Ibby Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 The club needs to offer him a new deal. This is his home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazaDunn Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 The day this man leaves us will be one of our saddest days. An absolute legend at this football club, The only thing that would top it off is if he reached 100 goals and got us to the premier league. This season, the next or even the season after next, his final wave goodbye should have him the biggest round of applause ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam77 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, DazaDunn said: The day this man leaves us will be one of our saddest days. An absolute legend at this football club, The only thing that would top it off is if he reached 100 goals and got us to the premier league. This season, the next or even the season after next, his final wave goodbye should have him the biggest round of applause ever! Amen brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam77 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I ducking love him Iv said it before, but in the championship there is nothing better than watching a confident and in form Chris Martin the guy is a joy to watch simple as he’s like a championship teddy sherringham physical speed of a tortoise after an 8 course banquet and chocolate pudding afters but the speed of thought of usain bolt on steroids love him , absolutely love him he’s an artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Must admit, The South Stand's "De, de, de,de... effin' useless" bought a smile to my face, after he skied his shot late on. He was too far away from me, but I'd like to think he saw the funny side! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Srg said: Agree with all that. Think it’s important to mention that all indications are that he can’t play every single game, but what a player to have in the squad and fresh. Cocu seems to picking the correct games to use him and it’s working a treat. Do wish people would stop slating it when he’s not playing as there’s usually a reason, whether it’s tactically or medically. It definitely Can’t be easy to be playing football regularly with the health issues that he’s reported to have. I struggle with IBS myself, and I don’t think I could walk round a football pitch for 90 mins, let alone put in the shift he does! Can totally understand there will be days that he can’t play - what we need is another option that’s a bit more similar to him. Marriott isn’t that for me, and while I think Waghorn is better up top than people give him credit for, we need him out wide as we haven’t got much other quality out there. Think it’s probably a position to look at in the summer, as we are noticeably weaker when Martin doesn’t play imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, Millenniumram said: It definitely Can’t be easy to be playing football regularly with the health issues that he’s reported to have. I struggle with IBS myself, and I don’t think I could walk round a football pitch for 90 mins, let alone put in the shift he does! Can totally understand there will be days that he can’t play - what we need is another option that’s a bit more similar to him. Marriott isn’t that for me, and while I think Waghorn is better up top than people give him credit for, we need him out wide as we haven’t got much other quality out there. Think it’s probably a position to look at in the summer, as we are noticeably weaker when Martin doesn’t play imo. I think I’d look to sell Marriott. Someone will pay something decent for him, he just doesn’t fit what we need. Probably use JHI for what he has brought this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Srg said: I think I’d look to sell Marriott. Someone will pay something decent for him, he just doesn’t fit what we need. Probably use JHI for what he has brought this season. I agree, we’d probably recoup most of what we paid for him, and I just can’t see him being a success here long term. That would give us decent enough funds to buy a new option up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: I agree, we’d probably recoup most of what we paid for him, and I just can’t see him being a success here long term. That would give us decent enough funds to buy a new option up top. Think you need to find a younger version of Chris Martin to help out, and hopefully JHI can step up because if he can’t, we may need a pacey option too - but could always loan that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronRam 140.6 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, MuespachRam said: Who knew that playing Chris martin would improve us.....!?!?? the guy is a genius. Unlike Rooney and many other top strikers that relied on pace and power Martin will never have to adapt his game. He will always get away with playing his natural game. Chris Waddle and Teddy Sheringham are the players I most liken him to. Ageless. Glorious exponent of pure technical ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Srg said: Think you need to find a younger version of Chris Martin to help out, and hopefully JHI can step up because if he can’t, we may need a pacey option too - but could always loan that. Yep, the former has to be the priority - and in terms of the latter, would Hepburn-Murphy maybe be an option as well? Presuming we sign him of course. Haven’t seen much of him personally, but a Villa fan I know rates him highly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Yep, the former has to be the priority - and in terms of the latter, would Hepburn-Murphy maybe be an option as well? Presuming we sign him of course. Haven’t seen much of him personally, but a Villa fan I know rates him highly. From what I’ve seen of him, he’s not a central striker like JHI is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Seems like a no brainer now, to keep Chris Martin for another season. Some fans, including myself, if I am honest, have been unconvinced at times, but it's obvious that CM suits the Cocu style of play. It would it be very difficult to find a like for like replacement. The player deserves a lot of credit for sticking at it, considering the challenges he has faced in recent seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, Srg said: From what I’ve seen of him, he’s not a central striker like JHI is. Interesting, when we signed him I thought he was an out and out striker. I rate JHI as well from what I’ve seen to be fair, think he’s come a long way this season. His all round game looks more accomplished now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 He was great today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Interesting, when we signed him I thought he was an out and out striker. I rate JHI as well from what I’ve seen to be fair, think he’s come a long way this season. His all round game looks more accomplished now You’d expect them both to want either first team appearances or loans next year. Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was already at Tranmere having mans football this season and will be 22 before the season starts next year. Similar, Hector-Ingram is 21 at the moment so is in the same sort of position, but not sure he’s even been out on loan before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Srg said: You’d expect them both to want either first team appearances or loans next year. Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was already at Tranmere having mans football this season and will be 22 before the season starts next year. Similar, Hector-Ingram is 21 at the moment so is in the same sort of position, but not sure he’s even been out on loan before. Definitely, want to be getting them loans in league one if they’re not gonna be part of the first team squad yet. At that age, they’ve really gotta prove themselves next year or they’ll struggle to make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Couple of classic wardrobe moments too today. Did anyone else see him kick the CB off the ball first half? Well more like trip him up really. Our best player v Wednesday and MoM today surely a new contract has already been sorted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Chris having a renaissance this season has made it for me even ahead of the youngsters and Rooney. Just so happy when I see his name on the team sheet, love how shattered he looks after a sprint, and still remember that expectation building up in the first game when he came back off the bench. He just fits at Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Just imagine if he had played midweek. We might have been looking at an fa cup 1/4 final... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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