Martinez a bit hesitant today

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evertorial said:
I said im not having a go at Martinez at all his tactics were spot on all game but yes Norwich were very unlucky to not score particularly after our change to 3 at the back and I thought Martinez should of acted quicker to prevent them creating chance after chance during that spell. Because when we were at 4-2-3-1 Norwich had chances here and there but at 3-5-2 we were under sustained pressure so surely he should of changed it back?
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From a tactical point of view, you have a good point when discussing advanced football tactics to be fair.

I too, recognized the period of pressure when I thought "they're going to score here ffs come on Everton.."

Was it purely due to the tactical change though?

We'd played a high tempo, high pressure game for a very long period, so part of me knew Norwich would try and have a say. All teams drift off for periods, even right at the top.

Moyes' Everton would have parked the bus at 2-0 (I recall a quote along these lines) but today I saw us attacking and nearly scoring (up for debate) as the final whistle literally blew.
 
Thing is we need a change anyway and it was a good chance for him to try something different with no hard done, clean sheet, Heitinga was decent, ok Norwich might have pressed on a bit more but that is fine, im sure Stones would of learnt a bit more as well in that last 20 mins
 
ilikecheese said:
I really hate threads like this...hesitant my arse.

Try confident and patient to let the lads sort it out...which they did. The last 5 minutes we were well back in possession.
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I always think there's an upturn in wind ups on this site when we're riding high. It's almost like it becomes infested with Kopites looking to take out their pain on us. Not that the OP is like...perish the thought.

There are a few knocking about tonight though. It's good to know they're hurting down there in 6th place.
 
evertorial said:
So its around the 70th minute and we are cruising and look set to score another couple of goals. Martinez then decides to put Heitinga on and switch to a 3-5-2. Thats ok and worth a try to see how we adapt, but as soon as that change happened we got totally dominated by Norwich and I really think Martinez should have seen this quicker because they had about 5 very good chances to score and all these chances were due to the tactic change as we lost grip of the match.
I thought Martinez should of subbed Stones for a midfield player or moved Heitinga further forward and gone straight back to the 4-2-3-1 because had we conceded which probably should of happened we could of thrown away a massive 2 points.
But as it was we got away with it but them last 20 minutes were a hell of a lot more nervy than they needed to be and I just felt Martinez could of acted quicker. This is in no way a gripe at Martinez because I think hes a legend and the best thing to happen to Everton for decades, but this was probably the first sign of a bit of hesitancy from him when I felt he should of spotted a problem and acted on it.
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How does flexibility = hesitancy?

We need to be able to change. It's worth experimenting with different formations and systems to try and get the best out of the individuals (unfortunate Pienaar went off and caused a reshuffle before we could really see it in action) and also to give us, as I said, flexibility to change in games where 3-4-3 might just get us the win.
 
It seems there are still people on the planet who think a team should totally dominate for 90 minutes and that the opposition shouldn't get a sniff.

Holy Jesus....what do people expect? It's the Premiership....all teams are going to have a spell on top in a game.
 
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