2018/19 Cuco Martina

AsiaAsia82 · February 1, 2019

dont blame Brands for selling/loaning at market price, blame the muppets who bought high!!
Blame the previous managers who bought people like Niasse, who are locker blocking....

Goat · February 1, 2019

AsiaAsia82 said:
dont blame Brands for selling/loaning at market price, blame the muppets who bought high!!
Blame the previous managers who bought people like Niasse, who are locker blocking....

Niasse is the perfect example really.

I mean I think hes rubbish, but he scores goals. Hes on smallish wages and he has a very small book value and we still couldnt get anybody to buy him.

So how on earth we get somebody like Bolasie out the door is anybodys guess.

Connor · February 1, 2019

Deulofeumygod said:
That Tottenham game at Wembley *shudders*

I could have performed better that day and I am a morbidly obese 20 something who gets out of breath running for a minute

Toffeelover · February 1, 2019

davek said:
That simply doesn't wash for some of the players we have out on loan. There's so many of them that it just beggars belief. Brands must have boxed himself into a corner in the summer with the loan term arrangements. He's paying for that lack of foresight now when we desperately need to sell to buy.

Who Dave? Bear in mind some of the dross out on loan may not be wanted as full signings. A club cannot be forced to buy or a player forced to sign! Now if you are talknig of our loans in the summer what option was there?
You blames Brands but what option did he have, let's face it you have not a clue what was going on in the club and considering the dross you may name, who signed them?
However some young players have gone out on loan to gain experience.

davek · February 1, 2019

Toffeelover said:
Who Dave? Bear in mind some of the dross out on loan may not be wanted as full signings. A club cannot be forced to buy or a player forced to sign! Now if you are talknig of our loans in the summer what option was there?
You blames Brands but what option did he have, let's face it you have not a clue what was going on in the club and considering the dross you may name, who signed them?
However some young players have gone out on loan to gain experience.

In your estimation Brands makes no mistakes. He's here to make us better on the pitch.

I disagree on the evidencde so far. He looks like he's out of his depth in the cut and thrust of the transfer market in terms of selling players rather than loaning them out. He's also now very cosily slotted into the boardroom...and that boardroom have one over-riding priority: build a stadium. They aren't bothered about the team other than to keep top half and avoid another expensive and disruptive managerial go around.

tim cahill · February 1, 2019

davek said:
In your estimation Brands makes no mistakes. He's here to make us better on the pitch.

I disagree on the evidencde so far. He looks like he's out of his depth in the cut and thrust of the transfer market in terms of selling players rather than loaning them out. He's also now very cosily slotted into the boardroom...and that boardroom have one over-riding priority: build a stadium. They aren't bothered about the team other than to keep top half and avoid another expensive and disruptive managerial go around.

Would stability be such a bad thing? Don’t you think the new stadium is important for the future of the club?

Tubey · February 1, 2019

tim cahill said:
Would stability be such a bad thing? Don’t you think the new stadium is important for the future of the club?

That type of 100% approach to off field development will mean five years of stagnation.

As bad as the league is, that would be very dangerous.

davek · February 1, 2019

tim cahill said:
Would stability be such a bad thing? Don’t you think the new stadium is important for the future of the club?

We need to be doing something on the pitch to make a stadium build an imperative. We;ve placed the cart before the horse on this for years. It's no wonder outsiders never take our schemes seriously.

AsiaAsia82 · February 1, 2019

MarcelsGoat said:
Niasse is the perfect example really.

I mean I think hes rubbish, but he scores goals. Hes on smallish wages and he has a very small book value and we still couldnt get anybody to buy him.

So how on earth we get somebody like Bolasie out the door is anybodys guess.

Completely agree, any pound saved on wages is credit to Brands,
if only we’d got him after Moyes left instead of that fraud who wasted that solid base he'd built

tim cahill · February 1, 2019

Tubey said:
That type of 100% approach to off field development will mean five years of stagnation.

As bad as the league is, that would be very dangerous.

