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This is so interesting
@HemmenKees has done a thread going over Martial’s run & lack of runs.
Bear in mind Kess isn’t in anyway biased to Martial and wants him to make more runs like Cavani. So there is no positive or negative bias here

What have I noticed?
@rickthereduk https://twitter.com/hemmenkees/status/1330307102309539858
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In just what @HemmenKees has covered Martial made 13 good runs. How many time did his team mates ATTEMPT the pass. Forget actually successfully making the pass. Just attempt it. 2x... 3 if I count the penalty

Let me repeat that:
13 run | 2 attempted passed | 1 successful
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Again Kess is not AM9 biased. He wants Cavani to play, even going as far as to call him the Uruguay prince

13 Martial runs | 2 attempts to find him | 1 successful

What a surprise the only successful one was Bruno’s pass (& Mata’s penalty maybe)
@pkwestel @rickthereduk
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So what do we think happens next time Martial wants to make a run and see the ball at the feet of anyone but Bruno...

🤔 he stops running. As it’s clear the rest won’t even ATTEMPT the pass.

Keen to see what Cavani’s run to attempted pass ratio is now
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Just to be clear I said from the day we signed Cavani that his movement as a no9 is wc and deffo something Martial should learn. With that wc movement on the pitch let’s see how many times we ‘attempt’ to find him

Ps) I’m not counting crosses that don’t beat near man
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