[Ekeke]

You are probably correct.

I agree. its a bit over the top when we conceded 2 Vs fodder.

True yet he was the covering defender for both goals. One was a great through pass fair enough, the 2nd he was caught ball watching and wasn't aware of the dude over his shoulder. We had someone closing down the attacker already.

Well the first Casemiro and Lindelof were our two furthest forward players. Casemiro ran back a bit, then jogged from about 40 yards from our goal giving up the chase. Lindelof never bothered to try

Make no mistake if Lisandro makes that block and stops that goal he has covered the entire defence and DM from mistakes and it would have been a top class bit of defending. You wouldnt see better.

He didnt manage to get back and time the tackle. So not top class defending no, but also clearly not his mistake. He just couldnt make up for the mistakes of Casemiro, Lindelof and Malacia and to some extent even Eriksen who did a great job tracking back when nobody else was helping Lisandro but stepped out at a bad time leaving the pass to go through. And he also could have fouled to slow down the move and reset the team which is something someone playing a deep midfield position needs to know when to do.

2nd goal Lindelof lost the ball well out of position and took himself out of the defensive phase. So its all on Lisandro in the middle. Yes obviously we're in trouble if he doesnt intercept the ball across or stop the shot and he does neither. In that situation he should be getting help though. Our fullbacks should be tucked in helping defend the middle. Our DM should try to get back and fill in for Lindelof. None of that happens which leaves it 100% up to Lisandro to have to block or intercept. And he doesnt. So yes its obviously not strong defending, you can call it a mistake as he didnt do enough to put off or win the ball. But it was also after 3 or 4 teammates made mistakes and left him all alone to bail out the entire team. And on this occasion his defending wasnt strong so it didnt happen. If he had managed to intercept or block the shot it would have been good defending, not best defender around defending like the first one. So its more reasonable to think he should have done better

 

[ForeverRed1]

I know we sometimes go overboard with the "X should play in [insert unnatural position]" but I really fail to see why he wouldn't be extremely effective in DM.

he has all the tools for sure, his passing is very high level. Tenacious, can tackle, moves the ball well.. I agree with you. I think his own preference is to play CB.

 

[criticalanalysis]

If I had a performance thread, it would make sense to evaluate me. Now this is Martinez’ performance thread and you just come out as a bit weird tbh. Like most others in this thread, I write my evaluation of the player. If you don’t agree, argue with my assessment instead. And why write about Lindelof all the time (71% of your posts in Martinez’ thread mention Lindelof)?

That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm trying to fully understand your assessment by using the stats (i.e the body of your posts in this performance thread) to 'appreciate' how you've come to your conclusions. Statistically speaking, you are bias against Martinez by moving the goal posts to undermine what he has shown by setting unfair standards/comparisons and trying to back that up with an obtuse use of stats with little context. What's truly weird is that more than 10% of your posts on this forum resides in one certain Swedish defender's player performance threads. The correlation is startling and not lost on many here.

Anyways that's the last of it from me here until the next game.

 

[A-man]

Anyways that's the last of it from me here until the next game.

We can’t wait.

 

[Red00012]

I know we sometimes go overboard with the "X should play in [insert unnatural position]" but I really fail to see why he wouldn't be extremely effective in DM.

Casemiro
£60 million

 

[golden_blunder]

Superb player, for a CB his passing range is phenomenal. He’s one of only a few players at the club that I don’t worry when he has the ball under pressure. He’s also shown excellent defensive qualities at times and is/was building a good partnership with Varane.

Unsure why there is so much talk about pound shop Martinez (Lindelof) in here, the guy is the most mediocre CB I’ve seen at United since Mal Donaghy.

Mal Donaghy. There’s a name I haven’t heard in ages! You could argue that he was better than you know who

 

[mav_9me]

I know we sometimes go overboard with the "X should play in [insert unnatural position]" but I really fail to see why he wouldn't be extremely effective in DM.

Let me try. In midfield you usually have to move the ball much faster, don't have time to pick a pass, a lot of it is pass and move. Fewer options in front of you. As I said less time on the ball. A key skill is awareness of players ahead and around you, which doesn't come naturally to everyone.

Whereas in defense lot of times you have so much time on the ball. That makes a huge difference. And obviously he has so many more options. And with his ability can make a beautiful vertical breaking the lines pass.

 

[Cassidy]

Let me try. In midfield you usually have to move the ball much faster, don't have time to pick a pass, a lot of it is pass and move. Fewer options in front of you. As I said less time on the ball. A key skill is awareness of players ahead and around you, which doesn't come naturally to everyone.

Whereas in defense lot of times you have so much time on the ball. That makes a huge difference. And obviously he has so many more options. And with his ability can make a beautiful vertical breaking the lines pass.

He has played in midfield and been pretty good there to be honest. I doubt his passing and awareness would be the issue

 

[phelans shorts]

He has played in midfield and been pretty good there to be honest. I doubt his passing and awareness would be the issue

His manager at the time, a certain Erik ten Hag disagreed with this assessment.

 

[Cassidy]

His manager at the time, a certain Erik ten Hag disagreed with this assessment.

He didn’t really he had a flaw (in dealing with transition) and he saw him as being better at CB

 

[Jeppers7]

Mal Donaghy. There’s a name I haven’t heard in ages! You could argue that he was better than you know who

You could. At least he tried to defend. He just wasn’t very good at it, not at United anyway. He made it to cult status which is more than pound shop will do.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

He's just so class on the ball.

