Couple of things from the Munich game......

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Twitter-talk, so who knows. It just said he scored, not that he actually played.

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If he scored without playing then he is definitely ready.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

1. Did Martinelli mean that touch around Neuer or was it just a little lucky it went round him?
2. For all the love in for Karl's goal, Madueke's almost identical goal was a much tougher finish.

Cole Palmer fit for Sunday, I suggest an early "accidental" tread on his toe.

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Martinelli is a Brazilian international forward; he gets the benefit of the doubt. These people do these things in their sleep.

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Martinelli is a Brazilian international forward; he gets the benefit of the doubt. These people do these things in their sleep.

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.. Apart from the actual scoring bit obviously :-\

https://youtu.be/yWXCBdcmtEA?si=FgH_orsuC_3S-Ztm&t=45

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Martinelli is a Brazilian international forward; he gets the benefit of the doubt. These people do these things in their sleep.

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Also, with or without the Kraut coming out, Gabby has the defender to his right and would prefer to be more to the left so he cuts in on his right boot when he gets his shot away for his preferred body shape, even if there's a GK there.

So it would be natural for him to want to take it there. And as you say, Brazza forwards do this sort of thing in their sleep.

I was amazed when we signed Edu - a real Brazza coming to play for lil ol' Arsenal. And then we bought Gilby when he'd played every minute of every game in their WC win. And he scored on his debut in the Charity Shield. And you realise that even if playing as a DM, where you get called the Invisible Wall, Brazzas still manage to do it with so much more class than the rest of us.

Like having FBs that score from 35 yards and CMs who dribble like a winger.

And obviously there's the theological aspect. Just like Easy prayed for a hat-trick in the NLD {and in His Infinite Wisdom, the Good Lord provided} Brazil has got that **** off huge Jesus statue and he is named after an archangel. So of course the Divine is gonna give him the perfect touch to round some probably atheistic German 'keeper with a dodgy tache.

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Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult

Also, with or without the Kraut coming out, Gabby has the defender to his right and would prefer to be more to the left so he cuts in on his right boot when he gets his shot away for his preferred body shape, even if there's a GK there.

So it would be natural for him to want to take it there. And as you say, Brazza forwards do this sort of thing in their sleep.

I was amazed when we signed Edu - a real Brazza coming to play for lil ol' Arsenal. And then we bought Gilby when he'd played every minute of every game in their WC win. And he scored on his debut in the Charity Shield. And you realise that even if playing as a DM, where you get called the Invisible Wall, Brazzas still manage to do it with so much more class than the rest of us.

Like having FBs that score from 35 yards and CMs who dribble like a winger.

And obviously there's the theological aspect. Just like Easy prayed for a hat-trick in the NLD {and in His Infinite Wisdom, the Good Lord provided} Brazil has got that **** off huge Jesus statue and he is named after an archangel. So of course the Divine is gonna give him the perfect touch to round some probably atheistic German 'keeper with a dodgy tache.

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Well, their country is named after a centre forward, so it is hardly surprising..... :-)