Stoke v Everton. 4th March at 19.45.

[JamesBT]

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Pretty much sums up our play under Martinez this year.

 

[toffee matt]

Europe is keeping the vultures away from Martinez.

Every other club in the league would have sacked him at this point

 

[lungo]

If we do get relegated it will be a special moment for so many people. The good thing is Bobby won't panic, he's been here before, he knows he can handle the pressure

You are serious? Remember he got relegated allready. So much about pressure!

 

[tadpole]

Lukaku's being forced to run the channels, he's too isolated. Bring Kone or Miralles on for Barry and let's give it a real go.

 

[TyphooToffee]

Look pretty toothless with him too, mate.

Just look toothless in general

Charlie Adam would be toothless too if his dentist had his way. He's got a smile that makes Shane McGowran look like George Clooney.

 

[Toffee-nerd]

Disgraceful.

Playing Howard.

Playing Naismith.

Things he's done this season to fck up our season, and tonight to fck up the game.

Same thing every game though. If it isn't naismith on the left it's Barkley. How the fudge can you play those two on the wing. Hrs got 3 dms in the team yet doesn't play two wide men. I'm sick of seeing the teamsheet and it being the same as the week before despite the performance being gash.

 

[SunKing]

My only hope for the second half is we just go for it and not persist in this tedious football. Put Kone on and go for it!

 

[nsno-chris]

While I agree the manager needs to do something outside his comfort zone, the players need to pull their fingers out pronto.

It's players that win and lose you games - if they know the manager will get the blame for poor performances, they're less likely to be bothered what happens.

It all depends if the players have had enough of him.

Seen it plenty of times in the league when players just get fed up of the same old.

It's a mess

 

[SH1958]

I would sack him at half time if I was BK

 

[RaleighBlue]

Lukaku's being forced to run the channels, he's too isolated. Bring Kone or Miralles on for Barry and let's give it a real go.

This. Let's score.

Losing 2-0 or 1-0 is the same.

But there will be no attacking change until the 85th minute.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Need a Barkley or even an Osman behind the striker. Get Barry off.

 

[Mikowai]

So signed up to finally express an opinion on all this and enough is enough. Get rid of him and put someone internally in for the last few games, cos right now this is worse than being managerless. A few games are winnable and we can stay up. The players are decent, but Roberto is a complete waste of space. Don't care about EL if we go down - not that I think we'll get much further cos the teams left will actually do their homework.

This isn't going back to the 90s. Then it was excusable... the players worked hard, but just lacked the ability.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

Let's hope we can salvage this. I'll be really worried if we don't now

 

[summerisle]

Pathetic effort by the players there.

We're going down, aren't we?

Thanks Roberto.

 

[banno]

Stoke are not giving us any time or any space. Everton are giving them time and giving them space. Problem all season and doesn't look like changing. Watch when lukaku gets the ball they are on him straight away niggling at him then covering players then crowd him out.
Look at when one of there forwards get the ball he controls we jockey they wait for joining players and feed them then they get jockeyed etc etc. Recipe for disaster. Just get at em and don't give them a second. oops we did....1-0