Roberto Martinez Discussion - Including Live Poll (Poll Reset 1st May)

[TheHumbleEgg]

I see the Kiev chairman has said Yarmalenko won't be sold to teams like Everton or Stoke City. Apparently Stoke aren't happy.

...ROBERTO will fully understand, admire and appreciate his intensity for saying that.

 

[Khalekan]

Absolute garbage. Lower half of the table & the worst season at home for 137 years, along with the worst Derby defeat in living memory.

Only for those less than two years and two months old.....

 

[The Esk]

They have benefited ...... and the fact that the elite in the PL are in disarray

One of the biggest indictments (but not the only) against Martinez this season is that he has been unable to take advantage of this very disarray.

 

[Sentinel]

Koeman would be an improvement. Look where they are in the league. Look at what he's won with other clubs, his experience, the respect he commands.

I'm not disagreeing with you mate. He's a hard [Poor language removed] and I like that. I don't think he'd succumb in the derby. Saying that, at this stage we really have to stop [Poor language removed] around and hire the best. If Koeman is that, I'd back him but if there is other cards on the table, I think we'd be stupid to limit ourselves.

 

[The Esk]

Surely even the esk must be getting a little concerned that he is still here

No.

 

[malfosse]

@davek Let's cut to the chase mate, you don't seem to care about the league placing only this mythical trophy. Would you be happy for us to finish 15th, 16th, 17th and reach a semi final? How low are you prepared to go until you realise Martinez is failing as a manager of Everton.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Finishing consistently in the bottom half below teams like Southampton is not acceptable and the fact that you're saying it is just shows how fickle you are.

You would sooner see us struggle just to try and keep your side of an argument alive. Interesting definition of an Everton supporter.

Mate, he's having you on

Stop biting FFS

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

One of the biggest indictments (but not the only) against Martinez this season is that he has been unable to take advantage of this very disarray.

totally agree, he isn't the only 1 in that boat either though you could put a case forward that there are about 18 or 19 of them in there & some of them should've walked the thing with a couple of months to spare.

 

[PhilEFC]

A good sign is the board haven't come out and backed him, even though the media are getting up a head of steam. They would be well out of the traps usually to deny that type of stuff.

 

[Caolam]

One of the biggest indictments (but not the only) against Martinez this season is that he has been unable to take advantage of this very disarray.

Couldn't agree more. In the year Leicester City and Spurs top the league we can't get out of the bottom half even with a 20 goal striker.

 

[Latchford78]

Martinez or Davek?

The 2 most deluded individuals in the football world.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Oh and @Brennan , change your avatar

 

[degsy]

They have benefitted from massive decisions going their way at crucial stages of games and the fact that the elite in the PL are in disarray.

Hats off to them for taking their chance and not bottling it. But the fact remains they are a terrible, ugly team to behold. They are the opposite of all that's good in football.

and another thing; re the disarray thing I had more than half a feeling about that, I had visions of teams like Chelsea and others winning the old first Div with 55, 56, 57 Pts... Back then if you got 60 -61 Pts and DIDN'T win it you were very unlucky ( except for Leeds, hate them ) being old school I think in old terms, valid enough for the this argument.

So we do the sums

Leicester W22, D 11 that's 55Pts (@2 for a win) and with a 42 game season as was 6 games to come.

Hence;

55 divided by 36 = 1.52777Pts per game X 42games = 64.1 Pts
now call that ugly if you will but I doubt any team or supported of a team would sniff at that.

just sayin like

 

[DanEFC92]

Yeah mate. I'm absolutely 100% sure Joachim Low will want to go from managing the world champions to managing Everton and the prospect of dealing with the height of abuse if he doesn't get 70 to 80 points per season.

If we get a new manager it'll be some no mark Euro boss like De Boer.

Wonderful. A new dawn.

Good to know.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

It doesn't matter who the next manager is, Dave will have the knives out

We could bring Jock Stein back to life and it wouldn't be good enough