[Pearce] Slot on Martinelli: “I’m 100% sure if he knew what the injury might be then he would never do that but it doesn’t look great.”

by Beautiful-Cress5695

33 Comments

  1. Giving him too much grace. Fuck defending Martinelli, Arsenal fans are saying Conor deserved it for trying to creep back on the pitch. Cuntinelli.

  2. GameOfThrowInsMate on

    I guess the screaming in pain and pounding the turf and the physios being around him, didn’t give it away. Scummy little rat. Vile.

  3. millennial_dad on

    Honestly, a bit disappointing with this reaction. I know he’s Dutch but damn Slot, show a little more fire in situations like this. Rally the players, show some fight

  4. ManchurianCandidate5 on

    Everybody watching that on TV knew straight away he was injured but Martinelli, an actual footballer, didn’t. A guy who also suffered some awful injuries.

  5. anotherthrow25 on

    Oh mate. Fuck all that. Fucking G.Nev and Keane was more annoyed than our own manager.

    Klopp would have fucking gone ballistic when it happened during the game.

  6. Don’t let him off the hook here. Martinelli stayed down in our box for like 5 mins when he first came on waiting for the ref to blow it dead.

    For him to have the audacity to do this following that is just hypocrisy

  7. too much grace for that asshole. he knew connor was injured and shoved him anyway. it was dangerous, unsportsmanlike and should be called out. 

  8. If a player has gone down injured without much contact, you give them the benefit of the doubt.

    Regardless of whether he thought it was minor, you don’t risk making it worse.

  9. GameOfThrowInsMate on

    Really wish Curtis was on the pitch. He’d have gone mental and taken a red for sure.

  10. Drunk_Cartographer on

    Next season I would like Bradley to tackle him fairly but very fucking hard. I would cheer that like a 90th min winner in a cup final.

  11. Feel like Slot has completely stifled the emotion that defined the team under Klopp. Can’t imagine such a calm reaction from his team.

    Just call it what it is, a horrible act that is completely unsporting, a terrible representation for kids that needs to be punished further. Praise the team for keeping their heads but put pressure on the pgmol to take further action.

    Can’t believe this didn’t escalate to a full on brawl.

  12. He has to say that. The thing is, Arsenal were easy to go to ground all match. That’s been coached into them. When Martinelli saw Bradley go down, he assumed he was faking, because that’s what he was coached to do.

    Neville had the right attitude – get someone to fucking chin him. It’d be worth the red card.

  13. I still haven’t heard of Martenelli issuing an apology… Surely he realized Bradley wasn’t faking when he was stretchered off

  14. Puzzled-Comb-3798 on

    I mean, it’s a solo injury. If you aren’t completely stupid, you should know it’s most likely a serious injury.

    There’s no excuse for that behavior. Obviously he should receive a retrospective ban.

  15. Specialist_Sport4460 on

    Get the cool Dutch thing but there’s times when you need a bit of fire and this is one of them

  16. Loud-Platypus-987 on

    I mean as Sturridge pointed out, Martinelli has been through that himself, he knows exactly what it’s like.

    He was a prick and should’ve got two yellows.

  17. Idk why we giving so much grace to this shitty dirty classless Arsenal team. Just call them out ffs

  18. This kind of decency is what people should rightfully expect in a manager. Why would anyone want to work for someone who thinks the worst of everyone?

    Martinelli’s a dickhead but a manager should be above calling him one.

  19. Ricecrispiebandit on

    Nah fair play Slot. He’s right but I still reserve the right to be completely unreasonably angry and hateful. I am half way through making the voodoo doll. Made it out of a bunch of hair and a tampon because HE’S JUST A MASSIVE CUNT!!!

  20. Weren’t the medics already over to Bradley when he pushed him? The prick knew he was injured.

  21. Fuck me slot being a far bigger man than I. I would’ve looked the camera straight down the lens and called out Martinelli for the rat bastard sub human that he is.

    Good thing no one ever points a camera at me when I’m angry I guess

  22. Bradley went down right in front of Martinelli, and it was obviously a bad injury. No excusing that trash.

  23. I may not like how slot sets up our team etc , but will always respect him for being a genuine nice guy that he is.

    That said, FUCK OFF martinelli and their stupid fanbase.

  24. london_mustard07 on

    Yes but he did and should be penalized as such. I know I don’t want Mourinho as Liverpool coach ever, but he would have destroyed this cunt in interview