Ishmael Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 You're right it may be premature and if he stays lets hope he shakes off the tag. But for now, following on from last season he seems to be injury prone - not Darren Anderton level obviously. Time will tell... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Think Martins' heart and commitment was very much injury prone this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Very understandable if that's the case. Can swing either way and dependent on a lot of factors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 It's laughable to see the differences of opinion from in here and the Owen thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm totally with Ronaldo with regards to Martins and Owen. Not a wrong word. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the fucking board. Give it a rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the f***ing board. Give it a rest. All reports point to him being on 60k + even more. What do you reckon he's on then? If not that high? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the f***ing board. Give it a rest. All reports point to him being on 60k + even more. What do you reckon he's on then? If not that high? I'm saying I don't want to judge him based on his wage because I don't know how much he earns. All footballers are overpaid. It's practically irrelevant imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Martins is a crock of shit and if we can get any sort of fee for him we should get rid asap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the f***ing board. Give it a rest. All reports point to him being on 60k + even more. What do you reckon he's on then? If not that high? If you believe the press they'll tell you that everyone at the club from the tea lady upwards is earning £60k per week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the f***ing board. Give it a rest. All reports point to him being on 60k + even more. What do you reckon he's on then? If not that high? If you believe the press they'll tell you that everyone at the club from the tea lady upwards is earning £60k per week. Again then, as I said before, if he's not on 60k+ then what is he on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I'm trying to be as objective in my appraisal of Martins as possible. Are we really giving the lad no credit whatsoever to playing with a injury for the good of the team? This. He's worth holding on too next season not on 85k a week he's not Where are you getting this? Some people here act as if they are on the f***ing board. Give it a rest. All reports point to him being on 60k + even more. What do you reckon he's on then? If not that high? If you believe the press they'll tell you that everyone at the club from the tea lady upwards is earning £60k per week. Again then, as I said before, if he's not on 60k+ then what is he on? 85k i was told that when he signed the main reason he came was for the stupid wages he would be earning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 From that most reliable source (but still worth reproducing as it provides some idea): Then Obafemi Martins arrived 20 minutes late, which would have earned him a hefty fine under manager Alan Shearer - except for the fact there was no Shearer around to administer the punishment because he remains in limbo while takeover talks continue. Relegation has made no difference to Martins. In fact he is better off, having got himself a pay rise. Under the terms of the Nigerian striker's contract, his wages have just gone up nearly 10 per cent from £60,000 to £65,000 a week. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2511697/Farce-as-flops-return.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Martins is a crock of shit and if we can get any sort of fee for him we should get rid asap. Plenty of "fans" on this site used to say the same about Jenas and Dyer, luckily they weren't in charge of transfers otherwise the club would be £16million poorer today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Martins is a crock of s*** and if we can get any sort of fee for him we should get rid asap. Funny, you said that Owen did very well getting 7 goals (from open play) in 28 games Martins managed 8 in 24? Yet he's a 'crock of s****'?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Martins is a crock of s*** and if we can get any sort of fee for him we should get rid asap. Funny, you said that Owen did very well getting 7 goals (from open play) in 28 games Martins managed 8 in 24? Yet he's a 'crock of s****'?? Martins spends most of his time running around after the ball trying to get it under control due to his inability to control a simple pass. I have also yet to see this supposed blistering pace having seen him outpaced on countless occasions by opposition defenders. Scores the odd raker now and again but is other wise a very poor footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Martins has 7 goals from 19 appearances this year: Man Utd (a) - header from a corner West Brom (h) - header from a cross Aston Villa (h) - shot along the floor from the edge of the box Aston Villa (h) - tap-in from a cross Wigan (h) - upstoppable smash into the top corner Portsmouth (a) - simple pass into goal from eight yards Arsenal (h) - controlled volley into the corner of the goal after gifted the ball Now I'm not going to say Martins isn't out of form, nor am I going to say he was any good on Saturday. But this cliché about him only ever smashing in spectacular strikes every now and then is starting to get really boring. Out of date but I'll still post it every time someone says he only scores wonder goals etc. It's simply not true. Oh, and this isn't me saying he's a good footballer. I don't particularly care either way what happens to him this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 There is a 0 percent of him being here next year in my opinion. I'm of the opinion he was a prett good player for us, but who cares, he's definitely gone.....probaly to the continent. Same with the likes of Jonas and Colo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 if I had to lean one way i'd predict that he wont be here come september 1st. But it's far from nailed on, and I actually think he'd be happy to stay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Michael Owen didn't get any decent service while he was here and so looked invisible the majority of the time as he was not capable of impacting a game in any other way other than scoring goals. Altogether made him look a much worse player. Martins didn't get any decent service while he was here and so for the majority of the time pressed the issue way too much and lacked confidence. Altogether made him look a much worse player. It's really that simple. If I was a team who could provide the service I would personally roll with Martins though. When the confidence and self belief is there he is a major threat in numerous ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 An Owen thread and an Oba thread both going on about Owen vs Oba when there is an actual Owen vs Oba thread. crazy shit lads,, sort it out.. Oba's great Owen's gone.. all we need to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 if I had to lean one way i'd predict that he wont be here come september 1st. But it's far from nailed on, and I actually think he'd be happy to stay So do I, where else would he get almost 70k a week? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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