Leicester unchanged as FPL managers lump on the Foxes’ in-form players

I agree the conditions played a part, but not the time scale. United have played midweek games for years they have a squad capable of dealing with it.
They are just quite poor overall as a team right now.
Martial has OOP in his favour, but there are still better players in better teams available at the same price.

I think the timescale definitely has to be acknowledged tbh, because it was combined with the conditions

It’s about as far away from an ideal environment to showcase attacking intent as you can get

To dismiss Martial after that game with “lol” or “puke inducing” really does just look like going off the deep end

Yeah probably, although I think the guy said doubling up with Rashford was ‘puke inducing’, given how few goals United score, and considering how many penalties they get, I can understand the comment.

If United hit some form, he’s a good option, but when you’ve got the likes of Chelsea and Leicester already in good form, why punt on Tony M?

Yeah exactly.

Do they do as badly with Martial though? The “with” & “without” above suggests anything but - which is one of the “why”’s fulfilled in terms of taking the punt...

The Belgrade turnaround I just wouldn’t really see as relevant at all tbh, given the opposition... but even taking that as an example — Utd had 4 starters playing vs Belgrade... compared to 8 vs Chelsea...

The other “why”’s that spring to mind are Martial’s price & position which are looking pretty enticing given his ability (his fitness is the big question mark)

And of course Martial and Chelsea/Leicester aren’t mutually exclusive - OP already seems to have nearly 50% of his attacking slots filled with Chelsea & Leicester 🙂

United have been very poor for a good few months now, since the initial OGS Manager bounce.

Martial price and OOP are enticing I agree, but he’s missing the most important element of form.

I have Mount and Maddison as my mid range midfielders, and I’m quite happy with them.

I agree that they are all better picks than Martial - Willian Pulisic Maddison Barnes, even Tielemans, David Silva,...

Don’t think anyone would disagree Utd have been poor, but even relegated teams have been excellent sources of FPL talent so I don’t see their (non-Martial) form as being hugely, or even mildly, relevant to dismissing Martial - which is why the comment stood out

I too have Mount and Maddison, they’re not mutually exclusive to Martial 😉

True. But thanks to Lundstram, Rico, and a host of 4.4/4.5 value defenders, and no essential premium forwards, I doubt many of us need a third mid priced midfielder.

No midprice players are “needed” though, by definition - there’s such a wide range to choose from

Martial has as much (some would say more) going for him being an (extremely talented) out of position centre forward getting FPL points as a midfielder as many within that range of midprice midfielders

Especially when you scratch a little deeper and look at utd’s form with him in the side, look at the turnaround hey had to navigate prior to Saturday mornings game, the conditions it was played in, and their upcoming fixtures etc

As such, to be so dismissive of him just stood out like a sore thumb 😉