Lisandro Martinez | Signs for United

[Real Name]

Hopefully he'll grow a bit during his time at United.

 

[Jacky Quacky]

Hopefully he'll grow a bit during his time at United.

He’s 24 I think he’s done growing

 

[sillwuka]

Does he really speak English?

Speaks a little bit in this

 

[DWelbz19]

Martinez has all the qualities to be a future United and Argentina captain.. Really impressive player with a very wide variety of defensive and footballing qualities.. But his mentality sets him apart I think.. He will be a fan favourite in no time.. Im very very positive about that...

Gutted to see him leave, but if he leaves than this is the ideal scenario.. United for a fair price for all parties..

Bassey could be a really good replacement if the reports are true. He’s not near as good at passing, he’s probably more Timber-like in that he’s very fast, powerful, and loves to run forward with the ball.

 

[Real Name]

He’s 24 I think he’s done growing

We'll see.

 

[Zoo]

Speaks a little bit in this

That’s pretty good.

 

[Cal?]

“Tevez and Heinze were good when they were here”

I meant they turned out poorly in the end anyway

 

[AdNani]

You do realiwe his stats are mostly based on him playing in a midfield area, totally different skill
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How's that?

 

[Stacks]

Martinez has all the qualities to be a future United and Argentina captain.. Really impressive player with a very wide variety of defensive and footballing qualities.. But his mentality sets him apart I think.. He will be a fan favourite in no time.. Im very very positive about that...

Gutted to see him leave, but if he leaves than this is the ideal scenario.. United for a fair price for all parties..

Will he be better than Blind?

 

[Jacob]

Finally some steel in the team. McTominay doesn't count.

 

[mitchmouse]

So you’ve had the hot poker from kurt Russell and you’re feeling much better?
glad to hear it, now can we all feel excited about ETH, regardless of players?

I'm quite excited about ETH but I think players are quite important to a football team! And, Kurt is far too old for me!

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

Ajax are trying their best to do Barcelona impression by delaying this hehhh

 

[Siorac]

Heinze was also overrated as feck here. Never rated him.

Only success was Tevez.

If Tevez was a success, then so was Heinze. They both had one good season.

 

[Penna]

 

[sewey89]

Lovely stuff

 

[Massive Spanner]

That's a terrible photoshop. His forehead is missing. If it was accurate he'd only be about half way up the photo.

 

[Marcus]

This is more like it. Woohoo!

 

[Crickus]

Quite excited by this signing. A hard working player who knows how ETH wants us to play. Its about time we actually signed a good Argentina player that wants to play for us . Unlike the last rat

 

[hellhunter]

That's a terrible photoshop. His forehead is missing. If it was accurate he'd only be about half way up the photo.

They had him stand on a chair for the photo and slightly over compensated

 

[sewey89]

Thats a pin badge behind him

 

[Freak]

Didn’t we also get a here we go for Eriksen a while back and then nothing happened? I might obviously be wrong

 

[sullydnl]

I know we're all focused on incomings but it would be good to see some movement on the likes of Bailly, Jones and Tuanzebe leaving once this is finalised. Tidy up the squad a bit.

 

[Apokalips]

We'll see.

I heard he's a grower, not a shower so we should be fine.

 

[golden_blunder]

Thats a pin badge behind him

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Hold on, I thought Romano was clueless now?

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

I am so happy to have Ten Hag as my manager, and I love Lisandro so much.

 

[izec]

Another Argie, this will end in tears.

 

[horsechoker]

Thats a pin badge behind him

His kit will be half price

 

[SuperiorXI]

Our very own Tyrion Lannister. Small but out-thinks and out-flanks the opponent.

 

[Adam-Utd]

That's a terrible photoshop. His forehead is missing. If it was accurate he'd only be about half way up the photo.

so tall he doesn't fit in the photo frame

 

[Raw]

Excited for this one

 

[Unlikely lad]

Getting Passarella vibes

 

[diarm]

Just order the new kit with Martinez on the back:

 

[horsechoker]

Just order the new kit with Martinez on the back:

 

[JPRouve]

Puyol and Mascherano. Beckenbauer, Koeman, De Boer, Baresi; Ramos is only 184cm or so; he’s still one of the best in the air in the last couple of decades.Thiago Silva is only 5 11

One that many people don't know, one of the best french defenders ever Jean-Pierre Adams. In fact one of the best pairing of french football wasn't particularly tall, Jean-Pierre Adams was 178cm and Marius Trésor is 182cm tall.

 

[christinaa]

Quite excited by this signing. A hard working player who knows how ETH wants us to play. Its about time we actually signed a good Argentina player that wants to play for us . Unlike the last rat

Unfortunately the 'last rat' was not played in his proper position by LVG and then he turned into an even larger rat!

 

[The holy trinity 68]

Getting Passarella vibes

If he is half as good as Daniel, then we are in for a treat, what a cracking player he was

 

[Stacks]

Can we please stop with thr height issue. Defenders don't have to defend high balls for 90 minutes. Also, how many teams play with 2 tall strikers? If there is one in a team we play that could cause an issue then our other CB will be marking that player. His 1 on 1 defending is better than all of our centre backs , his positional awareness is better than most, his passing is incredible and he knows the system coming into the team. He wouldn't be signed if he wasn't an upgrade on some of our current players or if ETH thought he wouldn't be able to play in this league. He also allows us the option of playing a back 3 which would allow him to push into midfield slightly as he has played there (i know ETH didn't prefer him there) and join FDJ in building play with our wing backs actually providing effective width. Hes a great signing and a lot of you will be surprised by how well he converts to the EPL.

No they don't but we have been weak from set pieces in many recent seasons (I think one we were as bad as Leeds). A clever striker will navigate to the smallest defender (usually a FB).

As for the other attributes, we will judge when he plays in the premier league.

Eth has no idea what the league is really like and has gone for familiarity which most of our managers tend to do. Everyone has bright ideas and optimism but a baptism of fire awaits methinks.

 

[SteveCoppellFan]

I'm only 5.8 and therefore wish to put in a complaint about the tone of this discussion.

 

[lysglimt]

I am far more excited by this than Frankie de Jong. Lisandro is amazing.

What I worry about, however is - we have no reliable striker. Especially if Ronaldo leaves (which seems likely). But even if he stays, we need a backup, he can't play all matches, and Martial is utter shit. We've watched Martial for enough years to know that he is hopelessly unreliable lazy bum.

Ronaldo is making a fortune - so if he leaves that will free up so much money, it should be easy to persuade the owners to release more money to sign a new striker. Lets assume we get £15 million if we sell Ronaldo - in addition it's likely that the new strikers salary will be at least £200.000 less than Ronaldo - so offloading Ronaldo should easily free £25-30 million the first year alone