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12 December 2013
Robbie Savage tips Everton to finish fourth in the Premier League
Disappointing result but encouraging display.
Rosler selected an interesting team and was decisive with his substitutes.
The team looked a lot happier. They passed well and made several chances.
Wigan have come out playing short passes and keeping possession!
They look on top for the time being.
Good luck, lads!
Very strange – let’s say they’ll line up like this, with all the right footed players are on the right, and all the left footed players on the left;
Carson,
Perch, Barnett, Rogne, Beausejour,
McCann, McArthur,
McManaman, Gomez, Espinoza,
Powell.Subs: Nicholls,
Shotton, Boyce, Crainey,
Watson,
FortuneI didn’t think Ryan Meadows was registered to play in the Europa League.
It looks like a programme collectors fair by moonlight.
It’s a peaceful scene just now (16.42), with no sign of trouble. Kick off is 18.00, so plenty of time to get to the ground.
Have a good time everyone!
All the Coyle squad rotation was beyond belief. I didn’t here Chelsea players moaning when they played 55-60 games last season.That’s because Chelsea rotated their squad so that most players didn’t start more than 55 games last season.
Chelsea played a total of 69 games last season. Benitez, like Ranieri, loved to tinker with the team and rotatated the squad constantly.
Chelsea used a total of 26 players, relying mainly on a squad of 15, not including John Terry. Cech made 63 appearances, but the only outfield player to start more than 55 games was Ivanovic with 57 + 2 more as substitute.
Other leading players;
Ramires 54+8
Luiz 54+3
Torres 51+13
Mata 51+13
Cole 50+1Without a big squad and rotation, Chelsea couldn’t have survived their punishing schedule. All the teams who regularly play in Europe – Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and even Tottenham – use rotation and have squads big enough to field two different teams.
Coyle simply adopted the same policy.
horc wrote:
All this shit about tiredness is bollocks, most of our players even now after 5 Euro games have probably played less games than most players in our league.
That’s a very strange claim to make. I don’t know how you reached that conclusion – perhaps you just made it up.
Anyway, it isn’t true for Sunday’s match against Bolton – and Wigan still have an extra game to play tonight.
People have complained about Coyle’s rotation policy but, without it, Wigan players would have made even more appearances.
Appearances for Wigan;
23 Barnett played v Maribor = 24
21+3 Boyce sub v Maribor = 21+4
20 Perch played v Maribor = 21
20+1 Watson sub v Maribor = 20+2
18+2 McArthur played v Maribor = 19+2
17+3 Powell played v Maribor = 18+3
13+8 McClean
13+5 Gomez played v Maribor = 14+5
13 Crainey
12+5 McCann played v Maribor =13+5
11+8 McManaman played v Maribor = 12+8Appearances for Bolton;
20 Baptiste
19 Kamara
19 Beckford
19 Lee
18 Spearing
16 Ream
15 Mills
15 N’Gog
14 Hall
13 Pratley
13 KnightBolton Wanderers have played 21 first team games this season, including 5 midweek fixtures.
After tonight, Wigan Athletic will have played 26 first team games, including 10 midweek fixtures.
So Bolton have had 5 more weeks than Wigan clear of matches for them to rest, train and recover from knocks. Wigan have also had to make 3 longer trips into Europe.
And there have been 3 international breaks so far. Several Wigan players have played two matches in these breaks and travelled thousands of miles. Other players have had two weeks without a competitive game.
So Bolton will have had 7 clear days to prepare for the game against Wigan. Wigan will play in Maribor on Thursday night, return home, recover on Friday, train on Saturday, and play on Sunday. And all under a new manager too.
The extra midweek and international games must tell against the players, and so must the travel.
We spent big when we bought Holt.
I’m sure Rosler will give the team a structure rather than leave the players to their own devices.
Unfortunately for us, Coyle peaked at Burnley.
I don’t think Roberto has quite exhausted his luck yet. You can get 16-1 for Everton to win the Cup. Roberto to retain the Cup – that could be worth a tenner.
In ten years under Moyes, Everton never won once at Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea. Martinez has done it the first attempt!
It seems clear enough to me;
Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal OR Chelsea, not Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal AND Chelsea.
So Roberto has already exceeded David Moyes’ achievements at Everton.
“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.”
“As good as gold,” said Bob, “and better.”
A back four is an alternative to a back three plus wingbacks.
But Martinez’ style is to keep possession. That can be applied whichever formation is adopted.
You’ll be checking shot, corner and booking tallies next.Just done a quick check on the first 4 pages of this thread and Barnsley you have posted 17 times and me 8{including 4 non-Martinez related posts]Oh dear. I think that just about proves who is obsessed with Martinez.
That seems a reasonable choice. I’m sure that he can get the players to produce more than Coyle could.
He seems to be giving the Championship game against Bolton priority, so the Maribor team will be different.
The Championship race is very close, so every game matters. There is little opportunity to experiment until the MK Dons game. And I’m sure that we’d all like a good cup run.
