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28 Jan 2016 22:55:22
Well Ed, 2 posts not shown. Why is this?
{Ed007's Note - I can see one that was posted today and your last post before that was 4 days ago, I'm not going looking for that one. Why haven't you went and looked for yourself?}
29 Jan 2016 22:39:59
Ed. Look? Searched I did. Every page amongst the weeping souls. Perhaps it got washed away with the angst.
{Ed007's Note - www.evertonrumours.co.uk/evertonotherposts2.php
28 Jan 2016 22:45:19
I thought we could have stepped up a gear last night just when we needed Ross he was off the pitch for what seemed like ten minutes, I don't really think we looked like a team that would die for the cause, and so fed up with the unlucky tag which seems to persist not just over the last few weeks but last few decades .
We need some real strength in players ala Riedy to hold it all together and a manager who doesn't suffer fools in the mould of Hughes, who has had his moments too but always holds his head up and drives his teams on .
29 Jan 2016 17:16:29
Not Ross's fault he nose was streaming and he changed his shirt 4 times. He's not even allowed to be on the pitch if you have a shirt full of blood.
For me he was our best player and you could see he was desperate for us to win.
28 Jan 2016 22:15:06
Sick of people having a go at Lukaku. He's been a class act all season and we'd be bottom without him. Understand unrest with Martinez, Howard and Stones but to criticise Rom is a joke.
29 Jan 2016 08:13:45
agreed he has been our only striker all season, surely RM can see he needs help, we as supporters want to see him with competition for his starting place or preferably a playing partner, Kone is not the answer!
29 Jan 2016 17:13:56
I agree to a certain degree but he still goes missing and usually needs something to kick him into gear. I'm not as peeved with him as earlier on in the season but his last three games have been stinkers.
There was a point against City that made me laugh when the ball flew off his leg with that suspect first touch he has and he turned round and blamed Ged who was nowhere near him.
He has got better though and if he keeps working hard during games he will get what he wants, a move away from Everton.
28 Jan 2016 23:05:50
Any one reckon Eddie howe worth thinking about about being our manager? Doing miracles at Bournemouth; plays good football; and is an everton fan. Thoughts.
29 Jan 2016 02:39:27
He could't settle in the north a few years back so not sure it would be any different now. Think we need someone with a lot more experience, with the group of players we have we could do with a manager who can get the best out of them. Someone cutting their managerial teeth is not what we need just now.
28 Jan 2016 21:51:01
Now the dust has settled on our cup exit, I'm still just as gutted and still want Roberto gone!
I think he is lucky we play Carlisle on Sunday as surely even he can pull off a win.
Just a thought on replacing him as manager:
Mark Hughes or AVB or I'd even take Moyse back.
28 Jan 2016 22:55:40
Wouldn't take any of them.
28 Jan 2016 21:23:14
If Bill has really said thanks and goodbye to Staff at Everton, who is running the Club at the moment? I cannot believe that anyone with the Clubs best interests at heart have not even discussed Martinez and his performance.
28 Jan 2016 21:44:01
It's the Everton way. Us fans are like mushrooms kept in the dark and fed on S##t.
28 Jan 2016 23:43:48
Lol soldier blue. I just pi---d myself!
29 Jan 2016 06:36:50
Zackiii the clue is in the name soldier blue! And if you don't know what that means! ask soldier blue. See Roberto is demanding a meeting with referees chief, yet another attempt at deflection from his incompetence. Read an excellent article yesterday that put into words what some have been suspicious of. That article said that an ambitious Club would have got rid of Martinez long before now, the fact that our board are content to sit in indolence is an indication that they are happy for us to remain a middle of the table Club picking up the TV money.
28 Jan 2016 21:10:18
Ok get RM out, get Mark Hughes, but only if he promises to bring Shawcross and Butland with him. Oh and Bojan, shaquiri and . 😀.
28 Jan 2016 21:49:47
uld that be the same Mark hughes who called Everton a small club when he was managing city! don't think so.
28 Jan 2016 23:34:51
Just trying to cheer the place up Daz. But you know what, he might have had a point the way we are going.
29 Jan 2016 11:52:30
This I don't want this manager because he said we're a small club? Well you can only be measured on were you are and what you are achieving and ATM we are not classed as a big club as we aren't successful fact. We haven't won a trophy in 21 years and in that time have only reached 1 final. Is that the measure of a big club that will attract star names? We need a reality check and realise we are not as big as were 30 years ago and actually accept that maybe Hughes and Benitez were right but are 2 managers who could and would move us forward or we can call ourselves a big club as we stagnate under a clueless manager and a clueless board until we do a Leeds and consider ourselves a big club in a lower league. I for one would rather it not be the latter.
28 Jan 2016 19:40:35
This site's had a right meltdown. The Martinez effect.
28 Jan 2016 20:12:06
It's phenomenal.
28 Jan 2016 22:01:04
Amazing.
28 Jan 2016 22:52:05
God I've grown to hate that word!
28 Jan 2016 19:38:15
I have scrolled through and some interesting posts with all the same opinion that the manager is out of his depth. I said a few weeks back after the Stoke defeat that the players do not look like they are playing for the manager and he has lost the dressing room. Now some posters are saying Stones and Rom have had there heads turned and are playing like they don't want to be here, maybe they do but not for the clown. His ideas and methods are sub standard he has no tactical nous and is more one dimensional than sonic on the master system. His record is worse than Walter Smiths and he was sacked. I say get a new man in now have him stamp his authority in the dressing room and get these talented individuals playing as a team. Another thing I think maybe happening is Martinez never played at the top level in his career and is now trying to manage top flight players with egos. Why take advice from a man who hasn't earned his place at the top table with his career successes but fraudulantly got the job with false promises. Adios Fraud let's have a winner and leader in charge next please.
28 Jan 2016 20:20:00
Don't agree it doesn't matter at what level you have played. If you are the manager then all the players have to respect that and if they can't then they need to go. Lukaku and stones both think that they are too big for us. They both need a smacked arse and told to grow up or fk off.
28 Jan 2016 21:57:30
I think the problem is he has lost the players with his suicidal football and tactics they no longer want to play his way and when questioned he just drops them, I'm certain that's why KM never got a sniff earlier in the season and is only playing him now as he is panicking. I watched his post match interview last night and he looked like a rabbit caught in headlights.
28 Jan 2016 19:12:01
What you lot like on here?
PS, if we don't win the Prem, I hope Spurs do, lol.
28 Jan 2016 19:34:01
Good one Gunner. Gets heated here sometimes 😃 Shows how passionate we are 😂.
