Can someone who's watched him closely answer this, how fast is he really, are we talking naturally athletic or are we talking lightning?
Manchester United Sign Anthony Martial!
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Ok lads. With Martial confirmed. LETS SEE LINEUPS!!?!?!
What are we thinking?. Rooney dropped?. Rooney No.10?. No Herrera etc?. What we thinking we will do vs what we should do?
What are we thinking?. Rooney dropped?. Rooney No.10?. No Herrera etc?. What we thinking we will do vs what we should do?
Like Usain Bolt on steroids.
He's quick, but lanky quick, not Sterling ass shaking quick.
Like Justin Gatlin not on steroids.
Anyone found a compilation of all his goals so far?
Martial
Memphis - Rooney - Mata
Schweini - Schneidi
Shaw - Blind - Smalling - Darmian
De Gea
Would like this, plenty of pace with Memphis and Martial. Rooney getting a bit more involved and Mata drifting in to cover the gap if Rooney pushes forward. Schmidfield for now but Herrera getting plenty of playing time in #10, happy with current back 4 and hopefully Dave can get his head screwed on.Memphis - Rooney - Mata
Schweini - Schneidi
Shaw - Blind - Smalling - Darmian
De Gea
Sadly Rooney will never be dropped.
That is the most likely scenario as it stands right now which because having him and Depay on the wings gives us the pace that Rooney and Mata can exploit. Sadly it means that Herrera is screwed again. If Rooney's form persists then we should play Mata in behind and exile Rooney to the RW where his touch will do the least damage and he would have the opportunity to put in a first time ball.
So I've never heard of him before we were linked, is he an out and out number 9?
He doesn't speak English or is poor at it. Luckily we have Schneiderlin to help translate.
I personally like this IF Rooney remains undroppable. If he is droppable then Herrera at No.10 for me. Fingers crossed on De Gea
Not Danny Welbeck Lanky either though. Probably quicker acceleration than Welbeck and maybe similar top speed.
If Rooney improves his touch to at least 2010 level, he can play there. If not he will just stop every attack.
Everyone wants and the media links us to the likes of Reus, Bale, Neymar etc and we sign someone hardly anyone has heard of. Feels like Fergie is still in charge.
He looks very fast. good control. excellent switching of direction.
strong on the ball.
strong on the ball.
Yeah my first thought was Welbz speedwise. Less inclined to fall over his own feet though.
Louis van Gaal terminated the contract of his captain half way through the season at Bayern. I think there will come a point where enough is enough if Rooney doesn't do as he wants.
We can't terminate a 250k per week contract though but he can be put on the bench.
Memphis - Martial - Mata
Herrera - Schneiderlin
Carrick
Shaw - Jones - Smalling - Darmian
De Gea
I think this is our strongest line up if de Gea can become focussed, Jones comes back from injury. There is little to choose betwen Bastian and Carrick but I think Carrick has a slightly better passing range. Rooney has been average for a long time and I prefer a striker with pace and power.Herrera - Schneiderlin
Carrick
Shaw - Jones - Smalling - Darmian
De Gea
Dude on SSN saying he "isnt a conventional! No.9" and will drift in from the flanks?. Eurgh so no new striker then really despite us giving him the 9 shirt.
Not excited at all. Could well be the next Zaha.
Looking at the clips he seems much quicker than the average player. Doesn't seem to pull away from players quite like Henry in his prime. From the videos he seems to get fouled a lot which suggest defenders struggle to deal with him
He's got nearly two full weeks to develop before he starts
First order of business, train him to stop dribbling. Too risky.
I'm hoping that we get pace on both wings but we've a fair squad providing we don't get injury. Just absurd to not buy a proper striker. This kid will hopefully surprise us. I know what LVG said, but he's taking a big risk.
Please not Rooney at 10. I just hope martial can be productive right away but that's a big ask. The epl has a long history of eating up young strikers.
Be that as it may the way we have structured our squad makes Rooney even more undroppable now, he is our only established striker meaning that dropping him will leave us depending on Martial as the chief goal getter - talk about pressure. I think we will sign a striker in January because we are too thin on that area imo. The good thing is we now have another quick player and so there will be less pressure on Memphis to be the main difference maker in our team.
Quite happy to have another youngster to be overtly optimistic about and defend his performances blindly now that Adnan is gone for the time being.
I like to see how Sakho does until January then maybe we could look at him.
Plenty of time to get a plus 1 on that Finishing attribute.He's got nearly two full weeks to develop before he starts
When is the France game?
Friday vs Portugal
Thanks! Hope Martial gets a chance.
He is fast but nothing outrageous, it's his acceleration that I find impressive.
Oh nice, that's far more important for a player than top speed.
Still don't understand why we didn't bid for him when Spurs were showing an interest. He'd have cost less than £20m. Then again, our messiah does love panicking.
The more I see him in an United jersey the more I am intrigued. Can't wait to see him play.
I said it and Vasilyev confirmed it, he wasn't for sale at the time. Clubs probably asked but Monaco said no. When Monaco got knocked out from the CL United probably thought that asking couldn't hurt and Monaco were more receptive.
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