stumbled across this article today discussing the three of them:
https://thebusbybabe.sbnation.com/2021/6/12/22523892/the-value-of-forward-movement-what-greenwood-martial-and-rashford-can-learn-from-cavani
enough stats for hafi to 10010111001, and a bit of tactical analysis for rosso, who will nod sagely as he reads the martial section. the slightly sobering conclusion is that there are question marks over all 3 of them, in terms of either their quality, or the precise role they play in the current version of our team.
so with continuing rumours of sancho coming in, and the odd whisper about martial leaving, where do we see the trio thriving, up front, on united's flanks, at psg/ipswich, you tell me?
tony, marcus, and mason
posted on 12/6/21
Phew, bit of a read that, Don.
The fact that all three of them are better in the transition's why we're crap against teams that sit deep. It'll probably be Rashford or Martial next year, not both in the same game.
posted on 12/6/21
Apart from getting his left’s and right’s mixed up a few times, good article.Non of them are budding centre forwards .
posted on 12/6/21
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 47 minutes ago
Phew, bit of a read that, Don.
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one to save for 2pm tomorrow methinks!
personally i'd hang onto tony for now, i'm not generally a fan of selling players when their stock is low, and his value probably halved last season, though he wasn't quite as awful as some might claim (per 90 minutes he was less productive than cavani or rashford, but more so than bruno or greenwood).
i thought he was our best player in the 19/20 season, and i was starting to think (fooled) that he might be able to be more of a penalty box poacher, i remember 2 first-time finishes from crosses in the hat-trick vs sheffield united, but they were brief flashes. and given how frequently ole mentions working on this kind of poaching, his patience may now be wearing thin.
but martial's a better link-up player than most of our forwards, so might be a bigger beneficiary of sancho coming in, he says hopefully?
posted on 12/6/21
Doesnt really add anything new to the conversation.
All 3 are better wide, coming inside.
posted on 12/6/21
comment by The Mur Man (U22601)
posted 59 seconds ago
Doesnt really add anything new to the conversation.
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the irony of this comment coming from you
posted on 12/6/21
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Mur Man (U22601)
posted 59 seconds ago
Doesnt really add anything new to the conversation.
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the irony of this comment coming from you
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No idea who you are mate, so let's keep it on topic.
posted on 12/6/21
Thanks for sharing that DDD. It certainly raises questions about the three players that are more interesting than 'are they good enough'? One additional dimension that could perhaps mitigate their unsuitability for specific roles is interchangeability. If our forwards work on collective movement patterns that mean they aren't consistently fixed in left / right / centre roles, then you don't necessarily need a stereotypical CF in the mix. You'd still want Cavani's movement to rub off on all of them though.
posted on 12/6/21
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 44 minutes ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 47 minutes ago
Phew, bit of a read that, Don.
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one to save for 2pm tomorrow methinks!
personally i'd hang onto tony for now, i'm not generally a fan of selling players when their stock is low, and his value probably halved last season, though he wasn't quite as awful as some might claim (per 90 minutes he was less productive than cavani or rashford, but more so than bruno or greenwood).
i thought he was our best player in the 19/20 season, and i was starting to think (fooled) that he might be able to be more of a penalty box poacher, i remember 2 first-time finishes from crosses in the hat-trick vs sheffield united, but they were brief flashes. and given how frequently ole mentions working on this kind of poaching, his patience may now be wearing thin.
but martial's a better link-up player than most of our forwards, so might be a bigger beneficiary of sancho coming in, he says hopefully?
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Bruno’s a midfielder, not our number 9.
posted on 12/6/21
comment by Picasso (U21397)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
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Bruno’s a midfielder
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he's really not, we generally play 4-2-3-1, and he's in the 3, not the 2...no one would call rashford or greenwood midfielders, so no idea why they call our no.10 a midfielder