Persistence of Martinez - Time to change.

[mrb85]

why are we dropping Baines? 3 goals and 9 assists this season in total, just need to take him off corners

Baines was atrocious today. How on earth did he manage to allow the cross to come in for their 2nd?

 

[Goat]

Told you we should have got Vitor.

 

[mrb85]

Yeah and Southampton played mid week and were missing half their team today

A good point that should once and for all dispel the myth that any team playing twice in 4 days is at a massive disadvantage against a side that has had a full week rest.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Stubborn and he spoke a lot of bull. It doesn't seem he thinks the tactics and selection are a problem.

He's totally right.

We might have lost the goals but we won the posession and we won the passing.

So he clearly takes that away as a 2-1 victory to us.

 

[hktoffee]

He's totally right.

We might have lost the goals but we won the posession and we won the passing.

So he clearly takes that away as a 2-1 victory to us.

LOL he thinks possession stats is more important than gaining point.

 

[mglennon]

Agree with 1st post.

But Martinez must get OAP pts for playing the oldest possible team, losing faith quickly

 

[marty mcfly]

“The second half we started with a good mentality and we had Southampton where we wanted them. All they wanted to do was work on the counter-attack."

I think he meant they had us where they wanted us and where able to pick us off on the counter. We look shoddy enough when teams play this way in the first half but when we're a goal down or in the 2nd half we look absolutely abysmal.

 

[marty mcfly]

Yeah and Southampton played mid week and were missing half their team today

That's a good point. They played mid week but looked fitter and sharper.

 

[WarringtonBlue]

Watching the opening of the second half I thought we were in the brink of scoring after some decent pressure. Unfortunately we got countered - textbook. So I can see where Martinez is coming from

 

[Rook]

Watching the opening of the second half I thought we were in the brink of scoring after some decent pressure. Unfortunately we got countered - textbook. So I can see where Martinez is coming from

Unfortunately we got countered is a recrurring theme this season.

 

[Elong]

We're badly missing Osman.

 

[streeky]

Unfortunately we got countered is a recrurring theme this season.

The manager thinks we are Barcelona and can go to any ground and boss them. I wouldn't mind if we closed ranks and became hard to beat when we play away, but the managers ego won't allow it.

 

[Tony Cottee]

Has he gone yet?

 

[degsy]

And how many games ago was it we were saying...No, No, NO, no more Eto'o Naismith and Barkley either all out of position or in each others way

 

[deipnosophist]

RM has just said he didn't make any subs because the team out there was the right one and that we were not outplayed!

I am hoping that the BS he spouts is not what he actually thinks, otherwise....