18 - Gerard Maldini

[Andresito]

Lol he had won that race. The tackle took 5 seconds to complete

 

[Andresito]

Good game. Didn't look shaky at all despite yellow card.

 

[Loki]

One big fail tackle, but other than that very solid performance. I expect him keeping the starting spot for now.

 

[Raketa10]

Good game!

 

[MasQueCulé]

Gerard Maldini, we will call him that now.

Plz @Barcaman change the name of the topic.

 

[-_- RandomUser -_-]

I didn't think he had it in him, maybe we found the CB we were looking for. Time will tell.

 

[JamDav1982]

Clearly not perfect but doing a job and it shows how much difference a left footed CB who will pass early into the pitch can make for Barcas build up.

 

[Windhook]

The Maldini arc is loading.

He suits this CB role much better than the wing-back, which he sucked at.

 

[MonteCuler]

What Flick managed to do with this player... is absolutely incredible

And this is not hate on Martin. Improvement could not be possible if he himself didn't commit to it as well

But he is currently couple levels above what he was when saw him first time last season

So many managers would just scream they want a new LB and CB while this guy managed to create a serviceable player out of seemingly devoid of talent dude who was playing in third division well in his twenties

 

[Horatio]

What if he can become our starting CB?

@Windhook

 

[MasQueCulé]

Horatio said:
What if he can become our starting CB?

Horatio genius strikes again.

The Guardiola/Luis enrique of this forum.

 

[jormatar]

Promising development arc. Probably never starter if we actually had budget but for now he is doing fine. He has lots of room for improvement but he doesn't strike me as a player who is afraid of trying to take bigger role if given chance. Let's see how far he can go.

 

[Windhook]

@Windhook

You said that last Friday? Then you are late in the game.

We were all discussing this CB thing of Martin during the Athletic Bilbao match-chat. And you were part of it. "You called it".

 

[Barcaman]

Clearly not perfect but doing a job and it shows how much difference a left footed CB who will pass early into the pitch can make for Barcas build up.

Remembered your comment about being able to pick up a pass and there clearly is something.

Better than Cubarsi too but that's not saying much lately.

 

[ajnotkeith]

What Flick managed to do with this player... is absolutely incredible

And this is not hate on Martin. Improvement could not be possible if he himself didn't commit to it as well

But he is currently couple levels above what he was when saw him first time last season

So many managers would just scream they want a new LB and CB while this guy managed to create a serviceable player out of seemingly devoid of talent dude who was playing in third division well in his twenties

One of the things people miss is playing with much better players will raise your level, even if you are a second division player originally.

Your team will help you a lot, as an example, the quality of passing is better, the instructions are better, the players in front of you are better, and it is easy to fit in as long as you are not throwing or making major mistakes.

To play in Barcelona will raise the level of any Segunda player very very quickly. Martin has probably learnt enormous amounts from his teammates and the coaching staff.

We see this example with the likes of Mingueza, or Araujo, who were not overly impressive for the B team. But playing for a top team can shield your weaknesses especially if you are playing in the LaLiga games where the team will have most of the ball and you won't face many attacks.