Roberto Martínez a simple yes or no

[The Binman]

This is the man that said he doesn’t practice defending because if you have 100% possession then you won’t need to defend.

Great if you have players who can keep possession, sadly it’s not something Everton do.

 

[Milkman]

This is the man that said he doesn’t practice defending because if you have 100% possession then you won’t need to defend.

Well he was right about Tom Cleverley being the greatest player in the history of the Premier League, and I believe him to be right about this as well.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I don’t remember him saying that but I 100% remember him saying he doesn’t practice defending set pieces because they only make up a small percentage of goals scored in the premier league

…funny how after saying that the amount of goals we conceded from set pieces went up to a higher percentage!

You can't be crap at set plays and be successful in English football. Even Pep learned that after his first season and Arteta coached them to be really well organised.

 

[MikeH72]

I don’t remember him saying that but I 100% remember him saying he doesn’t practice defending set pieces because they only make up a small percentage of goals scored in the premier league

…funny how after saying that the amount of goals we conceded from set pieces went up to a higher percentage!

 

[Mrtallywacker]

Martinez? Good Lord!! Let's go the whole hog and find out what Mike Walker is up to these days.

God bless.

 

[woodsyni]

Clever! The six votes 'for' are all very new accounts. Not that I'm implying anything but.........

 

[Shibbywiggles]

He didn’t practice taking set pieces either for the same reason.

Yeah that’s right!
A team with the likes of Jagielka, Lukaku, Stones to attack balls in just not bothering to work on corner routines, absolute madness

 

[Duh Bomb]

He still lives locally and we know from moshiris last appointment thats all it takes…

 

[tommye]

@davek

 

[Joey66]

He's on his way, lads -

 

[MikeH72]

 

[Pootsy]

When I first heard we might be interested I was happy at the thought. Blue tinted specs were obviously on thinking about the brand of football he would bring. Then I remembered the signings he made that were utter dross. Nope, this is not the man we need.

 

[trueblue84]

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I would have him back, if he was willing to work with defensive coaches and let a DoF manage recruitment.

 

[Milkman]

Bring him back and change the badge back to that weird one from his first season too.

 

[when i score we riot]

I honestly think some daft marketing tits at our club are floating the rumour just to make our reaction to whoever else we appoint softer. Surely they're not just trying their damndest to make us more of a laughing stock than we already are after all this.