Naismith high praise for Duncan and Martinez
Everton striker Steven Naismith has been full of praise for new 1st team coach and Everton legend Duncan Ferguson and also manager Roberto Martinez this week.
Naismith has praised the way that big Dunc has worked with the strikers and he feels he brings a lot to the set-up and the Scot also says that Martinez has taught him more than any other coach that he has worked with before.
“Duncan is a massive figure at the Club with the fans, he brings a lot of passion and has worked well with me. I’ve enjoyed the small things he does.
“We do shooting drills with him. He takes a lot of them and has been good to work with. He was always someone I looked up to. I vaguely remember him at Rangers, but more so his Everton career.
“The fans love him. Everybody talks about ‘Big Dunc this’ and ‘Big Dunc that’. Everton’s most recent success came when he was in the team and the Evertonians still remember that.
“You hear a lot of stories about him, so it was good to have a chat. He’s actually a really quiet guy and he doesn’t give much away until you sit down with him and have a good talk.
“Now he’s working with us, you see him as a coach, not as a young guy trying to be a coach. He’s good and I don’t think there’s a better club for him to be at. The whole set-up is fantastic.”
The high praise continued for Spaniard Martinez and says he can’t wait to continue learning from his manager.
Naismith added: “For me, [Martinez] has been great. I’ve learned more this season than I did under any manager previously. Every day there is something new.
“He’s totally different to any manager I’ve worked with in terms of his methods, philosophies and the way he wants us to play. It’s been a big learning curve, but more down to the fact that he sees it as a squad game.
“He doesn’t have players he thinks will play every week. We were due to play Crystal Palace recently and the game got called off. There were three of us who were in the team that night but then didn’t play against Swansea a few days later.
“That sums up the way he works. He treats every game differently and has a game plan. I’m really interested in the way he works.”
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