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

[bluewally]

What nonsense mate? Apart from mourinho/de boer who else is available who is top top class?

Wouldn't expect an instant announcement on a replacement

Not too worried if it's a caretaker for Norwich

Once it's not Bobby

 

[Azza]

Tick tock, tick tock.

 

[harry]

In the Joe Royle thread, I said we should have sacked Martinez before the Derby. Right now we could have been looking forward to the FA Cup Final and sitting 9th or 10th in the league. Then looking forward to who takes over in the summer.

How different a feeling around the club there would have been.

Or we could be in exactly the same position. We will never know.

 

[bluegirl]

FdB is looking elsewhere, highly unlikely he will come to us/be offered a role by us.

Koeman most likely then?

Who after him?

So many names floating about I can't keep up. I wanted Jose or De Boer

 

[BernieWright13]

I'd like to thank Roberto for that first season. I know we finished 4th once and 5th twice under Moyes but it really felt that we were on the way back to the top table of football during that first season under Martinez where we recorded our biggest points total since our last league title winning season. After we demolished Arsenal 3 nill it was all downhill afterwards though. Martinez helped to get this club thinking big again. He always spoke about winning trophies and aiming for the top 4. There was never this we'll be doing well to finish 7th talk. Once other teams found us out though he had nothing else up his locker and his limitations were badly found out in the end. I think also when his style of training was fully implemented into the squad it had a detrimental effect on performances. The players seemed to lack fitness and the way performances levels dipped in the latter half of the season would confirm this. The incident with Leighton Baines also hinted at a nasty more spiteful side to his personality. All in all 11th place on 47 points last year and 12th place so far this season with another 11th place finish on 47 points the best we can achieve along with a higher goals concession ratio and the worst home record in our modern history is totally unacceptable. He should have gone after that derby at Anfield. The past few months have resembled the day's of Walter Smith and Mike Walker at their most grim and miserable. A sad end to what was such a promising beginning.A beginning that got us all dreaming again but thanks Bobby for that first season.

and to wasting everyone's time for the last 2

 

[Paulie]

Or we could be in exactly the same position. We will never know.

You never know but it didn't take a genius to predict what has happened since the Derby.

 

[bluegirl]

De Boer "It's better for me and I think for Ajax. What I will do, I do not know yet."

Over to you Moshiri - make him an offer he can't turn down.

 

[BernieWright13]

I've said for a few days mate that Koeman is most likely, Jose is still in the picture but that is obviously dependent on events elsewhere so his chances must be considered as slight at best.

Either of those two would be a huge step-up

 

[Thomasc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36272695

Manager Roberto Martinez says Everton have struggled to focus on the Premier League following their FA Cup semi-final defeat.

Wednesday's 3-0 defeat at Sunderland was the second time they have conceded three goals since losing to Manchester United at Wembley on 23 April.

Everton are 12th in the table with one win from their past 10 league games.

"We tried to get the focus after being in the FA Cup semi-final and sometimes it drops the intensity," said Martinez.

Oh so Anfield was a mirage was it? what an absolute ass clown! Anybody defending this garbage needs sanctioning!

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

VINNY the EAR at FF...

 

[KUEFC09U2]

First things first let's make sure he is gone

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Martin o'neil then? Let's be honest it's not going to be as "top class" as first thought is it

Where is your store of knowledge that is better than that of posters like The Esk?

It's attitudes like that which have been harboured by the likes of Kenwright for years and have held the club back.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

De Boer "It's better for me and I think for Ajax. What I will do, I do not know yet."

Over to you Moshiri - make him an offer he can't turn down.

I think De Boer had reached the end of the road at Ajax - 4 Eredivisie titles and now the balance of power has swung back to PSV led by Cocu. So it seems a logical time for him to move on - Of course he's keeping his options open hence his agents comments in response to a direct question from the interviewer...But if you read the interview he also mentions that he would love to manage Valencia as well.

So Inspector Mutzo concludes - that he won't be our next manager

 

[BernieWright13]

Gonna be a loooong day today

 

[Lee Smith]

SSN Vinnie O'Connor :

(Paraphrasing)... "Will be Moshiri's decision with input from Kenwright"