Ronald Koeman discussion

[Kev The Rat]

in fairness Martinez first season was miles above anything we are seeing now.

 

[toffeejack]

How many times has this been said over the last few seasons only for Everton to mess it up. These are exactly the sort of games we've been poor in under Koeman. Chelsea apart, our form against the top teams has been ok.

Oh, and if anyone starts a "points by the end of February" thread I say ban him for a year. Lets just take every game as it comes and pray we get a bit more consistency going.

sexist

 

[Frank Gallagher]

My concern is Koeman's own motivational skills - which appear to be close to zero so far this season, and the state of mind of the team given that the top 6 are more or less set in stone now.

the top 6 is not set in stone. the premier league is getting much more competative where everyone can beat everyone within reason.

plenty of twists and turns yet. we just need to be as consistent as possible and see where we end up.

 

[davek]

In here https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/martinez-new-belgium-head-coach.90386/page-97

 

[Zatara]

about time!

youve been hiding under the bed sheets after seeing EVERTON 4 citeh 0 havent you!

That's the point mate i didnt SEE the score

My Dad smsed me some nonsense when i asked him how we were doing and i thought he was pulling my leg.

Fair play to Ronald, he's shown up a lot of posters on here by doing what ive been saying we should do for a long long time.

Clearly my opinions are undervalued on here.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

That's the point mate i didnt SEE the score

My Dad smsed me some nonsense when i asked him how we were doing and i thought he was pulling my leg.

Fair play to Ronald, he's shown up a lot of posters on here by doing what ive been saying we should do for a long long time.

Clearly my opinions are undervalued on here.

i will agree with you that you have called for holgate and for the kids to be played for a while.

thats a pat on the back by the way.

its nice to see you actually praise our manager, credit where credit is due.

@davek

 

[Mikeonlythebestwilldo]

First time we've had a full game of effort all season...21 weeks into it.

As you say, it's the Palaces and Stokes we have to be competitive against...that's when the manager earns his corn, not against a team like City when the team and crowd are naturally up for it.

Fair enough that is mate the crowd have set the standard they want to see up to koeman and the squad to deliver

 

[Kev The Rat]

The managers tactless shenanigans have cost us this season entirely - its mid January with nothing to play for.

 

[Thomasc]

The managers tactless shenanigans have cost us this season entirely - its mid January with nothing to play for.

 

[Milkman]

Logged in just to like that. Imagining it echoing around Dave's mind, slowly changing from a grumpy Scouse inner voice to a phenomenal Catalan one.

 

[banno]

far from convinced we wont slip up badly over the next stretch of easy games either. fair enough getting fired up for city at home - but let's see how this team responds with absolutely nothing to play for. still a mercenary for me and 2 years down the line once he's gone we will wonder wtf all this was actually about.

They have there futures to play for. I do agree he has to find the tactics to break teams down and that is going to be different from the open type of games the bigger clubs play. Be rest assured every player will have to fight to get into this team so will have to be up for it or will soon be one of those with no future at the club. Healthy competition to be part of the project.

 

[Chimpy Glassman]

In here https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/martinez-new-belgium-head-coach.90386/page-97[/QU

Some comparison to other managers is inevitable.

The issue is when the discussion turns 100% to the previous manager in every thread.

 

[Thomasc]

in fairness Martinez first season was miles above anything we are seeing now.

That's because he was left a decent side by his predecessor which he added a couple of astute loans to and bought McCarthy.

He had the luxury of being able to sell Fellaini for 27m and got lucky with getting Lukaku.

Whereas Ron was left with an absolute omnishambles by the clown before him.

 

[degsy]

First time we've had a full game of effort all season...21 weeks into it.

As you say, it's the Palaces and Stokes we have to be competitive against...that's when the manager earns his corn, not against a team like City when the team and crowd are naturally up for it.

half a like for that; One Swallow etc.

 

[ianefc]

in fairness Martinez first season was miles above anything we are seeing now.

Be interesting to compare their second seasons.