28 Jan 2016 19:45:51
HAHA Dags quality lad
Like I said before mate a don't particularly like the the reds but I hate city and all they stand for
By the way the league is arsenals this year a think lad.
28 Jan 2016 20:38:31
It's all good banter lads, we are the same on Gooners page, Ed025 will testament to that.
As you say, it shows how passionate you boys are.
One thing I have noticed, on Arsenal page we have a bit of a mix of "Wenger out" and "Wenger in" brigade.
On here it's pretty much "Martinez out", which is understandable.
I do always try to play Devils Advocate, and look at the positives versus the negatives, but as a neutral, I can't think of any positives in favour of Martinez.
Your attack is on point, especially when Rom is on form and Doofy is a superb player.
Defensively, you are lacking.
Think I read somewhere, you have conceded 3 goals in a game on 8 occasions this season, which is shocking.
Don't mean to offend you, but think Stones is vastly overrated, not his fault, just another victim of The British Press hyping up young talent and putting too much weight on young shoulders, Jack Wilshere, Jack Grealish, Andros Townsend and Fabian Delph will vouch for that.
He's good, very good, but needs to learn that kicking the ball into the stands sometimes is an art of defending in itself.
I have a lot of respect for Everton, proper good old fashioned club like my beloved Arsenal, but I think you need a big overhaul, starting with your manager and than a good solid Centre Half, like Gary Cahill.
Or, Mertesacker lol.
28 Jan 2016 20:39:20
Liam,
I pray you are right mate, long overdue :-)
28 Jan 2016 20:52:31
gunner wot are the arsenal fans like with ex blue arteta,do they rate him have they ever took to him and where is he not seen him of late.
28 Jan 2016 21:36:17
Good question Paul,
Personally, I was delighted when we signed Arteta.
I thought he was terrific at Everton (with Cahill) and he absolutely ran the show at Goodison.
However, when he joined us, he was employed more as a DM (Once Alex Song left us to join Barca, if memory serves me right) .
I think we ruined his career as he is too 'silky' to be a DM, plus you can't expect a man with 'that hair' to put the boot in and make tackles.
Terrific player at Everton, good player at Arsenal, but through no fault of his own.
Unfortunately, very injury prone, hence lack of appearances, but always has a place in the hearts of all Arsenal supporters as he gave his all to the club.
Model professional who never complained, despite playing out of position for 4 years.
29 Jan 2016 00:07:08
ye right mate definitely not a defencive midfielder but he could leave his foot in now and again there was a little nasty streak in him reckon he could make a good coach to talented not to stay in the game.
28 Jan 2016 19:00:46
We'll be fine. Just get in Joe max moore, Tomasz radsinski, Carl tiler, Thomas Myhre and we be fine and dandy. ok I jest but I am losing the will to moan about Everton now.
28 Jan 2016 17:38:59
If a player or manager does something wrong in the heat of the moument, they are charged with bringing the game into disreopute, fined and banned, BUT if a match official makes a major error of judgment they simply pick up their match fee (which these days is around 60 grand) and move on to their next "little" earner. Sometimes of late, makes you wonder just how clean our game is!
28 Jan 2016 18:03:16
I have said for a while now mate players and managers are obliged to speak to the press because of contractual agreements why can't we put in the refs contracts that they are obliged to do the same after games make them face the cameras and answer for there mistakes I'm pretty sure it will make some difference another I believe in is starting a scheme were former players can become refs obviously they would have to take corses throughout there career then maybe more years training once retired something has to change though.
28 Jan 2016 19:08:24
Why haven't we made sure Atkinson never refs another Everton game again.
28 Jan 2016 19:39:59
What you mean like breaking his legs swan? If only. He will be the ref at anfield you watch.
28 Jan 2016 20:59:02
Be nice if we could pick and choose refs, don't think it works like that. Unless you mean a hitman!
28 Jan 2016 17:24:04
IF John Stones is trying to force a move with his performances, let him go. Did think he had more integrity than that, but I guess money talkes.
{Ed025's Note - i think he is starting to believe all the hype about him JCW, the next franz beckenbauer..franz ferdinand more like.. :)
28 Jan 2016 17:00:34
I would like to see a new manager in now, sooner rather than later. It would allow a new manager to work with this squad and show exactly what they could achieve before some start to leave. Maybe then they may decide they want to stay at the club.
28 Jan 2016 21:11:38
The bloke is like Blair but with more teflon coating, he has to have, how the hell he can have a CV like his and still be worthy of Premiership is beyond me. Luckily at the moment there just might be 3 teams below us that will save our bacon this season, but it is just a matter of time if this bloke stays before we are fighting relegation, it is not even a matter of if but when if our board keep their heads in the sand. At last Talk Sport are now having a pop at him and about time to.
28 Jan 2016 16:22:44
Unbelievable the lack of talk in the press about the De Bruyne goal. If Liverpool, Utd, City Chelsea or Arsenal were om the receiving end of that there'd be murder. Forgotten about already.
28 Jan 2016 14:32:57
Eds, does the take over look likely to happen? Are there any positive signs?
{Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer "likely" questions when there are third parties who have to overcome some hurdles and make a business decision.}
28 Jan 2016 14:04:33
To read a post on here from a so called fan saying he is glad we got beat last night because we are not good enough, and didn't want to face the Reds in the final. Also you know many more Evertonians that are glad we got beat aswell you are shocking mate really you call yourself an Evertonian well I know we all sometimes post in anger and frustration sometimes and might not mean what we said but that post shocked me I hope you read this mate cause that was shocking.
28 Jan 2016 14:12:24
Well in Stef lad.
28 Jan 2016 14:21:22
There was more Liam that he said could not be arsed to type it really shocked me its on the other posts page I'm starting to think it might be a wind up cause I can't believe he meant any of that apart from getting rid of Bobby.
28 Jan 2016 14:23:24
I don't think any true supporter would ever say they wanted their Club to lose Stef, perhaps emotion got the better of them. Read the NewsNow post from Russian Linesman, that puts into print exactly the ability (lack) of Mr Martinez and how his philosophy both at Wigan and now Everton brings Clubs he manages to their knees.
28 Jan 2016 14:25:20
Sorry stef but you were on here yesterday saying you will be cheering the reds in the cups from now on? .
28 Jan 2016 14:30:16
Well said Stef the blue.
28 Jan 2016 14:38:09
Swan I said I hope the Reds beat City in the final and never said no on big difference man.
28 Jan 2016 14:52:07
Just read that stef beggars belief mate and to think he must have read it before he pressed send if it ain't a wind up he ain't no toffee.
28 Jan 2016 14:55:56
I think it might've been a troll Liam.
