Gabriel Martinelli (11)

What market? The offer from Newcastle that might arrive?

Yes, exactly.

Weā€™ll see if it actually shows up. If we sell him for .73 Ramsdales and manage to reinvest that money properly it would show me that weā€™re actually learning how to leverage the loan system.

Nope. Luck basically.

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Didnā€™t do much last season after the injury. Now he might come good. Just wish people would stop going overboard on him.
Basically heā€™s potentially decent but not convincing by a long way. Got till January to find some real form when opportunity comes for me. Otherwise your definitely looking at a loan out.

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Arteta has mismanaged him. Iā€™m convinced Arteta doesnā€™t like or trust a player like Martinelli. Heā€™d rather have a jobber like Willian or drone like Xhaka.

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Yeah to a degree you can argue that but he had games and didnā€™t do much.
Canā€™t just hide behind this anti Arteta stuff. Itā€™s clear as day heā€™s nothing special yet.
Lots of energy but nobody even knows his best position yet.
Heā€™s impact player at best so far.

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January 2020:

Okay, all the injuries is really unfortunate but still.

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Yeah I want to buy into the hype, mainly because there is a serious lack of forward talent out there, but have so far seen nothing from Martinelli to justify it. Aside from that goal against Chelsea, which wasnā€™t even that special, he really hasnā€™t done anything.

Whilst the squad is a bit of a mess there is definitely more to it than that, it will be really interesting to see what he does this season. Big for him to prove himself.

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Itā€™s a big year for him tbh, if he stays healthy and canā€™t solidfy himself in our team then weā€™ll have to accept heā€™s unlikely to be what we hoped when he burst onto the scene.

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Treated badly they said, starts the first game

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Arteta obviously just starting the youngā€™uns to save himself from persecution.

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Visionary

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Got a start but sadly didnā€™t make the most of it, pretty ordinary night for him.

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He needs a loan

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Its all a chain reaction. Team is built around Xhaka, Xhaka gives us nothing in the middle of the pitch defensively so the wings have to constantly track back and defend. Heā€™s being instructed to play like Auba. Hug the touch line ect. Plenty of times he could have been on the end of crosses if heā€™d been given more freedom and we had a better tactical system in place.

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Itā€™s the least of our worry admittedly but this guy is never leading the line for us, simple as that to be honest. Living off that Chelsea goal

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@Stroller Prophecy strikes again?

Just very raw this kid. Needs a totally different set up to ours thatā€™s for certain.

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