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Martinez new Belgium head coach

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Saint Domingo said:
Moyes’ best teams played far better football than Martinez’s 13/14 team did regardless of the points total (which lets face it was the result of adding Lukaku to a top 6 squad). The interplay between Baines Pienaar Arteta Cahill Osman Yakubu at times was far more technical and intricate than some of the stuff we saw in 13/14. Needless to say that the football under Martinez 14/15 and 15/16 was some of the worst of our premier league years. There’s a huge myth around the 13/14 season largely created by the win over Arsenal and the 7 game winning streak. I remember there were complaints even at the end of that season at the quality of football as we were scraping our way out of games via direct free kicks, wonder goals, subs off the bench etc. The signs were there that we were not going in the right direction. We lost to Sunderland and Palace both at home two of the worst teams in the league. We got destroyed by Liverpool at Anfield, we were a Seamus Coleman mis hit away from drawing with Cardiff, a Howard penalty save from being downed by Villa. At times we were extremely fortunate that season (e.g winning at Sunderland thanks to an own goal in a game we cleared one off the line and had 3 shots on target). We got caught out in the seasons that followed pure and simple. Moyes’ team between 07-10 was a far better more consistent, technically able, footballing side than anything Martinez created.
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Spot on........Davek has had the Moyes era surgically removed from his brain and replaced with a man crush capsule containing martinez....it should have dissolved at the start of the 14/15 season, but it was damaged before it was inserted and as a result it self activates from time to time.........Belgian medical personnel are currently working on the antidote but to no avail.
 
Saint Domingo said:
Moyes’ best teams played far better football than Martinez’s 13/14 team did regardless of the points total (which lets face it was the result of adding Lukaku to a top 6 squad). The interplay between Baines Pienaar Arteta Cahill Osman Yakubu at times was far more technical and intricate than some of the stuff we saw in 13/14. Needless to say that the football under Martinez 14/15 and 15/16 was some of the worst of our premier league years. There’s a huge myth around the 13/14 season largely created by the win over Arsenal and the 7 game winning streak. I remember there were complaints even at the end of that season at the quality of football as we were scraping our way out of games via direct free kicks, wonder goals, subs off the bench etc. The signs were there that we were not going in the right direction. We lost to Sunderland and Palace both at home two of the worst teams in the league. We got destroyed by Liverpool at Anfield, we were a Seamus Coleman mis hit away from drawing with Cardiff, a Howard penalty save from being downed by Villa. At times we were extremely fortunate that season (e.g winning at Sunderland thanks to an own goal in a game we cleared one off the line and had 3 shots on target). We got caught out in the seasons that followed pure and simple. Moyes’ team between 07-10 was a far better more consistent, technically able, footballing side than anything Martinez created.
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Checkmate.
 
Saint Domingo said:
Moyes’ best teams played far better football than Martinez’s 13/14 team did regardless of the points total (which lets face it was the result of adding Lukaku to a top 6 squad). The interplay between Baines Pienaar Arteta Cahill Osman Yakubu at times was far more technical and intricate than some of the stuff we saw in 13/14. Needless to say that the football under Martinez 14/15 and 15/16 was some of the worst of our premier league years. There’s a huge myth around the 13/14 season largely created by the win over Arsenal and the 7 game winning streak. I remember there were complaints even at the end of that season at the quality of football as we were scraping our way out of games via direct free kicks, wonder goals, subs off the bench etc. The signs were there that we were not going in the right direction. We lost to Sunderland and Palace both at home two of the worst teams in the league. We got destroyed by Liverpool at Anfield, we were a Seamus Coleman mis hit away from drawing with Cardiff, a Howard penalty save from being downed by Villa. At times we were extremely fortunate that season (e.g winning at Sunderland thanks to an own goal in a game we cleared one off the line and had 3 shots on target). We got caught out in the seasons that followed pure and simple. Moyes’ team between 07-10 was a far better more consistent, technically able, footballing side than anything Martinez created.
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I reckon the best Everton goal I've seen in 'recent' times was Mirallas' first goal vs West Ham in Moyes' final home game.
 

Saint Domingo said:
Moyes’ best teams played far better football than Martinez’s 13/14 team did regardless of the points total (which lets face it was the result of adding Lukaku to a top 6 squad). The interplay between Baines Pienaar Arteta Cahill Osman Yakubu at times was far more technical and intricate than some of the stuff we saw in 13/14. Needless to say that the football under Martinez 14/15 and 15/16 was some of the worst of our premier league years. There’s a huge myth around the 13/14 season largely created by the win over Arsenal and the 7 game winning streak. I remember there were complaints even at the end of that season at the quality of football as we were scraping our way out of games via direct free kicks, wonder goals, subs off the bench etc. The signs were there that we were not going in the right direction. We lost to Sunderland and Palace both at home two of the worst teams in the league. We got destroyed by Liverpool at Anfield, we were a Seamus Coleman mis hit away from drawing with Cardiff, a Howard penalty save from being downed by Villa. At times we were extremely fortunate that season (e.g winning at Sunderland thanks to an own goal in a game we cleared one off the line and had 3 shots on target). We got caught out in the seasons that followed pure and simple. Moyes’ team between 07-10 was a far better more consistent, technically able, footballing side than anything Martinez created.
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We actually had a hell of a lot of luck that season, I remember thinking it at the time.
 
Being linked with Aston Villa as 2nd choice incase Terry Henry turns it down. Would be about the right size of the club for Roberto to try and rebuild his reputation in proper football.
 
Minimeister said:
Being linked with Aston Villa as 2nd choice incase Terry Henry turns it down. Would be about the right size of the club for Roberto to try and rebuild his reputation in proper football.
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Ha Ha Ha.

The war's over....


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