2019/20 Marcel Brands

[Raino85]

Martinez's strike rate was better than Walsh/Brands up to this point.

Kone, Alcaraz, McGeady, Besic, Eto'o, Niasse, Funes Mori, Tarasaj,

 

[Goat]

Busy week incoming for Marcel.

Im expecting BIG, BIG things.

Watch this space.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

No it bloody wasnt.

Martinez : Lukaku, Holgate, Barry
Walsh : DCL, Gana, Keane, Pickford
Brands : Gomes, Mina, Rico, Digne, Kean, Gmblommo

Level of spending aren't in even the same universe by the way.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Kone, Alcaraz, McGeady, Besic, Eto'o, Niasse, Funes Mori, Tarasaj,

We had Aldi money not M&S money lid.

 

[nsno-chris]

We had Aldi money not M&S money lid.

still doesn’t excuse signing Tom Cleverly on free transfer and claiming he’s one of the best midfielders out there

 

[davek]

Fellaini rescued his job with Belgium. 2-0 down to Japan and a bit of direct hoof ball and Fellaini’s gifts turned that round. Then undone by the most boring French team ever. I’m not sure Martinez can claim success with Belgium.

Courtois, Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku. Anything other than winning tournaments with these types of players will be seen as a failure. He’ll go down as the coach who wasted Belgium’s golden generation unless he wins the next euros.

Nonsense. Any manager can be said to 'rescued their job' with a crucial goal (we all know HK was saved by Heath's goal at Oxford).

He has been the most successful manager of Belgium ever. They've won more and reached a pinnacle for them in reaching the WC SF.

And as for 4 decent players he "should" be winning the trophies with: is Capello rubbish for failing with a clutch of English talent?

 

[davek]

So how does this all equate to him outgrowing us? When we were clearly on the slide and were basically getting embarrassed every week

The players let us down. Not good enough.

 

[davek]

Can't really knock Moshiri for wanting to choose his own manager. The fans were already getting restless about Bobby by the time Moshiri joined.

It's taken a couple of attempts but getting Carlo in is a huge coup for the club and Moshiri deserves credit for that.

Pointless if he isn't backed though - and if he isn't backed it's because of poor decisions in recent years by Moshiri/the club.

Why?

He's not exactly at his peak is he?

Do you think if any other club waved £12M under the nose of Ancelotti they couldn't have got him?

Moshiri is a meddling nobhead.

 

[davek]

For as toxic as it got under Martinez I'd have loved to have seen what he'd have done with money the was afforded to the horror axis of Koeman/Walsh.

He got us 5th in a season he had a negative net spend of £23M!

 

[Bullens Rd]

I reckon the best he'll do this week is 'secure' Michael Keane's services for an additional three years based on fabricated interest from Barcelona.

Honestly, it's like suggesting Bayern are interested in poaching Davies off us.

Brands needs to badly get his finger out.

 

[roydo]

Nonsense. Any manager can be said to 'rescued their job' with a crucial goal (we all know HK was saved by Heath's goal at Oxford).

He has been the most successful manager of Belgium ever. They've won more and reached a pinnacle for them in reaching the WC SF.

And as for 4 decent players he "should" be winning the trophies with: is Capello rubbish for failing with a clutch of English talent?

He isnt. And to get that 3rd, he beat Gareth Southgate.

 

[davek]

He isnt. And to get that 3rd, he beat Gareth Southgate.

World Cups outrank EuroChampionships.

 

[Coggy]

He got us 5th in a season he had a negative net spend of £23M!

And what happened thereafter mate ?

 

[street end]

The players let us down. Not good enough.

LOL! Nothing to do with Martinez and his tactics no? Like when we were 2-0 up against West Ham and he took a centre half off for a striker ?

 

[roydo]

World Cups outrank EuroChampionships.

You think he is an elite manager. I think he is a nice bloke, but flawed as a manager.

Nothing will convince either of us to change those views!