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Nice guy though, just not a manager
Roberto Martinez Discussion - Including Live Poll (Poll Reset 1st May)
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carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
If someone from outside were to objectively look at just the squads and compare our side to Leicester, Stoke, Saints, West Brom, or West Ham, 9 out of 10 would probably pick our squad. There are managers out there doing more with a lot less. Heck, our squad player for player might be better than Spurs, United, or Liverpool as well. The fact that we're behind all of these says a lot about the way the teams are managed. We're too talented to be where we are...
So was ghandi
....I think Saturday was slightly different because we were down to 10. I have no problem with the option of bringing Lukaku off. One thing that does concern me is the balance of the side when Kone or the like plays. I suspect the tactic is that he supports Lukaku when we have the ball but covers left side when the opposition have it. That asks a lot of whoever is in that role.
Perhaps in taking Lennon off on Saturday RM fancied us to get a goal on the break.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Then he was not trying to make sure we win a match. 15 mins to go and a man down, we should have parked the bus. Take off Lennon if he wished but you can bring on Barry and Baines to round things up.
....I'm not disagreeing, I'm just wondering why he did what he did.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
He sticks to his belief and is too stubborn to admit his failings. If I am Bobby, I would tell the team to waste time and park the bus, making sure Everton win.
And by that token, getting to a cup semi final and then going out is the same as going out in the third round. Worthless. Hopeless.
Your second point is absurdly comical. Ancelotti would win the league with this squad
lancs blue
Player Valuation: £35m
two nil up with thirteen minutes to go and the hits the fan Martinez cant adapt as its plan a only with his happy clapper coaches in full agreement. His press conferences are a laughing stock. Will he get fired? depends on the new shareholder i guess and what influence he can exert
Dymak
Player Valuation: £40m
And you actually lose out on a lot of money if you are finishing 12th rather than 5th. You also miss out on European football that would bring in another 10 million pound the following season. The total difference between 5th and 12th is about 20 million pound FFS!
Losing a Semi-Final gets you absolutely nowt, and is no achievement, especially when you've only played lower league cack to get there.
CrustySack
Player Valuation: £0.99p
What worries me is where would we be in the table with a weakened squad with Roberto as manager? 15 or 16th? Talk of relegation? That frightens me because it is not far off. This guy has red flags all over his project. Ultimately I think the fans will decide his fate, not the board.
TheFinnFan
Finners
No. It's the players that do decide his faith. Like in most sackings.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Getting to the cup SF is worthless. Ok, by the same token, getting 5th in the league is hopeless because there's no CL.
That sorts out the way we should have looked at most of our seasons in the sooper doper Barclays Premier League. No difference between 5th and 15th.
Fifth gets European football. Which may not be important to you, but it is to the players. 12th 'and a good cup run' gets..what?
balggy
Player Valuation: £5m
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You also get more money the higher you finish up the league.
And when you have a season like this year, when two of the traditional top four drop off, fith place becomes third or forth,
You also get more money the higher you finish up the league.
And when you have a season like this year, when two of the traditional top four drop off, fith place becomes third or forth,
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