.
Saying Saha would have been better than Martial without injuries is hardly overrating.
Drogba was hardly prolific and he's one of the best strikers that played in the prem.
You'll be alright.
Drogba is just punished by the fact that he wasn't a penalty taker. He's actually one of the more prolific ones outside of that.
He was the reason I fell in love with football. I’ve never been so mesmerised by a players talent like I was with him. Even in his heavier days. The game was effortless to him. He was like a cheat code striker.
Saha for me 100%
What do you mean? Rooney was better partnered with someone who wasn’t an out and out striker like Ruud. Do you think Saha was a better striker or player than Ruud as per the post I was replying to?