Trossard looked better when he came on (again). Martinelli doesn't have it in his game to beat players in any other way than using his pace. If they double up on him and sit deep he's basically useless.
For a 180k I'm not looking if he was our worst player or not, I expect him to beat his man or cut inside like Saka does and make chances for others. He can't do it, so I wonder why is he still playing when options are availableWas nowhere near the worst player.
We tried. We wouldn’t bid 100 million euros for a player in his exact position. But when that didn’t work out we decided to stick with him and offered him a crazy wage. 180k for future squad player is just crazyToo one dimensional and too predictable. Need someone on Saka’s level on the left if we want to be a top team.
Also the absence of Jesus is affecting him too much
Or he could just play betterPoor guy signed his contract at the worst possible time, threads gonna be a blood bath
Or he could just play better
True. The problem with Martinelli is his general play is really lacking. So when he is not giving assists or goals he isn’t doing anything. Hugging the line and forced to come backFair, he is only 21 to be fair and in his first season as a starter...of course there will be ups and down.
The general age of our attack (without Jesus) is too young for a title fight for me, night and day from.2004...glad we signed Trossard, need some older heads in the front three.
Yeah, this. You could see that the players behind him progressively stopped feeding him over the course of the match and went for Saka instead. That is concerning and he needs to sort himself out quickly, especially now that he has competition for his spot.He needs to sit for a few matches. Let him come on as a sub against some tired legs. He's killing us at present. Teams are now putting 3 on Saka because they know Martinelli is doing nothing against the fullback. He needs to sort himself out and diversify his play.
I want to be fair to him as well. Given that he started his career with us with some injuries and then wasn't a consistent starter until the second half of last season, I think there's a good chance that his body is just hitting a bit of a wall. He doesn't seem to have that burst we're accustomed to seeing and that's natural for a young player after their first really drastic uptick in minutes played. That's where Arteta needs to do the right thing by him and make him understand that it's not a punishment but an opportunity to regroup and be better able to contribute in the run in. Trossard should be starting. He offers a lot more variety in the ways he can hurt you.Yeah, this. You could see that the players behind him progressively stopped feeding him over the course of the match and went for Saka instead. That is concerning and he needs to sort himself out quickly, especially now that he has competition for his spot.
No way am I blaming him for loss today. It was a dreadful team performance all around, but Martinelli has been out of it for a while now and I don't he should be starting he next game.