Emi Martinez

[Footy-Vill]

Totally agree regards his antics in general it's his unsporting behaviour that would be perfect for Athletico Madrid.
Good luck to him at the world cup as he'll be doing it there with Argentina march to the final.
I also hope he is fine with the head injury
I do really like him as a person and his winning attitude generally.

He does have a low standard with the ball at his feet and kicking and distribution.
Meet and a new goalkeeping coach will see that for sure.
Be interesting to see what happens with him under the new management playing identity and that Emery never fancied him at Arsenal

[dave shelley]

For the last two seasons, coming towards the weekend, I wondered how many times we would see Richarlison (now Spuds) rolling around on his arse time wasting.

This season, Martinez has taken over the mantle in 'time wasting' and is an embarrassment to our great club. A great shot stopper but pathetic and slow with his distribution.

If Emery wants to play from the back and at a higher tempo, Martinez is in for the chop unless his footwork and speed of thought improve dramatically.

He is excused for today because he had a saw head. 

He does have a tenon-dcy to be a bit disjointed at times. 

[Risso]

Before the accidental clash with Mings he was wasting time. I’ve paid good money to see a game of football, not time wasting to try to get to half time still at 0-0.

[pauliewalnuts]

For the last two seasons, coming towards the weekend, I wondered how many times we would see Richarlison (now Spuds) rolling around on his arse time wasting.

This season, Martinez has taken over the mantle in 'time wasting' and is an embarrassment to our great club. A great shot stopper but pathetic and slow with his distribution.

If Emery wants to play from the back and at a higher tempo, Martinez is in for the chop unless his footwork and speed of thought improve dramatically.

He is excused for today because he had a saw head. 

He does have a tenon-dcy to be a bit disjointed at times. 

The disjointedness dovetails with the over-the-top shithousery

[pauliewalnuts]

Before the accidental clash with Mings he was wasting time. I’ve paid good money to see a game of football, not time wasting to try to get to half time still at 0-0.

*wink*

[PeterWithesShin]

Most of the time he does it is to kill the oppponent's momentum for a minute. And it often works. Him and Young are the only players we seem to have that are smart enough to do it.

[Footy-Vill]

Tribute to Nathan Baker with those sort of clattering head injurys
Unfortunately he had to retire on medical grounds both in matches and now his career.

[Baldy]

Most of the time he does it is to kill the oppponent's momentum for a minute. And it often works. Him and Young are the only players we seem to have that are smart enough to do it.

But what about our momentum? He slows down play far too often, lets opponents get back into position, wastes counter attacking opportunities.

I can understand it if we are leading by a goal with ten minutes to go but not from the first minute.

Infuriating. 

[PeterWithesShin]

I bet he knows how to quote as well 

[RamboandBruno]

For the last two seasons, coming towards the weekend, I wondered how many times we would see Richarlison (now Spuds) rolling around on his arse time wasting.

This season, Martinez has taken over the mantle in 'time wasting' and is an embarrassment to our great club. A great shot stopper but pathetic and slow with his distribution.

If Emery wants to play from the back and at a higher tempo, Martinez is in for the chop unless his footwork and speed of thought improve dramatically.

He is excused for today because he had a saw head. 

I think his distribution is impacted by the lack of movement in front of him. If you look back at his first season with us, his distribution was often very good as a lot of the time he had Grealish to find and set off attacks that way.
Of the all the issues we have playing wise, i think Martinez is one of the least problematic. A very good Argentina teams number one and in my opinion, still the best keeper we’ve had since Bosnich.

[PaulWinch again]

Ridiculous that he stayed on as long as he did today. It’s actively dangerous and football needs to be much better at it.

[SoccerHQ]

Ridiculous that he stayed on as long as he did today. It’s actively dangerous and football needs to be much better at it.

Problem is a player will always want to stay on if they feel a bit groggy. It's different to a broken bone or pulling a muscle where you know you have little chance of being competitive in the game.

Of course with concussion you get after effects 5-10 minutes later and appears this happens.

Perhaps concussion sub needs to go a bit further and you could be allowed to say put him back on again at half time. However only after he's had proper tests in dressing room/medical area to deem it safe to do so.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep it should be that and they should be erring on the side of caution.

[Baldy]

I bet he knows how to quote as well 

Who, me 

[Risso]

Before the accidental clash with Mings he was wasting time. I’ve paid good money to see a game of football, not time wasting to try to get to half time still at 0-0.

*wink*

I'm not with you. Match tickets and rip off train tickets meant today was not a cheap day out.