Even if he did feign injury, we'll have to deal with it in another way. We just can't afford to lose him now.
Bullshit we can't. If he plays again after feigning injury and destroying our tactical shape, that would seriously undermine Shearer's leadership.
Beg your pardon but...Shearer's what? Shearer's leadership? Are you sure about that?
I think you were trying too hard to be snarky there that you forgot to say what you were actually trying to say.
Fairly obvious, really. I don't get a strong sense that Shearer's supposed "leadership" is really all that strong in the first place, so that this little episode with Martins merely goes to underline that analysis for me. Sorry you needed me to spell it out for you though.