Roberto Martinez Shenanigans: All Reaction Here

[toffeenut84]

He may have taken wigan down,but we have a much stronger defence than wigan ever had,hopefully alan stubbs will be promoted to sort the defensive side out and let martinez sort jelavic out,then use duffy,stones,barkley,oviedo,kennedy,macleny and vellios as proper squad players.Redknapp took southampton,portsmouth and qpr down and he did great at spurs.So with the mighty toffees already playing mighty football at times maybe martinez won't need to alter much,just get jelavic scoring more would be a great plus.We may soon find out.

 

[Tubey]

Will you play the reported price of £10m-15m for him?

Vastly overpriced just because he is British.

There's no way they'll get that much for either of them. They've just went down and neither of them are as hyped as a Zaha or an Oxlade-Chamberlain.

 

[toffee-fellaini]

Glad I got on him at the bookies when he was 6/1.

 

[Allezfan]

mcmanaman and mccarthy are 21 , cant think of 2 21 year old players in our squad with so much prem experience.
would i have mccarthy over hitzelberger ? yes
would i have mcmanaman over magaye ? yes again

How many prem games has mcmanaman played, though? 5 or 6 isn't it?

Rodwell got more than a hundred.

Yeah he only started 8 league games there. Ross started 4 here, and is younger.

 

[Del]

Intresting Summer ahead

 

[liambroley]

I think the general consensus is that he's not the worst option. In fact he's one of the better names given some of the aforementioned jokers (Lennon, O'neil, blah blah). However it was the easy option when we perhaps could have went out to get a top manager from a European club. Like someone said before, it feels more of an opportunity missed.

I suppose though, you have to think about how much it will cost to bring these managers away from their current clubs. That and the fact that we cannot offer European football and/or a bottomless pit of transfer money means that this appointment was always going to be realistic

 

[MartSlinger]

Glad I got on him at the bookies when he was 6/1.

Got him at 4/1 when everyone was piling money on Klinsmann haha!

 

[uknightbreed]

How many prem games has mcmanaman played, though? 5 or 6 isn't it?

Rodwell got more than a hundred.

Yeah he only started 8 league games there. Ross started 4 here, and is younger.

rodwell is at city is he not ?

 

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[Mrk]

Adrien from spoting lisbon.

Think Stocker would be better for us than Callum, Josh Gatt also from Molde.

Moreno Constanzo from young boys is a good player, who would be cheaper than Mccarthy by a lot.

All good talents, not sure if we could compete with bigger clubs for them though.

 

[Christiffa25]

I hope we start playing Kev upfront next year, possibly play 4-3-3 under Martinez with Pienarr playing LW and we buy a decent RW in the summer.

I think he will probably/hopefully play 4-3-3. Looking back over the years tho he tends to like moyes play a hold up striker as apposed to a small skillfull guy up top. We need to sign a striker and winger to play 4-3-3 personally. He may just stick with moyes 4-2-3-1 and adapt the style a little.

Howard
Coleman jags Distin Baines
Fellaini
Gibson pienaar
RW jelavic mirallas

 

[blue61]

Thoroughly underwhelmed.

not the worst appointment but a manager that's just been relegated and whose highest finish is 15th screams lack of ambition.

He's a young manager, moving from a club who's only ambition was to stay in the league, he's never had a squad capable of finishing in the top half of the league. Yes, it may be a bit of a gamble but I'm sure he'll be more than aware of the expectation and tradition of this club. I'm also sure he'll get plenty of help in certain departments where he needs to improve, he appears to be an ambitious man. Everton have a rich history of giving young managers a chance. I had money on Piriera but I'll be 100% behind Martinez if he gets the job. I'm not overwhelmed but I'm far from underwhelmed.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Intresting Summer ahead

That's for sure mate.

Whether it is exciting, frustrating or shrouded in mystery like it has been so far remains to be seen though!

 

[85everton]

MARTINEZ FACTFILE

1973: Born July 13 in Balaguer, Spain.
1993: Begins his playing career with Balaguer in the Spanish third division.
1995: Signs for Primera Division club Real Zaragoza.
July - After only five league appearances for Zaragoza moves to Wigan, becoming one of the club's 'three amigos' alongside compatriots Isidro Diaz and Jesus Seba.
2001: July - Joins Scottish side Motherwell on a free transfer after nearly 200 league appearances for the Latics.
2002: August - Moves to Walsall.
2003: January - Signs a short-term contract at Swansea and helps them escape relegation from the Football League on the last day of the season.
June - Makes Swansea move permanent.
2006: Joins Chester after more than a century of league appearances for the Swans.
2007: February - Appointed manager of Swansea in League One, replacing Kenny Jackett.
2008: April - Leads Swansea to the League One title.
2009: May - Helps the Swans finish eighth in their first season back in the Championship, eight points off a play-off place.
June 15 - Appointed as Steve Bruce's replacement as manager of Wigan on three-year contract.
August 15 - Kicks off his Latics reign with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa.
2010: January 29 - Calls for competitive football to take a break during the transfer window after claiming players were distracted by speculation.
May 9 - Despite rounding off the season with an 8-0 drubbing at champions Chelsea, Wigan finish 16th in the Premier League, six points above the relegation zone.
June 2 - Fined by the Football Association and warned as to his future conduct after criticising referee Stuart Attwell for sending off Wigan defender Gary Caldwell during a match against Manchester City in March.
August 28 - Wigan make a dreadful start to the season, losing their opening three league games in which they concede 11 goals and score none.
2011: May 22 - A 1-0 win at Stoke proves to be enough to keep Wigan in the Premier League.
June 9 - Wigan chairman Dave Whelan confirms he has given permission for Aston Villa to speak to Martinez regarding their managerial vacancy.
June 10 - Martinez announces his intention to remain at Wigan and signs a three-year extension to his contract at the DW Stadium.
May - Wigan finish the season three points and two places above the Premier League relegation zone, with 42 points.
2012: May 13 - Wigan finish the season with a flourish. A 3-2 defeat of relegated Wolves is their seventh win in nine games, ensuring they finish six points clear of the relegation zone in 15th position, with 43 points.
May 17 - Whelan reveals managerless Liverpool have made an approach for Martinez and the manager has been given permission to speak to the Anfield side.
May 30 - Whelan confirms Martinez is staying at the club.
2013: May 11 - Martinez leads Wigan to FA Cup glory as they stun Manchester City 1-0 in the final at Wembley.
May 14 - Three days later Wigan are relegated following a 4-1 defeat at Arsenal.
May 28 - Whelan confirms Martinez has asked to leave Wigan and been given permission to speak to Everton.

 

[hktoffee]

There's no way they'll get that much for either of them. They've just went down and neither of them are as hyped as a Zaha or an Oxlade-Chamberlain.

I don't trust his scouts.

I don't rate both McCarthy and McManaman.

I don't think we can pick up players like Mirallas and Fer from now on.