Martinez Out?

[blue76]

BS...no you wouldn't...that's bollocks....100% bollocks.

Well it's all opinions mate, I'm just saying that a league winning

Southall
Martyn
Mimms
Myrhe
Wright
Westerveld
Baardsen
Simonsen
Ruddy
Mucha
Wood
Ross
Lawson
Davies
Rankin
West
Dunlop

All better.

Shame we didn't keep hold of him a bit longer.

 

[ijjysmith]

Dont forget Jason Kearton and Mike Stowell!!

Exactly.

 

[Woolly Blue]

That said, he's still in the top 5 all time Everton keepers.

I only go back to the mid/late 60's but

Neville Southall
Nigel Martyn and
Gordon West

were streets ahead of Tim Howard.

To be honest, I'm not convinced he's massively better than the likes of Dai Davies, David Lawson and even Andy Rankin.
Basically, given some of the bog average stuff ( George Wood, Richard Wrong and Paul Gerrard for example ) we've had between the sticks in the last 50 years I'd say "top 5" is damning him with faint praise.

He's decent, but nothing special.

 

[ilikecheese]

Nigel Martyn and Big Nev were certainly better in my lifetime.

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

 

[blue76]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

Hmm, this isn't so. I had a season ticket for the Martyn years and he was the ghost of Southall. All we ever did in the boozer was lament that we hadn't signed him as Southall's replacement in 1996.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

Behave.
Martyn played in green. I grant you, he wasn't American though.

 

[Goat]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

Im just gonna L0L.

Sorry.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

Normally agree with you mate.

Not this time though.


Soz.

 

[Carlito]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

Unbelievable comment. Martyn was top drawer at Everton, whereas Howard is a B/C level player who got binned for Roy Carroll.

As for Martinez, the moment he tries to sign Tom Cleverly in the summer should be the moment he gets sent packing.

 

[Allezfan]

Had one good season out of the 3 he was here, Martyn.

That season he was superb, left Howard in the dust but he wasn't great in most of the games he played.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Behave.
Martyn played in green. I grant you, he wasn't American though.

@ilikecheese

... and I'm tempted to thread ban you for services to Wummery

LOL

 

[AndyC]

Nigel Martyn and Big Nev were certainly better in my lifetime.

And George Wood on his day was better than Howard.

 

[Woolly Blue]

And George Wood on his day was better than Howard.

Easy mate.

 

[MikeH72]

When Tom Cleverley is confirmed as our first signing in the summer, that will rubber-stamp it for me. The man needs to go

 

[Saint Domingo]

Martyn was very good in his prime...but not better than Howard in a blue shirt.

This a joke? Martyn was miles ahead of Howard. Used to win points for us, not throw the ball in his own net once or twice a game.