Niasse isnt a young player though.
Hes also barely played. The signs dont look good admittedly but im going to judge his worth once he actually gets some game time.
Im not convinced how solid the side was that he was left. It did a job for years but look at the stalwarts of that squad who served Moyes well. We had no club captain after Neville went, no serviceable strikers at the club, a defence which never turned up when it mattered most (been like this for years) and the likes Osman, Hibbert, Howard and Pienaar had all aged to the point of not really being useable options. Most of our good players these days are Martinez players though of course its fair to say he is not getting the best out of them.
I do think the job Martinez had on when he joined us was a lot lot bigger than some people realize as the previous eras squad had stagnated.
The old saying is `if it isnt broken dont fix it` Martinez had a good squad, that is what gave him a great first season
He then destroyed it by using his Wigan back room staff, falling out with Distin and the team doc, bringing in Alcaraz and his Wigan specialists as replacements.
The amount of hamstring injuries are alarming, he admitted not practising set pieces. Barklay and Coleman look shadows of their former selves
Howard was clearly done yet he insisted on playing him, even after Robles had some great performances.
Lukaku lately reminds me of Kevin Campbell/ Yakubu left alone up front disjointed from the midfeild
The one player who gave his all and loved Everton he sold and bought a turkey .... for 13.5 million ....
And then we have the media interviews where he believes he has taken us forward and we are better off for his philosophy ...
The table does not lie, Martinez has recorded our lowest points in our history we have headed backwards alarmingly under his management
Yet he fails to see this ` judge me over 3 years` ..... I would love him to explain what he means by this statement
