Kopparberg Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Everton are interested in Belgium manager Roberto Martinez returning to the club and have made initial contact with the Belgian Football Association. Belgium are reluctant to lose the Spaniard, 48, with the World Cup in Qatar in November and believe they will retain his services. He managed Everton from 2013 until he was sacked in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I see Burnley have requested their game against watford tomorrow due to covid and injuries Be interesting to see what happens - especially after they ley arsenal postpone their game similarly If not allowed Burnley will feel doubly aggrieved as this game is a rearrangement when watford were able to get the original game called off 2 hours before kick off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Compare Everton to Wolves. The latter look to have a squad of real talent and balance and a manager who knows exactly what he is doing. Their wide player Ait Nouri look a world beater every time I have seen him play, i had never heard of him before this season. Everton meanwhile have a squad which is mess, no balance, players with big names and massive salaries with little resale value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie melua Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 13 hours ago, scram said: I see Burnley have requested their game against watford tomorrow due to covid and injuries Be interesting to see what happens - especially after they ley arsenal postpone their game similarly If not allowed Burnley will feel doubly aggrieved as this game is a rearrangement when watford were able to get the original game called off 2 hours before kick off Been called off that game Don't think Sean Dyche wanted to call it off but they only have 10 first team players available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 The PL don't really have an option now they let arsenal call their game off It's clearly gone beyond covid now to just player unavailability for whatever reason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, scram said: The PL don't really have an option now they let arsenal call their game off It's clearly gone beyond covid now to just player unavailability for whatever reason These might bite some of these teams on the bum. Congestion later on in season, plus i always think better to have points rather than be adrift with games in hand. Albeit if some of these postponing teams are now active in the transfer market and play these games with better squads that wont be on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 watford called off the original game against burnley in very suspect circumstances - they had a depleted squad playing a direct relegation rival and only announced 2 hours prior to kick off they had a covid outbreak... I think Burnley may have reciprocated somewhat with the loss of Cornet to the African nations and then the sale of Chris Wood - along with a few absentees So it probably suits them to maybe even recruit in this window and be in a stronger position when the teams do play each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Burnley should be fined for selling Chris Wood as that meant they didn’t have the players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, mcmigo said: Compare Everton to Wolves. The latter look to have a squad of real talent and balance and a manager who knows exactly what he is doing. Their wide player Ait Nouri look a world beater every time I have seen him play, i had never heard of him before this season. Everton meanwhile have a squad which is mess, no balance, players with big names and massive salaries with little resale value. Everton have had a lot of injuries to be fair to them. They’ve been without DCL, Richarlison most of the season. Also lost Rodriguez and Sigurdsson in the summer. Benitez also fell out with Digne one of their better players. For some reason they didn’t carry on investing last summer. Previously they’d signed Allan, Godfrey, Doucoure who were good signings. This year they signed Andros Townsend and Salamon Rondon - two bang average players at PL level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Not Everton wanting Martinez back after hounding him out and lobbying a petition to get him sacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Potter on being linked with other clubs. The mistake is often to think you are better than you are and can succeed in any environment," he added. "That is not the case. "I am ambitious. I want to succeed. But I am no magician. I need help. To be successful as a coach, you need good people around you - staff, board, CEO, the strategy of the club, the structures around it, the players. I have got senior players here who are so helpful and supportive. "We have a fantastic chairman who provides the clarity, vision and support for us all and allows us to get on with our work. "Everything around the club gives you a chance as a coach This is so relevent to us as a club. Any manager that manages Swfc has almost none of that. Or none of that in a quality capacity. That is why everyone struggles here. We have no system, plan, structure. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Burnley should be fined for selling Chris Wood as that meant they didn’t have the players They had no choice in the matter. Release clause. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, FreshOwl said: Not Everton wanting Martinez back after hounding him out and lobbying a petition to get him sacked Everton are a great club owned by an idiot. Sounds somewhat familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, scram said: The PL don't really have an option now they let arsenal call their game off It's clearly gone beyond covid now to just player unavailability for whatever reason It's getting a bit farcical, some obvious ' tactical' postponements. I think ' the media' are on clubs backs as well about it. It is a bit ridiculous to think that these premier league teams cannot field a side due to a lack of players and quite a few journos are trolling clubs over ot. As it is, the season is a bit of a mess now, with some clubs playing 5 more games more than others..it seems to be tactical to ensure a top 4 or top 7 place , or to give the best chance of avoiding relegation. Meanwhile, Man City have just launched themselves clear at the top, so there isn't a title race either. Not a vintage Premier League year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 46 minutes ago, Bannofan said: It's getting a bit farcical, some obvious ' tactical' postponements. I think ' the media' are on clubs backs as well about it. It is a bit ridiculous to think that these premier league teams cannot field a side due to a lack of players and quite a few journos are trolling clubs over ot. As it is, the season is a bit of a mess now, with some clubs playing 5 more games more than others..it seems to be tactical to ensure a top 4 or top 7 place , or to give the best chance of avoiding relegation. Meanwhile, Man City have just launched themselves clear at the top, so there isn't a title race either. Not a vintage Premier League year Its why I said that the PL signs should have made it clear that all games would go ahead and any club not fulfilling a fixture concedes the match Just nonsense now because the PL are a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Bannofan said: It's getting a bit farcical, some obvious ' tactical' postponements. Liverpool claimed numerous positive covid tests, then backtracked and claimed they were mostly false-positives. Someone calculated how unlikely it is to have got so many false-positives. It was astronomically unlikely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Liverpool claimed numerous positive covid tests, then backtracked and claimed they were mostly false-positives. Someone calculated how unlikely it is to have got so many false-positives. It was astronomically unlikely. Got swept under the rug pretty fast didn’t it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Liverpool claimed numerous positive covid tests, then backtracked and claimed they were mostly false-positives. Someone calculated how unlikely it is to have got so many false-positives. It was astronomically unlikely. Yes, I think Klopp dropped a clanger by blurting it out. EFL decided not to investigate further. Rick Parry (ex-Liverpool chief exec) in charge of the EFL these days. Make of that what you will. Call it a hunch, but I doubt the likes of us would have got away with it so lightly. The EFL kowtowing to the top dogs in the PL is nothing new. I mean Mr Parry wanted us all to sign up to operation big picture which would have absolutely consolidated their power at the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Big Dunc put in as caretaker at Everton. Should improve them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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