Gabriel Martinelli: Dogged and Determined

[boonthegoon]

He'll get starts during afcon

 

[Sanchez11]

Haters gonna hate

 

[Kav]

My boy Martinelli putting in a good cameo. Love to see it. Keep it up Gabby!

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Loved his performance workrate and not hiding i was surprised Arteta gone with him instead of pepe but it pay off the goal will bring bit confidence back

 

[MutableEarth]

He was on it today. Got a bit more than 5 mins this time and duly delivered. Thought he was impressive on the dribble and dangerous in exploiting space. Great finish aswell.

 

[Jury]

Took some personality to take that goal the way he did. We need some fire up front more than we have in a long time right now. Where does he play though?

 

[Riou]

That's our goal of the season right now.

The pass from Tomi was insane too, will be hard for that to get beat.

 

[Jury]

He'll get starts during afcon

Good point actually, that's no doubt why he was preferred over Pepe today. Didn't stop the usual's claiming that it signified the end of Pepe's Arsenal career though...

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

I really think there's a good chance that

Martinelli-Auba-Saka
Ødegaard

is actually our best lineup.

Personally and this maybe premature but I'd like to see Auba phased out for Martinelli. Martinelli look ahead of Saka in his development before his injury. I'd like to see

Saka-Martinelli-ESR
----Ødegaard

It's higher energy and Martinelli has the potential to go up a few levels where as Auba is only going 1 way right now.

 

[samspade]

So happy for him, I’ve liked the glimpses I’ve seen from him on the right, thought he looked very natural there against West Brom in the cup. Looking forward to seeing a run of games from him (hopefully).

 

[grange]

That heavy touch he has is still a problem but the goal he scored makes you forget about his missteps. Wish we had a way to fit in him more.

 

[boonthegoon]

 

[Rex Stone]

Hmmm sounds like Pep when he used to bang on about Foden.

Maybe he’s stringing him along a bit until next year when Laca and Nketiah leave.

 

[Barry]

I really think there's a good chance that

Martinelli-Auba-Saka
Ødegaard

is actually our best lineup.

Nope, Smith-Rowe needs to be in there somewhere. He's been better than any of the others so far this season. Far better actually.

 

[Bloodbather]

Just when I thought my hope that this guy will be our starting CF after Auba was gone completely, he rekindles it with an excellent finish.

 

[AbouCuéllar]

Nope, Smith-Rowe needs to be in there somewhere. He's been better than any of the others so far this season. Far better actually.

I don't disagree actually, but I just feel the balance of the team would be best with that lineup.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

That's our goal of the season right now.

The pass from Tomi was insane too, will be hard for that to get beat.

That is a hard goal to score. Over the shoulder and a nice soft controlled volley. Pure quality!

 

[AbouCuéllar]

That's our goal of the season right now.

The pass from Tomi was insane too, will be hard for that to get beat.

Tbh I think the pass from Tomi was overhit, I actually think Dubravka has made a pretty big error there and should've come out to claim that or at the very least narrow Gabi's angle to the point where it wouldn't have been much of a chance.

 

[mirrorstares]

Tbh I think the pass from Tomi was overhit, I actually think Dubravka has made a pretty big error there and should've come out to claim that or at the very least narrow Gabi's angle to the point where it wouldn't have been much of a chance.

Spot on, he was so undecisive and had enough time to claim it. He also guessed wrong on the Saka goal but that one is more forgivable.

Still a brilliant touch and great news for the team, Martinelli's last recent appearances were basically fail comps.

 

[OnlyOne]

Some people going weirdly over the top and analysing his ‘breath taking life changing prime Ronaldo’ movement for the goal. I literally make those sort of runs weekly in 5-aside.