Roberto Martinez still thinks Everton are part of the relegation battle.

Azzurri · February 16, 2012

thebluefox said:
spot on lad went there last week they were as bad as us ,he said they played some great stuff ,id hate to see the bad stuff

Me too and I thought exactly this.

Thing is anyone who hasn't watched the game thinks that he's telling the truth, so for some reason everyone have got Wigan down as Barcelona or Arsenal or something.

Deleted member 28206 · February 16, 2012

isn't a bottom 3 a relegation "fight"

thebluefox · February 16, 2012

composter said:
Martinez is in good company, noted a couple of cheeky bastards who've been quoted in recent weeks

Obi Michel in a prematch interview last week said 'its always a difficult playing away to teams like Stoke And Everton; Cheeky [Poor language removed]
Ian Holloway on the cup draw 'they beat us 5-3 last season and kept their Premiership status and we lost ours' Cheeky [Poor language removed]

holloway ,we kept r status because we fin above 12 other teams in a 20 team leauge ,you stupid little west country mong

Eric Djemba-Djemba · February 16, 2012

Koff Martinez

RFUS · February 16, 2012

His words have been taken out of context a bit there.

What he's actually said is quite right.

And even if he had said "Everton are gash and could well end up in the bottom 3" I'd not have too many problems as he saw the other week how bad we are, when we almost lost to his team (the worst in the league).

JamesBT · February 16, 2012

Bobby Martinez said:
I still feel it will be between 36 and 39 points to avoid relegation

Pressures on to win at least 1 of our last 13 games lids

harry · February 16, 2012

I think he was refering to the 40 point mark.

Rook · February 16, 2012

If I remember correctly Reading went from 10th to 18th with about 12 weeks left in the season. Blackpool and Hull shot down the table quickly too. If someone like Norwich, who do not have a deep team, get a rash of injuries/bad luck they could fall down the table as well.

The Equaliser · February 16, 2012

Wishful thinking on his part. They're fooked. And at least they're not Villa.

ilikecheese · February 16, 2012

The Equaliser said:
Wishful thinking on his part. They're fooked. And at least they're not Villa.

Excellent points...

toffeejack · February 16, 2012

Rook said:
If I remember correctly Reading went from 10th to 18th with about 12 weeks left in the season. Blackpool and Hull shot down the table quickly too. If someone like Norwich, who do not have a deep team, get a rash of injuries/bad luck they could fall down the table as well.

norwich will get 2nd season syndrome, their squad is fairly average, lambert will be at a better team and they've been riding on luck and last minuet winners for about 2 years

LTblue · February 16, 2012

We will not be involved in a relegation battle, i'm not arsed what Martinez says.

T LEAFE · February 16, 2012

he is right and we'll lose to blackpool

Seamus Colemole · February 16, 2012

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
His words have been taken out of context a bit there.

What he's actually said is quite right.

And even if he had said "Everton are gash and could well end up in the bottom 3" I'd not have too many problems as he saw the other week how bad we are, when we almost lost to his team (the worst in the league).

Yeah exactly.

Its just another round of people getting all furious because someone else in the game made a perfectly acceptable comment about Everton.

Ask Moyes if he thinks we're safe from relegation. Mind you he'd probably say no even if we had 50 points and play for a draw against Blackpool.

I know plenty of Norwich fans who are still worried about relegation. Thats Norwich who are above us in the league.

Sure, its pretty damn likely we and them are too high up the table to worry about it but its still a slight possibility as Martinez points out.

Brennan · February 16, 2012

deathbyropeandglass said:
Yeah exactly.

Its just another round of people getting all furious because someone else in the game made a perfectly acceptable comment about Everton.

Ask Moyes if he thinks we're safe from relegation. Mind you he'd probably say no even if we had 50 points and play for a draw against Blackpool.

I know plenty of Norwich fans who are still worried about relegation. Thats Norwich who are above us in the league.

Sure, its pretty damn likely we and them are too high up the table to worry about it but its still a slight possibility as Martinez points out.

It's also a slight possibility that Liverpool could win the league...

Just because something is 'slightly possible' doesn't make it worth pointing out. We need to win three out of our last 13 to virtually guarantee safety. They need to win four just to catch us. Won't happen.