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Offline eamonn

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10215 on: July 21, 2026, 05:31:16 PM »
Nacho signing might help keep him here. Two shithouses from Argentina in the one team, fantastic...

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10216 on: July 22, 2026, 11:36:45 AM »
Reports in the Metro that at half time he was telling the rest of the players not to be so "cowardly". They didn't take it on board.

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Things hardly got better after the break with the Spanish No.1 remaining untested, even after Martinez pointedly told his teammates they had adopted an approach that had been playing into Spanish hands.

‘Come on, with heart, boys, hey,’ said the Aston Villa goalkeeper in a speech made during the interval.

‘Playing with heart means driving forward, not going backwards, forward. Forward, forward, forward, forward.

‘Cowards play backwards, let’s move forward. Three passes and we find Leo, let me see us build it from the back too.’

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10217 on: July 22, 2026, 11:43:17 AM »
Didn't like his shirtless aggression to the Spanish bench after the game though

I'm sure he had his reasons. #saintemi

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10218 on: July 22, 2026, 11:43:44 AM »
Didn't like his shirtless aggression to the Spanish bench after the game though
Is that true or the one that has been proven to be from a game from years ago ?

Offline Ads

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10219 on: July 22, 2026, 11:46:00 AM »
Didn't like his shirtless aggression to the Spanish bench after the game though

He was so outraged that he took his top off and changed into a different coloured strip and turned the Spanish into Dutch and the year into 2022.

Offline andyh

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10220 on: July 22, 2026, 11:47:07 AM »
If you are going to be outraged about something, at least know what you are being outraged about.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10221 on: July 22, 2026, 11:58:42 AM »
Yeah,my bad.Hands up.Got it wrong. Thanks for the correction.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10222 on: July 23, 2026, 05:16:38 AM »
Nope, it was that racist twat Enzo who stupidly got himself sent off. You can't really play with eleven men behind the ball if you only have ten of them.
The attitude of most of the outfield players was to blame, they didn’t look interested in playing football. They were a disgrace.

Don't disagree, but still not impossible they might have got away with it and shitfested their way to a penalties win if not for his stupidity.
True.
Also I blame the ref for not dealing with the blatant aggression earlier.

Online dave shelley

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10223 on: July 23, 2026, 08:32:27 AM »
Nope, it was that racist twat Enzo who stupidly got himself sent off. You can't really play with eleven men behind the ball if you only have ten of them.
The attitude of most of the outfield players was to blame, they didn’t look interested in playing football. They were a disgrace.

Don't disagree, but still not impossible they might have got away with it and shitfested their way to a penalties win if not for his stupidity.
True.
Also I blame the ref for not dealing with the blatant aggression earlier.


I also agree but I will say this in support of the referee: If you have one player that does't want to play football then you have problems if you don't take action quickly enough as you say, this poor bugger had ten of 'em!

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10224 on: Today at 08:31:57 AM »
So now the Juventus manager says Emi wants to leave - come on now, whilst I understand conversations go on behind closed doors, this persistent blatant use of the media is surely in contravention of what is allowed.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10225 on: Today at 09:13:28 AM »
So now the Juventus manager says Emi wants to leave - come on now, whilst I understand conversations go on behind closed doors, this persistent blatant use of the media is surely in contravention of what is allowed.
Maybe; won't stop a move taking place if all the parties want it.
Fxxking Txxxp uses his own social media platform to rule the world!*





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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10226 on: Today at 09:37:21 AM »
Clubs talk to players and agents, it’s what happens. Emi’s agent will be a pushing for the move, Villa want more money and hold the cards. It is a blatant way to unsettle things, Arsenal doing the same now with Konsa. I’m pretty sure we’d have some the same with the Manzambi deal.

Online Monty

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10227 on: Today at 09:42:20 AM »
Juve just doing Juve things, just how it's always been.

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10228 on: Today at 10:05:58 AM »
Guys, Guys, people say I was going Juventus, guess what...THEY WERE WRONG! ( at bus parade 2027 ).

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Re: Emi Martinez
« Reply #10229 on: Today at 10:45:40 AM »
Clubs talk to players and agents, it’s what happens. Emi’s agent will be a pushing for the move, Villa want more money and hold the cards. It is a blatant way to unsettle things, Arsenal doing the same now with Konsa. I’m pretty sure we’d have some the same with the Manzambi deal.

I understand all that - but has Arteta come out in the media and said Konsa wants to leave? That’s the difference

 


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