I agree about Mirallas, in 3.5 years we have seen the odd flash of brilliance but that has been far too infrequent and he is clearly prone to pressing the self destruct button as he did yesterday. He also seems to have a Kevin Mirallas agenda, not a team agenda.
The link below is to an interesting analysis of the effect of putting Niasse on, it takes a different view than most fans. Despite the author backing up his opinion with factual evidence, I still disagree with him, Lennon was playing well, covering a lot of ground and was a serious threat to West Ham. Niasse doesn't know his team mates, he has no PL experience and hasn't played for about 3 months, and it showed, he looks worryingly out of his depth. A more experienced head seemed far more practical in the circumstances.
http://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com...ctical-analysis-roberto-martinez-aaron-lennon
I understand your point about the centre backs, but "individual errors" have been rife for the past 2 seasons and have cost us points aplenty, plus the frequency of our capitulations suggests that issues that could be addressed in training are not being being addressed and / or there are flaws in the team's mindset. Both those things are down to the manager it seems, and given that Wigan went down the same path under Roberto's leadership, amounting in total now to almost 6 out of 7 PL seasons of his teams under-performing I personally fear he, and hence his teams, will always be found wanting in the same ways.
