What Roberto has done differently

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billycopper

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In his presser yesterday Roberto was asked what the change has been.

His first point was competition for places. We lost 5 players in the summer (Hitzlsperger, Neville, Mucha, Anichebe and Fellaini) and replaced them with 7 (Barry, Lukaku, Deulofeu, McCarthy, Kone, Alcaraz and Joel). We lost 2 in January (Heitinga and Jelavic) and made up the numbers again (Traore and McGeady).

Naismith has started 7 league games and come on a further 17 times this year, which is actually down on 13 (18) last season but he's getting the opportunity to play with freedom in his preferred position rather than filling in out wide. So, infact, he's almost matched last year's goal tally from about half as many starts.

Oviedo has made 8 starts this year compared to just 1 last year and he would have had many more if it wasn't for his injury.

So, more faith has been put into the fringe players to play to their strengths and fight for a starting place rather than to simply deputise for a regular.

His second point was that he wanted to get the right blend between youth and experience. Stones and Barkley are now bone fide first-team players because of this policy and have also helped to increase the competition for places.

Thirdly, he said that he wanted to protect players from burn out. He used the specific example of Kevin Mirallas, who has already played 2 more league games than he did in the whole of last season. Martinez is managing his squad intelligently and using players who are keen to impress eg. Stones, Deulofeu and Naismith while the likes of Mirallas, McGeady and Alcaraz work on their conditioning so that they're ready to step in feeling fully refreshed.

We've been unfortunate with serious injuries to Kone, Gibson and Oviedo as well as layoffs for Jagielka, Pienaar and Traore. Combine that with an uneven start to the season where we dominated matches but couldn't make the breakthrough and our current position could have been even stronger.
 

The biggest change is our full backs are in the area scoring goals in the last minutes to win us matches. Where as under Moyes we'd draw or lose games, with Roberto's positive attitude we now win them.
 

As well as the above he's brought a different mindset, when we went to anfield with injuries I wasn't cacking it and when we got tonked I didn't think it was the end of the world.

It's because there's a definite plan of campaign brazen in it's aim to compete at the top level despite finances - existing isn't what he's about.

Just glad he's being vindicated with recent wins, right pisser some evertonians turning into complete pricks when it went slightly off the rails.
 
I don't see that we have any rotation tbh - the only rotation is the 3 players behind Lukaku - the rest of the side is exactly the same and has been all season apart from when we have an injury. Oviedo has played those 8 games because Baines was injured.

We have a different style of play and a better striker than last year. Thats the biggest difference tbh.
 
Evolved the team Moyes built to its potential and bought in his own personnel to improve it further.
Improved the playing style.
Better overall outlook.
Better shoes.
Free license for flair players.
Has a bit of luck about him as well as quality and ability.
Kept the starting 11 as stable as possible.
 
I don't see that we have any rotation tbh - the only rotation is the 3 players behind Lukaku - the rest of the side is exactly the same and has been all season apart from when we have an injury. Oviedo has played those 8 games because Baines was injured.

We have a different style of play and a better striker than last year. Thats the biggest difference tbh.

We haven't really got the players to rotate in other positions. Joel has started 7 games in all competitions. I'm not quite sure what's happening with Hibbo. I'd have thought he might have a few starts to give Seamus a breather. Stones and Alcaraz have started 12 league games between them, which is no mean feat given that John is only 19 and they thought he was going to be a right-back and Alcolin has been mostly injured. When Lukaku has been out we've only had Naismith to call upon because Kone and Traore have also been in the treatment room.
 
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aka Neville
 

Players have learnt to keep the ball and do more with it - the main problem we RM is that we are not marking properly at corners or free kicks - too many goals conceded like that.

With all the possession we have, I would like us to create a bit more clearer cut chances. Deulofeu has wiped in the ball a few times and no-one has bothered to go in and get a tap in.
 
There is no fear in the players.

They don't work incessantly on the opposition like Moyes did. He prefers to work on something he can influence -his own team.

Bit-part players are 100% part of everything.....Steven Naismith is the prime example.

Young players who make mistakes don't get punished, and consequently don't shrink into their shells.

There is no Neville, Round and Woods.

POSITIVITY.
 
To me, as a faux armchair fan i see a few things.

1. This amazing ability to make people 'believe'. I reckon thats all the Sun
2. Boss Subs.
3. Boss media
4. Footwear
 

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