Emi Martinez

[Drummond]

Konsa's pass wasn't that bad z Torres misjudged it and it bounced off his foot. Martinez has done that parry thing to a striker more than once this season.

He seemed to be in two minds, his shape was as if he was going to catch it, then he parried and because it wasn't very powerful it just dropped where it did. Misjudgement.

[AV82EC]

Konsas pass seemed to catch a dead bounce as Pau was expecting it to come across his body and it sort of skittered into his right knee.

The shot was weak and Martinez should have done much much better.

[itbrvilla]

He’s made some great saves this season, and not just inconsequential ones but ones that have won us points. Conversely he’s also started getting stuff that should be basic wrong, and that’s cost us goals. Crosses under the bar and today’s goal come to mind. I think he probably nets out positive at the moment, but he needs to cut the sloppy stuff out.

I wonder what has happened with corners etc, I don't recall him previously being like this? Is it just the change with attackers being more aggressive and getting away with more that he doesn't know how to cope with?

It was a major strength of his game dominance in the air.  I feel like now he doesn't concentrate and is busy wrestling players and expecting to be given soft fouls.

[Flamingo Lane]

Konsa's pass wasn't that bad z Torres misjudged it and it bounced off his foot. Martinez has done that parry thing to a striker more than once this season.

He seemed to be in two minds, his shape was as if he was going to catch it, then he parried and because it wasn't very powerful it just dropped where it did. Misjudgement.

He didn't parry it, he dropped it, he dropped what should have been a straightforward collection of a feeble shot because he was intent on making it look like he'd made a spectacular save.

[Drummond]

Konsa's pass wasn't that bad z Torres misjudged it and it bounced off his foot. Martinez has done that parry thing to a striker more than once this season.

He seemed to be in two minds, his shape was as if he was going to catch it, then he parried and because it wasn't very powerful it just dropped where it did. Misjudgement.

He didn't parry it, he dropped it, he dropped what should have been a straightforward collection of a feeble shot because he was intent on making it look like he'd made a spectacular save.

You could argue that point and I wouldn't argue.

[TheTimVilla]

At corners, I wish he would focus on the ball and not pushing players away. Let the ref take care of the fouls.

[Drummond]

At corners, I wish he would focus on the ball and not pushing players away. Let the ref take care of the fouls.

I agree, he always has a shove just as it's being taken and it's not working.

[SaddVillan]

From The Athletic  - Analysis

THE SUFFERINGS OF EMILIANO MARTINEZ (AND HOW THEY ARE HURTING ASTON VILLA)

Jacob Tanswell

Emiliano Martinez’s erratic season started after the final home game of the previous campaign.

Tears filled his eyes as he waved to the Villa Park crowd, suggesting this farewell was going to be permanent. The Argentina international told people around the training ground, Bodymoor Heath, that he was attracting interest from a big European club, while he also held talks with then-Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim, who was keen to buy him. His compatriot and namesake, Lisandro Martinez, even spoke to United’s hierarchy to try and convince them to sign him.

Villa were open to Martinez’s departure, provided they had an ample replacement. They scoured the market and were impressed by Joan Garcia, Lucas Chevalier, Mark Flekken, Diogo Costa and United’s final choice, Senne Lammens.

The tension that simmered over the summer culminated in Martinez’s unedifying scenes on deadline day, where he sat at Villa’s training ground waiting for a call from United that never arrived. Even when it became evident they were instead pursuing Lammens, Martinez had not lost hope.

To Villa and Martinez’s credit, they have built bridges, with further discussions over his long-term future set to take place at the end of the season. He remains Unai Emery’s first choice and, when asked specifically about the goalkeeper’s attributes, he remains effusive in his praise, invariably describing him as “fantastic” and, as recently as September, “the best goalkeeper in the world”.

Before this summer, Emery’s description felt apt. Martinez, the two-time winner of the Yashin Trophy, handed to the world’s best goalkeeper, had long been fantastic; most crucially, he was fantastically reliable. His performances warranted his considerable bravado and ego. Villa could compensate for his demanding personality because he was constantly delivering.

This season, however, has demonstrated a marked change. Martinez has been fantastic, to use Emery’s phrase, but only in moments and one-off matches, rather than over a prolonged period.

