Match Thread Watford v Everton Sat 9th April 2016 KO 15:00

[D410]

The dressing room at half time must be quite something.

 

[toffeejack]

“In those moments you need to trust the player to make the right decision,” said the Everton manager. “He's an out and out defender and then, for me, he's the best footballing centre half in Europe, so he's allowed to make his own decisions.

“As a player you need to do that. If you take an extra touch and lose it then it's a mistake, but don't lose it and it's not a mistake. In football I like to trust a player to trust his decisions and I like to back him up.

“With his ability he knows what he's doing, but at 21 he's a young man and he's still learning.”

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/631792/Everton-Roberto-Martinez-John-Stones-skill

ah yeah sorry, i'm wrong. every player out there is a robot and has to be programmed what to do. Utter tosh, he's not going to sub him off for kicking the ball out for a throw. They're human beings, they have actual brains to make decisions for themselves.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Sucker punches/defensive naivety/general nous is too frequent.

 

[toffee matt]

Anything good on ITV3?

Claire Balding's on 4

 

[BigBlueConk]

The dressing room at half time must be quite something.

Having a chat about Chemistry.

 

[Sapie88]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[banno]

Martinez should have kicked it into the stands and Martinez should have marked the scorer a little tighter and maybe Martinez should have saved it by being closer to his far post. Martinez out

 

[Professor Toffee]

The dressing room at half time must be quite something.

Lots of test tubes and pipettes

 

[irishblue11]

couldnt be arsed anymore. didnt celebrate our goal, wasnt surprised when they scored. shambolic.

 

[COYB]

Baines at half time

 

[BigBlueConk]

Get Naismith on.

 

[Joey66]

Am I wrong to think robles should've been out for it and told stones to leave it?

No it was a simple kick it int the crowd for a throwing, he's been misplacing passes the whole half the pass back to Robles was awful!

 

[No8Bally]

Booo-urns

 

[Anna]

Having a chat about Chemistry.

All booing each other I expect

 

[EvertonRhys]

this forum has been shouting for two wingers all season - can't please everyone.

Problem is, it's taken him 3/4 of the season to actually play two wingers. Even against United with two, they weren't even both played in their positions.

He could set the team up perfectly now, but it seems like the players have lost all will to carry out his instructions. It's irrelevant. His training, tactics and game management up to now has got him into this position.