Will Martinez ever lead us to the Champions League?

[Brennan]

Moyes got us 4th when City and Spurs were nowhere near the top 4. It's a whole different ball game now.

 

[ilikecheese]

Nearly missed this.
Post of the year.
Love cheese.

Love you too

 

[sageyefc]

Hes the spit of that bounce to the ounce fella

 

[deipnosophist]

Qualifying for the top four was seen as the objective for many a year under Moyes, now everyone is saying things like finishing 8th would be great, even Stoke fans are expecting more than us these days.

The profile of Stoke on GOT has risen remarkably the past few months.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Be happy with 40 points me..

 

[mythbuster]

Qualifying for the top four was seen as the objective for many a year under Moyes, .

That went well, didn't it?

 

[hetion]

Here's how it is...

1) A team can get to the point where they need a terrible season to not make top 4 (Arsenal, United, City and Chelsea now). You need a lot of money to do that because it's about consistency and squad depth.

2) Without money, a team CAN get to the point where they can do the opposite - have a particularly good season and make top 4. We nearly did it last year. You need a lot of things to go right, but it's doable.

The second thing can happen to us, but we'd need the stars to align in a lot of ways (mostly: luck with injuries, players all hitting form, and Martinez being on point). The first thing can only happen if the second thing happens multiple years in a row which is even more hugely unlikely.

 

[polish]

I'd rather want him to lead us to a cup win. Fight for Europa League each year and some serious cup runs would be everything I could wish for.

Seeing Everton captain lifting a trophy is a dream. I really don't care about Champions League footy - with a bag of money from Sky is not that relevant. Spurs didn't get a massive profit from their episodes in CL, did they?

Of course it would be great to see competitve Everton (in the league), but if we won't sell ourselves (and I don't want us to do so), we won't be a constant challengers.

 

[Jayhow15]

Hes the spit of that bounce to the ounce fella

Makes me laugh everytime. How much red bull had he been drinking, crazy !

 

[Verbal Kint]

Sorry to be blunt but No chance will we as long as this board are in charge.

 

[potato]

no beattie and bent were a much better strike force than kone and henen

 

[Bally8]

Sorry to be blunt but No chance will as long as this board are in place

This

 

[sageyefc]

Makes me laugh everytime. How much red bull had he been drinking, crazy !

Pretty sure he was on something stronger than redbull lol

 

[Jayhow15]

Pretty sure he was on something stronger than redbull lol

Redbull and vodka?

 

[peteblue]

We'll come 2nd this year............you heard it first here..............