Everton Banter Archive March 01 2015

01 Mar 2015 20:49:29
He has to go its as simple as that, no more excuses and no more of this enjoying your football crap, he needs to be sacked now.

{Ed025's Note - im on your side swan..

01 Mar 2015 21:44:52
I never expected us to get a result at Arsenal. I hoped that we might, but I never expected it (especially as this fixture came after a Europa League tie), so I'm not as angry about losing today as I have been with far too many other bad results (and numerous poor performances) this season.
On the other hand, I expected the usual post-match spin, excuses and rationalising from RM. I hoped not, but I expected it, so I'm not in the least surprised by his comments. I am disappointed that he thinks we played without "intent", as it's surely up to him to select, prepare, motivate and give "intent" to the team. If he can't do it, then we need a manager that can - and can start doing that PDQ!
Just think - all those mouthwatering fixtures in the Championship next season and that with our squad bereft of quality (the better players having been sold to compensate for the loss of TV money as I fear that we'll remain stuck outside the Premier League for a long time) and the ground move collapsing due to lack of investment funds and the agonising decline as we become yet another club that is just a footnote in history. I admire the loyalty of BK (could this be just like DM's second season syndrome), but it looks like we're risking the future of the club because of misguided loyalties, wishful thinking, and a belief in the questionable effectiveness of strongly held footballing principles.

01 Mar 2015 20:26:58
Anyone know how many season tickets have been sold so far or is every blue playing the waiting game until we know wot league were playing in next season.

{Ed025's Note - im waiting mate..

02 Mar 2015 00:33:38
i renewed ours, but if this carries on, I will b cancelling them

01 Mar 2015 19:49:39
"there are non so blind, as those who will not see"
Mr Bean doesn't seem to see the dire position we are in.
He doesn't hear the opinion of the fans or doesn't want to,
& Kenwight doesn't speak about the situation.
So there you have it, the 3 not so wise men,
can't see, can't hear & can't speak.

{Ed025's Note - spot on hendo mate..

01 Mar 2015 19:25:59
Quite disturbing that Martinez has claimed the players aren't enjoying the league games. In case he hadn't noticed, us fans aren't either and we have to pay to watch them, not get paid to go through the motions like them. Changes are needed and time is running out. Gibson, whom I'm no big fan of, is the only one who likes to pass forward in the hope of creating a scoring opportunity. Why did he not play instead of Barry? You know GB is having no influence on a game when he doesn't get a yellow card. Playing Ross on the wing is criminal, he can't play there. Lennon looked lively when he got a cameo but he is a winger. Play players in their right positions Bobby ffs. Besic must wonder why he bothers as he's either on the bench or getting subbed every game. The only positive we can take is that Garbutt is a great talent. Knowing us though, he will end up signing for somebody else as we didn't do enough to keep him! I'm depressed, time for a stella.

{Ed025's Note - pour me one as well mate..

01 Mar 2015 19:09:05
Gibson man of the matches for me before today when Mr.Prick drops him.
How long will you allow this clown to run our club into the dirt Bill?
But then again you appear to have been in awe of this dodgy tailor who offered you the kings new clothes, so if you sack him what do you do then?

01 Mar 2015 18:01:33
Martinez proclaimes, he will not sacrifice his principals, but he will, it seems, sacrifice our club, in support of his own ego.These principals are the same footballing principals, that saw wigan teeter on the brink of relegation for three consecutive years, finally resulting in their relegation. That is not bad luck, bad desisions, or injuries, it's HIM.Please bill, get rid of this fraud, whilst there is still time to save our club.

01 Mar 2015 17:04:36
I like everyone else cannot wait for this season to be over and hope we are still in the premier league. All this talk about kenwright not sacking bobby because we'll have to pay compensation, well we'll lose more if we go down. Also, surely in this day and age where football is a results driven business, it should be written into a managers contract that if certain points aren't met within certain games, then you've failed to do your job to the agreed terms of your employment. Thus employers can terminate employment without having to hand over a pay off. I know if I went for a job and promised everything in the interview and am pretty much doing the exact opposite to what I was employed to do, my boss would show me the door pretty fast

{Ed025's Note - football does not conform to rules like that ray...moyes had a mare at united and got a £10m pay off...good work if you can get it mate..

