Peter Marinello

[littlefire]

Lovely man. had more chance of replacing Tony Blackburn than Geordie Armstrong

Remember Geordie scoring direct from a corner (admittedly with Paddy Roche's help) v Manure? Course you do.

[olgitgooner]

I saw Marinello play lots of times.

It was very unfair to expect him to be another George Best. He just happened to have a similar look, and running style. In my opinion, Best was the most accomplished player ever. Better, on balance, than Pele.

Also, any good player plying his trade in the Scottish league would appear to be an exceptional player.

He certainly did have good skills. But he probably wasn't tough enough to play twice a week in the English top division.

I know for a fact that he was subjected to a weight training regime, in order to build him up for the job. He had a very skinny frame. Maybe that actually affected his mobility in a negative way.

I liked the lad. But there is no way he was ever going to live up to the hype that surounded him.

[goonersid]

Yeah the book is a great read, and a real human story.

[marcengels]

I saw Marinello play lots of times.

It was very unfair to expect him to be another George Best. He just happened to have a similar look, and running style. In my opinion, Best was the most accomplished player ever. Better, on balance, than Pele.

Also, any good player plying his trade in the Scottish league would appear to be an exceptional player.

He certainly did have good skills. But he probably wasn't tough enough to play twice a week in the English top division.

I know for a fact that he was subjected to a weight training regime, in order to build him up for the job. He had a very skinny frame. Maybe that actually affected his mobility in a negative way.

I liked the lad. But there is no way he was ever going to live up to the hype that surounded him.

That interesting olgit (to me, anyway )

I wonder if Kevin Campbell falls into the same category. He was never slightly built but was very "slick" when he broke into the side and had dynamic pace. It seemed to be when he bulked up that he lost something from his game, his confidence went and he never quite found it again.

[rigsby]

On the topic of Geordie, I can't say I can forgive how he was left out of that montage when we left Highbury, bad call. For me Armstrong was simply stunning.

Marinello still holds a lot of affection for Arsenal, so he's ok in my book (and his book as well)

[Sammy Mooner]

I saw most of Peter's home games for us. As has been said already there was a big fanfare about his arrival but he never really delivered. Essentially like the majority of wingers he blew hot and cold. Certainly he was a skilled and tricky enough player but far too lightweight. Kinda the Jose Antonio Reyes of his day but playing on boggier pitches.

His presence at the Club did however force Geordie Armstrong on to even greater heights. Geordie being the most two-footed hard working never-say-die player ever to grace the shirt.