Roberto Martinez discussion

[Sy-]

We should just sit back against them too and have a massive sit off.

Haha, I think we tried that, it was about the time all the boooing started.

 

[Woolly Blue]

What does he have to "prove"?

He's not an ale house team manager.

You can't stand still in life and rely on past glories David.
Continous improvement and all that stuff.

He needs to show that last season was a one off and, in just the same way that a poor display against Watford wasn't an excuse to hang him, an ace display against Soton isn't a reason to deify him.

Nice to see you back by the way, place isn't the same without you.

 

[davek]

You can't stand still in life and rely on past glories David.
Continous improvement and all that stuff.

He needs to show that last season was a one off and, in just the same way that a poor display against Watford wasn't an excuse to hang him, an ace display against Soton isn't a reason to deify him.

Nice to see you back by the way, place isn't the same without you

Well you shouldn't have banned me then.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Well you shouldn't have banned me then.

I didn't want to, but you deserved it.
It hurt me more than it hurt you.

 

[davek]

I didn't want to, but you deserved it.
It hurt me more than it hurt you.

That's some compensation then.

 

[Toffeelover]

You can't stand still in life and rely on past glories David.
Continous improvement and all that stuff.

He needs to show that last season was a one off and, in just the same way that a poor display against Watford wasn't an excuse to hang him, an ace display against Soton isn't a reason to deify him.

Nice to see you back by the way, place isn't the same without you.

That is on the lines of my post back in the Watford thread, stop judging look to the next game and behold a great win.

 

[Elong]

Pretty obvious the reason for less sideways passes was because there were more forward options available. It's not really rocket science.

 

[Christiffa25]

Credit where credits due. There was a whole tactical shift today. We looked like a normal team playing normal football.

The fact the defense wasn't passing it across the back all afternoon with Barry was very noticeable.

Hope this is Roberto finally realizing there is more than one way to skin a cat. I'm not holding my breath mind, as I've fell for this before!

 

[The Mighty Quint]

I wish he'd drop Barry for Besic.

 

[Christiffa25]

I wish he'd drop Barry for Besic.

Barry's still a good player. He's affected when asked to play the way Roberto wants a DM to play, sitting in between the center backs looking for 2 cm players who are marked by 3. Besic would struggle the same.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Barry's still a good player. He's affected when asked to play the way Roberto wants a DM to play, sitting in between the center backs looking for 2 cm players who are marked by 3. Besic would struggle the same.

Besic is a much better player than Barry now, it's just Barry is to Martinez what Neville was to Moyes.

 

[BoysInBlue]

 

[bicycleheader]

Pretty obvious the reason for less sideways passes was because there were more forward options available. It's not really rocket science.

and players looking less crap, doing more of the good football stuff and less of the bad football stuff

 

[Lowste]

Besic is a much better player than Barry now, it's just Barry is to Martinez what Neville was to Moyes.

Not seen enough of Besic to make a judgement

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Not seen enough of Besic to make a judgement

He played well when Barry was injured last season for a few games, as soon as Barry was fit again he got dropped which was out of order.