Martinez new Belgium head coach

[Connor]

Third-place Bobby

 

[ilikecheese]

Hahaha ok mate. I'll discuss Martinez in the Martinez thread, you can display your incredulity that people don't like things you like. What a weird and crazy world.

Belgium just scored a goal in spite of Martinez...

 

[Mickey]

Belgium just scored a goal in spite of Martinez...

 

[polish]

Fella's got a world cup medal. Fair play to him.

 

[deipnosophist]

It certainly has on a few of you who go out of your way to discredit the man. Really weird stuff.

Have you considered applying for a ‘moderator’ role?

 

[goodisonopheliac]

I still can't believe Roberto Martinez has a World Cup bronze medal.

 

[obc]

lols. beat ingurland twice. while he still bottled the semifinal (against a superior team), at least he learned from his past. instead of going up 2-0 to collapse, he had the side go down 0-2 to Japan only to take it.

 

[bignev23]

Belgium fa must regret not stumping up the cash for a top manager to take charge of this squad, I think they could and should have won this World Cup in Russia.

 

[davek]

The stink of defeat in here is strong. Bodies strewn all over the place.

 

[BlueStevie35]

The stink of defeat in here is strong. Bodies strewn all over the place.

They'll learn mate, gotta eat humble pie sometimes. Happy for him that he's come away with something from this World Cup

 

[Kenshin]

Martinez. Only slightly better than Gareth southgate.

Both managers got club teams relegated from the premier league.

Different standard of coaching internationally.

 

[dholliday]

1) Martinez. Only slightly better than Gareth southgate.

2) Different standard of coaching internationally.

Disagree on both counts, mate.

1) Martinez has a superior playing style (when it comes off). He's also won the FA Cup and reached semis of a few tournaments. We'll always have 72 points. It's pretty obvious England fluked their run to the semis, while Belgium knocked out Brazil quite convincingly (and that's a Brazil who looked far superior to the emotionally-chaotic side who got thrashed by Germany 4 years prior) and beat England twice without conceding.

That's a lot more than slightly better. Southgate has much to prove still.

2) Different yes, but I know you meant it to mean international coaching is an inferior standard to club coaching. It's not true in a technical-quality sense. It's a different discipline, but not inferior/superior. It's only inferior (i.e. less) in a workload/logistical sense. We have plenty of examples of high-end successful club coaches who failed when they tried their luck internationally: Capello for one. Trapattoni, Clemente, even Alex Ferguson.

 

[ilikecheese]

The stink of defeat in here is strong. Bodies strewn all over the place.

Surely you've also earned a 3rd place medal after all this time?

 

[dholliday]

Surely you've also earned a 3st place medal after all this time?

fixed

 

[davek]

Martinez. Only slightly better than Gareth southgate.

Both managers got club teams relegated from the premier league.

Different standard of coaching internationally.

Ha Ha Ha.

Yes, it is isn't it?