I see Small Heath have put their 2nd team out tonight and coasted to 3-0 win over the cup winners Swansea.
Everton got crucified on the radio tonight for playing a softer side especially when the presenter said 'Everton wont be going down , so why did they do it , very disappointing from Martinez , ' I mean he even won the cup last season which probably got him the job.We did not even get a mention , obviously expect us to be in relegation battle then.
Quote from: JUAN PABLO on September 25, 2013, 09:01:09 PMEverton got crucified on the radio tonight for playing a softer side especially when the presenter said 'Everton wont be going down , so why did they do it , very disappointing from Martinez , ' I mean he even won the cup last season which probably got him the job.We did not even get a mention , obviously expect us to be in relegation battle then.The reason we didn't get a mention tonight is probably because we weren't playing tonight.
If we'd not had the injuries and knocks we'd have put out a side that included a few players you wouldn't normally see on a weekend, with a smattering of our bigger players. Something similar to what Spurs did. Last nights team with either Gabby or Beteke in it could've looked quite a lot different, but as it was, we couldn't really risk wiping Weimman out too! It was the injuries that took this selection from a normal early round league up side to a side we barely recognised, and who, seemed to barely recognised each other.For me, I could see 10 minutes in that it wasn't our night, & kind of relaxed into watching a reserve game & seeing what different individuals have to offer. When you lose 2 goals in he last 5 minutes of a cup tie, it really doesn't make any difference - it happens because you may as well push up. The fact that so many walked out on 85 mins when the 3rd went in, shows that despite what people say, they thought we could still be in it till then. I actually laughed & said 'Were you all waiting for the big comeback?' I wasn't, I was still there because as he game went on I saw some improvement, both in individual performances and in shape - I like watching my team develop, try stuff out - I sometimes think I'm not supposed to be into football because my tolerance of failure is pretty high! I like the journey, not just the destination - i used to think this was what it was about for non-glory hunters. Now I'm notso sure.If I'm annoyed its that it was sold @£20 on the basis of it being a more attractive fixture than Rotherham, yet it played out like a reserve match. The result, I just saw as an inevitable result of things not going for us on the run up to this game. I don't know how people align rage with 'years of underachievement' with endless shock at nights like this. This is where we have been for a while now, we aren't going to bounce back overnight. If we don't stick with something, sometime, then we aren't bouncing back at all. There is no managerial genius out there who is taking us back to the top in 18 months. If there is someone that good, I am afraid they will have better offers than us.
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