Player Review

My first review here on futbin, and I think Martial is the perfect player to write a first review on. He was brought into the club to have some fun in champs qualifying, and to perhaps turn out as my favoured striker after a lot of rotation of forwards. After 10 games he ended up with 8 goals and 4 assists, leading me to a 9-1 record, my best by far throughout this whole Fifa. Yet I still don't know if he was the catalyst for this immense form, he was hust such a difficult player to understand. However, I will try to explain this perplexing card in this review, and trough the process maybe understand him myself.

His attacking positioning is exceptional. Always on the correct side of the defenders, and never offside. His runs were great, however he didn't seem to outpace defenders in the way I had anticipated, so don't expect Vinicius type pace here. But back to the positioning, if you get the ball to him around the box, he is almost always positioned to take a quick shot, which makes him gamechanging in slow games. With the now unpredictable gameplay, a predictably great positioning from him wins you games.

When it comes to shooting, he is impeccable. Get him in the box and fire away - they all go in. Outside the box he seemed like a woodwork magnet, but this resulted in some good rebounds for teammates so it is what it is. Both feet works like a charm, and angles which are usually hard to score from is not a problem from Martial. Even orange timed shots went in with him, truly a finishing master.

Passing was quite simply alright. Consistent but uninspired. Easy passes always hit their target, but don't expect any Xavi-esq through balls.

Physicality was great, bullied lower rated players like Kimpembe and Kounde. Might not seem impressive, but you face these two in about 90 percent of the games you play, so it is a great quality to have.

Considering all this praise, how come I don't rate him 5/5 stars? Well it comes down to the "it" factor. He is not as ever-present as a player like Di Natale, who still has to be my favourite striker this year so far. His ability to pop up once or twice a game to change the momentum is monumental, but personally I prefer the ever-presence of such a player, giving the feeling of lasting control over the game and the possibility of always being a danger. Martial never gave me that feeling, and therefore he does not get top score, which is bummer - it was oh so close.