Roberto Martinez discussion

[Goat]

Jose.....no way

Oh I agree, but he asked who.

 

[Jamiednm]

I'm a big fan but I'm starting to question a lot of stuff.
Next Saturday defines the season for me

The season has already been defined for me. Total write-off.

 

[blue to the bone]

The season has already been defined for me. Total write-off.

And if we win the fa cup

 

[marsh]

So what was wrong with the subs?

 

[matty1878]

I'm going to bed lads and hope I have amnesia for today only. Back on tomorrow to moan more

 

[Jamiednm]

And if we win the fa cup

Haha, that's a good one.

 

[bicycleheader]

Oh I agree, but he asked who.

I'd hate to have to watch The Jose Show at Everton.

I hope it works out under the current boss but if we did get rid I'd love to get Unai Emery in as I think he would be every ambitious and passionate. He would absolutely love the challenge.

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

Come on la, you know most managers can defend a 2-0 lead even with ten men. If you want to blame Jags you need to throw some blame at the man who picked him to captain.

....and that comes further down to management RE those saying JAGS isn't vocal enough (he isn't) well that's down to the manager to manage that and say 'Pipe the eff up a bit Phil or the armband's goin' elsewhere'. Can't stand NOBLE but the gob on him man....we NEED a bit of that without question, he's at every ref decision, mouthing off, in the thick of it...

 

[neil999]

funny observation, we are joint 2nd highest scorers

we have scored TWENTY more goals than stoke ...who are above us! loopy loo

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Oh I agree, but he asked who.

There is only one I'd turn to if Bobby went...

 

[Mickey]

funny observation, we are joint 2nd highest scorers

we have scored TWENTY more goals than stoke ...who are above us! loopy loo

Stoke know how to defend.

 

[Jimmy1]

And if we win the fa cup

Not going to happen. I'm confident we'll be beat Chelsea but we'll bottle it somewhere down the line. Just like City away.

 

[Number_25]

Lemmie start this post by stating that I'm 100% our manager.

And now...

WHAT THE [Poor language removed] HELL WAS HE THINKING, WE WERE 2-0 UP WITH 10 MEN AND HE BROUGHT ON A STRIKER FOR ONE OF OUR MOST INDUSTRIAL MIDFIELD PLAYERS. JOHN STONES IS [Poor language removed] [Poor language removed], AND FUNES MORI IS [Poor language removed] AT DEFENDING. WHAT KIND OF SUPPOSED TOP LEVEL TEAM CAN'T HOLD ONTO A 2-0 WIN WITH 10 MINUTES TO GO?

NORWICH CITY LEVELS OF [Poor language removed] THAT.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Substitutions totally wrong again and had a big impact.

We go a man down, he takes off Stones and puts Besic on to revert to a back 4 and take control of the midfield. 30 mins later we are 2-0 up and cruising.
15 mins to go Lennon is tiring badly (great performance and making up for being a man down). Bobby takes him off and replaces him with another winger who desperately needs some game time to integrate. It should keep the pressure on them going forward and maintain the 2-0 status quo. West Ham push up and score two.
Bobby sees that Rom is tired and isn't getting the ball any more so replaces him with Barry to fill out the midfield and hold onto the draw, Naisse goes up top.
Payet scores under a minute later.

You can see the logic in what he did (if you can't put a new player on with 15mins to go whilst 2-0 up at home when can you?). If we'd have put Barry on for Lennon then it would have been telling West Ham that we weren't going to bother trying to get out of our half anymore, yes you could argue in hindsight that his decisions were wrong, but you could also argue that the substitutions didn't actually change anything. Going down to 10 men killed us today. It took away all our options as we tired in the second half.

What more could Bobby have done?

 

[Jamiednm]

I'd love us to fluke our way to winning the FA Cup this year, and if it happens I hope it doesn't delay Martinez's departure. Hopefully our new owner has made up his mind and will be seeing RM out the door as soon as his replacement is signed up.