Was 11th that bad with our squad last season?

[malcson]

Given we all want and accept that we need quite a few additions/changes to the squad to be capable of challenging for top 4, was this such a bad finish with the squad available.

In other words was Marinez' ultimate downfall at least in part down to his embarrassing post match quest to tell the mdeia about the positives when all was clearly not going well. Under pinned by his tactic of maybe over hyping the squad and labelling individual players as "phenomenal", "diamonds", "world class".

I don't think he would have tunred it around and the players where clearly lacking stamina,but could he have lasted a little longer with a bit more of a truthful assessment of the team and their performances?

Thank goodness he didn't and hastened is own end, just thought that given the money we need to invest was our squad even that good last season?

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

was this such a bad finish with the squad available.

Yes

 

[Duncan Disordely]

Take into account the amount of times we were leading only to concede late goals and lose, and also how many points we could've won if we'd been practising set pieces and ask yourself how much higher up we could have finished.

 

[Brendan Janus]

No, our squad last season was very average !!

 

[COYBL25]

Noooooooo, another Martinez thread in disguise.

Just let it go and move on .

 

[Yorkie]

Take into account the amount of times we were leading only to concede late goals and lose, and also how many points we could've won if we'd been practising set pieces and ask yourself how much higher up we could have finished.

Also how many times we lost concentration and conceded late on due to them being unfit.

We got glimpses of a great squad for periods of games last year but it couldnt see 90 mins out (or 98 if you're Chelsea!)

 

[tommye]

We're Everton Football Club.


11th with any squad is not good enough.

 

[ggooggooggoo]

WRONG THREAD

 

[bluewally]

We wouldn't have won the last match and finished 11th if he'd stayed

 

[Mountfield1985]

Given we all want and accept that we need quite a few additions/changes to the squad to be capable of challenging for top 4, was this such a bad finish with the squad available.

In other words was Marinez' ultimate downfall at least in part down to his embarrassing post match quest to tell the mdeia about the positives when all was clearly not going well. Under pinned by his tactic of maybe over hyping the squad and labelling individual players as "phenomenal", "diamonds", "world class".

I don't think he would have tunred it around and the players where clearly lacking stamina,but could he have lasted a little longer with a bit more of a truthful assessment of the team and their performances?

Thank goodness he didn't and hastened is own end, just thought that given the money we need to invest was our squad even that good last season?

The absolute bare minimum a manager should be able to do is keep his team fit enough to compete for 90 minutes..

The interviews were annoying but it was the negligence of fitness, defensive shape, set pieces, pressing etc. that killed him.

He persisted with a self indulgent style of football that killed the atmosphere within the first 15 minutes every single week, it would not have improved if he had stayed. At least we've all earned our stripes after sitting through the clubs worst ever home record over a season.

 

[KaiserEFC]

We're Everton Football Club.


11th with any squad is not good enough.

 

[Blue Cheese]

What @tommye said. 11th not good enough by a long shot.

 

[ryanbeno80]

Considering the amount of points we dropped through abysmal defensive organisation and the amount of wins we threw away, combined with poor fitness levels of the players, yes, that squad should have been getting 60-65 points

 

[ToffeeTim]

Nowhere near good enough

 

[Ashtonian]

Answer with the default response

#MARTINEZOUT