Gutted for him and us. Looks like we may be once again pinning our hopes on Shaw being and staying fit![]()
I don't want to take something away from the guy. He clearly is very good on the ball. I honestly was just point out the fact that defenders can look even better than they are in some stats just because of their positioning. Don't know if you know that packing stat that was around a few years ago. It is still around as far as I know but didn't make it to the public level. This was also dominated by CBs who were good on the ball and made lots of passes. They add up.
My personal assessment of Martinez is, that he is very very good on the ball but not so far away from the rest that it becomes an actual asset to us (or at least we haven't played in a way to capitalize on that) and that this ability on the ball comes with a few disadvantages off of it.
Same knee again. He knew straight away. Even if it's just a meniscus injury, I still don't think he will be able to play before the summer. While I was not getting worried about his previous injuries, as they were all different and most not muscular, now I'm worried, and we can probably put him in the semi-injury-prone players. This is now 3 big injuries since he's been with us.
Personally I think he’s one of our best players and a brilliant all round footballer. His ball control and distribution are special. Yes he isn’t the biggest and sometimes his lack of size/ speed gets exposure against a certain profile of attacker on form. But most defenders do have flaws and overall he’s terrific.I don't want to take something away from the guy. He clearly is very good on the ball. I honestly was just point out the fact that defenders can look even better than they are in some stats just because of their positioning. Don't know if you know that packing stat that was around a few years ago. It is still around as far as I know but didn't make it to the public level. This was also dominated by CBs who were good on the ball and made lots of passes. They add up.
My personal assessment of Martinez is, that he is very very good on the ball but not so far away from the rest that it becomes an actual asset to us (or at least we haven't played in a way to capitalize on that) and that this ability on the ball comes with a few disadvantages off of it.
Yeah, the guys a warrior as well, so really gutted for him. Imagine us now having to depend on Shaw staying fit. I guess Yoro could play LCB and Maz RCB.Terrible to see he got injured. Been much better lately but if it's another serious injury then it's really damaging for his career.. Shame..
Heaven will have to step in sooner than he or anybody expected.
He's been better lately, but just brutal. I feel for him.
But the club shouldn't bank on him going forward. It's cruel, but he's too injury prone and I'm not sure he'll recover well from this.
That's how bad of a situation we're in.Not sure there's anything god can do about it now.
I was just thinking that. He has no fecking luck tbh.When he gets injured he gets badly injured doesn't he.
He’s injured not dead! Seems abit early for Heaven…Heaven will have to step in sooner than he or anybody expected.