MyOnlySolskjaer
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He really is incredible. Amazing handling. I wish we’d be in for him but Villa would ask for too much.
Best keeper in the league this season?
Every keeper I think of has made absolutely huge blunders
I'm trying to think if Ederson has but the rest definitely have. Not sure if Martinez has though, he always looks commanding
Every keeper I think of has made absolutely huge blunders
I'm trying to think if Ederson has but the rest definitely have. Not sure if Martinez has though, he always looks commanding
If that was his worst then you guys got a... KeeperWest Ham at home when he chucked in the two Lingard goals was his worst performance by a mile.
Someone at club needs to do showreel of his saves this season as it would be some watch. Old fashioned part of me loves how he actually catches crosses instead of punching them clear as majority of keepers do nowadays.
Yeah I remember the last few seasons including a few against usHe's actually made quite a few over the last few years but this season in particular I think there was one against Leeds.
Can't believe Everton didn't sign him.
SnapWhat do you guys think of Sanchez at Brighton? Is it all about his height?
Watched B&H on TV a few times, I really like their brand of football, more so than ours or Leeds who many rave about!
Every keeper I think of has made absolutely huge blunders
I'm trying to think if Ederson has but the rest definitely have. Not sure if Martinez has though, he always looks commanding
We needed the money and it helped us buy Partey.Arsenal let this guy go
We needed the money and it helped us buy Partey.
I was sad to see him go but even after his form this season I still think selling him was the right move.
Why couldn't you sell Leno?
Because he was their player of the season? I mean both Leno and Martinez are really good keepers (Leno has turned out much better than I thought he would when he joined), Martinez is having a better season this time but while he's number 1 in the EPL in PSxG - Goals Conceded per 90 (+0.3), Leno is not far behind at number 6 (+0.2).
Last season and the season before, Leno was number 4 in the EPL in the same statistic (+0.21 and +0.13). Leno's been a consistent keeper since joining Arsenal, especially the last two seasons, and therefore it made sense that they stick with him given that he's been consistent for longer than Martinez has been.
One thing Martinez definitely has over Leno is stopping crosses, where he's more confident, while Leno sweeps more than Martinez does.
2 games in a row that they got robbed, but that's football.Snap
The worry was that it might have just been a purple patch for Martinez. This season has shown it wasn't, but selling Leno and keeping a Martinez who'd only had a good 6 months was riskier than the opposite.I never knew this and I never knew Martinez was a later career bloomer like Vardy.
As a neutral in that final year when Leno vs Martinez were competing for the No1 spot it looked very obvious to me who was the more commanding presence as a goalkeeper.
When Arsenal sold Martinez and kept Leno I was shocked.
It felt like Arsenal kept the player with bigger name, the player that previously had a better career - even though to me it was obvious from that season on that Martinez was the better GK.
Wait for the celebration at the end. Arsenal really blundered letting him go.
Thing is the everyone could see he was better than Leno, everyone apart from the people at Arsenal though it seems
Please, even Arsenal could see he was better than Leno. But was he 20m better? No, he wasn't.Thing is the everyone could see he was better than Leno, everyone apart from the people at Arsenal though it seems
Please, even Arsenal could see he was better than Leno. But was he 20m better? No, he wasn't.
Too high wages, would've left on a free after a couple of loans. He still might mind you, but at least we got 20m for Martinez. And as someone who's watched both of them, the difference between them isn't that much. Martinez is better in the box, Leno is the better shot stopper.So Leno is worth £0?
Too high wages, would've left on a free after a couple of loans. He still might mind you, but at least we got 20m for Martinez. And as someone who's watched both of them, the difference between them isn't that much. Martinez is better in the box, Leno is the better shot stopper.
Why couldnt you have gone with Martinez as number 1 and sold Leno?
You can only sell the keeper there has been bids for to be fair. And it was Martinez making demands backing the club into a corner.
I think its pretty clear that if Leno had been made available a club would have offered money for him
Did Arsenal sign Matt Ryan on a permanent in the end or is that Icelandic kid back up to number 2 again?
Did Arsenal sign Matt Ryan on a permanent in the end or is that Icelandic kid back up to number 2 again?