This is best underlined by no player in the Premier League having made more errors than Martinez (three) leading to a goal.

Villa’s 1-0 home loss to Everton was an extension of Martinez’s campaign. Excellent, exceptional games with extraordinary saves followed by either injury or a key error. The cycle has then repeated. Back and calf complaints have prompted three last-minute pull-outs — two during warm-ups before matches and one at half time — only heightening the frustration.

Martinez’s contrasting performances in the two matches against Everton reflect the term’s broader trends. He made a monumental save from Michael Keane’s header in September’s away game but, in conjunction with Pau Torres, contributed to Thierno Barry’s decisive goal in the reverse fixture.

It started with Torres’ heavy touch and ended with Martinez failing to catch a slippery ball that had been on a wet pitch, parrying into the path of Barry to capitalise on the rebound.

In fairness, Martinez’s error for Barry’s goal serves as an anomaly with his overall shot-stopping. He remains among the elite in this area. Using data from football analysis company, Gradient Sports, we can assess the share of shots saved with a bad parry among Premier League goalkeepers with 900-plus minutes played this season.

Here, a bad parry is defined as a saved shot, but the goalkeeper had the opportunity to do better with the parry. Typically, this would be putting the ball into a dangerous position.

Martinez had the lowest share of bad-parry saves, meaning his handling, until Everton’s visit, was usually strong. When a shot was directed to him, it would stay saved — either with a catch or by getting a strong hand on the ball to divert it away from danger.

Yet other areas, namely his presence at opponents’ set pieces and his propensity to claim the ball, have spiralled.

Martinez has appeared oddly feeble from corners. Burnley’s goal at Villa Park was partly down to the 33-year-old being too preoccupied with the closest opponent. This was then repeated last month away to Arsenal, when Martinez engaged in a tussling match with arguably the Premier League’s most imposing aerial threat, Gabriel.

Away at Leeds United, Martinez failed to claim a high ball, strangely arching himself away, with outstretched arms. Even with the use of his hands, he was outjumped by Anton Stach.

The most obvious mistake was at Anfield when Martinez passed blindly to Mohamed Salah, who tapped the ball into an empty net and gave a tense, fragile Liverpool side confidence.

Emery has routinely defended his goalkeeper, joking that concerns over Martinez’s aerial vulnerability could be apportioned to an increasingly physical Premier League.

“In the future, we will need ‘keepers at 2m 20cms (7ft 2),” he told reporters. “Maybe we need to get boxing (gloves)! Emi is performing very well in a situation like that. It’s becoming more difficult, they are not only blocking with two and three players blocking the ‘keeper.”

Yet there was no escaping the fact that Sunday’s defeat to Everton felt like a missed opportunity. Villa were depleted due to injuries and January’s transfer dealings so far — Donyell Malen scoring for AS Roma at the same time his previous side toiled was rather caustic.

Villa could have gone second if they had registered a 12th straight home win for the first time in the Premier League era. As is the way with goalkeepers and defenders, the errors from Torres and Martinez have only been magnified because it ended in defeat.

But that does not disguise the fact that a good Martinez is a reliable Martinez, not this season’s up-and-down version.

[Grande Pablo]

Inter interested in a summer move.  Time to go - thanks for the outstanding memories but we all do need to move on.

[Monty]

Inter is fine. He can go to Inter.

[N'ZMAV]

it's time he went - he's past his best and is getting sloppy - even though he still makes good saves, and is a top keeper, he's just a bit of a div.

[Small Rodent]

I’d only be happy seeing him leave if it was abroad and not an English club. Except Lincoln City or Tooting & Mitcham.

[django]

If he’s not going to remain one if the worlds best keepers we can’t afford to keep tying up so much of our wage bill with him. Obviously after his erratic form and wanting away in the summer I’m more ambivalent about him moving in than I would have been. We would be losing a big winning presence in the dressing room though.

[Dick Edwards]

He's a Villa Great, one of the best players to have ever played for our club. I hope he leaves us with some silverware and his head held high.

[Hookeysmith]

Should we drop him for Jawdies if Bizot does well in Turkey?

I don't think k he could have many complaints