Has it all gone a bit wrong?

[Bungle]

So Martinez has tried to implement some new tactics and it all looks fairly terrible at the moment, players don't look comfortable with the positions they're being asked to play and we look poor defensively. The signings he's made haven't been great in my opinion and he generally looks a bit lost on the touchline.

How long into the season do we give him if it's not working? We haven't kept a clean sheet this pre-season and alarm bells are ringing already for me.

 

[allen]

Calm down! We've not kicked a single ball in anger yet!

 

[Furey1878]

Alas my dear Bungle, we are truly doomed.

 

[Pabbers]

Could not disagree more.

 

[Housequake]

Alas my dear Bungle, we are truly doomed.

I agree, personally I think it's a f*cking joke that this once great club has been driven into the dirt like a cheap hooker, an abomination.

 

[pfim]

I would say if we don't beat Norwich by 10-0 and score at least 5 of those goals with backheels, we should look for a more practical manager.

Worst case scenario, he gets until January.

 

[Eggs]

...bad pre-seasons often result in a decent season. At least our current performance is managing expectation and not allowing anybody to get carried away.

 

[somuchfun]

If only we had kept Round around, he would've showed the way.

 

[Greek Fisherman]

Sigh.

 

[Furey1878]

If we don't win at Norwich I say we hang Martinez from the rafters in Carrow Road.

 

[LTblue]

 

[Bungle]

Don't get me wrong, there have been positives, that being we have seen some of the younger players get some game time, something Moyes never did enough of. I just think the signs are worrying from a defensive point of view and not a great deal of quality really being added to the squad.

 

[LTblue]

Don't get me wrong, there have been positives, that being we have seen some of the younger players get some game time, something Moyes never did enough of. I just think the signs are worrying from a defensive point of view and not a great deal of quality really being added to the squad.

We'll be fine mate honestly.

 

[allen]

I just think the signs are worrying from a defensive point of view and not a great deal of quality really being added to the squad.

We weren't on top-form defensively for most of last season, either. How many clean sheets did we manage all season?

As it stands, we have a better squad than last season. There's more depth, too.

Granted, there's time for that to change for the worse - but there's also time for us to get even stronger, too.

 

[Whitty]

Only conceded 4 goals against top quality opposition, and looked quite good at times in all games apart from the last really which was our 3rd game in 7 days and they'll have been training fairly hard in between the games as well.

I think we've looked ok personally and that's without us having our strongest team on the pitch at any one time.

I'm not expecting it to click straight away but the progress made so far has been encouraging