Gabriel Martinelli: Dogged and Determined

[Black Noir]

Has been horrendous this season, absolutely horrendous

 

[grange]

He looks a bit rusty after his injury spell.

And, we set him up for failure without a proper left sided midfielder to give him service. Plus Zinchenko's lengthy injury.

 

[db10_therza]

FFS



This is the most relevant bit & what I was referring to. Appreciate your attempt to dazzle me with statistics, but it would have saved you a lot of effort if you had simply read my post properly.

'At the moment' means currently, not the last 365 days mate.

The thing is we always do this and clamour for Trossard to start and he always stinks it up whenever he does. Our lwf is a lonely place to be man.

He is brilliant off the bench. Don’t mess with it imo. I’m not saying this as a martinelli stan either.

We need to buy an elite fast transitional player this summer.

 

[db10_therza]

We need to buy an elite fast transitional player this summer.

Ps: if @SA Gunner replies to this with “Mudryk” I swear to God …

 

[Majora]

Love him but I worry for him with Havertz now playing as the 9. Can see Jesus becoming first choice LW and Trossard is so effective coming on as a sub in that position

 

[GoonerJeeves]

And, we set him up for failure without a proper left sided midfielder to give him service. Plus Zinchenko's lengthy injury.

I guess on the positive side, he needed the minutes. Hopefully, he can crack on now.

 

[MaraDon]

Improve on him next season, please.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Piss poor. Has been for some time too.

That being said, we might have space to exploit next week and he's our only direct winger.

 

[Rasmi]

Some of us been saying he would be the first casualty if we become a serious team because he is too limited on the ball. If you can’t play without big space at this level you not good enough. Even with space he is so inconsistent

 

[Tourbillion]

Zero culture to his play. Should be a sub.

 

[CannonBals]

Need a Winger to upgrade on him.

 

[TH14shahriar]

 

[Maybe]

How did he ever earn that start in the first place?

Brainless player, can't stand him

 

[Batman]

Nice kid, works hard but...

 

[Bradpiff]

Been saying this since last season when people were comparing him to R9

 

[Batman]

Love him but I worry for him with Havertz now playing as the 9. Can see Jesus becoming first choice LW and Trossard is so effective coming on as a sub in that position

Herein lies the problem and I'm not being critical of you because I was guilty of it myself last season. No player at this level should need their hand held. I made excuses for him during that barren spell last season because Eddie was stinking it up and the team had no movement in the final 3rd but the reality is that you have to be able to hold your own. Your individual performance or lack thereof can't be excused because of whomever is playing next to you or in front of you not catering perfectly to you.

The reality is that his problems are his own, only. If you can't figure out how to get on the ball and run at someone who has no hope in hell of catching you at a jogging pace then you're the problem. Sane is obviously a better and more experienced player but he was smart enough to run at Kiwi every single time it was an option. Nelli on the other hand is taking heavy touches and waiting for help to arrive before trying to take 2 players on with his head down. That's not on Havertz or anyone else. That's on him. He's been so bad this season that if we had anyone else in the team with any pace whatsoever there might not even be a justification for him being on the bench.

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Why are our other attackers like Trossard and Jesus getting into better scoring/shooting opportunities than Martinelli when playing Left wing and are able to create separation in tight areas against opposition players when Nelli is the quicker player than, Nelli who is easily the most protected player in our fanbase, why not call a spade what it is.

 

[Rasmi]

Why are our other attackers like Trossard and Jesus getting into better scoring/shooting opportunities than Martinelli when playing Left wing and are able to create separation in tight areas against opposition players when Nelli is the quicker player than, Nelli who is easily the most protected player in our fanbase, why not call a spade what it is.

Because they are much footballers than him. When he got that huge contract I said it was mistake and gave Walcott and Traore as example of these type of players don’t improve much. But just like those players when they were his age his age was used as an excuse. 2-3 years he will be same player

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Damn I don't even need to add this.

 

[Majora]

Herein lies the problem and I'm not being critical of you because I was guilty of it myself last season. No player at this level should need their hand held. I made excuses for him during that barren spell last season because Eddie was stinking it up and the team had no movement in the final 3rd but the reality is that you have to be able to hold your own. Your individual performance or lack thereof can't be excused because of whomever is playing next to you or in front of you not catering perfectly to you.

The reality is that his problems are his own, only. If you can't figure out how to get on the ball and run at someone who has no hope in hell of catching you at a jogging pace then you're the problem. Sane is obviously a better and more experienced player but he was smart enough to run at Kiwi every single time it was an option. Nelli on the other hand is taking heavy touches and waiting for help to arrive before trying to take 2 players on with his head down. That's not on Havertz or anyone else. That's on him. He's been so bad this season that if we had anyone else in the team with any pace whatsoever there might not even be a justification for him being on the bench.

I think you have misunderstood my post. My point was that Havertz at 9 frees up Jesus to compete for a starting LW position which is a problem for Martinelli