Roberto Martinez is an utter fraud - he won the FA Cup as Manchester City sacked Roberto Mancini before the final, and that same season he had his Wigan side relegated. Steve Bruce was a better overall manager at Wigan, though of course he was not gifted the FA Cup.
His first season was of course impressive, but he was basically working with the legacy of
Moyes decade-long tenure (solid defence, good team ethic, etc). Afterwards he was an absolute disgrace of a manager. I still remember that Europa game where the opposition looked like scoring at will by launching long diagonal balls from their own half....
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FULL TIME: Dynamo Kyiv 5-2 Everton (agg 6-4)
'And then there were none. The end of English football’s interest in Europe arrived emphatically and shambolically as Everton were routed in the last 16 of the
Europa League by Dynamo Kiev.
'Roberto Martínez had targeted this competition as possible salvation from a sorry domestic season, but the journey derailed in Ukraine’s capital. Criminally, his team went down with little fight. A truly woeful defensive display holed Everton’s hopes of a place in the quarter-finals and Sergei Rebrov’s clinical side were able to take full advantage.
'Andriy Yarmolenko and Vitorino Antunes started and finished the victory in stunning style, and Martínez claimed it was quality in front of goal that proved the difference on the night, but their goals book-ended an appalling collapse in the heart of the visiting defence. Antolín Alcaraz, Phil Jagielka and
Seamus Coleman chose the wrong night to allow the weakness that has undermined Everton’s Premier League season to infect their European campaign.'
