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

[Jamiednm]

He starts with Del on the left and Lennon up front alongside Lukaku. It was great seeing balls hoofed up and Lennon using his height against the giant Smalling. Then of course, when we went 1-0 down, Martinez hauled off Del (who had the beating of his man, having got behind him a couple of times in the first half), put Lennon in his natural position and put the ineffective Mirallas on.

Wouldn't it had made more sense to start with Mirallas in the conventional central position and Lennon on the right, considering the latter has been so effective there lately? Then, if we had to, we'd have Del to come on and play an impact role (which he has proven to be very capable of).

I was at the game today and despaired when I saw him standing on the touchline for most of the second half with his arms folded. No tactical changes, no inspiring subs, nothing.

That'll have been Man Utd's easiest 1-0 win this season. I wasn't even excited in in the second half because I knew we wouldn't score. His time was up months ago, he needs to go ASAP.

 

[BigDuncis Blue]

Didnt think we could get any worse, we actually are. The thing is we as fans pay a lot to watch the blues, home and away....46 quid for today, and the players cant be arsed. He is reponsible, he manages the team and can see what we can but does the same thing week in week out, the quicker he leaves the quicker we can move on

 

[Elong]

Well behind the team.

Just a tad concerned about the trend in the league. Astonished you are not.

Indeed.

I'm behind the club by the way, I think dave is behind the manager. I'm worried for him.

 

[orly]

For all the talk about revolutions we finished with 47 points last year.Fast forward a year later and after 30 games were on 38 points with our worst home record since the 1993/1994 season.Lies dammed lies and statistics eh.

Needs nine points - three wins, or two wins and three draws - to even match the desperate nature of last season.

With away trips to Anfield and the likely league winners.

 

[ilikecheese]

I need to hear an argument from a Martinez supporter. I mean I cannot see how you have watched us pass the ball sideways for the last 2 seasons, with no invention or movement, and can see him turning this around. Not only that, but you want to give him the only decent money we have had to spend in years. I honestly want to hear it. It's based on what? I mean what glimmer of light are you seeing?

Did you actually watch the game? We spent most of the game lumping the ball to Lukaku.

 

[jinkyali]

At least we have a season and crack at silverware...how many other clubs can now say the same?

kin moaners on here.

Stop your bellyaching and get behind the team.

Well, I count at least 8.

Palace/Watford/West Ham/Man Utd/Liverpool/Spurs/Arsenal/Leicester

In a cup run of Dagenham/Carlisle/Bournemouth/Chelsea you seem fixated that it excuses the league. It doesnt. Not by a long shot and the fans have every right to moan.
Results/performances/positions/players are all going backwards and that is the FACT.
Yes we may win the cup, which would be great, but the bigger picture is at stake here. The club is regressing and the manager is responsible at large for this.

I would dearly love to win the cup, but it would really paper over the cracks and everybody, including you, knows it.

The very fact your basing your argument on something which still has at least two legs to run speaks volumes.

 

[magicjuan]

I'm not trying to say that figures don't matter BUT, you can prove anything you like with stats.

Martinez found us in the top 6 and has made us bottom half. That to me is going backwards. It's not like he was left a terrible squad either.

Say what you like about cups, but he's not won anything for us yet. We're in a semi, not a final so we're far from winning it, and our league form is not good enough.

Let's be honest his record on semi finals this season isn't impressive either...

 

[Saint Domingo]

15 points off 5th. You will eat your wordswhen Roberto wins 8 games in a row and the FA Cup.

How did it go earlier in the season? 'We're only three wins from being 6 points from fifth, I call that a very decent season so far and when we 'click' we'll be comfortably in the top 7 mark my words'

 

[AndyC]

At least we have a season and crack at silverware...how many other clubs can now say the same?

kin moaners on here.

Stop your bellyaching and get behind the team.

The bellyaching - as you so eloquently put it - is almost entirely, certainly consistently aimed at the manager.

The crowd will predominantly support the players on the pitch, the same most definitely cannot be said for the manager.

 

[Jamiednm]

Talking of the semi final, sure it's a one-off game and anything can happen, but I would be amazed if we got through it. We're just not very good and whether it's West Ham or Man Utd, we'll be playing a better team than us in the semi.

 

[Caolam]

I honestly hope we sack him this week. It is time to stop deluding ourselves and coming up with more and more absurd reasons as to why he is a good manager. He has been awful.
Please sack him before the next game.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Yeah ok mate.

What's your point? He did sign Lukaku, Deulofeu and Lennon. He's done a lot to develop Barkley who, last I heard, has more assists than Delle Ali, who'll probably win Young player of the year.

We're in the bottom half of the table, so of course if you magically take away our top scorer's goals we'd be in a worse position.

You could do a similar sum for any team in the world and the hypothetical situation would be worse.

 

[roydo]

Let's be honest his record on semi finals this season isn't impressive either...

Won half of one, on a positive note.

 

[dandydan]

Anyone happy to accept our league form because we are on a cup run should really be supporting a small club like Swansea or palace.
Domestic cups only exist to give small clubs something to play for while making up the numbers in the league.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

What's 9/30 * 100

Err, stay on topic you.