28 Jan 2016 14:56:54
Swan if you ask most blues I would say 90% of us want the Reds to do them Manc cretins maybe even closer to 100% I have no shame in saying that swan.
28 Jan 2016 16:09:56
Where are these blues from whom a 100% of which want Liverpool to win the cup? EVERY single blue I know wants them to get beat. What good would that do us them winning another trophy? No true blue would want Liverpool to win any game.
28 Jan 2016 16:10:56
I Meant what I said about glad we got beat, and I've supported Everton for 49years so like the rest of you there hasn't been much in all those years to actually get excited about. Unless Martinez goes and money comes in we'll just be another Stoke City, although they are playing better than us. As for Mark Hughes as manager of the blues, that's another step backwards. We need a big name manager with some credential and buyers with lots of money otherwise it'll be same old same old for years to come.
28 Jan 2016 16:25:21
25 yr season tkt holder 8/ 10 away games a season spend a fortune on my children at the club shop been to wembely 5 times abroad ever more I don't want man city to win the cup so I'm not a proper blue if you don't no anyone that wants city to lose you need to start going the game there was not one man woman or child on our coach last night that said any different so ollblue you need to get out abit more.
28 Jan 2016 16:46:05
So 100% of Everton fans (that being EVERYONE) wants Liverpool to win a trophy. So 100% of people will be sat there watching the cup final singing you'll never walk alone whilst screaming "COME ON YOU RED MEN" all over the house. I won't be doing that, Ollie won't be doing that, that's already less than 100% doing it.
Will you lads be wearing a Liverpool shirt too? . My mate who travels every game home and away, when I quizzed him over this, said not one Evertonian he knows who went yesterday wants anything other than City to win it.
This doesn't explain why you want Liverpool to win the cup (I can only assume neither of you are from Liverpool, I couldn't cope and I know my mates couldn't cope with that lot winning something again) . Is it because you are closet reds? Possibly, is it because you are so bitter about yesterday you now hate City? Possible but less likely than the former.
Were you lads wearing the "2013-14 Premier League Champions" shirts 2 seasons ago when they nearly won the league? . Were you rooting for them in the penalty shoot out Tuesday night? . You want our closest rivals, a team we share a city with, to win a trophy, why? .
28 Jan 2016 17:09:20
Come on Swan less of that.
28 Jan 2016 17:14:32
I am 100% SCOUSE
I am 100% blue
"Your mate" is lying
Go the game lad get off your keyboard and stop taking "your mates" word for what happens on away trips I would imagine you haven't even been to a home game for about forty yrs because you never make sense all you do is drag the club down even the good things you moan about your not a supporter your a protester a busy body your like an awl woman it's moaners like you that do mine and as I see every other day a lot of other peoples head in so pipe down swan the everton troll.
28 Jan 2016 17:28:37
blueliam. I appoligise I was responding to that non blue who wanted that lot to win the cup and I think I called him by your name so if I did I am really sorry as I know you a proper blue not a fake. SOZ MATE.
28 Jan 2016 17:32:19
No offence taken Paul thanks buddy.
28 Jan 2016 17:56:59
Haven't missed a home game in 5 seasons but yeah. Your mate is telling the truth and you know mine is lying, I advise you stop the petulant "go out more" that you've now said to 2 people. I'm on a phone not a keyboard. I find it ironic you telling everyone to get out more yet you claim to know last time I went a home game (I'm not even 40 years old, that's strike one) , when my mate is lying (that's striker two) and that I'm using a keyboard when clearly using a phone (ANNNNNND YOUR'E OUT) .
"I'm 100% blue, cept I'm a Liverpool fan on cup final day". That's strike four, why are you still on the field? .
Before you tell other people to get out more, you need to take a good long look in the mirror mate before making up things about other Evertonian's and tell them how to run their lives. What you're doing now is the stuff I used to do on this site and got slaughtered for, DROP THE PETULANCE.
28 Jan 2016 18:12:52
Swan you are a proper beute lad.
28 Jan 2016 18:46:53
dont want liverpool to win a match, never mind a trophy!
28 Jan 2016 19:05:17
Oh the irony.
28 Jan 2016 19:09:47
Calm down Swan and Blueliam. You's are both passionate Evertonians.
Really who cares if some Everton supporters want the Reds to win. Personally I don't want them to win but I don't hate them and I don't want them to lose every game.
The only reason I don't want them to win is because where I drink the Red fans are the most annoying, loud mouthed a-holes who ever supported a team.
It's because of them I don't want them to win. I think its admirable for Blues to want the best for the Reds. Just not my thing.
It is every supporters own decision who they'd like to see win. Nothing any of us can do about that.
It doesn't matter to Everton who wins so why should we give a sh*t really.
28 Jan 2016 19:21:44
Exit stage slept, ye not a blue then, never been a game in ye life and you need to get out more.
28 Jan 2016 19:36:59
Haha nb speaking since again
Personally nb a don't like Liverpool one bit mate a just hate city more
But cheers mate.
28 Jan 2016 19:46:19
I'd rather spoon my eyes out then see them win a trophy. Couldn't bear the League Klopp Winners t shirts at the market.
28 Jan 2016 20:02:54
Swan, 2 questions, who are you talking to in your last post?
More importantly what are you trying to say?
28 Jan 2016 20:08:58
thats me swan :)
29 Jan 2016 05:46:47
Blueliam I've had a season ticket since the park end opened, been to feyenord, fiorentina, villareal, az, nurnberg, even Bangkok for a friendly. So don't tell me I need to go the game. Don't know any blues who want Liverpool to win. Can an Ed start a poll to see how many blues want Liverpool to win the cup? Bet it's a long way off 100 percent lad.
{Ed001's Note - I can tell you now it is defo not 100%, my auntie wants Liverpool to lose, that I can guarantee. Even her sons, who are both Evertonians, call her 'a bitter'! She would never want Liverpool to win. Off the pitch, she is fully in support of the S*n boycott etc, but on the pitch, she never wants Liverpool to win, no matter the circumstances.}
28 Jan 2016 14:02:05
I'm slightly surprised with the amount of people wanting to sell Stones. Yes he is playing bad as of late and dropping him would give him the kick up the arse he needs.
But selling him, really? Imho the reason he's playing bad as of late and is showing his weaker side is a lot to do with Martinez.
Last night he was played out of position. We all know he's not a right back. As for playing with the ball too much, that is obviously what he's being told to do by management.
My opinion of Stones is still the same. He has a couple of bad games and everyone wants to sell him, wtf? He didn't become crap all of a sudden. Moral is at an all time low. He has made mistakes but he will improve from them.
