Emi Martinez

[purpletrousers]

Very well put

https://x.com/nallyboy90/status/1781190122517749823?s=46

Well indeed. Horrible delays on the coach to london so a lot of Brum bound missing their connections, just leaving Dover, enjoying a few of these titbits.

On top of all that Manc says, Emi is a piledriver of a figurehead for our ambition, the belief in and love for us, the balls of steel, the believing we can achieve and it’ll be all the more special because we weren’t already established in the top 4.

The argument for his inclusion in any top 5 players etc must be weighed alongside just what a ‘gateway’ player he is, the profile for the club, but the determination to take us to the top is just so massive.

Ach. Not only did we miss our ferry and get a later one, now being randomly inspected in Dover lol, the coach empties yet again. UTV

[PeterWithesShin]

Emiliano Martinez's penalty-saving prowess was "already in the Lille players' minds' before the French club lost to Aston Villa in their Europa Conference League quarter-final shootout on Thursday, said French football journalist Julien Laurens.

Goalkeeper Martinez, who starred in Argentina's World Cup final shootout victory over France in December 2022, saved two spot-kicks to send Villa through to a last-four tie against Greek side Olympiakos.

Laurens told the BBC's Football Daily podcast: "I think he's won the penalty shootout before the first penalty taker went forward anyway.

"He's already into the Lille players' minds because they all remember what happened at the World Cup. Villa had won the penalty shootout before the first penalty was even shot."

[AV84]

I know he'll probably still be linked with moves to "bigger" clubs but it feels nice to have a player of such stature that people talk about in ways other than just "he should move to X in the summer".

It kind of feels like we have a bit of a superstar at the club, and not to sound like a capitalist swine but he's got to be very marketable these days. A pre season trip to Argentina might not be a terrible idea.

[The Edge]

Very well put

https://x.com/nallyboy90/status/1781190122517749823?s=46

Ace, well said lad. I do wonder if he enjoyed it quite as much though when Emi was dancing in front of the Man U fans when we won 1-0 there under Smith.

He actually says "it's brilliant to watch unless it's against your team"

[pablo_picasso]

The commentator really is Partridge

"He escaped by a tiny, tiny, fraction of the law..."

So he wasn't sent off because he didn't break the rules enough to get himself sent off.

Tit.

Lucy Ward was great again. That chap doesn't help himself...

[PeterWithe]

Very well put

https://x.com/nallyboy90/status/1781190122517749823?s=46

Mostly spot on apart from he didn't push the ref too far, the ref was an imbecile and neither yellow was at all warranted.

[Nev]

I love that standing with the ball almost saying "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough", it would enrage me if someone else did it so that makes it all the more sweeter.

[Holy Trinity]

UEFA trying to ban him for the Semi

[pablo_picasso]

UEFA trying to ban him for the Semi

We should go on the attack & complain about the referee being a fucking imbecile...

[Somniloquism]

The commentator really is Partridge

"He escaped by a tiny, tiny, fraction of the law..."

So he wasn't sent off because he didn't break the rules enough to get himself sent off.

Tit.

Lucy Ward was great again. That chap doesn't help himself...

She seemed to have ago at the main commentator for criticising the poor ref only at that point "Ohh now you say it".

[AV84]

She seemed really annoyed at the ref too when it looked like he had sent Emi off, like she couldn't believe how bad he was at his job

[pablo_picasso]

Yeah, the more I hear from her, the more I like.

She mentioned our injuries again too.

[OCD]

I put in a WhatsApp group that Emi was living in the heads of the French rent-free and about 2 minutes later she said exactly the same thing so that made me laugh.

[AV82EC]

Just watched the penalty shoot out again (twice) and my only conclusion to draw is that EmiMartinez is moving from Legend to God like status. That commentator on TNT was an absolute fucking tit.

[Brazilian Villain]

Just watched the penalty shoot out again (twice) and my only conclusion to draw is that EmiMartinez is moving from Legend to God like status. That commentator on TNT was an absolute fucking tit.

Yeah, the commentator's disappointment when Emi wasn't sent off was palpable.