Martinez new Belgium head coach

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[davek]

Agent Thierry Henry, AKA handball, sat on the Belgium bench vs France will see to it his home boys go through

They dont need his help. They are better than Belgium and will win the World Cup too.

 

[Connor]

i'm not crying you're crying

 

[davek]

A man of class, dignity and no small amount of talent.

Very pleased for him.

The chequebooks will be out for RM after the WC. The Belgian FA were wise to tie him down to a longer contract = bigger pay out.

@Armel

 

[ToffeeTim]

I've definitely seen those tactics before. Fortunately KDB is better at exploiting the space as a false 9 than Stevie Naismith.

Also.... Fellaini. What a player.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Martinez had us down in 13th on 44 points, at the time of his sacking.Of course it's only natural, that there would be a bit of revisionist history, with regards to his tenure as Everton manager, following Belgiums success at this world cup.But Everton were in freefall, with Martinez at the end.He had to go, although as i said earlier, it's not as if we've gone from strength to strength since he left.Let's just hope that Marco Silva is the real deal.We've had far too many false dawns since 1995.

 

[ilikecheese]

Martinez had us down in 13th on 44 points, at the time of his sacking.Of course it's only natural, that there would be a bit of revisionist history, with regards to his tenure as Everton manager, following Belgiums success at this world cup.But Everton were in freefall, with Martinez at the end.He had to go, although as i said earlier, it's not as if we've gone from strength to strength since he left.Let's just hope that Marco Silva is the real deal.We've had far too many false dawns since 1995.

What's been revised?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Hopefully a Belgium v England final.

 

[ilikecheese]

Hopefully a Belgium v England final.

I think that would be best case scenario for me. Popcorn all over the show and hopefully some cracking footy.

 

[MrD]

I can see it now. Martinez, world cup winner becomes Barcelona manager and joins the elite merry-go-round along with Pep, Mourinho, Ancelotti etc.

He'll eventually manage UTD, Bayern, Juve and finally Spain. Going down in history as one of the all time greats while Everton becomes a footnote in his autobiography.

Once a manager gets a group of world class players he looks good. Then people think he is a god. Put him back in charge of Wigan or a Bournemouth or someone and he will be just as poor as he was for us in his last 2 years.

He got dead lucky landing the Belgium job. His power point skills must be of the scale.

Just my opinion tho.

 

[ijjysmith]

Hmmm...not all mate. I clearly remember that NOT being the case.

This country

 

[Cork Evertonian]

What's been revised?

There seems to be this argument, being put forward, that if we kept Bobby on, then Everton would have went on to dominate the footballing world!Really Everton and Roberto Martinez was a marriage, made in heaven at the start.But it didn't take long for the marriage to fall apart, and in the end, a parting of the ways was necessary.

 

[ilikecheese]

There seems to be this argument, being put forward, that if we kept Bobby on, then Everton would have went on to dominate the footballing world!Really Everton and Roberto Martinez was a marriage, made in heaven at the start.But it didn't take long for the marriage to fall apart, and in the end, a parting of the ways was necessary.

Guess I didn't read any posts stating that. I think at the end 99.9999% knew he had to go. Lost the Goodison faithful and then lost the team. There was no coming back once we lost in both cup semifinals.

Had we won one of those cups, however I do think he would have not been sacked. Well not when he was anyway.

 

[Rook]

I've definitely seen those tactics before. Fortunately KDB is better at exploiting the space as a false 9 than Stevie Naismith.

Also.... Fellaini. What a player.

Maybe not week to week but I've always remembered Fellani playing his best in big matches here.

 

[Rook]

There seems to be this argument, being put forward, that if we kept Bobby on, then Everton would have went on to dominate the footballing world!Really Everton and Roberto Martinez was a marriage, made in heaven at the start.But it didn't take long for the marriage to fall apart, and in the end, a parting of the ways was necessary.

The prem figured us out (and the RS who played the same style). So the players turned on him because they knew this and so did the fans. When that happens you are fired even if you are Jose Murinho.

Sure if we were Man City sure we could have just went out and bought 500M of players and he would have been fine but we are not.

I hope he wins this thing, he's a decent guy in a profession full of douchebags. Addovact and Wilmots had this same group and they played rather dire defensive football. Belgium this tourney has been anything but dire.