I still think he will be top notch. If we get a decent manager who can help him develop properly he will improve. We all know Martinez is not a defensive coach.
I'd keep Stones at all costs. Get a new manager who knows how to defend and knows how to coach defence. Then I think Stones will be better than he ever was and will develop into one of the best centre halves England have had in a long time.
28 Jan 2016 14:11:50
Well said NBTB.
28 Jan 2016 14:13:41
He is still young mate I would keep him he can only get better.
28 Jan 2016 14:26:36
But he doesn't want to be here? He's desperate to leave.
28 Jan 2016 14:33:33
Exactly Stef the blue. Keep him at all costs. Why should Everton suffer from his mistakes and then when he's well developed some club come in and buy him. Get him to learn the trade here and in years to come we will benefit from the enormous talent we all know he has.
28 Jan 2016 15:20:41
good post, sell him and we won't see the money anyway!
28 Jan 2016 15:21:29
Swan, it is only your opinion that says he doesn't want to be here. Have you heard it directly from him? I doubt you have. NBTB nails it when he says the lad is low on confidence/ moral so I think you are over reacting by coming to that conclusion. Defensively, we are not doing the right things, we are conceding goals and he is a part of that. It would have been better to have him on the bench last night rather than play him out of position.
28 Jan 2016 15:42:50
Transfer request tells me so.
28 Jan 2016 16:29:37
Lads if I got the abuse Stones gets, and I knew other clubs were interested. Then I would probably be off. So can't really blame him.
Not all his fault though, think about it this way. Your not playing well, the manager is telling you play from the back, so your constantly on the ball, with the away team pressurising you every minute of the game (because they know how we play) . And instead of taking you out the team he sticks you at right back, just to heap a little more pressure on.
I just feel like Barkley some of our supporters dissect every move they make, and are constantly looking for faults. There have been times when the press have praised Barkley for his performance, and then he gets ripped to bits by supporters. Who's watching what?
The end of the day the manager dictates as to how he wants them to play. So before you completely alienate our best young players, have a think about who is controlling them first.
You can have the best car in the race, but if the drivers bloody useless then you won't win many races.
28 Jan 2016 16:34:13
Utter crap mate. Yes he handed in a request but there has been plenty of games he's played well in since that. The more plausible reason is he is just having a bad spell, like every footballer goes through.
28 Jan 2016 16:48:03
It's not utter crap, it's fact, he handed in a transfer request, that means he requested a transfer, sorry it's a hard concept to grasp. His form is irrelevant, he doesn't want to play for us anymore, why keep him? Wait til his contract runs down and get nothing for him? .
28 Jan 2016 17:45:34
I never disagreed that he handed in a request so stop twisting things. I've heard you say on here that he has played well in a few games, all since he put in his request, so your point is invalid. What do you attribute his decent performances to?
Obviously his form is relevant, he is going through either a bad patch, as most do, or he is just low on confidence. It is that simple, that may be hard for you to grasp :)
28 Jan 2016 17:49:29
40m plus Gary Cahill or 40 plus begovic or 30 plus both!
28 Jan 2016 17:58:33
But this still hasn't answered why we should keep a player who wants to leave, he has had good games since then. Maybe he's thrown his toys out the pram again, maybe he thinks playing badly will make us sell him faster.
28 Jan 2016 19:24:55
Totally agree with every word spudv and Woburnblue.
Exactly Swan your maybe. Your last comment is all maybe. Your opinions.
Yes its a fact he put in a transfer request that was 5 months ago. He didn't get it and imho conducted himself in such a professional manner he could put players close to 30 to shame.
The transfer was denied. Until he requests another we should assume he wants to be at Everton. We can't assume otherwise as there is no indication currently that he wants to move.
We are currently in a transfer window. He had all month to request one and he didn't. So what does that tell you?
Exactly if he wanted to go that badly he would of asked to go. Don't bring up August again that's in the past where it is staying.
He's going through a bad patch which every player goes through. Did everyone think he wasn't going to put a foot wrong his whole career?
Come on give the lad a break. He's very young and is getting bad coaching and being played out of position. God knows if he went somewhere else with a better manager and better coaching he would improve greatly.
Martinez doesn't appreciate him enough in my opinion. Just like Joel. Joel is being treated very badly imho. Even Coleman in last 2 games. I don't know what Martinez does be thinking.
28 Jan 2016 19:37:39
Good post wakka57, took me awhile to get it but it made me laugh 😅.
28 Jan 2016 13:58:20
Be nice to wake up one morning to see the words "Martinez" and "sacked" or "mutual consent" soon.
As for a hypothetical replacement, can anyone explain to me why Duncan Ferguson would be a good manager? Not arsed about "inspire some passion" stuff, anyone could do that. Just wondering if someone here did want him in, why?
28 Jan 2016 14:30:21
Agreed mate it's sad to see people wanting him, he has no experience, the only coaching experience he has is under Martinez, the manager we want sacked, unbelievable.
He can't inspire anything as a coach and I don't think has actually done anything of note since he became a coach.
He can't even manage his bank account it looks like too, don't want the club in his hands.
What is his job again?
28 Jan 2016 15:05:16
He's a striker coach Swan thought you would know that.
28 Jan 2016 15:23:12
To be fair, Duncan has been training the forwards and I don't think many could argue that Rom has improved his game this season. DF must have had some influence on him.
28 Jan 2016 15:27:06
Spud it's just swan being a depressant.
28 Jan 2016 15:45:07
I have many reasons to be depressed, his infulence on Rom doesn't change the fact he shouldn't even be considered for the manager's position.
28 Jan 2016 16:36:38
I don't think he should be given the managers job, I just answered to you asking what he has done since joining the back room staff. Bit low throwing the bankruptcy in the mix tbh that has nothing to do with football.
28 Jan 2016 17:41:05
Well said spud again swan trolling our great club and it's legends.
28 Jan 2016 18:01:06
Lol which legends have I trolled? I've had a go at Ferguson on here before, who else? Are Howard and Osman considered legends? If so apologies and it doesn't take much to be a legend then. If you're going to say "again", then please list which other legends I've "trolled".
Spudv, fair enough it has nothing to do with football, thank you for answering my question, I was just wondering, to those who do want him, why? .
28 Jan 2016 18:28:21
It was meant to say legend and I said again because you are the everton rumours troll lad it's depressing alright fair enough sometimes you do make a fair comment but there so rare that I'm shocked when I see them
Another thing swan I said yesterday that klopp was great you haven't ripped me for that yet lad lol.
28 Jan 2016 19:32:41
Agree Blueliam and spudv. Swan you need to learn how to appreciate things.
