Ten-man Blues hold out for a point at Palace

Robles;
Coleman, Stones, Funes Mori, Baines;
Deulofeu, McCarthy, Barry, Mirallas;
Lukaku/Kone, Niasse.

Barkley and Lukaku have been very poor in the last few – and Deulofeu and Mirallas haven't been given a single run of games to prove themselves!

Ffs

Otherwise there is no excuse whatsoever for leaving Mirallas out at Kone's expense.

Please, Martinez, just fuck off.

And Deulofeu, Mirallas and Niasse all on the bench: has our manager got a death wish?

I think Kone helped a lot earlier on in the season for Lukaku to score goals.

Two plus two will most certainly equal four in such an equation.

This stubborn, out-of-his-depth, tactical turncoat, morale-destroying (on and off the field), blind-to-the-obvious, dickhead of a manager will get us relegated if we allow him a fourth attempt at doing his job again next season.

Everyone seems to be walking. It looks like they are pretending to put a show on but at a slow pace. Its almost like taking a bung to drop the game and the bung is Martinez losing his job.

So we have United to look forward to in the Semi.

As the minutes go by, I get more and more bewildered at what's going on with my beloved club. I hope this second half is better.

Second-half spirit slightly better but dire stuff.

Please God let me wake up from this nightmare. This is like getting your teeth extracted one by one without any pain relief!

Thought the ref had an all round shocker too. In the way of the play, bottled decisions, missed things.

If this ends up as the Cup Final, I don't think I'll even try to get a ticket.

This manager is totally incompetent and needs to go. Unfortunately it won't be before the FA Cup semi-final now.

Lukaku trialing for a job with Barcelona police on point duty, only reason I can see why he keeps waving his arms, plus is so generous he likes to give the ball to the opposition as much as he can.

Martinez's new master plan, as we played so well with ten men. He will take this further and send out nine for the next match based on the phenomenal way we play better with less on the field.

Barkley to go to Spec Savers so he can see where his own team are when he wants to pass, next Lennon who did so well on the right wing now. Switched to the left? So next game he will be centre back as he can head as well as most in our team.

You heard his plans here first... 'phenomenal'!

10 men on the pitch and he walks everywhere! I mean, for fuck sakes! Get behind the ball and then sprint up field when we get it back, absolutely shocking attitude, not to mention his terrible first touches and shotgun accuracy passes.

I was hoping Niasse would come on for him, sounds like he's willing to play for the team.

In fact, I'd stare not out, but at the window pane before watching Everton again this season. I'm not angry, I'm just sooo tired...

Comedy gold!

Get away to fuck you bullshitter.

I will always be thankful that Martinez seen an end to the Moyes era... but this guy is a fucking tube.

I would have preferred Mirallas or Deulofeu to start ahead of Kone who gets the nod ahead of £13.5M Niasse – go figure that? Wont get any better sitting on the bench?

I thought Robles kept us in the game, but we still give too many free headers in the box. Lukaku never gets on the end of any crosses – I don't think he won one header all night.

I've never seen Martinez so animated shouting and screaming instructions. Has he ever given any consideration to the fact we have no on-field leadership? Overall, it was a much improved performance in the second half but hardly anything to write home.

Getting confidence for the semi was the only positive from the game. We kept a clean sheet with 10 men and Joel played a blinder. Apart from that, Rom looked isolated for much of the match and normal service resumed.

"Kone to get a brace, I can feel it"

Not a chance in hell, his teeth are perfectly straight and besides he's no dentist would fit one at his age!

How McCarthy got 2 yellows and Cabaye didn't even get one is beyond me as was the lack of a penalty for a clear trip on Seamus.

Weird substitutions though and if Lennon wasn't injured a disgraceful decision to take him off.

I thought Robles looked a bit shaky but brought off some brilliant saves.

Clutching at straws however. Team selection questionable. Performance pathetic in the first half against a poor team and no signs of anything different or any improvement. Ultimately we were lucky to get a point.

Banners please in all parts of Goodison on Saturday: "Martinez out now".

Put Unsworth in charge until season end. A true battling blue who knows how to defend.

Take your pick who that comment refers to.

Taking until mid April to get to 40 points is totally unacceptable. So disappointed with the last 2 seasons and becoming immune to results and performances.

No joy whatsoever watching us play this boring unattractive style. The sending off will give Martinez yet another excuse which is a great pity.

2 holding midfielders is our major problem in terms of a speedy transition up the pitch.

Always was from day one of the Spaniard's reign 3 years ago...sigh.

I hope Besic can step up but this is the key area of the team to sign a good player.

Good shifts put in by Coleman and Lennon.

Twat of a ref.

One more thing..

Nick Entwistle (43) - 'I was watching At. Madrid v Barcelona online. We also had the West Ham v Utd game on TV. I'd even take the Bayern game before considering Everton tonight. In fact, I'd stare not out, but at the window pane before watching Everton again this season. I'm not angry, I'm just sooo tired.'

