"But, Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. Look at him. He's going to do something and you know it's going to be good."
* breaks up (insert Liverpool player) and gets away with it *
"But, Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. Look at him. He's going to do something and you know it's going to be good."
Its certainly a good thing when you want to make sure you have enough cover in your squad, but it could also make people not sure that his ideal position is CB. So they might be looking for only a CB, they might see a player who Ajax used as a DM at first, then moved to CB still as a midfielder used at CB. So then he's not on their radar. And likewise the other way clubs might be looking for a DM but wait, Ajax have now decided to use him as a CB. So maybe he doesnt make the list of our DM targets.Shouldn't being versatile is even an advantage if Clubs saw him doing well in both positions?
I have just seen that he’s been sent off just once, in Argentinian football, season 2017/2018. Two yellow cards.It's interesting to me the difference between him and someone like Rojo. He has far more quality on the ball of course, but how he manages to temper his aggression and time it perfectly, and never get sent off so far for us, whereas Rojo had that fire but was a walking red card. He is clearly a very smart and disciplined player. He is going to be huge for us in the coming years.
Make sense. I'm just glad he's ours.Its certainly a good thing when you want to make sure you have enough cover in your squad, but it could also make people not sure that his ideal position is CB. So they might be looking for only a CB, they might see a player who Ajax used as a DM at first, then moved to CB still as a midfielder used at CB. So then he's not on their radar. And likewise the other way clubs might be looking for a DM but wait, Ajax have now decided to use him as a CB. So maybe he doesnt make the list of our DM targets.
Thats the only reason I can see why people who actually watched him play wouldnt be sure about him and be interested in signing him.
I think he’s just way more skilful. In every way. He’s even mastered the art of sneakily deliberately hurting opposition players without even VAR catching him out. Did it against Villa, against Leeds and again at the weekend. That’s quite the art form.It's interesting to me the difference between him and someone like Rojo. He has far more quality on the ball of course, but how he manages to temper his aggression and time it perfectly, and never get sent off so far for us, whereas Rojo had that fire but was a walking red card. He is clearly a very smart and disciplined player. He is going to be huge for us in the coming years.
That’s class. Goosebumps.Tweet
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Love the bit from Agbonlahor how he would deck him.Tweet
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Brilliant. That shoulder barge on Salah basically epitomised our season since then.Tweet
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That was fantastic.Brilliant. That shoulder barge on Salah basically epitomised our season since then.
Oh yeah! Where his character has always been a fit, that hairstyle does make him look like a honey badger, doesn't it?He’s an absolute animal, his hairstyle also resembles a honey badger.
El ratel, his new nicknameOh yeah! Where his character has always been a fit, that hairstyle does make him look like a honey badger, doesn't it?
Finally, a decent song on one of those clips!Tweet
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That was fecking spectacular.Tweet
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Yep. I was excited for all our signings and didn't mind Martinez but felt he wasn't needed and was just making the meme of ten hag only buying Ajax players true... So very wrong. Love him, just world class.Have to say I had my reservations about signing him but feck me has he proved me wrong. The ultimate warrior CB. Our best signing since RVP.
We were lacking in CB and DM under OleYep. I was excited for all our signings and didn't mind Martinez but felt he wasn't needed and was just making the meme of ten hag only buying Ajax players true... So very wrong. Love him, just world class.
Does anyone know the song?Finally, a decent song on one of those clips!
Steve Jablonsky - TessaDoes anyone know the song?
I also think it’s because bigger teams in smaller leagues are expected to dominate, their defenders (outside of attacking FBs) are marginalized as “oh he plays for Salzburg and their budget is 10x everyone else’s of course he should dominate,” which admittedly has a small amount of merit to it. But at the same time it really is difficult to translate defensive stats due to the noise, especially nowadays, because it’s so reliant on tactics and team defending. I’m on the record in this very thread of being a super fan, but the stats would tell you (at least on fbref) that he’s not good in the air, ranking in the bottom 20%, and that’s one of the few statistical categories for defenders that exist that is noise proof for the most part. What isn’t quantifiable is his heart, passion, fearlessness, shithousery.Yes. We're incredibly "lucky" to have ETH to make this happened, as I don't think he'd even in our previous scout radar. I just think that if he performed as good as he's now at United, more Clubs would take notice.
Darude - SandstormDoes anyone know the song?
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Actual good strikers struggled against him, Martinez would have the easiest game of his career against someone like Agbonlahor.Agbonlahor would try to eat him. After finishing all the pies.