It’s clearly not a 100% approach though. We need to be more sensible when buying players and try to get better value out of what we’re paying in wages but we did good business last summer and I’m sure we will next summer too. I’d rather a new stadium than another bunch of Sandros, Klassens and Schneiderlins though, wouldn’t you?

summerisle · February 11, 2019

Everton player on 'many long balls' in England, had been 'used to playing football' previously - Sport Witness

Cuco Martina is from Rotterdam. He’s a Feyenoord fan, was in the youth system at the Eredivisie club, was a ballboy there, but never actually made the breakthrough. Moving to RBC Roosendaal, he then went on to RKC Waalwijk before making a name for himself at FC Twente. That earned him a move to...

sportwitness.co.uk

"Wiser and smarter" lol

Everton player on 'many long balls' in England, had been 'used to playing football' previously - Sport Witness

Cuco Martina is from Rotterdam.
He’s a Feyenoord fan, was in the youth system at the Eredivisie club, was a ballboy there, but never actually made the breakthrough.
Moving to RBC Roosendaal, he then went on to RKC Waalwijk before making a name for himself at FC Twente. That earned him a move to Southampton, and after a couple of years there he reunited with former Saints manager Ronald Koeman at Goodison Park.

Not part of Marco Silva’s plans at the Toffees this season. Everton allowed their player to sign for Feyenoord on loan for the second half of the season, after he spent the first part of the campaign with Stoke City.

It’s a move the 29 year old has been a huge backer of, eager to play for a club he always dreamed about.
For his debut at the weekend, the footballer managed to secure 20 tickets for family and friends and the scenario is certainly one which means a lot to him.

Speaking to De Telegraaf, Martina was asked about how his game has changed with Southampton and Everton in England, and he told the Dutch newspaper: “If you come from the Netherlands, you are used to playing football. But you soon notice that many long balls are played and that you have to be physically strong. That was a moment of change for me. In the end I picked that up well. I have become stronger, but also wisera and smarter.”

This should all help at Feyenoord and Martina’s debut was a happy one, with a 4-0 win over De Graafschap. Not only that, his two year old son Noah was there to see it: “He is still small, but it’s nice that he could be there too. My first match in De Kuip is a very special moment “

zzr45 · February 11, 2019

summerisle said:
Everton player on 'many long balls' in England, had been 'used to playing football' previously - Sport Witness

Cuco Martina is from Rotterdam. He’s a Feyenoord fan, was in the youth system at the Eredivisie club, was a ballboy there, but never actually made the breakthrough. Moving to RBC Roosendaal, he then went on to RKC Waalwijk before making a name for himself at FC Twente. That earned him a move to...

sportwitness.co.uk

"Wiser and smarter" lol

Everton player on 'many long balls' in England, had been 'used to playing football' previously - Sport Witness

Cuco Martina is from Rotterdam.
He’s a Feyenoord fan, was in the youth system at the Eredivisie club, was a ballboy there, but never actually made the breakthrough.
Moving to RBC Roosendaal, he then went on to RKC Waalwijk before making a name for himself at FC Twente. That earned him a move to Southampton, and after a couple of years there he reunited with former Saints manager Ronald Koeman at Goodison Park.

Not part of Marco Silva’s plans at the Toffees this season. Everton allowed their player to sign for Feyenoord on loan for the second half of the season, after he spent the first part of the campaign with Stoke City.

It’s a move the 29 year old has been a huge backer of, eager to play for a club he always dreamed about.
For his debut at the weekend, the footballer managed to secure 20 tickets for family and friends and the scenario is certainly one which means a lot to him.

Speaking to De Telegraaf, Martina was asked about how his game has changed with Southampton and Everton in England, and he told the Dutch newspaper: “If you come from the Netherlands, you are used to playing football. But you soon notice that many long balls are played and that you have to be physically strong. That was a moment of change for me. In the end I picked that up well. I have become stronger, but also wisera and smarter.”

This should all help at Feyenoord and Martina’s debut was a happy one, with a 4-0 win over De Graafschap. Not only that, his two year old son Noah was there to see it: “He is still small, but it’s nice that he could be there too. My first match in De Kuip is a very special moment “

Good for him. Doesn't deserve the absolute pelters he got on here. Hopefully he goes back home and enjoys the rest of his career.

ClausThomsen · February 11, 2019

zzr45 said:
Good for him. Doesn't deserve the absolute pelters he got on here. Hopefully he goes back home and enjoys the rest of his career.

Let's hope he enjoys the rest of this season enough that his wages aren't a stumbling block for a permanent deal. Off the books one year sooner will be good business.