Everton plunder a win

Tough decisions must be made and neither Kenwright or Martinez seem capable of them.

I thought he deserved more than a miserly 5.

I have no problem with Jags for MotM with a 2nd place ribbon for my favorite whipping boy, Mr USA.

Did Martinez throw everything at the Europa League, and neglect everything else? Not much of a manager then, if that was the case. Let's concentrate on one competition, and ignore everything else... That happens at other clubs, and I fear that it happens at Everton also.

And yes, Barry does play the odd good game. But is that the future of Everton? Surely we do not need him in the team every bloody game. And do we now need to also play Howard every bloody game.

And what is Alcaraz even doing on the bench? He should be looking for another club. And Baines should be now alternating with Garbutt. Naismith should be up top (in place of Kone) when Lukaku is out. And i'm not convinced yet with Lennon.

Also, let McGeady, Atsu and Distin move on. The summer should be interesting, but I suspect that nothing of any great significance will happen. Maybe just one or two bargain basement type players will be brought in, at the last minute. With Martinez telling us how phenomenal everything is. Oh the joys of being an Evertonian.

Let's see how Barry performs next week, before getting to carried away about him. I still say he shouldn't be considered for every game. I'll be at Goodison for the Man Utd game soon, and I hope Barry doesn't feature. We need younger legs in midfield for that game, to take the game to Man Utd. Barry won't be able to do that. Keep him for the likes of Burnley.

Good solid win yesterday. The performance for now is not important; the three points are. Performances will come (hopefully), with better players, and a better system. But sadly, we look to be stuck with Martinez. Can a leopard change its spots? I hope so, I really do.

A few on here had previously extolled the virtues of Kone, who could supposedly hold it up and had a bit of pace. The truth is plain to see, he has little pace can keep possession for a while but either then coughs it up, or misplaces a pass... awful. He can't play up top on his own and needs help either in a 4-4-2 or with wingers getting up there to help.

So often this season the front man ends up running the channels and blocking off the overlap for a marauding winger/wing-back, and rarely are the defensive-minded midfielders up early enough to offer any support.
We are playing poorly and these three fortuitous wins are papering over the cracks, which will reappear next season, if this very ordinary manager is allowed to continue.

I presume that Martinez prefers the "Devil you know", but unfortunately his choices Macca apart, have been dull. Kone, injured and unfit all season, Alcaraz, tries but isn't good enough, McGeady, not good enough.

I thought that Roberto would be scouting the young talent in Spain. I was in Barcelona some years back and went to watch Martinez's Swansea play Barca's 3rd team (mostly 17-year-olds). Swansea were playing a series of pre-season friendlies around that region. He did get a few good Spanish lads into his Swans team, but since Del-boy we have had none.

Is it the problem of not wanting to take a chance on youth? At least youth can improve. I can't see any of our elder statesmen getting any better!

Second half he looked gassed and his passing and touches showed it. Not sure how a physio as a manager can have a team so out of shape.

On a lighter note, Stones is well on his way to having a Steve Bruce nose if he keeps taking knocks like he has been getting.

It's easy to knock the side but perhaps we should give some credit where it's due. Man Utd are grinding out wins like us now and getting praised for it. My take is that we're recovering brilliantly from not only a bad spell of form but a disaster in tactics which shows that RM is capable of change.