01 Mar 2015 17:28:44
I understand that Ed, but it should conform to it like everyone else. If you can't do your job to the level you said you can then bye bye. Ie, we'll make the champions league, yet we're fighting a relegation battle. There's no difference with that and going to a restaurant where a new chef says he can cook and yet gives everyone food poison because he runs a dirty crappy kitchen. You can be sure he'd be sacked before restaurant went out of business. Its the same story but people involved in footie are treated like they're more important than the regular Joe soap

{Ed025's Note - your not wrong there ray...i agree with you, but in the fairy land that is football mate normal rules do not apply..

01 Mar 2015 16:41:12
Does Booby checked the PL Table


March 2015

14 P27 W6 D10 L11 F33 A39 -4 28 points

7 points since the disastrous xmas new year

We not the even the titanic we are the ice berg below slowly melting away underneath with a blickered captain pretending everything is ok

{Ed025's Note - now your scaring me con..

01 Mar 2015 18:19:23
present the calculation in another way makes even more alarming situation.
Played 27, possible points 81. Actual points 28. Points actually lost. 53. Absolutely disgusting in any language and for a club like Everton.
As I've said before, Martinez is only interested in Euro football for his own cv and will walk away when the going gets tough.

01 Mar 2015 16:30:35
I try so hard to take positives but it's really hard sometimes. Yes we battled well at times today but we were set up to fail before the game kicked off. Why does he continue to play Barkley on the wing when it clearly isn't working. Why does he continue to play Barry when we clearly have better options. Why does he continue picking a keeper that is conceding goals that a hung over Sunday league keeper would save. It's a shame this squad we've got would be capable of doing things Only thing that's missing is a manager with common sense

{Ed025's Note - hard to argue with that kingy mate..

01 Mar 2015 16:11:17
I just can't be bothered with Everton anymore. I really want RM to piss off. I can't be arsed blaming any players here. but RM. oh boy if I ever see him.

{Ed025's Note - now now QB...we are not millwall mate..

01 Mar 2015 16:34:02
The buck stops with Roberto and if he says attractive footy is paramount and performances not results are his prioritised focus

then BK, there will be no more peaks just troughs, remember Wigan?

Next stop Championship and the PL will be just a memory that we will tell our grandkids about :(

{Ed025's Note - someone take my shoelaces out..

01 Mar 2015 16:54:56
'Nothing is that bad' Ed ;)

{Ed025's Note - have you watched us lately 247?.. :)

01 Mar 2015 17:16:52
Flippin eck Ed

You'll be cadgin me 1 way ticket to beachy head next :)

{Ed025's Note - we can get a tandem 247.. :)

02 Mar 2015 02:02:05
The sad thing for me is that I'm teetering between disappointment and indifference. I never thought things would be low enough to cause indifference.

01 Mar 2015 16:07:00
Whatever the spin that RM will put on today's performance against Arsenal, it's results that count and that's yet another defeat - and another poor result following a Europa League fixture to boot!
There can't be any confidence that we'll get anything at Stoke, so we're likely to be going into the FA Cup break well and truly in the relegation mix.
Don't worry though - RM is making sure we're not playing "parasite" football (even though those teams he's criticising are getting results and moving away from the bottom of the table) AND he is making sure we have "phenomenal" and "perfect" Europa League performances (although any of the remaining quality sides would no doubt easily see us off).
Champions League? We were having a laugh!
Championship? We're on our way with Bobby's army!

{Ed025's Note - thats a bit despondent from you sid..

01 Mar 2015 16:14:06
Agree with some of this post but a bit over the top. I can understand though this season has been emotionally draining!

{Ed025's Note - it has kingy..