I am very grateful for Osman and Howards contribution to Everton. Especially Osman as he spent a lot of time here. Hasn't he the most Prem caps for Everton ever? Hopefully this is both their last season but I still appreciate everything they done for Everton F. C.
As for Dunc, my favourite player of all time. An absolute Legend. Who some day when he gets experience would be fantastic to have as manager. True blue through and through.
28 Jan 2016 19:50:06
Nb again on the money.
28 Jan 2016 13:37:54
Didn't finish there boys but we would all be single and loving life not being an evertonian.
28 Jan 2016 13:30:36
Ed002, a reminder on the due diligence from the Anericans interested in a takeover, can you confirm whether they have pulled out of negotiations or not? .
{Ed002's Note - They are yet to make a decision but they will have to do so fairly soon.}
28 Jan 2016 14:31:45
Thanks ed.
28 Jan 2016 16:25:23
Not sure if they have to make a decision fairly soon Ed002. Yes their period of exclusivity ends soon but that does not mean that they will have to make a decision. The process of due diligence could continue for a while and if their are any other interested parties they could also start due diligence at the same time. While my heart tells me that this will be resolve soon my head tells me that this saga will drag on for a while yet.
{Ed002's Note - I have no idea why you think that they will be continuing to conduct due diligence. We do know that they will be making a decision in the coming weeks one way or other.}
28 Jan 2016 13:00:43
With the expected departure of Tim Howard, Martinez must now start with Robles in goal for league games. Mainly to confirm yes or no that he can be the clubs no1 goalkeeper for next season.
28 Jan 2016 13:18:38
I agree we need to play him as much as possible before the Summer transfer window opens, we can then decide whether he is going to be the No1 or No2 to a new keeper.
28 Jan 2016 14:15:22
Murf did u put a bet on last night 😂.
28 Jan 2016 12:46:28
Trust me this man will not last long now were all on to him I have tried to hold back while saying I want him gone but now I have had enough coming out of the embarrassingly half empty government funded library that them cretins call home last night I didn't hear anything but SACK HIM and if it doesn't happen soon then protests will start before during or after matches I don't want to see this as much as I don't want to see bobby brown shoes as are gaffer so someone somewhere please relieve this fraud from his dutys.
28 Jan 2016 13:19:29
Normally the press end up getting a manager sacked but they have not started yet, once they do he will be gone.
28 Jan 2016 13:44:23
With all these calls for Martinez to go and with the stats not lying, it seems inconceivable that this has not been discussed at board level. Perhaps the takeover and rumours of Mr Kenwright saying goodbye is/ are actually closer than we think and it is for the new owners (who will want to bring in their own board members) to make the decision once the dust has settled.
28 Jan 2016 12:32:09
Does anyone think Martinez gets a free pass from the media for his "nice guy" persona? . Yesterday 95% of his post match interview was moaning about Sterling's cross, while it was out of play, there were other issues, taking off Delboy, losing a 3-1 lead, John Stones being poor, putting Kone on the wing. The media never ask him proper tough questions, always the same rubbish over and over again. No pressure on him at all.
28 Jan 2016 13:21:53
Press love him Swan, he can't keep kidding them though.
28 Jan 2016 14:14:33
oh yes he can.
28 Jan 2016 11:33:25
Everyone keeps saying Stones is not a right back, that's obvious, for me he's not a centre back either, he loves to play the ball too much to do what's needed and put his laces through the ball into row Z, McCarthy and Besic have both had injuries, that is a position I believe would suit him more, somewhere he can be great on the ball without the pure stupidity we've all seen over the last month or so.
28 Jan 2016 12:27:07
I don't think it matters mate, he just doesn't look bothered, he could play right back, centre back, midfielder or up front and it wouldn't change anything. Where has the Stones from second half as last season and the season before gone? He was such a good defender. Now he's getting caught napping by a player the same height as Pienaar? . Honest blue asked if I've changed my opinion on Stones from calling him one of our best players, well, no, he is, when he tries anyway. He clearly isn't up for it anymore and it's impacting his performance massively, I want him gone because he's being poorly coached by Martinez and is making mistakes because of it.
28 Jan 2016 12:28:23
I get what your saying baz but I don't agree mate stones to me actually looks worse when he has the ball at his feet at the moment which isn't good because that is the make up of the kid so I wouldn't want him near cm position.
28 Jan 2016 13:15:08
I agree with Swan. However I don't agree with selling Stones. Get rid of Martinez yes but not Stones.
28 Jan 2016 11:16:01
I haven't posted for a while because I've been too frustrated and the anger starts to take over. Now though I'm beyond all of that and just counting down the days to when Martinez is sacked.
I can't blame Stones for not excelling at right back last night as he never has when he has played for us in that position (remember the 4-nil defeat to Liverpool a couple of years back) . I can blame him for the risks he takes and the poor passing decisions he makes in the wrong areas.
However, surely the manager and coaches must be pointing these out though. These problems are not new, they have been going on since he came into the 1st team and yet he continues to make them. He still takes the same risks that cost us as he did when he made his 1st few appearances with us.
If he is not picking up on these in training and improving then surely we should just drop him and tell him "improve and you will get back in. Don't and you wont".
Another point is when Barkley plays in between the lines upfront his is brilliant as we saw last night in the first half. Put him in the wrong position which is in a deeper role he isn't. If you have a leg break in 3 position you are not going to go out there putting in tackles left right and centre.
Also, if your defence is performing poorly for three years then you need to invest in QUALITY defensive coaches and focus intensely on defending crosses, set pieces and closing down from midfield in between the lines.
If your goalkeeper is not performing and is suffering from a lack of confidence that is also contributing to poor defending then you either sign a new player or you put in a goalkeeper that is perfoming that you already have. Robles has been outstanding in the COC and for me is clearly a 1st choice keeper. I can't blame him for any goal this season he has conceded.
One more point. If your team is losing or needs a goal swapping right backs is not going to do it.
There are a load more points and everyone points to one common denominator - the manager.
Is it tactics - no. It's common sense. The board now need to use common sense and remove this manager now before we are in deeper trouble.
28 Jan 2016 12:28:58
Best post I've seen in a long time mate, spot on.
28 Jan 2016 11:10:59
Still fuming after a night of what could have been,
What is it that the Fraud can't see that is blatantly obvious for everyone else - Blues, Reds, Neutrals, Pundits, Media alike?
The man has gone beyond being a joke to an utter irritant, his philosophy is flawed, our inept board should have had the balls to sack him after the Newcastle away game - not this season but last season!
