Roberto Martinez discussion

[jaycee]

No one thrown Pardews name in the hat yet?

 

[toffee matt]

Mark Hughes, Watford's manager, Koeman.

Three managers who I believe could utilise this squad better than Martinez.

3 mid table plodders who have achieved the grand sum of nothing

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

After yesterday's win its all about luck,which we've had none.How many times have we been unplayable in the first half and not killed teams,it's a fine line.maybe just maybe that corners been turned,interesting game v stoke coming up.

 

[jinkyali]

Still not had a penalty this season I think..

 

[LinekersLegs]

They had no wins in 6, 5 being defeats

Tbf the reaction on this thread would suggest that many saw the draws we got in the same period as little different to defeats.

 

[GwladysBlue]

How can you say this when you don't even know his name?

Knowing his name will make him a better manager?

 

[GwladysBlue]

3 mid table plodders who have achieved the grand sum of nothing

And Martinez has achieved so much more?

 

[daz4matty]

Why do we generally play very well for the first half then disappear for much of the second?

Been happening far too often.

Players are not fit enough.

 

[toffee matt]

And Martinez has achieved so much more?

Fa cup win and a top 5 finish


Mark Hughes Spunked 110 million on players at city and only finished 10th

 

[GwladysBlue]

Fa cup win and a top 5 finish


Mark Hughes Spunked 110 million on players at city and only finished 10th

It was early days in their rebuilding.

Mark Hughes managed to get Blackburn into the Top 6.

 

[meagher94]

Fa cup win and a top 5 finish


Mark Hughes Spunked 110 million on players at city and only finished 10th

It's pointless mate. Some people seem to think that teams being slightly above us in the table after less than one half of a very strange season makes their respective managers better than ours. It really is baffling.

 

[toffee matt]

It was early days in their rebuilding.

Mark Hughes managed to get Blackburn into the Top 6.

Could you imagine how you'd react if Bobby had 110 million to spunk last summer and we finished 10th

 

[LinekersLegs]

Players are not fit enough.

There have been various players who have looked tired towards the end of certain games but it is mostly those who are coming back from long lay offs (Kone/Deulofeu/Baines/Cleverley), older (Barry) or youngsters (Galloway/Browning)

Don't think there is an overall fitness problem like there was last year and even the individual players don't seem to be affecting our stats much.

If you split the game into three segments (<30mins, 30-60mins, >60mins) and look at the goals scored/conceeded the league results are
Goals scored <30 mins =8, 30-60= 12, >90=12 out of total 32
Goals conceeded 6, 9, 9 out of a total 24

Makes it a remarkably consistent figure of 25% of our goals scored/conceeded are in the first third of a match, with 37.5% scored/conceeded in both the latter two thirds.

Surely an overall fitness issue would show up as a drop off in goals scored and an increase in goals conceded as the game progressed?

 

[chicoazul]

My favourite was all the shouts we have had for our new manager over the past few years.

Owen Coyle, then Paul Lambert, David Weir, Tony Pulis amongst others.

My favourite though was these same Martinez hating biffs going all in and voting for some arm band wearing Portuguese tit that they hadn't heard of three weeks earlier, when Moyes left.

We've got a pocket of Geordies in our fanbase and we shall continue to hunt them and shame them until they stop making us cringe and learn their Everton.

 

[harry]

There have been various players who have looked tired towards the end of certain games but it is mostly those who are coming back from long lay offs (Kone/Deulofeu/Baines/Cleverley), older (Barry) or youngsters (Galloway/Browning)

Don't think there is an overall fitness problem like there was last year and even the individual players don't seem to be affecting our stats much.

If you split the game into three segments (<30mins, 30-60mins, >60mins) and look at the goals scored/conceeded the league results are
Goals scored <30 mins =8, 30-60= 12, >90=12 out of total 32
Goals conceeded 6, 9, 9 out of a total 24

Makes it a remarkably consistent figure of 25% of our goals scored/conceeded are in the first third of a match, with 37.5% scored/conceeded in both the latter two thirds.

Surely an overall fitness issue would show up as a drop off in goals scored and an increase in goals conceded as the game progressed?

The 'not fit' statements are a load of tosh.