Everton Banter Archive January 01 2015

01 Jan 2015 19:21:12
if I was roberto I would ask bill for 20 mil in jan

gk romero 3

cb ried 4 mil
ayew 3

deulefou 8

ruddy 2 plus robles

Hopefully Bill will tell him swivel on it.

We have little money as it is and I for one don't want another 4 players on the wage bill who will be adding to the confusion in the squad.

He can go and waste barcelonas cash. I'm sure they still want him.

If I was Roberto I would ask for my p45!

01 Jan 2015 23:58:06
Whats your obsession with reid? he's a dreadful footballer, an okay no nonsense defender who struggles in 1v1s and don't get me started on ruddy, just read up norwich fans' opinions on him.

Rid a defender in the distin mode a powerfull defender and can't think of many defenders around like him who we could afford. Ruddy a betterr back up then Robles

I mean reid stupid phone auto corrected it

01 Jan 2015 19:35:19
John Terry has scored more (goals, not with team mates partners) in the last four games than our entire team. I know feel more depressed than ever

01 Jan 2015 19:28:36
Still playing the same old style no fresh ideas just a meaningless possession game we have 70% but matters not a jot & counts for nothing if opposition score 2 lol.
The team look deflated Not interested can't keep clean sheets & scrap & fight for a single point let alone pick up a victory.
Zero points over tHappy New Year! Feeling bloated, sluggish, bleugh! Let's do this. targets will be achieved and bling will be received! If you're there already, it's staying there and helping others to get there! I'm rearing to go and so looking forward to Saturday! Don't let your friends go to the dark side, tell them to buy this weeks Woman magazine and join for £5!he festive period relegation form all day long.
Surely kenwright can't just watch & observe as Martinez steers the ship towards the rocks has 2 act now
b4 it's 2 late.
I'm surprised he's still there 2 b honest thought he'd have cleared his desk & been over the hill & far away.
For god sake Bill don't waste the clubs money on players in Jan with this clown in charge.
I mean Kone, lukaku, McGeady, Robles, Atsu, Barry, alcoraz championship players @ best.
Even mcarthy all beit injured @ the mo a decent player but lacks goals same as Barry, osman, besic, Barkley.
The evergreen frank lampard & stevie g both scored today if only we had that type of leader/capt to stamp their authority on the team but it's abundantly clear we have no one of that ilk to drive the team forward.We are in a dog fight now being dragged into the mix for the league below.
The mighty Hull Tigers have taken 4 Pts of us even worse Jelavic makes lukaku look like a donkey.
Disgruntled blue.

01 Jan 2015 18:58:46
4 defeats on the trot is not acceptable for our club, so what is the problem? Roberto does not become a bad manager all of a sudden. I don't believe it's tactics we won games and been impressive with this style of play. But something is not right either Roberto has lost the dressing room or the players need to really take the responsibility. We need answers regardless.

It is not 'all of a sudden'.

It is the style of play.

01 Jan 2015 18:37:48
Now even I'M starting to get worried!

01 Jan 2015 18:32:34
If intervention means sack then it's a yes from me.

01 Jan 2015 18:18:33
Another waffling post match press conference from Martinez. The only positive was the use of the one thing that we need to find - balance. A bit of the sort of spirit that the likes of Burnley have wouldn't come amiss too.
I'm already assessing the teams below us in the league and being nervous over the next fixtures. With regards to the FA Cup the way things are at the moment it's irrelevant.

01 Jan 2015 17:34:24
Something has to be wrong. Where a shadow of the team from last season. In our last three games we have played teams who are average at best. Yet they never looked like losing to us. Sorry but the manager has to go before he brings anymore Wigan players in. Look at the fight Burnley and Leicester put in today, we have none of that. We are in serious trouble, Bill has to act NOW!

01 Jan 2015 17:29:38
As much as I like him and a true gentleman, but Martinez has to go and quick this is disgraceful really bad we're in deep trouble I know it will cost a lot to sack him but if that is the only business we do in January so be it we need somebody to come in a stablelise us were falling apart.

01 Jan 2015 17:02:51
Well ladies and gents.

I was hoping for a happy start to the new year for our beloved Everton but unfortunately not to be.

I think Kenright now has a big choice to make.

1. Get rid of Roberto and find a new battle hardened manager or
2. Back him financially this window and strengthen with 4-5 new players and off load dead wood.

Jan is not a good time to buy but it has to be done now. As to what's available and what price is another matter.

Couple of wins changes things but we look dead in water at mo and martinez face says it all.

01 Jan 2015 16:57:11
Diabolical is being complimentary to what has just happened. Even in the dark days of Mike Walkers reign we did not look so poor as we have this season. Look at the teams tipped for relegation and all of them show a characteristic that we dont, FIGHT. Something has to give and am afraid it has to be the boss. The players do not look interested and its as if they don't care much about the fella either.
We need to get someone in swift and get us back to basics of defending properly and when needed winning ugly.
I may take some flack for this but Tony Pulis would have been an ideal candidate to get us to the end of the season still in the top flight.
For those who think we won't go down, have a look at our next run of fixtures and tell me were the points are coming from.