01 Mar 2015 16:17:40
Totally agree Sid!

01 Mar 2015 16:28:16
Ed025: I've been increasingly annoyed this season by RM's complaining - about referees, travelling, etc. - and, in my humble (and biased!) opinion, he really took the biscuit by complaining about "parasite" teams. Well, Mr Martinez, two of those teams (WestBrom and Leicester) recently held us to draws when those fixtures should really have been two home bankers for us. All the spin and other empty words count for nothing - it's only results and points that'll preserve our sixty years to date of top-tier football. As it stands, RM will carry on with his stubborn ways and views and we would be regarded as the best side ever to be relegated - which is bo****ks since we'll get what our play throughout the season deserves. I'm just hoping that there are three sides who are statistically worse than us at the end of the season. I don't see RM doing anything himself to change things - although, as a loyal Evertonian wanting only the best for our club, I hope that myself and other doubters have to eat a large helping of humble pie after the final fixture.
:-(

{Ed025's Note - i dont dispute any of that for a minute sid...if hes getting to one of our more positive posters like you mate...things are really bleak..

01 Mar 2015 17:11:10
Roberto's after match comments no surprise there. We need momentum says he, come on have you no respect, resign and take some responsibility.

01 Mar 2015 16:01:28
1 win in twelve! Come on when is enough a enough? Any other team would have sacked their manager with that stat, this moment in time I couldn't give a rats **** about the Europa league because we are being drawn into a relegation battle now. Still not a fan a of RM never have been never will be.

01 Mar 2015 15:54:45
Got to go, for me should have gone after the Newcastle game!
One trick pony with no plan B

01 Mar 2015 15:46:38
The biggest difference I'm seeing between these teams is how much our players 'stand off' and 'watch' their players on the ball from that 1-2 yard distance - we 'watch' as they hold the ball at their feet and look around for the pass / move - when we have the ball at feet they are in close snapping away at ankles and trying to nick the ball - it sounds like a small thing but it's a massive difference - if I was an opponent I'd love playing against everton as we stand off and watch the opponent when he has the ball - if you get time and space on the ball it becomes an easy game

01 Mar 2015 16:16:18
Your spot on there mate

01 Mar 2015 15:29:40
Martinez your team selection, formation and tactics yet again baffle beyond belief, if on the off chance any of the back room staff read posts from this forum please for the love of everything Everton please point out to the smiling clown that:
1. Why continue to play a GK that has become inept at positioning or keeping a clean sheet when Robles who started to prove he could do just that is sat on the bench wondering wtf is going on.
2. G Barry is a constant card waiting to happen, not the player he was for us last season and the sooner he is suspended the better, Gibson coming back into some decent form is an obvious shoe in.
3. Barkley for the life of me never has been, never will be a wide player, if you can't give him free reign through the middle you may as well leave him to sit on the bench, Jesus H Christ we have Lennon and Mirallas as obvious wide men.
4. Then there's Naismith, he must be sat on the bench thinking wtf is going on?

Because of you Martinez I'm sat at home pulling my hair out and self harming, 25 mins to go someone please make me eat humble pie!

01 Mar 2015 16:00:10
Agree with everything you say. Why do we play at a higher tempo in Europe? Could it be that the imposter we have as a manager is setting himself up fort future employment at our expense.Our best player today has still not been offered a new contract. I am now seriously worried that in my 61st year I will see us relegated.

01 Mar 2015 14:47:51
Yet again we can't defend corners - (and we never score from corners)

Barkley and Mirrallas must be two of the laziest players ever to play for us

(Plus constant dirty fouling arsenal not penalised properly by ref)

01 Mar 2015 15:25:50
If you spot (it's not difficult) a blue shirt just strolling somewhere near the play whilst other players all around are busy moving - chances are it's Barkley or Mirrallas - (or Lukaku but that goes without saying - he has half an excuse)

01 Mar 2015 13:23:15
Must be something wrong with my ssn app as it says Barry playing and Gibson on the bench