Roberto Martinez discussion

[Ihaters]

Well in Martinez, got it spot on today, played some beautiful football and scored a shed load, can't ask for more than that.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Quoted after the game

We always look to improve and I think we need to do a bit better defensively," he added. "We were so much in control that we forgot we could get hurt and that's why we conceded the first goal.

Fair play there. He recognises there's room for improvement and now it's down to the coaching staff to work on it. If we can tighten things up so we look really solid at the back, then this team can go a long way.

 

[roydo]

Quoted after the game



Fair play there. He recognises there's room for improvement and now it's down to the coaching staff to work on it. If we can tighten things up so we look really solid at the back, then this team can go a long way.

Said it last year. Or maybe the year before. It is a load easier to sort a team conceding goals than it is to sort a team not scoring goals.

Which looks a bit silly now.

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

He needs to work on the defence. Good overall today but we've still got some noticeable weaknesses.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

He needs to work on the defence. Good overall today but we've still got some noticeable weaknesses.

Spent a lot of money though Eric, if LVG wins nothing this season I reckon he's for the bullet. Don't you?

 

[Pat's Van]

Said it last year. Or maybe the year before. It is a load easier to sort a team conceding goals than it is to sort a team not scoring goals.

Which looks a bit silly now.

I remember you saying that

 

[bitter-no-better]

Bobby is forming the nucleus of a good squad. when you look at the players below, they are all 25 or under with some having already clocked a lot of games.

robles
Mori
Galloway
Stones
Ovideo
Garbutt
browning
delafou
mccarthy
besic
barkley
lukaku

Add a new keeper and a long term replacement for Barry then who knows what could be achieved.

 

[Carlito]

Back to picking a balanced side today. Long may it continue.

 

[mythbuster]

*swings in* *swings out* Spider tits all over the show.

 

[chicoazul]

A good day at the office from Mr Martinez, thought he got the subs spot on and his team selection was attacking and bold, well done.

Do you think so? I thought his subs were negative and stopped us scoring even more.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Do you think so? I thought his subs were negative and stopped us scoring even more.

Plotter, you just want him out lad, you never wanted him as far back as when he was playing for Motherwell. Bad blue you.

 

[chicoazul]

Plotter, you just want him out lad, you never wanted him as far back as when he was playing for Motherwell. Bad blue you.

He's a Catalan tippy tappy hank and I was Duncan Ferguson fist pumping in our technical area.

 

[degsy]

He's got the attack going great guns and the turn around for Kone has been phenomenal. He deserves credit for sticking with him and giving him the chance to get back to form

Our defending is horrid though

A better team would have really punished us today

Luckily, Sunderland are absolute cack

Still, a good 3 points but that defence needs serious work and I still stand firm to my belief that Martinez needs to delegate it to somebody else

Agreed with everything you said up to the last bit.

I've said all along what we need is 'The Goldilocks Option'...as in not too much Moyes and not too much Martinez...and then it must be said in my desire to to see somebody else in the dugout who is 'less Martinez' allowed myself to go totally Martinez out.
But you can't have 'Martinez Lite' without cutting out The 'Martinez with extra Phenomenal'

As soon as the Delegated Person takes charge of the Defending some attacking options will either have to be sacrificed or some players will have to be replaced.

Off the top of my head one of Stones or Funes Mori will go, this Delegated Person will not have TWO ball playing fanny about merchants playing at the back.
Barkley will go
The space infront of both fullbacks, whoever they are will have to be protected better

you can see where this is heading, before we know it we'll be back with a bad meff Moyes clone playing KITAP1

But none of this will happen, next weeks game will be a nailed on 'After the Lord Mayors Show' and all the Circular Martinez arguments will start... to no avail

He's not going anywhere

 

[Stanley Parker]

Thought Kone and Del provided the creativity you need to make this system work. No surprise for me that our best performances this season have come when Kone has started. He is performing the role Pienaar did in Martinez's first season which is unlocking Lukaku and Barkley.

Nikica Jelavic
Would still rather have him than Kone. Ironically I think he would have flourished under Martinez as his touch is good and his movement in the box...
Post by: Saint Domingo, Oct 13, 2014 in forum: Everton Forum

 

[chicoazul]

Nikica Jelavic
Would still rather have him than Kone. Ironically I think he would have flourished under Martinez as his touch is good and his movement in the box...
Post by: Saint Domingo, Oct 13, 2014 in forum: Everton Forum

Wow.