WallisFrizz Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said: EM23 has a ring to it when you say it out loud. nice bit of personal branding I absolutely believe him when he says it’s his lucky number and wants to have that luck with us but I also think the branding opportunities of being EM23 for club and country will be personally very good for him. Edited August 14 by WallisFrizz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villarule123 Posted August 14 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 14 Best player to ever play for the club in his position? 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 He's the world's number one keeper he can have whatever goddam number on his back that he wants! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 (edited) Trying not to think he now sounds like a motorway… I love him to bits though, he can call himself anything he wants. I seriously believe we will win a trophy in his time here. Edited August 14 by It's Your Round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 2 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Trying not to think he now sounds like a motorway… I love him to bits though, he can call himself anything he wants. I seriously believe we will win a trophy in his time here. I'm a believer mate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 20 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Best player to ever play for the club Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 35 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Best player to ever play for the club in his position? World cup winner, 2 time Copa America winner, you could make a case he's the best keeper to ever play for his country, let alone for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spoony Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Jas10 said: Adore him. When you remember we have Unai, Emi and Watkins… all fears are allayed. If Bailey keeps his levels up… he is in that bracket too. Top class. Konsa and Pau will keep improving along with the others… Onana - think he will be a big player and key figure for us. We will see a better Tielemans… McGinn has been immense ever since Unai arrived. The protection and assurance big Emi gives us is MASSIVE. Such big and positive influence and inspiration. Emi is the difference between 4th and 7th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 2 hours ago, stewiek2 said: World cup winner, 2 time Copa America winner, you could make a case he's the best keeper to ever play for his country, let alone for us. Like Robin Olsen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 4 hours ago, Jas10 said: Don’t have much of a clue about this stuff, how it works and benefits the club but… tbf, we should maximise all commercial opportunities with Emi and his link with the club. Adidas, world’s best goalkeeper, adored and excels for Argentina, Messi’s best mate (and saviour ), won the World Cup and Copa twice… has helped take us into the Champions League, loves the club. We have a “global superstar” here. Is that a safe behind him? A "safe" pair of hands in goal? If so, genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Some unbelievable stats (he's still getting better) Since making his Villa debut in September 2020, Martinez has missed just eight of 152 Premier League games, and they looked considerably less comfortable when they did not have him between the sticks. They lost six of those eight matches, conceding an average of 2.5 goals compared to just 1.3 when the Argentine was playing. While shot-stopping has never really been a concern when it comes to Martinez, he still upped his game last season, preventing 8.4 Premier League goals according to Opta’s expected goals on target (xGOT) model, more than doubling his previous best performance in a Villa shirt (4.0 in 2020-21). He is also one of the more reliable goalkeepers when it comes to using his feet – his passing accuracy of 81.4% was the sixth best among Premier League goalkeepers, and he made the third-most successful passes (1,035), behind only Guglielmo Vicario (1,148) and Bernd Leno (1,086). https://theanalyst.com/eu/2024/08/aston-villa-2024-25-preview-five-key-questions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ozvilla28 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Not much to do , but when called in action he was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Aye Captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 14/08/2024 at 20:06, stewiek2 said: I'm a believer mate. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Was personally surprised on the penalty, all Paqueta’s pens have gone where he scored (according to the graphic on tv), thought Emi would know that. Still made some good saves as always. He’s such a force in our team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said: Was personally surprised on the penalty, all Paqueta’s pens have gone where he scored (according to the graphic on tv), thought Emi would know that. Still made some good saves as always. He’s such a force in our team Might have been expecting the change in direction. There's a whole host of things he has to consider. Maybe he knows his run up and Paqueta altered it so Emi was expecting something different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 20 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Was personally surprised on the penalty, all Paqueta’s pens have gone where he scored (according to the graphic on tv), thought Emi would know that. Still made some good saves as always. He’s such a force in our team It was the opposite. All of his penalties have gone the other way, ie the way Emi dived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 28 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It was the opposite. All of his penalties have gone the other way, ie the way Emi dived Fair enough, I was a few sheets to the wind at that stage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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