Roberto Martinez discussion

[Seamus Colemole]

We are 7th for amount of long balls per game.

We are 9th for amount of short passes per game.

Thankgod for the great miracle worker finally eradicating the hoofball of times gone by.

 

[bluestevon]

They also lost to Bournemouth at home, if you want to play that game. How about keeping it to Everton and West Ham?

OK keeping the entire season down to Everton vs West Ham mate, we drew the away game so in theory we are favourites against them at home so we win this 2 team league that you insisted we stick too

 

[ilikecheese]

OK keeping the entire season down to Everton vs West Ham mate, we drew the away game so in theory we are favourites against them at home so we win this 2 team league that you insisted we stick too

His response to you wreaked of "I've just been beaten in this argument".

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

He still needs to delegate the defensive coaching and organisation to someone else

Good point in the end but my arse tightened every time they put a cross in

 

[Saint Domingo]

We are 7th for amount of long balls per game.

We are 9th for amount of short passes per game.

Thankgod for the great miracle worker finally eradicating the hoofball of times gone by.

I'm waiting for the logic of how we're not a midtable team when we finish in mid table. 'Yeah but our 38 games were harder than everyone else's, half of them were against top 10 sides, what do you expect?!' We're an average side with an average manager and as such will finish midtable. Top 4 is there if we want it but we don't have the mentality. Drawing at Spurs, Liverpool and West Ham and didn't try to go for the win in any of them.

 

[kithnou]

I'm waiting for the logic of how we're not a midtable team when we finish in mid table. 'Yeah but our 38 games were harder than everyone else's, half of them were against top 10 sides, what do you expect?!' We're an average side with an average manager and as such will finish midtable. Top 4 is there if we want it but we don't have the mentality. Drawing at Spurs, Liverpool and West Ham and didn't try to go for the win in any of them.

We are well and truly mid table. Who is suggesting otherwise?

 

[Dithering Dougie]

I'm waiting for the logic of how we're not a midtable team when we finish in mid table. 'Yeah but our 38 games were harder than everyone else's, half of them were against top 10 sides, what do you expect?!' We're an average side with an average manager and as such will finish midtable. Top 4 is there if we want it but we don't have the mentality. Drawing at Spurs, Liverpool and West Ham and didn't try to go for the win in any of them.

Woz West Ham a good time for Barry and McCarthy central midfield combo Jose?

 

[ilikecheese]

I'm waiting for the logic of how we're not a midtable team when we finish in mid table. 'Yeah but our 38 games were harder than everyone else's, half of them were against top 10 sides, what do you expect?!' We're an average side with an average manager and as such will finish midtable. Top 4 is there if we want it but we don't have the mentality. Drawing at Spurs, Liverpool and West Ham and didn't try to go for the win in any of them.

Where does mid table start for you?

 

[kithnou]

Where does mid table start for you?

Good question. For me probably around 7-13 is mid table. Then you get those with OCD that have categories like mid to high or mid to low to argue about. But personally, top 6 is top end for me and bottom 7 is low end.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Where does mid table start for you?

It's like the British class wars of the 60's on here at times.

Upper Mid table teams, look down on the lower mid table teams, but the mid table teams look up to the upper mid table teams and look down on the lower mid table teams.

However the top teams look down on everyone..

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

If he delivers a top 8 finish and the Milk Cup he can have the keys to the city and a small castle in Surrey as far as I'm concerned

 

[scratchnsurf]

Pochettino was being a tit and forced his way out behind the scenes.

I'm all for tits forcing their way out. Preferably where I can watch.

 

[LAToffee]

I've missed you Kev. Promise never to leave us again.

think it shows great character to pile on after an away draw. Any tosser can whinge after a defeat but it takes a special type of moaner to get on after an away draw.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Our forward play didn't quite click today like it did last week. I thought our defending was quite good today. We were slow to close down Lanzini for his goal but on the whole we dealt with their crosses and Tim Howard didn't have any meaningful saves to make.

If my (questionable) maths is accurate, we have taken more points this season than the same games last season. This coupled with our cup quarter final and better football shows continued improvement from last season and we're still quietly hanging around with the European contenders. Still room for improvement, but things are promising.

 

[degsy]

Where does mid table start for you?

anywhere between 5th and 17th for me
5th good to average
17th poor to average