18 - Gerard Martín

[MasQueCulé]

@Horatio L

 

[DonAK]

I think he was okay. Everyone knows he ideally shouldn't be our backup LB.

He played better than Kounde and Cubarsi anyway which should be more concerning as they're our starters.

 

[serghei]

Defense was overrun. When the best players in the other team are the 2 fullbacks the wingers failed the team. It's that simple.

Wingers being shite off the ball also meant Pedri and De Jong were dead on their feet by min 60. Too much ground to cover, too many threats to contain.

You just cannot stand and look at the game against teams having more quality than you.

 

[MonteCuler]

Games like these are useful for everyone to see that he CANNOT be even a sub

Please get Grimaldo next transfer window and ship him out

Yes and especially because our main leftback is injury prone

I know we have big financial problems but getting a backup leftback should have been absolute top tier priority. Now we are suffering because of it, as expected. This is on the sporting department

I hope people don't direct the hate on this fella. He's giving his best and it's not his fault those people just put him against the best players on the planet that require special skill and physique to handle. Even in such circumstances he didn't make any fatal errors, but he did completely limit us offensively entire game. And defensively too, but PSG didn't directly exploit him to score a goal

 

[Porque]

Defense was overrun. When the best players in the other team are the 2 fullbacks the wingers failed the team. It's that simple.

Wingers being shite off the ball also meant Pedri and De Jong were dead on their feet by min 60. Too much ground to cover, too many threats to contain.

You just cannot stand and look at the game against teams having more quality than you.

Swap the fullbacks and this game is 3 or 4 zip to Barca.

 

[Birdy]

Yes and especially because our main leftback is injury prone

I know we have big financial problems but getting a backup leftback should have been absolute top tier priority. Now we are suffering because of it, as expected. This is on the sporting department

I hope people don't direct the hate on this fella. He's giving his best and it's not his fault those people just put him against the best players on the planet that require special skill and physique to handle. Even in such circumstances he didn't make any fatal errors, but he did completely limit us offensively entire game. And defensively too, but PSG didn't directly exploit him to score a goal

Backup LB, and STARTING RB for me

I am sick of that clown Kounde playing there also

 

[JamDav1982]

The full backs from Barca were absolutely awful on and off the ball.

It was the biggest difference between how two teams could set up.

 

[serghei]

Swap the fullbacks and this game is 3 or 4 zip to Barca.

No shit... those fullbacks are among the best 15 players in the world.

I'm more worried at how clueless we were at blocking them, since their threat is by no means a surprise.

Looked a 5 vs 2 midfield often as Mendes and Hakimi got forward time and time again with our attackers just watching carelessly. Abysmal.

 

[Porque]

No shit... those fullbacks are among the best 15 players in the world.

I'm more worried at how clueless we were at blocking them, since their threat is by no means a surprise.

That's the point. They are defenders, midfielders and attackers.

35kmh+ top speed and don't have a drop in stamina for 90 minutes.

My wife wants me to use what they are taking.

 

[jamrock]

They have the two best Fullbacks in the game, we know this.

But the 2nd isn't close but we also are far away from whoever is 2nd and we might verey well be 2nd all things considered.

Just have to accept they hit the jackpot at Fb

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

He can start up to 6th placed La Liga team. Everything higher, or in Europe, he should not sniff the pitch again.

Protect Balde at all costs.

Balde needs to be bubble wrapped from himself and the opponents to last longer without injuries.

 

[Porque]

He done some decent escapes at the start when we were playing at 100 miles an hour and LE waited for us to run out of steam.

After that it was by and large, a return to his level.

Got a bit sad when all he had and Kounde had were cut backs while Hakimi and Mendes were blistering through us like swiss cheese.

But other than that, it was, well, Martin.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Swap the fullbacks and this game is 3 or 4 zip to Barca.

Hak and Mend are better than all our players bar Yamal. Nuff posted about our FBs.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Ironically, I think he played better than Balde, which isn't intended as a praise for him.

Rashford didn't help him either btw, in either build up or defending.

 

[FCMessi]

Martin better than Balde?

GM was folding on many PSG attacks.

One time GM was given the ball to go forward, he just gave up the ball because he could not keep up the pace with the PSG defender.