tinker Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 1 minute ago, meregreen said: How can you get a yellow in open play for time wasting. Players take a ball to the corner flag all the time to deliberately waste time, is that bookable now. First yellow should be rescinded. Just a two bob ref trying to make a name for himself. Shows the standard of commentary when they don't even notice it, the ref lost complete control, Lille tried to get the goal disallowed and the penalty. They re took a corner when their first attempt was hopeless. Their second goal, lille player held onto Rogers and stopped him challenging for the ball, then they moaned about us doing the same in the first leg.. Glad we won and glad it's over but the display from them and the officials leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Martinez just stood his ground against them, they don't like it up em. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 46 minutes ago, brommy said: Still no formal news on the yellow(s) and potentially missing the first semi leg? Any news on punishment of Lille for failing to prevent their fans throwing stuff on to the pitch all night?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 4 minutes ago, tinker said: Shows the standard of commentary when they don't even notice it, the ref lost complete control, Lille tried to get the goal disallowed and the penalty. They re took a corner when their first attempt was hopeless. Their second goal, lille player held onto Rogers and stopped him challenging for the ball, then they moaned about us doing the same in the first leg.. Glad we won and glad it's over but the display from them and the officials leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Martinez just stood his ground against them, they don't like it up em. It's a footnote in the history of the club now. If we go onto win the cup, in 5 years we won't remember what happened in the actual match, we'll only remember the pen shootout and Emi's heroics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 FFS grow up, you arrogant, petulant divs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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one_ian_taylor Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: That's a pretty amazing record. Watching last night's shoot out again, his shithousing isn't actually that significant. But it's got to the point where everyone is watching for it, and his reputation is intimidating to the opposition. Also must take heat off our players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Martinez is an absolute brick shit house But he is OUR shithouse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, fightoffyour said: There was also a fan (I know I know) waving for a yellow card for Emi at one point. The ball was in play. This was an incredible image 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 9 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: That's a pretty amazing record. Watching last night's shoot out again, his shithousing isn't actually that significant. But it's got to the point where everyone is watching for it, and his reputation is intimidating to the opposition. Also must take heat off our players From an Arsenal fan, but a good thread on the psychology he imposes. Goes and grabs the ball before Bentaleb. Skating on thin ice there with the new rules but it’s not “intimidating” and even he pretends that he’s just checking the ball but has already done the job - Bentaleb is rattled. Also think Unai and co. did their homework and told all their players to take a second to compose themselves. Statistically, there’s a higher conversion rate if you take a few seconds for the penalty as opposed to firing away as soon as the ref blows the whistle. All our players, except Tielemans funnily enough, did that last night. The exceptions? Bentaleb and Andre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 He has pissed off Nasri with his antics so must be doing something right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted April 19 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19 37 minutes ago, tinker said: Shows the standard of commentary when they don't even notice it, the ref lost complete control, Lille tried to get the goal disallowed and the penalty. They re took a corner when their first attempt was hopeless. Their second goal, lille player held onto Rogers and stopped him challenging for the ball, then they moaned about us doing the same in the first leg.. Glad we won and glad it's over but the display from them and the officials leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Martinez just stood his ground against them, they don't like it up em. In fairness I did hear them say that it was in open play. I think there was as much confusion in the comms box as everywhere else with that crazy decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 4 minutes ago, DJBOB said: From an Arsenal fan, but a good thread on the psychology he imposes. Goes and grabs the ball before Bentaleb. Skating on thin ice there with the new rules but it’s not “intimidating” and even he pretends that he’s just checking the ball but has already done the job - Bentaleb is rattled. Also think Unai and co. did their homework and told all their players to take a second to compose themselves. Statistically, there’s a higher conversion rate if you take a few seconds for the penalty as opposed to firing away as soon as the ref blows the whistle. All our players, except Tielemans funnily enough, did that last night. The exceptions? Bentaleb and Andre. The first penalty I thought Lille knew what was coming, the keeper tried to throw the ball away so that martinez couldn't get it first which resulted in a strange looking walk towards the ball with bentaleb broke out in to a jog It was almost like them trying to stop emi swung it the other way and went more towards the mind games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted April 19 Popular Post Share Posted April 19 (edited) I love his personality.....it defines him. His ambition is clear, and it derives from his love for the club. I must admit, I am not particularly emotional, but when he answered a question about how your team mates, feel about you.....He said they " need me " Oh dear that touched me. He said he loves his team mates and the club....he is a top, top man. My grand kids met him at Ashen Farm, nr BMH, he was with his kids.....and they said he was charming. This guy is a top, top keeper....best in the world? not sure....but he's one of them......but his personality is off the scale. I have been irked over the years of our " Mr Nice Guy " tag and Emi Comes along, and rips it up......The critics can go **** themselves. One of the best buys, we have ever made. Edited April 19 by TRO 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: The first penalty I thought Lille knew what was coming, the keeper tried to throw the ball away so that martinez couldn't get it first which resulted in a strange looking walk towards the ball with bentaleb broke out in to a jog It was almost like them trying to stop emi swung it the other way and went more towards the mind games Yes and notice how Emi throws the ball to Luiz for the last kick to make sure Chevalier doesn’t try anything. In fact, Chevalier doesn’t go for any intimidation tactics and I thought our players looked relatively comfortable taking their kicks as a result. Whereas Emi always had something going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 17 minutes ago, DJBOB said: From an Arsenal fan, but a good thread on the psychology he imposes. Goes and grabs the ball before Bentaleb. Skating on thin ice there with the new rules but it’s not “intimidating” and even he pretends that he’s just checking the ball but has already done the job - Bentaleb is rattled. Also think Unai and co. did their homework and told all their players to take a second to compose themselves. Statistically, there’s a higher conversion rate if you take a few seconds for the penalty as opposed to firing away as soon as the ref blows the whistle. All our players, except Tielemans funnily enough, did that last night. The exceptions? Bentaleb and Andre. I don't see how this breaks the new rules. Bentaleb was nowhere near the ball when Emi lifted it, he was still walking over. It would have been different if Emi walked over and lifted the ball after the taker had set it down or lifted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 minute ago, duke313 said: I don't see how this breaks the new rules. Bentaleb was nowhere near the ball when Emi lifted it, he was still walking over. It would have been different if Emi walked over and lifted the ball after the taker had set it down or lifted it. It doesn’t break the rule. But Emi knew what he was doing when he took the ball. I’m sure he studied the rule and you can even see in the video, he’s sort of judging if he can get away with it and then does a quick sprint to get to the ball first. Set the tone, disrupted the routine, game over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Going into a shootout with him already feels like you have a lead, knowing he's good to save a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 47 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: his shithousing isn't actually that significant. But it's got to the point where everyone is watching for it, and his reputation is intimidating to the opposition. Also must take heat off our players That's a really good point. All the focus is on him, the other players can just get on with scoring their penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 25 minutes ago, DJBOB said: Yes and notice how Emi throws the ball to Luiz for the last kick to make sure Chevalier doesn’t try anything. In fact, Chevalier doesn’t go for any intimidation tactics and I thought our players looked relatively comfortable taking their kicks as a result. Whereas Emi always had something going on. The thing is that now Emi can do nothing and people will still think that he's got something going on or is about to do something. When doing nothing is enough to rattle people you've got it made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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