van Hanegem Posted 3 January, 2016 Share Posted 3 January, 2016 Scotland, the well known Scandinavian country (I know he was loaned to Copenhagen but he joined us from Celtic). I thought everone knew the Scottish competition is even worse than the Finnish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 3 January, 2016 Share Posted 3 January, 2016 I thought everone knew the Scottish competition is even worse than the Finnish... on his travels ....Jos Hooiveld also had a good season with AIK (in Stockholm) and the club did very well that year. Now he's back here again, (with AIK)...and regained his hero status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cool Posted 3 January, 2016 Share Posted 3 January, 2016 Congratulations Cuco http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/35204672 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 4 January, 2016 Share Posted 4 January, 2016 Anyone who knows how internet polls go will know that Cuco's goal won't even make the top 3. Easy to vote on these. He got 34% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 4 January, 2016 Share Posted 4 January, 2016 Easy to vote on these. He got 34% Surprised. Usually Arsenal fans hi-jack these kind of things hence my comment. Well done Martina, fully deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 11 January, 2016 Share Posted 11 January, 2016 As captain of Curaçao, he voted in this years Ballon D'or. He went for Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the best player in the world He put Messi second and Ronaldo third. I think Hodgson putting Eden Hazard in third- he's on a wind up lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 12 January, 2016 Share Posted 12 January, 2016 Insane vote. All gets a bit silly now though. So obviously Messi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Everton in advanced talks to sign Cuco. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-closing-cuco-martina-transfer-11790373 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Lol. The glass ceiling has been obliterated. I liked Martina, he wasn't bad for us, but wasn't amazing either - squad filler. If we make a profit on him, Les deserves a knighthood though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Lol. The glass ceiling has been obliterated. I liked Martina, he wasn't bad for us, but wasn't amazing either - squad filler. If we make a profit on him, Les deserves a knighthood though. Wonder how much we will get for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Wonder how much we will get for him? He had a year left didn't he? I think we got him for under 1m, given that it's Everton, I'd accept nothing less than £25m In all honestly, we probably made back what we spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 #meltdown Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Think he's underrated tbh. Was a lot better than Cedric has ever been for us during the second half of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Think he's underrated tbh. Was a lot better than Cedric has ever been for us during the second half of last season. He really wasn't, if anything it is the opposite with a lot of Saints fans. Martina is a very limited player technically and was living off the Arsenal goal. Cedric is significantly better and Pied's arrival moved Martina down to 3rd in the pecking order. Plus 17 year old Yan Valery looks very promising in the under 23 squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He really wasn't, if anything it is the opposite with a lot of Saints fans. Martina is a very limited player technically and was living off the Arsenal goal. Cedric is significantly better and Pied's arrival moved Martina down to 3rd in the pecking order. Plus 17 year old Yan Valery looks very promising in the under 23 squad. Hmmm, I think Cedric is the better player but I wouldn't say he's shown that he's significantly better in his time here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Everton in advanced talks to sign Cuco. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-closing-cuco-martina-transfer-11790373 From the comments beneath that article : eternaloptimist 8 minutes ago Who ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Man Do Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 For a year left on his contract and for the sake of not selling him to Everton is keep him around. He's never really let us down and we have a hefty amount of games this year. IMO he never showed up as being significantly worse than Cedric and hey if you're going to "live off a goal" make it one like that Arsenal goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He has a nice smile and is happy to play for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pass the Dutchie Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 I like the guy, and I'll miss him if he goes. He seems to have the right attitude and to feel happy to play for us. In a year like this one it wouldn't harm keeping him. But all the best to him, whatever the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 I thought he did alright for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Hmmm, I think Cedric is the better player but I wouldn't say he's shown that he's significantly better in his time here. personally i think ceric is a bit shyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Maybe we should join forces with Hull to see if we can get a team on the pitch for the weekend. Hullhampton FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Looks like cuco is winning the football lottery with this one. We'll always have the arsenal goal. Love it if we got something hilariously big like £5m for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Worth the million for the Arsenal goal alone. F*cking unreal strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice29 Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Martina has definitely been better than Cedric for us. Scary ambition from Everton though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Worth the million for the Arsenal goal alone. F*cking unreal strike. That was fabulous. Moments like that restore my love of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 I like the guy, and I'll miss him if he goes. He seems to have the right attitude and to feel happy to play for us. In a year like this one it wouldn't harm keeping him. But all the best to him, whatever the outcome. