Gwlad

Wish we could all be as calm as you Mike.

Burnley with 3 points over City. Possible late penalty not given. Shocking result, and very bad for us.

p.s MC I don't actually see what you are posting - I just get a little line that says you have posted and it doesn't show it.
 
I did tell you that you are on "official ignore", so you feel free to reply but I actually don't get to see them.
 
Its ace, its like listening to Smooth FM without those awful adverts like "Chapplehouse Chapplehouse, chap chap chapplehouse"

I think it's always been Kyiv and now we live in a far better society where we're shit scared to offend anyone in case they turn out to be a gun-toting beheading radical Muslim we've moved away from changing spelling of words to suit our own Ingurlish needs.
 
It's either that or the spelling has been changed so as people don't become confused with that delicious chicken dish stuffed with slimy herby garlic butter and covered in crispy chicken nugget like crumb. After all, who could eat a dynamo?

"I’m sure Phil Jagielka will get the players up for Thursday night."
 
Yeah he looks the epitomy of captain fantastic this year doesn't he... fist clenched, shouting at the players, getting in the refs face.....
 
no not really. He looks like he wants someone else to do the dirty work.

Don't bring him into it!

Humour is all that's left to us blues at the moment.

I would have to see if I could get the time off work first

I really hope I am wrong but there were signs v Stoke that the players were playing like they didn't believe in the system, themselves or each other anymore. If that is the case then only a change of leadership can change that mindset on the pitch.
 
I don't think Bill has the balls or the cash to be able to sack Martinez now, and if he did, who would replace him? I therefore think that its more of the same for another 10 matches and we will probably just avoid relegation - which Martinez will no doubt trumpet as a 'phenomenal' achievement.
 
For me, Bill needs to be thinking what he is going to do in May. Either Martinez goes, the new man comes in and has a full pre season with a revamped squad or Bill keeps faith with Martinez and we get another 38 games of 'phenomenal' performances and lose most of them because 'the margins are so fine.' The guy is just making excuses and insulting our intelligence by thinking we are stupid enough to fall for his bs. Tell it like it is Roberto. We are crap, confidence is down and its all your bloody fault.
 
FWIW I think Newcastle will win - by a fine margin after another phenomenal performance by Everton.

https://twitter.com/philswagielka/status/573248148304465920
 
 
Sound familiar?

Thing i miss most is the passion. Plain and simple. I became an everton fan because they "did more with less". They did that by sacrifcing their bodies week in and week out for each other and the fans. That has totally evaporated. That i miss more than anything.

Again his inability to see the problems is the most worrying thing. He really is coming across as extremely clueless.

I mean, we as fans are able to predict the outcome of games before a single kick so how easy must it be for opposition managers? How many saves has Begovic had to make tonight? Can't remember a single one. Abysmal.

Lads stop scrapping. There are far bigger issues going on here

Lads stop scrapping. There are far bigger issues going on here

Man-flu.

The most alarming thing for me is there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. No corner is being turned. Everytime we get a hald decent result mainly the draws with City and the Shite and the win at Palace nothing proceeded them.
 
It's like they're one offs then normal service is resumed. There's no run of games where we're winning regular, even the run where we went so many unbeaten (was it 6 or 7) we draw all but one.
It's getting to the point now where we're not going to be able to stop it.
 
We will lose at Stoke Weds I fuarantee it. We rarely do well there anyway but they're flying (for Stoke) and playing well where as we're low on confidence and an absolute shambles.
 
Home win on the coupon and a couple of wins for teams below us and we're in shit BIG time. I've been predicting this for months and I take absolutely no pleasure in being proven right, in fact my gut is wrenching now typing it. This has been coming like a train since December and still nothing has changed.
 
How long can we go onplaying "well" but losing. We are struggling to beat cannon fodder like Leicester, Hull, WBA at home, really struggling. Look at our performance last season against Arsenal to the one this season. This is what Martinez has brought to us, this is his taxtics, his brand of football.
 
It's totally unacceptable.

If he doesn't get sacked I assume he'll sign another new contract in the summer, this time with reduced wages. I mean, after a good season he signed a new contract with improved terms, so...

Shite uninspired performance.
 
Sack Martinez? - dunno, I think he has good points but looks lost and he isn't strong enough for this.
 
Players? Too many looking to pass the buck, they know how to play football, many could manage a team - yet they are playing like they are little dogs waiting for specific orders off their nmaster.

I suppose that is the whole crux of the matter, personally I think we have been crap all season and deserve to be exactly where we are in the league

Some people seem to think all red cards are a three game ban. It's a bit like the question about qualifying for Europe that comes up every season, and we know how much you love that one . Fortunately, there'll be no reason for that question on here this season!

I get the impression he's now out of his depth and a lot of the backroom staff he's brought in are too. All season we never seem to get anything from set pieces so what exactly do they do at Finch Farm? Seriously angry now as looks like club morale has been destroyed, players don't look as together as in previous seasons.

We need to give own goal an improved contract, he's our most consistent scorer every year.

Did anyone see that superb tactic that Leicester were using today?
 
When they had the ball they ran with it and when they passed they moved forward , think maybe Bobby could nick that strategy for the next game

I don't k now what it is with Baines but he doesn't look like he likes playing football. We had the same with hinchcliffe. He said it was a job but didn't enjoy playing near the end.