While this clown is at the helm there will never be any defensive structure or the capability to see out a game,
To have the shear nerve to go on air and say he is hurt after the defeat makes me sick, Barkley gave us a 2 goal lead and as much as I'd hate to see him back would Moyes have let that game slip through our grasp? the answer is most certainly no,
Please God Get Rid for Christ Sake!
28 Jan 2016 10:06:05
I see RM reckons that we can take inspiration from the City games and still do something special this season. Am only assuming it's to attempt to become the leagues top scorers and worst defence in the same season. He also seems to be banging on about their second goal when the ball went out. So what! they should have had a penalty first leg, and Aguero was fouled in the build up to Barkleys goal. Gloss over that though, as that awful performance yesterday was obviously the referees fault. Wish he would just come out to the media and say, "yep the players lacked any passion and self belief, I tactically messed up and we have a lot of hard work to do on the training pitch. this season has been sub standard and the fans deserve better" instead of exciting journey, fantastic opportunity and special occasion and the rest of the tosh he comes out with. When everyone is fit, would be tempted for a shake up. Robles, Coleman, Funes Mori, Jags, Galloway, Deulofeu, McCarthy, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Lukaku. With the strict instructions to Barkley that unless he starts smiling, communicating with his team mates and passing and shooting more, he gets taken off at half time.
28 Jan 2016 09:54:37
Well, that was a bit of an anticlimax! But should we be so surprised? As soon as I seen the line up I was scratching my head, Stones at RB when Seamus was on the bench, was a strange decision. Especially given the talent that City have on the wing. Stones has never looked comfortable at full back so it was always going to be a tall order for him, and it was as it turns out. To bring on Coleman once the game was just about lost, when we needed more attacking threat, shows how inept this manager is. Two games on the bounce we have been chasing a game, both times he has used his last sub and brought on a defender. Go figure. Gerri being hooked was also a strange decision. He was having a real go first half, looked lively and was a threat. So much so that, in the second half, City doubled up on him as their manager could see he was a threat. Now any manager worth his salt would see what the opposition are doing in that situation and react accordingly. The fact that he was drawing two players, to me at least, means the likes of Rom would have more space to play in. Evidently, our man in charge seen it differently and decided it was best to bring off one of our main threats. He should shoulder the blame for this defeat.
The only saving grace we have as supporters is that we could soon have new owners. If the take over is ratified by the end of the month then there will be changes throughout the club. New owners usually want to bring in their own man, hopefully these will be no different. For that reason, I am putting all my eggs in one basket and hoping for a positive outcome after the Americans have finished due diligence. A man can dream can't he?
28 Jan 2016 10:39:44
I agree with you spud. If a player is fit enough to take up a place on the bench he surely is fit enough to start as in colemans case. Stones, s confidence is shot to pieces judging on his last few performances so to play him ahead of Coleman against the pace of Sterling who ripped Stones to bits in the league game was criminal imo. As was the decision to play Osman and to take gerry off. Stones is no right back he's a centre half and will turn out to be a world class one at that under the right guidance. All those who are screaming for him to be sold and slating him to bits need to get a grip really.
28 Jan 2016 11:11:57
I agree with you spud. If a player is fit enough to take up a place on the bench he surely is fit enough to start as in colemans case. Stones, s confidence is shot to pieces judging on his last few performances so to play him ahead of Coleman against the pace of Sterling who ripped Stones to bits in the league game was criminal imo. As was the decision to play Osman and to take gerry off. Stones is no right back he's a centre half and will turn out to be a world class one at that under the right guidance. All those who are screaming for him to be sold and slating him to bits need to get a grip really.
28 Jan 2016 09:40:59
i got slated a couple weeks ago when I said sell stones as funes mori was better and capable of taking his place. I haven't changed my mind on this, but I do blame martinez for not bringing stones through with caution. yes probably stones will be better than mori in a few years, but football is all about getting 3 points every game, not talking about 3 points and using excuses. if the 1st team players can't preform than they must sit on the bench and watch the 2nd team players play with passion, don't matter if they lose, they are trying their hardest (heart and soul) for the manager and club. we don't win many anyway. I prefer a tryer than a lazy big headed money grabbing player with no passion.
28 Jan 2016 09:54:03
Hey Dazza that's a really interesting post. MOYES GOT SLATED FOR "HOLDING BACK" young players and RM was the hero for introducing Barlkey and Stones intothe first teaam as regulars. In hindsight, I can see that perhaps Stones and Barkley both had too much responsibilityput on their young shoulders. Perhaps Moyes was right and a slower introduction into the first team would have been better? Difficult to say, but just perhaaps?
28 Jan 2016 12:11:18
It just seems like another excuse for you to mention Moyes to be honest. If they're good enough then they're old enough but young players need quality guidence and feedback in order to develop and progress further. Martinez and his coaches don't seem to be doing that.
28 Jan 2016 13:29:07
Pod your kind of contradicting yourself there. I think Degsypulford meant that the young players would get the proper guidance and feedback from Moyes. And that his approach is the more wiser one compared to Martinez.
28 Jan 2016 15:21:05
No I'm not. DP said a slower introduction to the first team. I don't agree. They can still be played but need coaching and honest feedback. RM is not developing them as I don't see that people like Barkley or Stones have actually improved.
28 Jan 2016 09:26:20
I don't know if I am missing something here but if Coleman is fit why was he on the bench and Stones playing RB. What Martinez is saying is Stones is a better RB than Coleman, or is it because his defensive qualities are better.
Taking Delofue off surprised me. The one person who would have been likely to create something.
Stones body language this month seems to be couldn't care less and says I want a move. Possibly the same with Lukaku unless carrying an injury. But if we had adequate cover wouldn't have to play injured players.
A golden opportunity missed this season for top 4 place and Wembley final all missed due to Martinez bad management.
In fairness to take issue with the ball being out of play when Stirling crossed for City's goal only cancels out that City should have had a penalty at Goodison, so sorry Martinez times up.
28 Jan 2016 09:44:31
I couldn't agree more with your comments. If Coleman was fit he should have played. Stones never a right back. He should have brought on Lennon instead of Coleman. Martinez has to change tactics or we are going to be in a relagation battle. We all know he likes to play football from the back, that's fine but pass it quicker!
28 Jan 2016 10:21:21
Stones at RB wrong if Coleman fit. Another example of Martinez trying to fit a round peg in square hole. I suspect that he/ we would have been better playing Stones, Jags, Mori as a back 3 with Coleman and Baines as wing backs, This would enable us to press forward while preventing the opposition getting in behind, 5, 3, 2. To late now but Naisy gone (doesn't need replacing according to RM) and keeping Kone was stupid just stupid.