 

[Rozay]

This guy is fecking class.

 

[IFC 1905]

Solid defensively, shithousery included. Good cleareances.

sloppy with the ball at ST

 

[Rossa]

This guy is fecking class.

Sums him up. Now get that Rolls Royce of a defender next to him fit for the season and top four should be feasible.

 

[Red00012]

Great signing love him with the ball at his feet

 

[EtH]

Such a quality player in every aspect. Love him.

 

[Amar__]

He is so good. Also the way Everton players wanted to intimidate him and he just stepped off every time was very good to see, very mature.

 

[criticalanalysis]

Colossal. The amount of defensive headers he won and ones where he wasn't favourite to win it. Not to mention the amount of pressures, nudges and tackles he made high up the pitch, so the Everton players couldn'y receive it to feet and turn.

Lost a bit of his passing composure in the second half but very good overall.

 

[The Corinthian]

He's silk and steel in one player.

 

[arthurka]

Starting to take a liking to one of our players again.

 

[Bastian]

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[IFC 1905]

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he actually called him choborra in Spanish (Argentinian) which means drunkard

 

[Adam-Utd]

I almost wish he was 6’4 because he’d be the stand out best defender in the world. He really shouldn’t be this good.

it’s so nice to see somebody so technical and calm with the ball at the back. He moves the ball quickly which is so important

 

[MUFC OK]

Let me try. In midfield you usually have to move the ball much faster, don't have time to pick a pass, a lot of it is pass and move. Fewer options in front of you. As I said less time on the ball. A key skill is awareness of players ahead and around you, which doesn't come naturally to everyone.

Whereas in defense lot of times you have so much time on the ball. That makes a huge difference. And obviously he has so many more options. And with his ability can make a beautiful vertical breaking the lines pass.

That’s a fair assessment. Think he could do it though, he’s just a really good footballer which sounds obvious but is great to see, either as a Cb or hypothetically a cdm.

 

[MUFC OK]

I almost wish he was 6’4 because he’d be the stand out best defender in the world. He really shouldn’t be this good.

it’s so nice to see somebody so technical and calm with the ball at the back. He moves the ball quickly which is so important

Can you imagine? Haha, would be a joke of a player. As far as ball playing cb’s go he’s one of the best I’ve seen, in terms of passing range at least.

My favourite attribute of his though is the South American bite that he brings to his game. Think he will prove a good signing.

 

[Chief123]

I almost wish he was 6’4 because he’d be the stand out best defender in the world. He really shouldn’t be this good.

it’s so nice to see somebody so technical and calm with the ball at the back. He moves the ball quickly which is so important

I feel if he was 6’4 he would lose some of the advantages he has right now with the low centre of gravity. He’s able to anticipate and get ahead of strikers to intercept passes and be more aggressive in getting in front of the forwards. It’s a lot easier to do when you are shorter and agile.

 

[Red-17]

I feel if he was 6’4 he would lose some of the advantages he has right now with the low centre of gravity. He’s able to anticipate and get ahead of strikers to intercept passes and be more aggressive in getting in front of the forwards. It’s a lot easier to do when you are shorter and agile.

Yeah he can get away with being very physical with strikers in a way a bigger player probably wouldn't. He is constantly giving forwards nudges in the back before they receive the ball and then rushing around and pipping the ball off of them. I don't think he would get away with that if he was 4 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier.

 

[Isotope]

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That's a term of endearment in Argentina.

 

[TsuWave]

Will be captain in the next two years.

 

[Nevilles.Wear.Prada]

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If this is FM22 you can almost see DDG as a captain struggling to connect with martinez due to their "differences in personality"

 

[bosnian_red]

He's one of those where you can instantly see in pretty much every action they do on the pitch right from the start just how good they are. He'd be a top CB in any era, for any club, he's that good IMO. Early days but I feel like he's already going to be the best post Sir Alex signing we've made. Spent a lot, but from low expectations to being world class if he just keeps up this form (which to me seems like just his normal level?).

 

[Bwuk]

Left footed Sergio Ramos.

 

[Lyng]

Souness and Carricks comments about him before the season are now looking about as daft as that youtubers "15 goals a season" comments about Haaland.

 

[glasgow 21]

Although I agree with you, there’s very little chance he’ll get trialled there now because we have Casemiro. If we didn’t sign Casemiro then he could of been the solution to our DM problems but then that would still leave a hole in CB.

TenHag is on record stating that although both blind and martinez has the quality to play in midfield they are both lacking the engine to successfully hold a position there.

 

[FootyGirl88]

Souness and Carricks comments about him before the season are now looking about as daft as that youtubers "15 goals a season" comments about Haaland.

What did Carrick say?

 

[Glorio]

Love this man. Yesterday was one of the most obvious times I saw a team specifically setup to defend against an opposing central defender's out ball!

In the second half, Everton were petrified of his incisive passes to Rashford/Shaw, they always had an extra man drift to the left to help cut them out whenever he was on the ball, which gave our midfielders space in the middle

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

already my favourite player, he is going to ba a massive pat of any success we have

 

[Lyng]

What did Carrick say?

That a 5.9ft cb would never work in the Premier League.

 

[Davie Moyes]

What did Carrick say?

I think they mean Carragher.