....yep, that's about it. Like you, I want him to be good.
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....yep, that's about it. Like you, I want him to be good.
The Equaliser
Player Valuation: £50m
At least we're not Villa though, eh ?
Oh wait a minute, they won away to a newly promoted team.
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
A different newly promoted team to what we were playing.
Your point is?
Oh and I know my history. As obviously I could remember the first game in one of the two title winning years over 20 years ago.
People need to be patient. XMAS at least.
Plus THREE signings related. As he already said
@davek
I don't know where he gets this widespread reputation as a young, bright, up and coming manager from. His tactics are every bit as dull, negative and unimaginative as Sam Allardyce or Tony Pulis. It's just masqueraded as something "continental" because he happens to be a smooth-talking, well dressed Spaniard rather than a fat Northerner with a funny shaped head
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
I know what it means.
Hopefully within the hour you'll have lost the will to post and just give up completly.
A bit like Martinez gave up trying to win football games because he is above that sort of thing, the classic sign of a narcissist.
Or how your manager tried to score 10 against Palace lol.
Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
Reading the OTT rubbish on here, asking for the manager to be sacked one game into the season, it seems that we are quickly getting to a point were it will be impossible for anyone to manage Everton, at least in the 'opinion' of some so called 'supporters' on here. Watford will play the same way as they did today all season, and will probably stay up. They are run to a strict plan which is already successful in two European leagues. We did well today to eventually learn to handle their physicality, and take the game to them.Another five or ten minutes and there was only one winner. There are signs that once we get moving a bit quicker from the back, we will produce some excellent football.Kones cameo and Barkleys goal could be turning points and the start of great advances in Robertos five year plan.
....I don't know, perhaps it's all getting too clever. Just buy good footballers and let them play, the crowd will give them the momentum. I think the mid 80s side isn't a bad template, 2 battling central midfielders pressing and working in tandem, two wide players who create and score 10 goals each per season and 2 lads playing at the top end who mixed quality with desire.
Create chances, score goals is a basic recipe for a decent team.
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
Too right.
'Narcissist'
The stupidity of that statement astounds me.
*shaking head*
Nashtbs
Player Valuation: £2.5m
So Martinez is bemoaning lack of players, well here's my question to him: why are you sticking with a system that quite clearly doesn't suit the players you currently have?
4231 isn't working for us right now and wasn't working last season, and I want to know why he's not getting the best out of the players he does have.
What if we don't get this mystical no.10 we need? Is he still going to stick with this system? Yes I understand he has a vision, but currently he doesn't have the players to implement it and his reluctance to change is costing our club.
4231 isn't working for us right now and wasn't working last season, and I want to know why he's not getting the best out of the players he does have.
What if we don't get this mystical no.10 we need? Is he still going to stick with this system? Yes I understand he has a vision, but currently he doesn't have the players to implement it and his reluctance to change is costing our club.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
In nutshell, or an eggshell, that is basically it, isnt it?
No mate. There's not enough pointless passing or Gareth Barry in that template
TheFinnFan
Finners
that team will definitely not stay up l o l
this was good game from them and they already were working on their limits. they will be back in the chapionship faster than flash.
anyone who says martinez should be axed after one game must be an idiot or a kopite.
bag a yoko
Player Valuation: £10m
I think that's very harsh on Allardyce and Pulis.
RFUS
Anustart
The worry for me is that the first half was identical to last season.
It's too early to call for his head but if in a few months we're playing the same unimaginative, samey, ineffective football then I think we need to think about whether or not he's the man to take us forward.
We need to make a few key signings but we have some really top players. I can't help but think any manager who can't get effective football out of this team is just out of his depth. I mean even putting results aside, the lack of bite, fight and passion we show is just embarrassing.
It's too early to call for his head but if in a few months we're playing the same unimaginative, samey, ineffective football then I think we need to think about whether or not he's the man to take us forward.
We need to make a few key signings but we have some really top players. I can't help but think any manager who can't get effective football out of this team is just out of his depth. I mean even putting results aside, the lack of bite, fight and passion we show is just embarrassing.
Alex Hindmarsh
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Really want him to do well but I feel it's getting tough now. The crowd really really are making their point known.
Would love him to just play two out and out wingers in the team for once, just abusing pace out wide.
Would love him to just play two out and out wingers in the team for once, just abusing pace out wide.
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