28 Jan 2016 09:19:28
get a deal with chelsea, stones for cahill, remy and £25 million.
28 Jan 2016 09:05:11
Why doesn't Martinez adopt the'high press'?
Many of the the comments we see are focused on our inability to press high and I pretty much agree with them all. I think I have the reason for why we don't and what we must Change to make the process happen.
As well as Barry has been playing, and he has been regularly our best player, I would still drop him. With him in our side we will always play tippy tapped and not a high pressing game.
If we play Mcarthy, as a protector of the back four with Besic and Cleverly ahead of these, then we would have the speed to recover from a failed high press. Barry just hasn't got the pace to adapt to the inevitable fast break from the opposing team.
Our back four could then play slightly higher up the field and take responsibility for bringing the ball out from defence in a more advanced position rather than the suicidal areas they are currently attempting to start moves from.
28 Jan 2016 09:13:05
What I do not understand is that most teams play one striker, so why do we need two defensive midfielders in front of the back four, so you are right a more conventional 442 or 4411 will allow us to press higher up the pitch!
28 Jan 2016 08:32:40
{Ed's Note - We have posted a new article entitled, Sunderland Get Their Man, Cole Not Ready For The Beach And West Ham Hit By Injury Blow + More News
28 Jan 2016 08:10:21
2 things from me this morning Blues
1. Never going to bet on my own team again, ever, might start betting on the other side though lol
2. Never drinking the night before work again.
At least it saves us getting beat by them lot in the final, we all know it would have happened, damn so close to Wembley, Roll on Sunday.
28 Jan 2016 07:16:37
Oh dear. I left it until this morning to allow mmy self to calm ddown a bit. And I really do not want to say stuff that just antagonises fellow Blues because I know we are all suffering together. I will try really hard not to make this another I told you so posting because that also does not makeme feel any better. What I will saay is that I know I rub some people up with comments that I put on here and maybe I don't consider just how passionate others are. I guess I assume I am the only one who can suffer being an Evertonian the way I do. I know we all had disagreements about Moyes leaving. and even Osman and goalscorers. But what is still blatantly obvious to me and I think Swan pointed it out really well in his post, is that we are not a pressing team. We sit off. And we do rely almost 100% on Lukaku. This bit is what scares me to death. No way is he going to stay with us. It might not be this season that he goes although that is a real possibility. because when he cannot be arsed playing, we look terrible. When he is in the mood, we look great. So my fear is that when he goes (and I have been saying this for ages) we will have a team that can pass the ball around for 60% of the game. our back 4 will see more of the ball thaan ever and we will alwaays be giving away silly goals and then unable to score at the other end. because all the players he signs are not able to score goals. Besides Lukaku, Barkley and Mori, the return of goals from the rest of the team is very poor.
28 Jan 2016 07:52:20
I agree, but even with the cup game, taking of two wide players, Oman can agree with but why bring on a useless striker and defensive midfielder, his tactics were to try and do the one thing we can't do which is defend and hold of a man c surge for 30 mins what a complete clown. He has made a good start to destroying this great club, I have never in my life felt so down about football, don't look forward to games anymore I don't want to feel like this I want to love it. Just look on here how fed up and disillusioned passionate fans have become because of - man. Make the change NOW and give us a chance of getting some points and maybe be able to hold on to some players and end of season.
28 Jan 2016 08:53:19
Yes Cities 2nd goal came from a cross that was out and yes Martinez can have a blast but we defend so deep that it allows Teams onto us. Game after game we play this tippy tappy stuff hoping beyond hope that if the opposition score 3 we score 4. As for the officials it is appalling that professionals can make errors that cost Clubs so much (in revenue and prestige) and nothing happens to them, they are protected by their hierarchy to an unacceptable degree. If Clubs suffer because of the officials mistakes then so should officials.
28 Jan 2016 07:13:13
god how I wish he picked them lot across them park 3years ago.
{Ed025's Note - that sums up our luck muff..
28 Jan 2016 08:30:04
I just wonder has there ever been a Manager of this great Club (Walker perhaps) that has brought so much disillusionment to so many. This is his third season, his methods just do not work at this level (success has always been lower down I. E. Swansea into League 1) , it showed at Wigan season after season struggling and then having relegated them he comes to us bringing all of the self same staff that assisted him in taking Wigan down. I just do not know what it will take for our Board to take action but if they don't I really do fear for us.
28 Jan 2016 06:19:14
gutted, but here it is, the manager is weak can't lead a team or pick one, us fans can't understand what he babbles on about imagine what the players think, he will never blast players never tell them were they are going wrong he just can't manage a team the man won't have the brain to think we got to turn are attention to staying in this league he genuinely believes we are to good to go down well what have we said for years nobody is to good to go down remember clough doing the same this at forest playing nice football but getting beat all the time then bang they were gone and still to return, he had same mentality at wigan thought they were to good to go down never changed his policy and bang they have gone and are yet to return, the players and the fans need to put pressure on the board and voice there concern or it will be to late its got to happen now, the players especially stones and barkley believe in the hype that surrounds them me personally wouldn't be suprized if stones has been told by his agent to start making the mistakes he is to get the move the guy needs dropping and sold in the summer, am sorry barkely is going the way barrlow, branch, jeffers, rodwell and many more kids who have been brought through the ranks he's going backwards need to get shut if the 30mill offer comes in, the thing that scares me the most is we won't have the mentality to cope with a relegation fight we have no leaders or experience to get us out of a free fall and Martinez has proven he ain't good enough to get us out of that situation coupled that with the fact we can't defend is a sign of disaster the man has to go now.
{Ed025's Note - cracking post muff, i dont think many would argue with much of that mate..
28 Jan 2016 06:39:12
another thing that frightens me, the poor health of kenwright god love him, I've been a critic in the past be he's a true blue as we all know and has the club at heart but its the fact he might be to ill to understand what is going on and can't act up on it and the club is in limbo ie we ain't bought anyone yet we are rudderless and have lost are direction its a massive worry we need 11 points but I can't see were they are coming from we lose likaku we are up sh*! creak without a paddle and a rudder I personally think he's been played with a injury at the mo he looks well of the pace Ed025.
{Ed025's Note - the last couple of games rom has looked jaded muff, you may be right about him carrying a knock mate..
28 Jan 2016 06:50:50
I don't think he's recovered from the knock in the 1st city game and if that's the case just geos to show poor management yet again wouldn't suprize me if Carlisle knock us out sunday the negativity has came back but am sorry its what supporting this club dose to you I've been positive all month and its done jack sh*! haha C. O. Y. B.
{Ed025's Note - we will win in the cup muff, and a stay of execution will be granted to the delusional one..