I find that odd - you can't be arsed watching Everton (preferring to watch two Spanish sides) and that you won't be watching again for the rest of the season because you're 'sooo tired', yet you're not too tired to post on TW every 10 fucking mins giving us your alehouse blowhard nonsense.

Maybe Barcaweb would be more you thing?

We need a spiteful bastard in midfield. An absolute dog who can drag 100% out of his team mates. A bonus is that he can play to a good standard.

An old saying: "If you have a good team spirit, it doesn't guarantee you will win trophies. If you don't have a good team spirit, it guarantees that you won't win trophies."

Kenny Bania lives! (that's gold Don, gold!)

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Everyone I was watching the game with in my local in DC immediately said we have to sub McCarthy straight away as a second yellow was inevitable. Not hindsight, just an obvious end result. Some players can manage a booking through to the end but I think any Evertonian would not put McCarthy, nor Barry for that matter, in that bracket.

He should have brought on Besic straight away. Oh and Mirallas on for the last 5 minutes or so! He didn't know whether to score a goal or boil an egg.

Piss-poor game management from Martinez, once again.

I despair!

Normally (in seasons gone by) a point away at Palace under their lights, with 10 men for 40 minutes would not be a bad point, all things considered. However, in a season when all hope is lost, our football has become dull and stale and, to be honest, I don't really care anymore (which for me, is my major problem with Martinez, he has actually made me not really care); it's just another hopeful nail in this frauds coffin!

He can bang on all he wants about in-game management, passion and control, when ultimately I genuinely think he as lost sight of his own footballing philosophy. Does he honestly believe we are still an attractive footballing team?

Possession does not define attractiveness! Its what you do with the ball. Leicester are the second worst team in the league for ball retention (I know who I'd rather watch at the moment) but they know how to use the ball when they have it and defend, pressure and manage a game. We don't play as a team, to me we come across as 11 players on a pitch each with their 'role' hoping that its enough to make it work!

Let's face it, he is a small club minded manager, I think he is struggling to deal with the expectations and demands of a bigger club, 40 points/13th place in the league, with a couple of decent cup runs is success for 'smaller' clubs. And whilst I appreciate winning silverware is what we crave most, it doesn't mean the man who delivers it is 'the one' (Di Matteo, Chelsea, Champions League.)

Hopefully we will go on to lift the FA Cup, however this is over 8 games (excluding replays) not all against equal opposition, the Premier League however is 38 games and is where any manager should be judged and for me this one has failed majorly. And for that reason alone, after 3 years his time is up.

Backwards, dull football, Backwards progression! Time to go and get our club moving in the right direction again before it's too late!

Barcaweb is full of people arguing in 3's and diving. There's one guy who can dribble past anyone and another who cheats a lot and bites people.

It's an unpredictable place.

Not as bad as Redshite.web.

Martinez needs to swallow and walk. If Moshiri with a majority shareholding can be trumped on not getting rid of Martinez by Kenwright, then we are in it balls deep and can wave goodbye to a promising team and any thought of moving to the next level.

We were nearly there!! Oviedo is a nice lad (still has the winner from Man Utd in our heads) but was that a good sub? Have any subs or starters been the right decision of late?

You can neglect the Mrs and watch banks of TVs with footy footage all you like, Roberto, but you're getting nowt out of it.

https://youtu.be/VQH8LcAsEvA.

(Just cut to 3 mins 40 secs for the sound that sums us our anguish up.)

Whenever there's a home match these days I think 'Oh no, match on Saturday.' and I plod along and watch the same old crap. I used to enjoy going to the match, I don't now, that saddens me.

Martinez Out.

Lukaku may not be as bad as Benteke yet, but boy he is close. Never liked him, never will. Bugger the goals he scores, it is the opportunities he DOESN'T take that drive me mad.

Any 'Evertonian' stating 'I'm not watching Everton coz we're shit' is imo promoting something more along the lines 'For richer..er..that's it.'

The back 5 played well, Joel in particular looked really comfortable and made some very good saves. John Stones played better than he has for a while and looked really "up for it" for once. as a whole the team showed more fight than they had a for a while.

I can't for the life of me understand why Mirallas isn't playing more now that Romelu has given up the ghost he's the next best goalscorer in our side.

As for McCarthy he has been poor this season and wasn't great last year either but was excellent in his first season. Gareth Barry was awful last season and I wanted shot of him but he's been one of our best performers this season so I'm willing to give McCarthy one more year to show his best form, maybe if he wasn't automatically first choice and spent some time on the bench it might motivate him to improve. Either way, give him the first half of next season and, if he's cack again, get shot of him in January.

