Martinez - "We are Everton...not any one manager's team"

[HarrisonEFC]

What a man

Indeed

 

[paulbefc]

He's a top, top man.

Hopefully he lives up to the potential he's shown here in his first year in the medium to long term and if so, also that he can see Everton as a place to fulfill his ambitions as a coach for a long time and Barca or someone don't snap him up in the next year or two.

Big summer, this one. He put together a great first XI last year, but two of our most important players, Lukaku and Barry, were loan signings and may not return. It'll be a massive test as he may have to make big changes and replace key players without getting fees for them.

 

[Blue Parkender]

The man has so much class, lets hope he is here for years to come.

 

[Toffeelover]

I no Martinez has praised Moyes and rightly so he did create a foundation to build on, but what Martinez done last season just shows what a limited manager Moyes was. It was always easier imo to manage in the way Moyes did, which was do defend deep with a bank of four and a bank of five in front of them then frustrate the opposistion. I think there's a saying somewhere that it's easier to destroy than it is to create ( not that Moyes destroyed but for me he wasn't creative ). I got the impression with Moyes that he was waiting for things to happen, but with Roberto he is looking to make things happen. With virtually the same players who under Moyes couldn't string more that 3 passers together before lumping it up to Cahill or felli, he has us playing football that for me is a breath of fresh air, there wasn't many games were I came away from Goodison disappointed. I use to walk away from Goodison in the last three years Moyes was in charged shaking my head in disbelief at what I watched. This by the way is not a pop at moyes I think for the majority of the time he did great, but for me he reached the limit of his ability three years ago. Roberto has made my sat nights good nights once again, instead of sitting at home with a gob on me because of the way we played long may it continue.

This is so right, ask yourself would our Ex have got us to 5th spot? Would have our EX got those players on loan and those signings which made it possible? I think not.

 

[ROBERTOMARTINEZ]

I love him.

 

[Bluerover]

Now we move on!! We will win this league under Roberto. Bill, I know you are watching - give him the few bob!!!

 

[Mike O]

Great first season; football was so much better.

Next one will be more important; the margin for error are so small for us so let's see who he can get and if we can deliver either Europa or top 4

 

[ToffeeDan]

Compare and contract the Martinez way with the Rodgers way. Seems both clubs have the right man - we have a gentleman and a scholar, they have a loud mouth, look-at-me soundbite specialist. Good fits for da philosophy and da BS over the park, lucky for us Roberto saw the light.

 

[Copacabana kid]

Anyone got a Roberto face mask? I'm going to dress mrs copacabana kid up in it and my brown shoes.......

 

[Piijt]

Isn't he just great. He gets it, he really does.

 

[BiggyRat]

Again it's nice to see him give Moyes some credit, most new managers walk into a job and say whats wrong with the squad and how it needs this and that adding. Martinez has always been consistent and said he inherited a very good squad and that shows a lot more class but it also puts him under a bit of pressure because if we'd have done worse than what we did under Moyes it would have been down to him. It can only be good that he has so much self belief and is prepared to push and test himself.

I get the impression that if it had gone all pear shaped, he'd be the type of bloke who'd wear all the blame too! Not tried to say a bad thing about Moyes or the squad.

Classy, classy man is Roberto.

 

[pat the boxer]

pretty sure moyes won us over with his announcement of the peoples club soon as he signed though.
he was like a breath of fresh air when he came in and demanded that the first team did a lap around the ground before his first game.
won many accolades given to him by his management opos
ition.got us from the bottom to regular 4/5 positions for ten years.
fans forget that he was held back financially in his pursuit of player targets on many occasions yet he stayed loyal to his chairman and the club.
surely no one denied him his opportunity to move on when his time came as maybe both parties were expecting this eventuality.
sure he still loves everton..who wouldnt after ten years in charge.
hope bobby is the answer to our prayers but lets hope also that he gets some backing from above.
seems a loyal man as david was once but times have changed since then.
spurs have had 11 managers in 13 years.
others will be casting an envious glance towards us this season.
he is not only the most good looking cool and the most articulate of most in the prem.he is also very astute in his dealings.
to move from fifth this year to our aim of c/l qualification next season requires some backing from senior management and lets hope that is forthcoming.

 

[pat the boxer]

Humility, class, realism, ambition. That charlatan across the park isn't fit to polish his brown shoes.

ste .the thread reads....we are everton....
why even mention across the park.
does he mention us..i suspect he respects roberto and maybe it is mutual with bobby as well.
maybe roberto will lead us in that .
he spoke very well at the recent memorial as did bill the previous year of course.
time to think about ourselves and i feel we have the manager to do that.
not that david said anything derogatory either by the way..its a fans thing.
lets keep it to that.

 

[Raymondo077]

pretty sure moyes won us over with his announcement of the peoples club soon as he signed though.
he was like a breath of fresh air when he came in and demanded that the first team did a lap around the ground before his first game.
won many accolades given to him by his management opos
ition.got us from the bottom to regular 4/5 positions for ten years.
fans forget that he was held back financially in his pursuit of player targets on many occasions yet he stayed loyal to his chairman and the club.
surely no one denied him his opportunity to move on when his time came as maybe both parties were expecting this eventuality.
sure he still loves everton..who wouldnt after ten years in charge.
hope bobby is the answer to our prayers but lets hope also that he gets some backing from above.
seems a loyal man as david was once but times have changed since then.
spurs have had 11 managers in 13 years.
others will be casting an envious glance towards us this season.
he is not only the most good looking cool and the most articulate of most in the prem.he is also very astute in his dealings.
to move from fifth this year to our aim of c/l qualification next season requires some backing from senior management and lets hope that is forthcoming.

That says it all for me, as much as David Moyes blotted his copy book with us towards the end i think as Roberto said, the foundations were in place to progress. Bobby,s got the baton now and hes gonna power home to the finish.
Of that, i have no doubt........ The lad gets US!!!

 

[pat the boxer]

ste wasnt having a go there mate.but not on here to say bobby is better than brendon.
we already know that .
the thread is about roberto stating thats its not all about him.
read the post .he states that he was very fortunate to take over such a good squad and realised the effort david had put in to achieve such.
he aims to take us further of course and i think his knowledge by using the loan system was instrumental this season.
can he do that next season.
lets hope he doesnt have to but like rodgers hes probably not ruling it out either.
point is we have chelsea city even utd maybe with unlimited supplies of available funds to replenish next season.
we very nearly qualified for c/l this season despite almost negligent purchase.
but we aint southampton going for a fire sale regardless of the consequences either.
dont think bobby would have joined us if he thought that.
i dont know the answer to it but i do know that the wigan owner let roberto go to everton with his blessing.
as said previously the man has too much class to be let down by those above.
therefore lets hope he is supported this season.