Talking yourself out of a job

Sometimes we play some great stuff but this is drowned out by too much insipid, slow and downright dull football which inspires nobody but El Bob himself.

I want him to do well and have backed him until recently but it would appear no lessons are being learnt and that he thinks himself above mistakes. Last chance saloon, unless we win pretty much every game in the next 18 months of course!

Roberto says we need more intensity in the first half, yet game after game we come out flat. We're lucky if the score is even at the half.

Roberto says we need to learn from our mistakes, yet we make the same mistakes repeatedly.

Roberto says the atmosphere of Goodison is affecting the players, yet the possession style that he coaches the players to play, is ponderous... often downright boring. The fans aren't booing, they're yawning... loudly.

I don't know how to interpret Martinez's three years. Was the first year an aberration? A case of new manager syndrome, and the next two years, more normal? If so, we're in a no win situation (pun intended).

Everybody says we have the best talent we've ever had. Either they're wrong, and we're just not as good as we think we are, or, they are being badly mismanaged.

I think our talent is pretty good.

As for needing to show more intensity in the first half of games. Well ,is that not just plain old common sense. Is that not a given for all clubs to strive to do? Get out of the blocks quickly. So high intensity. How exactly does Martinez explain why when we do start with high intensity, and go two goals up, we then fall to pieces, and concede goals at a rate of knots. How does he explain this bloody awful run of form? As I read on another thread, this current run of poor home results is on a par with old Walter Smith's team. How can that be? Why is Martinez not pushed on that? Does he even realise that? And is he going to try and change things. Don't bother answering. I know the answer.

I hope we can scrap through against City, but it's a big ask. May be we'll get some divine intervention to help us!!!!

Either way, he is destroying our club, and it makes me want to cry witnessing it unfold in front of my eyes. Poor Howard Kendall would be turning in his grave.

Martinez is unwilling to change, so we need to change him right out the front door!!! Big Dunc and Co can steady the ship until someone new comes in.

A win at Carlisle and Man City and he will be up and running again, the results in the league will not seem as important to him as it's still a learning curve, I can hear the talk now and it drives me crazy.

As others have said, you EXPECT us to get beaten in every match; it's so frustrating and the answer, the only answer, is the manager to go... but in my heart, I know it will not happen.

"Can't change, won't change" is his dogma, I'm afraid, and the longer he stays, the more damage he'll do.

Watch the exodus in the summer of our best young players, they're not stupid, and can spot a bullshitter from 10 miles away.

The problem is, we're pretty much rudderless at the moment as a football club, with no-one apparently willing to invoke change. I can only see dark times ahead, despite the wealth of talent in the squad.

That won't alter the fact he urgently needs replacing; nothing he does will change our poor league form, which is far more important than the League Cup.

Spot-fucking-on. I do not know any blue that would want to see this great club take a spanking at City – just to see the back of RM.

I'm going with every confidence that, despite him, we will win because we have the players capable of getting the result.

I will be following Everton long after he is gone so the chance of a Wembley final is all that matters on Wednesday.

It's pointless and goes right against the grain wanting to see us lose any game, never mind a Cup semi-final and possible Wembley date with the RedShite!

We are ninety minutes away from a cup final, and haven't won a trophy for over twenty years. Some people might be forgiven, for forgetting what Everton, are supposed to exist for? I always thought it was to win trophies, but it's been that long, I suppose a lot of people have forgot.

Hope we lose, if it gets rid of the manager?????????? I remember when Moyes lost a quarter final against Wigan, but we beat Man City, the next week. I was absolutely disgusted myself, and have never understood the logic of three points being more important than winning a cup tie, unless your chasing the title, maybe.

There are signs he's had enough of all the pressure of constantly losing, turning on the crowd was a sign of desperation.

Any sane person would want us to win this game just for all our fans who are travelling there to cheer us on; I'm no exception.

That the manager blames the crowd for a lack of passion and effort is laughable when that is exactly what we get from his team. We should start games rip-roaring at teams but we just slow play giving lesser teams confidence they can get a result. This statement could be a big turning point for the manager and he has got a very big week ahead.

Contrast this with Deulofeu's exasperation, the utter disgust, frustration and hurt etched across his face and the way he tried to express himself in broken English. It appears Martinez is in the last chance saloon with the fans and players, some of whom look far from happy with the way things are going. How much is enough?

It is unacceptable the mistakes that keep happening. He can't be blamed for offside goals against us, lack of penalties, that is shite/inept/corrupt refereeing, but don't, just fucking don't blame the fans, you stupid, clueless buffoon.

There is absolutely no way that it could be a rudderless ship, well anymore than it already is. So that should have absolutely no impact on any decisions.

Come on people, it's been 21 fucking years!!

On another note, how about a cheeky attempt to get David Weir from Rangers to be Roberto's assistant if the incredible one is not to be replaced? Or even bring Mark Warburton with him?

But for the last 2 seasons when I have listened to him before reaching for the off button it's just been downright annoying.

I used to think he was what we needed after the dour years, but now I couldn't give a shit if he goes. My only fear is whoever would come after him would oversee the break up of the talent we do have – and I have no faith in Kenwright and Co to make an appointment that's good for the long term. It'll be a cheap solution, like every decision they've taken previously.