Gabriel Martinelli: Top Tear

[Tir Na Nog]

He's not refined enough imo. I'd would like to see him come off the bench a bit more tho as he's lively and dangerous but I can understand not starting him. He's absolutely not a wide player, unless you've got a system in place which allows him to focus on just making runs (like how we used Walcott for many years). And he's got Auba ahead of him and probably Laca ahead of him as far as CF goes, and he's not got much experience in that position yet so he still needs to be developed and clearly Arteta doesn't feel as if he's got the luxury of doing so.

Starting to think a loan might've been best for him, heck if we still have both Auba and Laca here next season perhaps we might think about loaning him next season tho then we get into the territory of him thinking he might be best off elsewhere so it might be a difficult balancing act in terms of what we do with him. He's a long long way off being starter tho in any case and it's just a reality we might have to accept.

 

[Hunta]

The thought of him leading from the front with his endless pressing is mouthwatering tbh. He’s the type of player that makes things happen, might come off his arse but he’ll find a way to score as our main striker.

 

[Maybe]

Starting to think a loan might've been best for him, heck if we still have both Auba and Laca here next season perhaps we might think about loaning him next season tho then we get into the territory of him thinking he might be best off elsewhere so it might be a difficult balancing act in terms of what we do with him.

I can see already him doing great at some club while our strikers ****ting themselves at the same time

 

[Maybe]

The thought of him leading from the front with his endless pressing is mouthwatering tbh. He’s the type of player that makes things happen, might come off his arse but he’ll find a way to score as our main striker.

That's the good side of him, even if he doesn't score or play well he will still make all sort of problems for defences while both Auba and Laca are -1 player on the pitch on their off day

 

[Jury]

I can see already him doing great at some club while our strikers ****ting themselves at the same time

Lol It’s true, I mean we literally have no strikers who can hit a barn door. The thought of us with even just one mildly prolific striker straightens my urethra. We’d probably win the league with one.

 

[krengon]

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Why didn't we send him on loan if we not use him? If the club was willing to go into rebuild mode they wouldn't sign Willian and just let Martinelli have chances signing Willian mean Martinelli minutes will be limited and that what we witnessed

 

[Riou]

This and the way Pepe has been handled this season, are rather strange by my boy Tets, can't lie.

 

[NieThePiet]

Imagine Martinelli, Nelson and Saliba would get the same amount of minutes like Nketiah, Willian or Luiz.

 

[grange]

He's 19, been injured, and out of sync most of the season. It's frustrating but I'd rather be safe than sorry when it comes to prolonging his career.

 

[silent_shadow]

Always so much mental gymnastics going on to explain Martinelli's (and Pepe's and Saliba's etc) lack of minutes when the reason is simple: Arteta doesn't rate him (or the others) that highly.

It was even obvious before he got injured, although people again tried to explain that way. Then Arteta got really desperate and chucked him in (actually risking him in the process). Then we got out of crisis into midtable and Arteta reverted to course.

He can and I'm sure will continue to talk him up the media, but his actions will say otherwise unless the prick gets desperate again. I'm sure he'd love Gabi to have a misdemeanour so he can have an excuse to banish him to a lower Bundesliga club.

 

[HaffBR]

Force a transfer, son.
You need to "refine" yourself by actually playing football.

 

[Impact]

This is a non-story. Martinelli is currently behind Auba and Laca in the pecking order. In the summer, Laca is likely moved on and Martinelli gets his minutes as deputy to Auba.

 

[A_G]

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Worrying seem the injures not leaving him alone and he not even playing.

 

[Gooner416]

At this point, you consider loaning him next season.

 

[Hunta]

Wishful thinking maybe, but a possibility the club are preparing him to take the ST spot next season? Could be overworking him in training to get him doing stuff Arteta wants his ST to do.

 

[bonzka]

Wishful thinking maybe, but a possibility the club are preparing him to take the ST spot next season? Could be overworking him in training to get him doing stuff Arteta wants his ST to do.

Conclusive proof Laca will be gone in the Summer, Gabi promoted to take Laca's minutes. Laca cash to be used elsewhere.

 

[Hunta]

That Tierney > Martinelli link up is going to be fun.

 

[Rex Stone]

Conclusive proof Laca will be gone in the Summer, Gabi promoted to take Laca's minutes. Laca cash to be used elsewhere.

I’ll be surprised if we can move Lacazette easily.

Almost 29 and on 180k a week. With the market apparently depressed as it is reckon we’ll struggle to get any fee.