The Players: are they giving 100%?

[davek]

Personally, I think they're way, way off giving these games in the past 6 weeks their best shot.

There's a lot of debate over the manger's role and polls for this, but nothing specifically about the players' attitude and responsibility.

So, are they giving it their best shot to get out of this slump or not?

 

[Big Fat Sam]

No, I see nobody busting a gut to stop the opposition waltzing through our entire time. It's not as if they've un-learned how to play football in the space of three months. They are just going through the motions, likely feeling sorry for themselves while they take home 50k a week.

 

[davek]

No, I see nobody busting a gut to stop the opposition waltzing through our entire time. It's not as if they've un-learned how to play football in the space of three months. They are just going through the motions, likely feeling sorry for themselves while they take home 50k a week.

Imagine that cash these dossers have pulled in for those last 7 games going to the Everton Foundation to be spent on real bona fide Everton players who gave it their all?

That'd at least take some of the sting out of their tanking. I have no idea what that figure would be. Run into the millions though. They haven't earned it; they should pay it right into the Foundation if they had any decency.

 

[Moomin]

On Twitter that Osman and a few other players chipped in to get Roberto a Christmas present. It was a copy of David Moyes autobiography.

 

[maccavennie]

Whoever votes yes the players are putting in the effort must be on a wind up because you won't find a more gutless set of players than what were on show yesterday.

 

[TheFinnFan]

i hope they see this poll and man up. x

 

[davek]

On Twitter that Osman and a few other players chipped in to get Roberto a Christmas present. It was a copy of David Moyes autobiography.

It wont take Roberto long to get through Moyesies honours pages.

 

[steken1]

Nah, but it is the managers job to get the best out of them. I slated Moyes for his inept starts to the season with players on halfspeed, Martinez shouldn't get off just because he's better looking.

 

[TrixyStevens]

Basically the players have been a disgrace the last 2 months, no spirit, no fight and no intention to win games. Simple individual errors on the pitch have cost us. It stops with them and not the manager.

 

[Ballymoney1]

I heard one of the Irish pundits on radio over hear saying that he reckons the players have 'downed tools' and have stopped playing for Martinez. There has to be some truth in that statement.

 

[efcforever]

i hope they see this poll and man up. x

Not posted for ages but you really think they'd give a toss?

 

[toffee matt]

Theirs something wrong from top to bottom at the club atm

No way should this group of players all to man be plplaying awfully at the same time

 

[Billy Dean]

I heard one of the Irish pundits on radio over hear saying that he reckons the players have 'downed tools' and have stopped playing for Martinez. There has to be some truth in that statement.

If that is true the question is why. Something must have happened for that to happen. They were happy to play for him last year.

 

[roydo]

Based on the last few weeks, I bloody hope not ffs!

 

[Woolly Blue]

Nah, but it is the managers job to get the best out of them. I slated Moyes for his inept starts to the season with players on halfspeed, Martinez shouldn't get off just because he's better looking.

Spot on.

It's the players jobs to perform to the best of their ability or, when out of form, at least bust a gut to try and change things.
It's also the managers job to make sure they know what's expected of them and get them in the best shape, physically and mentally to do their jobs.

At the moment, it looks like both players and the manager are failing.