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Anthony Martial

A decent article which summarises Martial's deficiencies at #9. Primarily to do his lack of work off the ball to get into the right positions.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11930854/manchester-united-forward-anthony-martial-still-struggling-to-fulfil-his-true-potential

posted on 17/2/20

comment by Busby (U19985)
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comment by Busby (U19985)
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He does seem to play much better when Rashford and Pogba play
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I don't think this should be overlooked.

Remember when Martial was out and everyone was saying how terrible Rashford was?

We have almost zero creativity, so it is to be expected that whoever our striker is will come looking for the ball.
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Yup, Martial is our only good attacker when Rashford/Pogba is out. It's hard to link up when the others aren't on your level.

hopefully Ighalo can bring Martial in play more, same with Bruno
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Danny Ings, Pukki, Grealish have got plenty of goals in teams with less talent
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They play in teams where there is a lot of space in behind. It's no coincidence Rahsford and Martial have better stats versus the teams who come out to play against us.
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So Martial and Rashford arent good enough for United then or Olen isnt good enough on tactics?

posted on 17/2/20

comment by rosso is done with this (U17054)
posted 2 minutes ago
In short, he just isn’t a centreforward.
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Finally!

posted on 17/2/20

Hasn't Ole tried showing him what a striker should be doing? Or is the lad thick? It's beyond baffling. Without Marcus - he's completely useless.

posted on 17/2/20

I still think Martial could be a top striker with quality around him.

He’s scored a decent amount of goals for a struggling side and is still young.

Get a top right winger and more creativity from the midfield and you’ll see a very good striker imo.

posted on 17/2/20

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
I still think Martial could be a top striker with quality around him.

He’s scored a decent amount of goals for a struggling side and is still young.

Get a top right winger and more creativity from the midfield and you’ll see a very good striker imo.
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If your CF doesnt move then it doesnt matter how creative your midfield, is, its hard to score goals.

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posted on 17/2/20

I wonder when somebody , anybody , is going to do a similar observation about Daniel James.
It seems all of our attacking players are getting criticized except for the one player who has been utterly disappointing for more than 4 months now

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