A genuinely excellent player
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 45
- Clean sheets
- 20
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 10
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I think he'll be our captain a few years down the line.
It’s so obvious what a big difference he makes to our defence. The speed and tempo from the back just steps up another level compared to the slow tumescent football of Maguire and Lindelof.
Martinez has to play every game at the moment.
Martinez has to play every game at the moment.
Best signing we have made in years.
This guy was a bargain! what a player
Excellent player. Man of the man in the second half. Never a penalty. The VAR room doesn't know the rules...
Good game but cost us the game.
Played like a 1st team defender amongst Maguire and Lindelof. No one will blame him for the shocking penalty decision.
In the mind of the officials yes. To anyone who knows football no. There’s absolutely nothing he can do there other than hope the ref and VAR actually do their job.
Calling it now, will be our p.o.t.y
Well he didn’t though. The ref/VAR cost us the game for clearly not applying the law correctly.
He was excellent, despite the terrible referee decision. Huge difference between him and Maguire & Lindelof.
He’s so much better than our other defenders bar Varane. What a machine. Very unlucky with the pen as that’s actually brilliant defending.
Great player. Probably one of the best ball playing CBs around. He plays and you can just see that he's a level above the others.
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Didnt think it was a pen, but wont claim im an expert on the ever changing rules. Hands were in natural position to block the shot and cushion your fall, ball comes off his leg and hits his arm
Other than that some good passes and plenty of good defending. Did have that one time he mistimed his jump from a cross that Sorloth missed, so not perfect other than the unlucky pen. But still our best CB on the day
Other than that some good passes and plenty of good defending. Did have that one time he mistimed his jump from a cross that Sorloth missed, so not perfect other than the unlucky pen. But still our best CB on the day
Badly at fault for having arms.
Really should have gone for a tall amputee in the summer.
Really should have gone for a tall amputee in the summer.
He's class, arguably our most important player
Genuinely such a positive signing this is turning out to be, like Bruno he doesn’t tend to hide & always wants to go forward
Best player on the pitch after he came on. Best signing of the summer. Him and Eriksen.
What a difference he makes, absolute class act.
Mistimed one aerial duel with Sørloth and got screwed by the ref - and VAR - with the penalty.
Mistimed one aerial duel with Sørloth and got screwed by the ref - and VAR - with the penalty.
Love this guy, miles better than the ponderous plodding Harry & Victor.
45 mins, deemed to have made a handball (wtf) and still motm
How dare he have arms?!
Easily the best player on the pitch. Defending, carrying the ball and forward passing brilliant again.
Easily the best player on the pitch. Defending, carrying the ball and forward passing brilliant again.
He was brilliant again and was unfortunate to give a penalty away when I thought he pulled off a brilliant block to deny the La Real player. The problem in that sequence started when Kubo easily beat Lindelof on our right side, which meant La Real then had a numerical superiority over us.
Yes it was a tough penalty to concede.
Good to know you are now patrolling this thread instead of Maguires.You know Lindelof's fanboy is having a hard time when it comes to comments like this
He's great!
So much better than Maguire and Lindelof and really unlucky with that ridiculous pen call. Our build up play suffers without his passing from the back.
He’s the boss, I can see why he’s nicknamed the Butcher. The guy is a beast, he’s presence makes everyone around him up their level.
If they aren’t trolling then I worry for them. Definitely hard for Lindelof.You know Lindelof's fanboy is having a hard time when it comes to comments like this
He also thought Martinez' passing wasn't special before the Arsenal game, got roasted by a few in this thread and then kept quiet until tonight with that comment.
The Swede's stock is at an all time low. Must hurt to see that as the agenda is strong in this one.
You and @Jeppers7 really don’t need to talk about me over my head like that. Not polite at all.
I didn’t think his passing was amazing against Leicester, and not the matches before that. It was not bad by any means but not amazing. It’s a performance thread, don’t see why it would be so sensitive with me writing that. And really don’t see why you need to harass me all over the forum and mention me all the time just because of it. Is it is your only way you know to make friends? It’s sad really.
That is a terrible take, to be fair. It was a fantastic block. Deflection aside, his arms were as tucked away as it’s possible to be in that situation. It was just a complete injustice.
Unfair pen aside it was a terrific performance. At both ends of the pitch. Probably MOTM.
It was unlucky to concede a pen. And annoying how inconsistent the referees and VAR can be in these situations. Sometimes we see penalties for situations like this, sometimes not.
These games we have played just show Martinez acquisition is a great transfer!
Oh man. Don’t get me started.
VAR aside, I thought the referee had a shocker. Real were constantly fouling us. There was a period just after half time where we about 6 of our attacks in a row where stopped by blatant fouls, all in the space of a couple of minutes. And he didn’t even have a word, never mind get his cards out.
Looks like our best CB and CM when Varane and Eriksen aren't available.
He did both jobs in his 45mins tonight.
He did both jobs in his 45mins tonight.
Amazing player.
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