Consistently done nothing to address our defensive options? Consistently adopted ineffective tactics? Consistently spouted utter tripe to the press?
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Consistently done nothing to address our defensive options? Consistently adopted ineffective tactics? Consistently spouted utter tripe to the press?
Blue Parkender
Player Valuation: £8m
Not me but would love it to be true..
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
I do not think RM will ever refer to that meeting with a fan. from the reply made by RM that when the Cup is won the fans will love him!! This is exactly it, his arrogance, I can do no wrong.
Ehm....when did Howard ever keep 16 STRAIGHT clean sheets? Buffon just set the record in Italy with like 960 minutes. So Howard did six more games with clean sheets than one of the greatest keepers of all time?..
Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
Incredible stuff if true.
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Posted by 1878blog on April 12, 2016 at 11:15 AM
Roberto Martinez met a fan yesterday night during an U21s game. Here's exactly what happened.
Last night, Everton U21s faced Chelsea U21s, and won 2-0. Get in! But that wasn't the main event at the game.
The Everton manager, Roberto Martinez; the Everton assistant manager, Graeme Jones; and the Everton head coach, Duncan Ferguson were present at this U21s game, and a lucky fan managed to have a chat with Mr. Martinez himself.
@Kingy_efc on Twitter posted a photo of the fan and Roberto Martinez having a conversation, with the caption: 'Some lad give Roberto [Poor language removed] before at the U21 game at southport tonight, time to go?'
Many fans speculated about what Laurie said to the manager, and according to a Twitter user by the name of @Deulxfeu, the fan said this through a private message to a friend:
Which then later extended to this message (I am unsure who originally posted this image):
So, the speculation continued, with the fan not even being identified. Well, I managed to find out who this fan was, and I found his Twitter. I had a conversation with this fan. He allowed me to post this information he has told be, but to keep him unnamed.
He is a sound lad - I'm saying that right from the start. We had a conversation about what went on and he willingly accepted to give me some information on the incident and explain what happened between him and the manager so I could let the public know what went on, and let the truth out.
So, What Actually Happened Then?
He explained everything to me - from the start to the finish. He gave me all the things he said to Martinez, and all the responses he got. I'll explain what happened now...
He started his conversation with Martinez by telling the manager, in his own words, "what everyone says about him."
He told Martinez, "You've lost everyone. Nobody likes you anymore. The fans are against you - even the staff are." He continued, "You're sitting on your own. Sort your head out. We're fourteenth in the league with a good side."
As you can tell, he certainly didn't hold back.
The fan told me Martinez responded with, "I made that side though and we're in the FA Cup semi-final. You Everton fans won't be on my back when I win you the trophy, will you?"
I don't know about you, but Martinez seems to be way too cocky in his response for my liking, with the season he's having.
The fan replied, "Yeah we will because, if anything, the club is going backwards."
He said he asked Martinez about the situation with Leighton Baines.
He explained the manager tried to blank him. Eventually though, Martinez just said, "That is irrelevant."
The fan didn't hold back and explained to the Everton boss, "You're a shithouse. Barry has said something - where is his apology? Lukaku has said he wants to leave - where's his apology?"
The fan then explained he also asked Martinez about the banners at the Watford game.
The managers response was, "Yes, I saw them. The fans should get behind the players, not against them in that manner."
The fan brutally asked, "What the [Poor language removed] do the players have to do with a banner with 'Martinez Out' on?"
He says Roberto Martinez blanked him, but mentioned, "Wait until the end of the season, then judge me," just before being pulled away by Graeme Jones.
The fan told me that was all between him and Martinez but Duncan Ferguson spoke with the fan just before the second half of the match.
Ferguson said to him, "I am not happy with it - it's painful to watch."
The fan also explained to me that Ferguson joked with him, suggesting he asks Martinez for his season ticket money back, and "see what he says." Duncan Ferguson then started laughing.
That is all the fan told me. That is his story from start to finish.
I feel very privileged to have spoken to this fan personally to get this information, and thankfully putting the rumours and speculation to rest.
People might say this is fake or that it didn't happen. Believe what you will, but I think this is the truth. I 100% believe everything this fan has said to me, and I think this is all legitimate.
It will be interesting to hear what Roberto Martinez will say on this matter - if he will even mention it.
I'd like to say thank you to the fan for giving me an insight into what happened in this incident between him and the manager. He is a top lad.
I plead you to share this around. Tweet this out. This is an exclusive explanation from the man himself, so this needs to get out there. Let the fan share what happened.
We all read Roberto's words in a Spanish accent right ?
bitter-no-better
Player Valuation: £25m
He has slowly got rid / not played a lot of Moyes squad. And a lot of his signings are as you say square pegs in round holes. unbalanced and no team work from front to back for the best part of 18 months.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
That effectively sums it up.
He's like Nero, fiddling whilst Rome burns.
The sound bites are becoming more and more unbelievable by the day.
I honestly thought by now the club would've stopped him speaking to the press unless he has to, he's just digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself.
I'm not sure that i agree he's a 'sound lad' if he said that to the manager. I'm all for him having a frank discussion and telling him he's not happy, but going up to someone you don't know and calling them a latrine is not OK in my book.
Not a chance in hell that Ferguson has sat in front of his boss laughing with a bloke who has just abused him to his face either.
Not a chance in hell that Ferguson has sat in front of his boss laughing with a bloke who has just abused him to his face either.
I'd be more inclined to think there's some elements of truth to it (no smoke without fire) combined with a fairly high percentage of poetic license.
He's giving Goebbels a run for his money with his fanciful press releases. The only problem is that his indoctrination doesn't wash any more.
If it's true then I think the lad did nothing wrong, he had the bottle to say what everyone is thinking directly to the bloke's face.
I don't agree with fans who get overly aggressive by spitting or screaming abuse at managers or other club figures if they see them, they're still people with families and personal feelings at the end of the day. There is nothing wrong though with taking the opportunity to personally read a deluded man the riot act though when he arrogantly refuses to listen to the people he's supposed to be delivering for.
Martinez I think has finally realised just how unpopular he is with the vast majority of the fanbase and it desperately trying to go on a PR offensive to get supporters back onside for a bit. It happened last season, our first bottom-half finish in 9 years and all he had to do to get fans to forget their anger was give some fans an hour long interview for their podcast. It was a joke how quickly people were willing to forget the shambles of last season.
This time there should be absolutely no way back for him, not even if we win the FA Cup and do it in style. We've gone backwards under him and will continue to do so unless a change is made soon. He is a loser who found his level at Wigan and Swansea and nothing, not an FA Cup or an interview where he talks about how much he GETS the club's history will change my mind.
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