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

[Ashtonian]

@davek

Game set and match, no more ducking out of questions.

Martinez is failing by your own words!

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

1st March 2015

Simply amazing vaulting there from The Esk...That's piped Davek rar down!

 

[willo30]

Simply amazing vaulting there from The Esk...That's piped Davek rar down!

Wait for the "It's been edited" or "I was hacked".

 

[Groucho]

That's what it is all about. Bottom line.

Winning trophies. Nothing else matters.

Yes it is. I agree. I have all along maintained that I'd love the cup this season.

But you can't honestly be happy with heading towards two consecutive lower-half-of-the-table finishes as well. I appreciate there's a few games to go but that's the way it's looking like going.

Trying to look at the whole picture of league and cups.

 

[njligernj]

1st March 2015

Are we all pretending "there won't be any hiding place for him" refers to Davek's own feelings rather than what is an entirely accurate assessment of overall fan sentiment? This really isn't as big a deal as everyone is pretending.

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

Started going hill the next home game against palace

....after which he blamed the 'comedown' from the ARSENAL game. Thus...he struggles, badly, with continuity.

It's really not hard to notice this is it, yet some people....sheeesh.

 

[Thomasc]

1st March 2015

Cue some massive back peddling, and suggestions that he meant or been at least to 2 cup semi's.

 

[FisherEFC]

I would argue the blokes lack of pressing in games is also a major factor as to why we are poor. Leicester and spurs in the top 2 positions both have sides full of athletes and pace. I think if we are to improve next season he has to sign 2-3 players who basically can press the opposition and run round like headless chickens for 90 minutes.

Leicester succeed in that they seem to never tire, likewise Spurs have players like Walker, Dier, Rose, Kane who are all athletes.

Sadly this cardio is also worked on by the manager which obviously we don't do considering how dead on our feet we are after 70 odd minutes.

 

[MikeH72]

1st March 2015

YEEERRRRRSSSS HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Igrok]

Hands off Davek! There will be no Martinez thread without him...

 

[eddy]

1st March 2015

Slapped bigtime ! Can always vote `out` though and recover some credibility

 

[DualityNSNO]

I would argue the blokes lack of pressing in games is also a major factor as to why we are poor. Leicester and spurs in the top 2 positions both have sides full of athletes and pace. I think if we are to improve next season he has to sign 2-3 players who basically can press the opposition and run round like headless chickens for 90 minutes.

Leicester succeed in that they seem to never tire, likewise Spurs have players like Walker, Dier, Rose, Kane who are all athletes.

Sadly this cardio is also worked on by the manager which obviously we don't do considering how dead on our feet we are after 70 odd minutes.

McCarthy came with the idea that he's that "yard dog" that chases everything and everyone, and he did in the first season...

Wonder what happened?

 

[davek]

1st March 2015

...and there is no hiding place, as we're now seeing.

Is this supposed to be a smoking gun?

 

[MikeH72]

Are we all pretending "there won't be any hiding place for him" refers to Davek's own feelings rather than what is an entirely accurate assessment of overall fan sentiment? This really isn't as big a deal as everyone is pretending.

Stop giving davek his excuses already, let him come up with a crackpot theory of his own to justify it, they're the best

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

The more I delve & read...the more I'm convinced he's not the man to take us any further on.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/may/15/wigan-athletic-roberto-martinez

http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=7512207