28 Jan 2016 07:03:31
hahahahaha got to laugh or there would be another river Mersey be just like us to hit form now the irony was we have moaned and moaned about draws and how we would of loved one last night, new the 0-0 week before would haunt us its called the everton way mate.
{Ed025's Note - it does test you at times being an evertonian muff, why do we do this to ourselves?..im sure a doctor or professor somewhere will find a cure one day, until then..its COYB,, :)
28 Jan 2016 07:20:35
but I will always say it this is what been a true supporter is about we have proved it and we must always remember that we are born any one can be a glory hunter and we have a right to be bitter twisted and proud with the crap we have put up with and coped with must admit supporting everton is like smoking they take 1 year off your age each season and like a devoted marriage love them hate them but always stay with them.
{Ed025's Note - your right there muff, but it could be classed as self harm mate.. :)
27 Jan 2016 23:45:19
We have no winners, bar Tom Cleverley not one of them has a winners mentality, way too nice. We have an awful mental block in big games and we need players who hate to lose, we have no one like that. Ironic the 2 players moaning about trophies and champo league football were the one's stinking the place out. Martinez now has a worse record than Walter Smith, that's amazing.
Who is there tonight desperate and willing to do everything to win? Osman yes, Cleverley yes, Mori definitely, Joel yes. Everyone else was just strolling along, Baines and Barkley were embarrassing as was Jags, not one of them trying to pump the team up.
Another issue we have is this is a lazy team, I don't mean tracking back, we make no effort to press. We don't hunt in packs and are not aggressive, Besic is the only one, as was Naismith and Mirallas and that's why we love them. Lukaku could have had a field day today against their awful defenders, wasn't arsed. He's not willing to run and it's irritating, one game, a massive game and he doesn't want to turn up. There is no press from the players, look how well Spurs do this, Barca, the club we are supposed to be copying, have a 5 second rule were they hunt in packs to win it back, we don't. Too many of them not willing to get it back, everyone just wants the finishing touch to a goal.
John Stones was atrocious tonight. Do fans still want to give Martinez more time? . Look at Liverpool, they have a dreadful team and yet they still win, why? It's been installed in the club, from the players to the board. They have a winners mentality, Gerrard had this in abundance. Who do we have like that? Barkley? The only time he opens his mouth is to spit. Embarrassing.
On the managers front, we need a winner, I don't want Karanka or Howe or any other "young upcoming" manager. The last 2 managers have been that and won absolutely nothing. Emery from Sevilla, though not sure how likely that is. Knowing the board we will get another yes man, someone like John Carver maybe.
Joel-6-Can't blame him for any of the goals, saved Barry first half.
Stones-3-Awful for Sterlings cross, the fact it was out is irrelevant when he gives Sterling the free 5 yards to run in to, got beaten in the air by 5 foot 8 Aguero.
Jagielka-5-Horrendous by him, flapped at each ball over the top and was of course, a dreadful captain.
Funes Mori-8-Dominated all over the park and actually looked arsed, unlike his fellow defenders.
Baines-5-Got ran ragged by Sterling and then Navas, awful going forward. So many sloppy passes, but, you know, he was the best left back in the league 4 years ago so don't criticise him.
Cleverley-5-Overran all game.
Barry-5-See Cleverley.
Deulofeu-6-Yes he missed a good chance, can create something from nothing, his sub was the worst decision for a substitute I've ever witnessed.
Barkley-6-Good goal, did nothing else, had the chance to play Rom in, failed as usual. 4-3 down and he's trying to beat 4 players on the left and shoot. Said it before he sees the highlight of the goal in his head and that's all he cares about.
Osman-6.5-Didn't play too bad, used his experience well, tired after a while of course.
Lukaku-4-Stunk the place out, not willing to move, touch was poor, so sluggish and slow. Never looked bothered, oh how I wish we had a better back up. Someone like Shane Long would have been perfect this game.
Never bring on Kone when it involves taking Deulofeu off, some kind of sick joke. Martin Atkinson awful as per usual against us but meh. Let's hope City beat them in the final and Liverpool don't win anything either this season. Though I know some of our fans are desperate for them to do the cup double. Why didn't he bring on Naismith, oh right, the clown sold him.
Sad, gutted and heartbroken yet again by Everton, please sack Martinez and tell him to take Stones with him.
{Ed025's Note - the only things i can argue about are that i thought clevs and barry were better than you marked them, and lukaku cant win a game on his own he needs service and support, which im sure he will get when he leaves in the summer, but a good passionate post mate..
28 Jan 2016 07:28:54
spot on swan.
28 Jan 2016 08:28:42
Bad nights sleep. Have suffered another in the long line of disappointments being a Blue. A lot of truth in Swans post which made me feel worse.
Besic for captain. Almost anyone else for manager.
28 Jan 2016 08:56:00
I know people opinions can change but you was singing stones praises as our best player not more than 2 months ago.
28 Jan 2016 09:31:47
Swan, by your own admission, you are not old enough to remember much of Walters reign. You can't really compare the two imo for the following reason. Walter had his hands tied by Johnson, was forced to sell our better players and work with an ageing squad. RM has had plenty of cash to spend and has a relatively younger squad at his disposal, according to most our best team for a long time. Walter also stopped this club from free falling into oblivion all them years ago by helping us to get rid of that chairman. Make no mistake, if he hadn't have challenged him then your childhood memories of EFC would have been of the lower leagues mate.
I never entirely agree with you on your scores for players but that is what football is about, if we all had the same outlook and opinions then it would be boring. For me, there is only one mark and that is for the manager, the players I wouldn't bother scoring.
Martinez - 1. And that's it, it tells us everything we need to know. He bottled it on all the important decisions from before we kicked off right up until the final whistle, from team selection to substitutions, the man let us all down yet again.
Couple that with having to play against a very good City team and we were up against it from the first minute.
28 Jan 2016 13:48:37
Very good post spudv. As good a post as I've read in a long time. No offence Swan, it's what spudv says about Smith and Martinez I totally agree about.
28 Jan 2016 05:40:39
Does anyone know what we've done to deserve this constant sh*t? Liverpool get battered by Stoke but obviously win on pens. We create chances, survive constant pressure, thin spanish waiter takes off our only threat then soft lad lookin like Wilfried Bony cuts it back from the advertising boards. Now De Bruyne is injured which is only going to benefit them. Being a blue is like living a constant nightmare. Wouldn't have it any other way though.
27 Jan 2016 22:55:33
Ok another interesting issue if RM stays on who ids coming into our struggling squad to strengthen it?
28 Jan 2016 05:44:31
Granit Xhaka.