Agree bluegray it all started with his flamboyant hosting of the world cup on espn not enough time to prepare for pre season and were still paying for it unfit players s***e goalkeepers and over the hill average players and homegrown big arse bigheaded players its enough we were laughing at the other crowd 4 weeks ago but brenda decided to do what was needed and the players responded are manager is such a misguided in his own ability he refuses to admit his failings

01 Jan 2015 16:55:50
Never in my life I thought I'd say this, but I am starting to get jealous of West Brom for getting Tony Pulis. At this stage I'd even take big Sam

01 Jan 2015 18:06:13
I wouldn't be surprised if Martinez went very soon. BK will be daft to give him more money for the January window. As is being repeated over and over again teams now know how to beat us and we aren't responding. So depressing!

01 Jan 2015 16:39:16
So the players were looking to get a "run" together over the festive period. they've certainly managed that.

This is the worst I can remember in a long while. I've been a big fan of Martinez but something is seriously wrong here. Intervention required?

01 Jan 2015 14:49:45
Sound like cech is on the move from Clelski worth a punt???

01 Jan 2015 16:09:05
Instructions to players should be to not conceded a goal and find row Z if a colleague cannot be found when in possession in own area.
Martinez and players should be made aware that Everton along with Arsenal are the longest serving clubs in the top flight of English football and that must continue.
If he didn't consider himself good enough to get Wigan back up after relegation then he should now consider himself not good enough for Everton. He has basically the same squad as last season so no excuses. Other clubs have injuries so can't use that excuse. As said before the buck stops with the manager.
The best expect on current form is 16th position. West Brom have changed manager and they will certainly finish above Everton. villa, Sunderland, and maybe Palace stringing results together.
In January, it may not be the club who decide who leaves but certain players themselves may decide they've had enough.
Martinez has no loyalty to Everton. Whenever the time arises he will go to another club and start again. He just isn't a premiership manager unless he changes his plans.

01 Jan 2015 15:50:36
60% possession, two yes two shots on goal. Aaaaaargh!

01 jan 2015 16:49:07
shocking,team will only get worse as confidence is so low.rm has to change tactics or get relegated.

01 Jan 2015 16:56:36
for gods sake how much more.pathetic and no its not knee jerk just pissed off

01 Jan 2015 15:23:22
watching on live stream - already some of our players look poor- lack of control not pressing enough - no vision - getting caught in possession - gareth barry should have conceded a pen - complete liability

01 Jan 2015 14:04:12
As much as I was sceptical of appointing RM after he took Wigan down, last season was a good one for us blues. We played some good football and came within a whisker of Champions league football, with a record number of points in the premier for our club. It was a successful season considering we we in some sort of transition from DM to RM. This season, not to point out the obvious, we have been poor from the moment pre-season started. We look slow, lethargic, clueless at times. We pass the ball along the back line without looking to create goal scoring opportunities, the crowd expecting us to lose the ball and concede a soft goal. Invariably, the crowd is correct. Mistakes costing us points and putting us under pressure at the wrong end of the table.
After last season, I was thinking RM should be given the chance, and time, to get things right, surely he deserves that after what he did last year? But then I read his interview in the press yesterday and I lost any confidence that I had in him. Sure, we have had our fair share of bad luck thus far. Red cards not being shown, conceding goals like we did for Colbeck against Newcastle etc. But these are not the reasons why we are not performing. I've said it before and I'll say it again (same as quite a few on here) the buck stops with the manager, only he can save his own neck. His comments made me think that we will not get out of this with RM in charge and this due to his own stubbornness. If he's not prepared to tweak his system, possibly play a different way, then the mistakes that have been made are only going to continue and our season is only going to get worse.
Anything other than a victory, a convincing one at that, today will not be acceptable. A defeat and we can say goodbye to top half finish, hello to a relegation dog fight. I'd rather we didn't have to change manager, especially with a dearth of good replacements who could take the job, but how long do we wait to turn this around? This is going to be the biggest month in RM's managerial career, he needs to listen as well as earn his wages or his entire 'philosophy' will come crumbling down around him. Let's hope we turn it around starting with today. Happy new year eds and to the rest of you

Amen to that Spud I do not wish for us to sack RM however the way I see it if we don't pick up any points up in the next couple of games BK has some serious thinking to do.

01 Jan 2015 18:34:49
I don't think it can go any other way now Lancerboy, there is no fight in the players, we are getting bullied out of games. The body language of the players is also worrying. Something has to give, and soon, if we are to keep our top flight status. This is one of the most crucial 5 months we have faced as a club in a long time.

01 Jan 2015 11:23:51
with injuries I would like todays team to be,
joel
alaraz
distin
coleman
baines
besic
barkley
mirallas
naismith
kone
lukaku maybe a 442 formation, hopefully something that creates chances anyway