Beren Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 There were like four people who didn't want Martinez, let's not pretend like that was the common opinion on here Nah there was loads, then loads more after his Haidara comments IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Arsenal have just given up here. Their team is awful aswell for an Arsenal team. They need a new striker, new right back, one new midfielder and two new wingers if they want to win the league next season and possibly a new manager. Vermaelen is utter shit too, he used to fool people into thinking he was good by scoring the odd goal They need a new manager. 9 years without a trophy is not acceptable for a club like Arsenal. They might win the cup, but I think Wenger's time is up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Never thought I would be jealous of Everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Sanogo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 My jealousy of Everton at an all time high right now I'm jealous too but, I mean, they'll probably have to spend over £40m just to have the exact same squad next season. I really like Martinez and I really like a lot of their players, but I don't think there's any guarantee that they'll sustain this season's form. They need to get into the Champions League, imo. Obviously, today is a massive result but Arsenal will doubtless make it over the line anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Arsenal have just given up here. Their team is awful aswell for an Arsenal team. They need a new striker, new right back, one new midfielder and two new wingers if they want to win the league next season and possibly a new manager. Vermaelen is utter s*** too, he used to fool people into thinking he was good by scoring the odd goal They need a new manager. 9 years without a trophy is not acceptable for a club like Arsenal. They might win the cup, but I think Wenger's time is up. Wenger has got them to where they are trophies stadium and all. I'd kill for what they have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Lukaku out wide atm. Weird. Its not working very well either. Monreal is in acres of space every time arsenal have the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 The rules about intra-divisional loaning are never going to get looked at, are they? Such a fucking farce. Would damage the top teams(/"PL brand") too much if they couldn't develop their young'uns with no risk to their own games. Fucking farce football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 My jealousy of Everton at an all time high right now I'm jealous too but, I mean, they'll probably have to spend over £40m just to have the exact same squad next season. I really like Martinez and I really like a lot of their players, but I don't think there's any guarantee that they'll sustain this season's form. They need to get into the Champions League, imo. Obviously, today is a massive result but Arsenal will doubtless make it over the line anyway. Pards sympathiser tbh Oh you. I'd kill for Martinez, like. Anyone watch MOTD2Extra today (the best football-related show the BBC do, btw)? One of the journalists was talking about how Martinez took Baines to watch ManU/Bayern in order to watch Philip Lahm exlusively, and show how he has developed his game over the years. Just worlds apart, man. Worlds apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 What a fucking HIT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Arsenal have been damaged something serious by injuries. Aaron Ramsey & Theo Walcott alone would've made this game competitive. Let alone the German and French CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 My jealousy of Everton at an all time high right now I'm jealous too but, I mean, they'll probably have to spend over £40m just to have the exact same squad next season. I really like Martinez and I really like a lot of their players, but I don't think there's any guarantee that they'll sustain this season's form. They need to get into the Champions League, imo. Obviously, today is a massive result but Arsenal will doubtless make it over the line anyway. Pards sympathiser tbh Oh you. I'd kill for Martinez, like. Anyone watch MOTD2Extra today (the best football-related show the BBC do, btw)? One of the journalists was talking about how Martinez took Baines to watch ManU/Bayern in order to watch Philip Lahm exlusively, and show how he has developed his game over the years. Just worlds apart, man. Worlds apart. nah I missed it, but god that's depressing. Like you say, worlds apart, that wouldn't even cross Pardews mind. They're thinking about a long-term strategy of how to develop and utilise one of their prized assets, and being pro-active with it too. Meanwhile... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Goodison rocking... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Barkley's such a charva Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 "You watch your fohhrrin mouth" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 And tbh I think that's their single biggest problem. Injuries every single year. Massive ones. Even if they bring in the strong CM, striker and wide man they need they'll fall apart due to injuries. You look at everyone else around them . 1 or 2 big players out. Arsenal have 5. Every year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Another one on Pardew and Martinez, this is Martinez on injuries: @raymondverheije: R.Martinez: “At my clubs we are always below the average for injuries in league. It’s important. It helps to win games & to be successful.” Does he rotate his players? The injuries to Ozil & Ramsey injuries looked inevitable due to them playing all the time, partly because of other injuries. The same with Giroud's drop in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Nice to see Baines and Arteta there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Video review? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Everton The difference between them and Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 There were like four people who didn't want Martinez, let's not pretend like that was the common opinion on here I was one of them, and in hindsight I was obviously wrong, but I still think at the time it was a huge gamble for Everton to appoint him. Wigan played some nice football at times under his tenure, but defensively they were all over the park to the point where he got them relegated (despite winning a cup obviously). Still, fortune favours the brave, and here we are, stuck with the biggest coward of all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 There were like four people who didn't want Martinez, let's not pretend like that was the common opinion on here I was one of them, and in hindsight I was obviously wrong, but I still think at the time it was a huge gamble for Everton to appoint him. They played some nice football at times, but defensively they were all over the park to the point where he got them relegated (despite winning a cup obviously). Still, fortune favours the brave, and here we are, stuck with the biggest coward of all. I was a sceptic aswell and I wish people would stop acting like it was obviously going to work out brilliantly for Everton. Martinez was somebody who never once in about 5 years got his team to be anything other than relegation battlers. There was rightfully doubts about him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Martinez' problems were always defensively - in that sense, Moyes did the hard work for him having created an incredibly solid back four who know each other's game inside out. That's not to take away from what he's done, much better than I imagined he would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Everton literally worlds apart from us, football wise. Grim Pardew did tell us that we were on a different level to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 There were like four people who didn't want Martinez, let's not pretend like that was the common opinion on here I was one of them, and in hindsight I was obviously wrong, but I still think at the time it was a huge gamble for Everton to appoint him. They played some nice football at times, but defensively they were all over the park to the point where he got them relegated (despite winning a cup obviously). Still, fortune favours the brave, and here we are, stuck with the biggest coward of all. I was a sceptic aswell and I wish people would stop acting like it was obviously going to work out brilliantly for Everton. Martinez was somebody who never once in about 5 years got his team to be anything other than relegation battlers. There was rightfully doubts about him Or, the other side of the coin, he managed to keep an otherwise terrible team in the PL for years, while not often resorting to the same negative football typical of relegation fodder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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