marty mcfly
Player Valuation: £40m
All managers are as bad. The quickest way to loose the dressing room is to start flip flopping about like a man that doesn't know his best team.
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marty mcfly
Player Valuation: £40m
Robles started his little run a zero and ended it a hero with the fans. All is good for Joel.
Howard was like a leopard last night, agile and fast. Robles is like Herman Munster, very big, slow and always looking confused.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
pretty confident Martinez does not have favourites. But I think there are echelons of talent/responsibility that he prioritises.
I would think the most critical component to Everton under Martinez is distribution. For me (and evidentially , Bobby) that makes Naismith the first name on our team sheet. Playing without Naisy would be like trying to run a highly tuned sportscar engine without any oil.
I suspect that protection of our back 4 is Martinez's next priority and Gazza Bazza is thus the second name on the team sheet.
The rest of the team slot around these two integral components.
So, it's certainly not favouritism. It's acknowledging particular talent that a particular manager prioritises. And judging from our renaissance of late, whereby we look like we can challenge for major honours this season, I do not think many people on this forum will argue with Martinez's modus operandi.
I would think the most critical component to Everton under Martinez is distribution. For me (and evidentially , Bobby) that makes Naismith the first name on our team sheet. Playing without Naisy would be like trying to run a highly tuned sportscar engine without any oil.
I suspect that protection of our back 4 is Martinez's next priority and Gazza Bazza is thus the second name on the team sheet.
The rest of the team slot around these two integral components.
So, it's certainly not favouritism. It's acknowledging particular talent that a particular manager prioritises. And judging from our renaissance of late, whereby we look like we can challenge for major honours this season, I do not think many people on this forum will argue with Martinez's modus operandi.
tim cahill
Player Valuation: £50m
Howard was looking pretty confused as he let that shot wizz past him last night.
I can at least understand a lot of the Barry overuse given the injuries/form of possible alternatives.
No such explanation for Howard especially as he had only returned to training on Monday.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
I suspect an analogue of @Prevenger17 's special rock must have been in Stamford Bridge...it evidently works on leopards as well as tigers
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Unfortuntly if a goal goes in, and Howard is in goal, regardless of what happened in the eyes of many it is his fault.
The again he could have had a blinder , and kept the 35 year old Howard for the season !?- Imo only big Nev was capable of playing at 35 as he was world class - TH has been an ok keeper not a world class keeper !
Just decided to slump to his knees as the ball went passed him for their winning goal!
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
I don't count goalkeepers as footballers anyway. Just ball juggling balloon headed clowns to me, who stop balls flying past them. Every keeper I played with was a weirdo as well. Just saying like.
royvernon39
Player Valuation: £15m
This season Howard has been poor. The Palace game was breathtaking in its awfulness.
The StevieG LFC freekick was also down to him.
I certainly blame him for the Chelsea goal. Punching the ball aimlessly is taking a chance unnecessarily. Either catch the ball and take the pressure off the defenders or stay on your line. There was an EFC defender jumping who might have won it.
Then the reaction on the line to the shot was not great. It seemed as though he was unsure as to what he had to do. Not for the first time either.
Robles was improving with each game and had convinced many that he was good enough to continue. Dropping him was unfair and bad for squad morale.
The StevieG LFC freekick was also down to him.
I certainly blame him for the Chelsea goal. Punching the ball aimlessly is taking a chance unnecessarily. Either catch the ball and take the pressure off the defenders or stay on your line. There was an EFC defender jumping who might have won it.
Then the reaction on the line to the shot was not great. It seemed as though he was unsure as to what he had to do. Not for the first time either.
Robles was improving with each game and had convinced many that he was good enough to continue. Dropping him was unfair and bad for squad morale.
I think Robles reminds me more of Lurch from the Addams Family
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
Robles isn't fit to be a top league keeper if he's that fragile. He's 24, not 17.
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