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Yeah, but we can't prevent him from sitting in the World's most renowned dugouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Martina has definitely been better than Cedric for us. Scary ambition from Everton though. He really hasn't. Apart from his wonder goal, he is/was very poor as a defender, really looked completely out of his depth. Whenever he played he looked like he didn't have much of a clue what to do and had to be "coached" by Jose or Virgil depending on who was playing alongside. Usually meant he was pushed up almost in to midfield, left us playing 3 at the back at times, even when we were "supposed" to be playing 4 at the back. Don't get me wrong, I liked him, nice guy, always seemed happy, but was not up to the standards required of the PL. He was an Erwin signing and clearly Erwin has a soft spot for him and would like him at Everton. Good luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 personally i think ceric is a bit shyte. He's a very good player and one of the fastest in our squad. But, he is tiny and oppostion managers have learned you can beat him by putting high crossfield balls over to his wing. He was also beaten by one in the Euros, which led to a goal. It's a concern that a few of the players we are being linked with now are also very small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintdean Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He really hasn't. Apart from his wonder goal, he is/was very poor as a defender, really looked completely out of his depth. Whenever he played he looked like he didn't have much of a clue what to do and had to be "coached" by Jose or Virgil depending on who was playing alongside. Usually meant he was pushed up almost in to midfield, left us playing 3 at the back at times, even when we were "supposed" to be playing 4 at the back. Don't get me wrong, I liked him, nice guy, always seemed happy, but was not up to the standards required of the PL. He was an Erwin signing and clearly Erwin has a soft spot for him and would like him at Everton. Good luck to him. Completely agree. It seems like most people on this forum watch a completely different game to me. Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice29 Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He really hasn't. Apart from his wonder goal, he is/was very poor as a defender, really looked completely out of his depth. Whenever he played he looked like he didn't have much of a clue what to do and had to be "coached" by Jose or Virgil depending on who was playing alongside. Usually meant he was pushed up almost in to midfield, left us playing 3 at the back at times, even when we were "supposed" to be playing 4 at the back. Don't get me wrong, I liked him, nice guy, always seemed happy, but was not up to the standards required of the PL. He was an Erwin signing and clearly Erwin has a soft spot for him and would like him at Everton. Good luck to him. Agree with all of that but yet he's been better than Cedric. Cedric is good enough going forward, although he's yet to actually prove it, but you can see the talent is there however defensively he's just as all over the place as Martina and is exposed much easier. Dont think despite the hype he was that good in the Euro's either. He's got the ability but I've yet to see him have a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He really wasn't, if anything it is the opposite with a lot of Saints fans. Martina is a very limited player technically and was living off the Arsenal goal. Cedric is significantly better and Pied's arrival moved Martina down to 3rd in the pecking order. Plus 17 year old Yan Valery looks very promising in the under 23 squad. Absolute rubbish, I don't even take the Arsenal goal into consideration. He was solid towards the end and more effective going forward...linked up extremely well with Tadic as well for at least two goals, with perfectly weighted clipped balls into the channel for Tadic to cut them back (Spurs away and one other...City at home for Longs goal?). Cedric hasn't shown himself to be any better, let alone done anything "significantly" better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 (edited) Cuco will live long in the memory, just for the tackle on Sonny Davis in the testimonial match which led to the lad smashing in the penalty [emoji23] Edited 23 August, 2016 by SO16_Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 Martina played in our 4-0 Arsenal, 3-2 Liverpool, 4-2 City, 2-1 away win vs Spurs, and also other great wins. Defensively he was pretty average to poor, thought he was decent attacking wise though. I actually think he did do a job for us and if Cedric hadn't won the Euros then Martina wouldn't have been frozen the way he has. Clearly a case of Puel favouring his countryman with Pied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 He's pretty ****e but better than Cedric IMO. Two championship standard RB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 23 August, 2016 Share Posted 23 August, 2016 £1.25m according to this ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3755529/Everton-boss-Ronald-Koeman-looks-former-club-Southampton-offers-1-25m-Cuco-Martina.html Nice to know Everton use Simon Jones as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenridge Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 He was an Erwin signing and clearly Erwin has a soft spot for him and would like him at Everton. Good luck to him. Martina must have some compromising photos of Erwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_emu Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Unfortunately that was scripted! I was lucky enough to meet Cuco and cannot speak highly enough of him as a person. He's not your usual egotistical footballer, not many of our guys are (most have left now). He talked about training, saying mane, long and VVD were nightmares to play against and were the fastest players at the club over 100m, after him! He absolutely loves playing for his country and said the locations of most of their games are unreal paradise settings but very hot to play football in. Of course we talked a little about his goal... It was his favourite moment in football and talked about never forgetting how all of the fans stood up and clapped him when he took a throw in just after he had scored. He's a big fan of basketball (him and tadic are basically pros) breakdancing and fifa (I asked him if he would try to recreate the goal at home and shoot every time the ball was 35 yards out) he was literally in stitches for most of our conversation (a few red wines were had). He also said that most of the plays of his goal on youtube were him! I'll be sad to see him go. Football needs more Martinas and i hope he's replaced in our dressing room. Nice story. He does come across as a well grounded lad, just keeps his head down and has done/does a job for us. With one year left on his contract he may be surplus to requirements, as I have a suspicion before the season ends we could see the rise and rise of Yan Valery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Good guy is Cuco but everybody must move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Good guy is Cuco but everybody must move on. Hasn't that been the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Unfortunately that was scripted! I was lucky enough to meet Cuco and cannot speak highly enough of him as a person. He's not your usual egotistical footballer, not many of our guys are (most have left now). He talked about training, saying mane, long and VVD were nightmares to play against and were the fastest players at the club over 100m, after him! He absolutely loves playing for his country and said the locations of most of their games are unreal paradise settings but very hot to play football in. Of course we talked a little about his goal... It was his favourite moment in football and talked about never forgetting how all of the fans stood up and clapped him when he took a throw in just after he had scored. He's a big fan of basketball (him and tadic are basically pros) breakdancing and fifa (I asked him if he would try to recreate the goal at home and shoot every time the ball was 35 yards out) he was literally in stitches for most of our conversation (a few red wines were had). He also said that most of the plays of his goal on youtube were him! I'll be sad to see him go. Football needs more Martinas and i hope he's replaced in our dressing room. Nice to read. I like him and would be sorry to lose him. He plays football with a smile, metaphorically at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 I think this is best for all parties - it gives an opening for Valery too and not blocking his path - we have options at right back now - even Stephens started his career there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Bit of shame for him to go as he is one of those players you can't help but like. Personally I thought he offered more than Cedric especially bombing down the wing, and more often than not pinging in a good cross first time rather than putting on the brakes, then fanny about trying to cut in then passing it backwards. Plus at 28 still not up himself and willing to take instruction from VVD. However on brief showing Pied does look a good player with vision, and if there is a nipper coming through the ranks in that position it does un block the pathway. Just as many of us who were there for Chris Bairds Exocet from outside the box, that strike v Arsenal on Boxing Day out of nothing will live long in our memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Cuco is leaving? Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Cuco is leaving? Oh well You're still going to put him on your list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Would be sad to see him go. But, one of those who I would absolutely wish all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Adam Blackmore @bigadamsport Cuco Martina move to Everton close - expected to be completed by tomorrow morning #saintsfc #EFC (@philmcnulty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Real nice guy too, apparently. Jeez we must have quite a few replacements lined up if he Jay Rod and Fonte are leaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted 24 August, 2016 Share Posted 24 August, 2016 Shame. Another of the team that went on that great run gone. Thought he was pretty decent and really don't rate Cedric but if Puel wasn't going to give him a chance then it's no real loss. As FF says above, how many signings are we planning to make in the last week?! Poor transfer planning really. They can't have been planning all this overhaul of the squad happening in the final week of the window can they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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