Javi Martinez

[domalino]

You've got to be kidding me. I'm 53 and the better part of 17 stone, and I could still outrun Javi Martinez. Not what we need in any way shape or form

Why the fuck are people on here so obsessed with speed?

 

[Citizen Green]

Cracking player

 

[citytill1die84]

No thanks he's way to injury prone and a snail is faster.

 

[Ruzzles]

Then you could also outrun Busquets and play for Barcelona, am I getting it right mate? I am all for signing fast agile defenders, but it's not the most crucial quality for a CB.

Spot on

 

[Phil1]

So is he Gareth Barry slow or Nolito slow or maybe last 6 months Demichelis slow? I need to know before I can complain how slow he is.

 

[woolleyback blue]

Why the fuck are people on here so obsessed with speed?

Standard PL mentality...if it aint quck it aint no good.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Then you could also outrun Busquets and play for Barcelona, am I getting it right mate? I am all for signing fast agile defenders, but it's not the most crucial quality for a CB.

It becomes a far more important attribute though when you defend high up the pitch and are frequently shorthanded at the back. We had plenty of problems at the back last season with Otamendi and Kolarov getting left isolated by bigger, quicker forwards, and I can't see how signing Martinez would assist us in that regard. He makes Nolito look like Usain Bolt

 

[Dorsetblue]

Too many FIFA players on this forum me thinkin , if city were interested in a player who had +90 pace then he would be best player on the planet

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Why the fuck are people on here so obsessed with speed?

For the fairly obvious reason that it's one of the most important attributes a player can have, particularly in the EPL. Pep doesn't seem averse to it does he?

 

[OB1]

That not one blue or sammy lee knows about kind of answers the question

No it doesn't.