I agree mate but also have to say the other 9 players dont look interested in what their manager wants either saying that If they dont practice defensive duties much in training what does Martinez expect lol
The basics, they looked Sunday league. The first was Oviedo losing the lad at the back stick and Stones for the second. All apart from Joel need fooling off after that shambles. No matter how much you/media/me want to blame him(Bobby), the players should at least try FFS!
A convenient excuse for players not being professional/playing to the ability they have. I'm not saying Bobby isn't at fault, but you can't just blame him for that shambles
They were all ready and willing to put a shift in against Chelsea, putting them to the sword.....then they serve up that gash display.
Unless Martinez was instructing Stones to give our players all the time and space they want then none of the goals were his fault That said, he should have realised his players were going to be cowards and protect themselves, and given some younger and less experienced players a chance to prove themselves Lukaku did nothing that Niasse couldn't have done Despite 4 goals Robles did a good job, he's the only one with any credit from last night
I can't believe I agree with you. But Tobes will disagree about Naisse as he is gash in training.....well he assumes that
I don't think I was wrong, you should've just done it earlier in the game. We went into panic mode quite easily when you decided to go for it in the second half. It really could've gone either way. I think both sides rode their luck at times. Unlucky Everton
That's it, I will get the flaming torches and we can drive him out. The booing at HT yesterday was terrible!
Can't condone that no but can't understand anyone who wants to defend a bloke who over 2 seasons has taken us backwards with a better squad
I'm not defending him. I had the same chat with Tobes, he will be replaced in the summer and he had to go. Players not performing has been his downfall, stones going from the real deal to a Sunday league player in the last year has hurt him. I won't see his time with us as a flop, record points, great football for half his time here. It just needed a little tweak. Howard was on the cusp of being sacked/fans driving him out and look what happened! The boo's can't have been from those who remember that far back.
It's not just Stones though that's just Astro as he automatically hates anything that it known to be an asset to Everton.....Stones and Lukaku regarded highly by pundits etc = Astro hate... It's the whole way we go about defending or not defending so to speak... Quite often this season Coleman looks like he cost 60k from Sligo Rovers....which he did.. Baines has been injured but if we are honest he should have followed Moyes to Utd as he's been gash since.. Jags is getting no younger.. Funes Mori plays well 1 in 3? We have James Mccarthy who did well first season when Martinez didn't meddle with our Moyes style defending but has been gash since.. I think it was Osman said Martinez does little or fork all with defending (set pieces I think it was) We have lost over 50 points from leading positions the last 2 seasons so the game management is gash.. Only thick people are just pointing at Stones he's 21 has great potential who will do well as soon as he is sold to a club with a decent manager or if he stays and we get one lol
Just call it as I see it; Stones is a liability and Lukaku loves scoring goals that don't count for anything. I don't have a problem with Barkley, and Deulofeu is good. So you're deluding yourself if you think it's Everton hatred. You might also remember as far back as the World Cup I called out Howard as being garbage with the #prayforjoel hashtag. Another example of just calling it as it is and being right. It's astro hatred that's making you refuse to accept that Stones' positioning and Lukaku's inconsistency have cost you massively this season. Reality is if I had to pick a defence to win an Everton game it would be Funes Mori and Jagielka, which has a better record than any pairing including Stones.
Martinez did change our defensive style. Splitting the CB, getting the FB's up the pitch both sides and getting one of Barry or McCarthy to drop in to make a three.
Stones is 21 ya plop lol...Hes being told to play as he is thats why hes going backwards wake up you will realise soon... As for Lukaku if our defensive style hadnt changed then more wins would have been had...Its not individual players that are the problem its how we are being managed and told to play as a team.... Not that i expect you to acknowledge that mind you would need more than one brain cell lol
The pair of them will fetch about £100m this summer. Which suggests you might just be talking out yer pipe
And to be fair the concept is good but when we take a lead we can revert back and be more solid surely? Be a bit more careful with it and it would work well too gun ho and hey presto
