I loved Martinez. He had his faults but when it clicked we played some of the best football in the league and I genuinely enjoyed watching us. I have barely enjoyed one game since he left.
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My favourite game was when we went to Wembley and I had to watch Martial score a last minute winner.
I enjoyed that game LOADS.
Blues Harp
Player Valuation: £60m
You seriously enjoyed all the home defeats in his last 2 seasons? Worse home record in yonks? Blue bill would have kept him as
manager had it been his choice.
They are having a bad season. We are only 6 points ahead and they hammered us.So thats Southampton, a team in 17th?
Thats the team we should aspire to be?
I'm also not saying we should aspire to be them. I said they have done well reinvesting the money but they have also been too willing to sell causing too much upheaval which partly explains this season.
I'm glad you are so sure of Moshiri because without a lot of extra investment the poor business we have done would put us in real danger over the next few seasons with so many big money purchases of players who were reaching their late 20s and early 30s.
I enjoyed going to Wembley and coming close to winning a pot.
You are right. Finishing 7th hoofing all season is far better.
Enjoyable games since he left:
Norwich 3-0 - Unsworth
Arsenal 2-1
Leicester (A) 2-0
Southampton 3-0
City 4-0
Hull 4-0
Bournemouth 6-3
Leicester (H) 4-2
Burnley 3-1
Thank you for reading.
No of course not but I think he would have sorted the problem.
Jags, Howard, Barry and Baines were finished. With spending the money on Lukaku he couldn't replace them all at once.
But Rom and Stones would have been sold and I think he would have done a better job rebuilding with that money.
He couldn't have done much worse.
Look Martinez wasn't perfect but in hindsight perhaps we didn't give him enough time.
My real problem though was the choice of the people to replace him. How he ever thought Walsh and Koeman were up to the job I will never know.
mooseatingnome
Player Valuation: £6m
Hi Roberto, welcome to the forum. Davek’s got a crush.
lollollol
He was given almost 2 full seasons and spent more money than any Everton manager before him.
lollollollol
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
When was that? We bummed Arsenal at home that one time but they’ve been done over numerous times Home and away by all manner of teams.
Worst home record in our history wasn't it?
ham2
Player Valuation: £10m
Are you related to davek?
Boss_Rarkley
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Martinez was gash ffs. Dont get me wrong he was half decent in the cup competitions but his flaws shown up against the big sides like City and Utd hence why he never won a bean at us.
The key is appointing a manager who can mix attacking fluidity with a no nonsense defence + an effective pressing system. Koeman shown that at Southampton- they attacked well with Mane, Tadic and Pelle and had good defenders and it showed coming in the top 6 and beating most if not all the top 6 in his 2 seasons.
For whatever reason he just couldn't replicate it here.
Hopefully if it is someone like Fonesca we get in the summer then they can get that winning formula.
The key is appointing a manager who can mix attacking fluidity with a no nonsense defence + an effective pressing system. Koeman shown that at Southampton- they attacked well with Mane, Tadic and Pelle and had good defenders and it showed coming in the top 6 and beating most if not all the top 6 in his 2 seasons.
For whatever reason he just couldn't replicate it here.
Hopefully if it is someone like Fonesca we get in the summer then they can get that winning formula.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Koeman’s recruitment may be stoking revisionist fires but if you want to see what really started the rot it was the dismantling of Moyes’ top 6 squad and bringing in players like:
Mcgeady
Cleverley
Robles
Alcaraz
Etoo
Artsu
Kone
How much money is wasted there in transfers and wages? Especially when you consider he phased out or sold Jelavic, Fellaini, Naismith, Pienaar, Osman, Anichebe, Distin, Gibson, Oviedo, Mirallas.
Lukaku, Holgate and Funes Mori were good buys. Barry was a good loan but then indulged too much. Besic wasn’t managed properly by successive managers and McCarthy is a crock. Lennon, Deulofeu and Niasse are/were ok.
After years of excellent recruitment by Moyes building a strong squad Martinez dismantled it in place of 4 stars surrounded by dross. Koeman then completed the hatchet job by selling the 4 stars and replacing them with muck. Two incompetent fools one after another.
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