I used to get irritated by Ronnie Goodlass's comments as I thought he was being hypercritical. Not now though. It seems to me that Leighton was being diplomatic when he said there was no chemistry.

The lad got it absolutely right but I think what he left unsaid is the truth of it. The team look lacklustre, dispirited and needing a leader at the very least. A bit like the Aston Villa players, in fact.

We're the ones who are lifelong Blues, or who have chosen Everton and many of the stories of how they come to be an Evertonian, are brilliant. Some want Martinez out right now, some say let him carry on until the end of the season, as things might get even worse if he's sacked. Perhaps many more, I don't know, might want him to stay and see what he can do with Mr Moshiri's millions.

Whatever view about Martinez that any Blue has, the players of Everton Football Club are in the middle of it all and trying (I hope!) to do their best to win, if not for the Club and its supporters, then for themselves, the FA Cup!

Personally, I think that Roberto has lost it now; and my hope is that Joe Royle, with perhaps Peter Reid or someone equally capable of firing up our team, would take over until the end of the season. But that might unsettle the players even more than they appear to be now.

I've read of lads saying they're not going again while Martinez is here, or encouraging banners to be taken to the match saying "Martinez Out" or similar.

We have a Chairman who's allegedly a lifelong Blue as well and he is the one (with Mr Moshiri's say so, I would think) who could do something about the situation. He might see things that we don't, or he might disagree that the team is in such a state as many of us believe.

I think that the only thing we can do, is to encourage the team as much as we can during the matches and save the frustration till the end of the game and direct it at whoever they believe is responsible for the mess we are in.

My own view is that Kenwright is responsible and only he can make a change, so on Saturday after the game, I'll be suggesting, in the politest manner possible, that Kenwright gets his arse into gear and either issues a statement of support for Martinez, or takes action to alter the malaise and stands him down.

Well done to Robles and the rest (bar one) who bothered to stay on the pitch.

Lukaku actually had a go at the fans to gee the team up more! Unbelievable. Lazy shite Lukaku did sweet fuck all. He already thinks he's off and therefore owes us nothing. £65 million?! Yes please.

Ended up watching First Dates with the missus, turns out some of the people on there had a better odds at scoring than our lot!!

Still no love for the game at the moment and seemingly with more good reason, given our performances.

0-0 is a positive in Martinez's mental mind, which really is indicative of my own personal response to not wanting to watch us play at the moment.

Fucking Martinez.

With regard to Lukaku, if you take away his goals, what exactly does he contribute? I accept he is on his own up front much of the time, but surely he can be coached in the art of holding the ball up?

Given, that I thought we would lose, I suppose a draw isn't to bad. However, the fact we didn't concede a goal in the second half, seemed to me to be down to good fortune than solid defending.

Hopefully, now that we are safe (I think) and we haven't lost, will enable the team to settle down and perhaps hit a bit of form for the big challenges ahead. I mean, a couple of months ago we were playing entertaining football but conceding stupid last minute goals due to bad game management and plain bad luck... perhaps this poor season could still have a silver lining.... or perhaps I'm sounding to much like our brown shoed leader? (Nothing wrong with brown shoes, by the way!)

It seems a chore now, that's why I'm not renewing.

Last night reminded me of that game. Bloody awful.

What the hell are we doing down here luckily drawing with the likes of Palace?

I will be flabbergasted if Martinez is in charge at the end of the season but, knowing our Chairman, he will be. If only we had someone who knew what they were doing running our club.

Lukaku was a disgrace. Never saw him jump to head a ball. If a defender is near him, he refuses to get off his feet. He is lazy and not a team player. Would not be bothered if we sold him.

The ref was rubbish – fooled by that cheat Cabaye.

I think the team & club are in a very bad state and that is the legacy Martinez will leave us – together with 30-odd thousand Everton supporters who feel like they have been hung, drawn and quartered.

Lennon is a similar type of player, who basically saved our season last year and has gone some way to doing the same this year. Even Kone has some of these attributes, even though I'm yet to be convinced. We should never have let Naismith go, for the same reasons.

Mmm... lets see, Martinez, couldn't keep Wigan in the Premier League, got them relegated, clueless, tactically inept... well, at least with your choice of managers you are consistent.

Once bitten, twice shy – you don't agree with then?

My expectations are realistic in whom our next manager will be. Martinez relegated a club that were not even good enough for the Championship. Moyes was a championship manager with no premiership experience. Average squad and no funds year after year with top ten places, top six and top four place. Not bad for a Championship manager.

Who do you think our next manager will be? Let's face it, Martinez is not going. Why? He has not relegated us! Job done! We are not a big club anymore and the past 20 years prove it. So let's be realistic on the next manager coming to Everton.

Diego Simeone Athletic Madrid manager for me, hard as nails, excellent defensive coach, everyone works for him, we have the cash so let’s not get another yard dog likes of Sean’ spend when we go down’ Dykes.