Roberto Martinez says Everton, not Arsenal, looked like the squad that traveled to Barcelona during the week.

The Drifters performed at half-time at Goodison Park andit was the only worthwhile entertainment for Everton fans in Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Arsenal. Lined up in a neat four-man formation, the American soul group had all the style and organisation their hosts did not.On the pitch, Arsenal showed their class when necessary but spent long periods in first gear. Everton simply let them. You would never have guessed the visitors toiled against Barcelona in midweek. They were quicker, sharper and stronger in every department without really having to do much.Defeat leaves Everton close to three unwanted club records. Three successive home league defeats and six homeleague defeats in the last eight has the Blues on course for fewest home points, least home wins and most home defeats in any league season in their entire history. With three games still to play, this is already the worst Goodison season since a miraculous final day escape from relegation in 1993-94.Pre-match talk centred on how much Everton would miss the suspended Gareth Barry. As Arsenal freely strolled around the final two thirds of the pitch, the answer soon became clear. There was a Barry-sized hole in the middle of the park and manager Roberto Martinez had no answerfor it.This match did little to silence the manager's critics. John Stones' half-time introduction and subsequent switch to a back three created more problems than it solved. With the exception of the three central defenders, the remainder of the formation and player roles remained a mystery. It wasa disjointed and lifeless mess.Martinez wishes to instil an idealistic passing approach buthas always lacked for players willing to shoulder responsibility, even more so when matches turn in favour of the opposition. Too few players showed enough initiativeor willingness to alter the flow of the match. So much of the second half saw Everton's central defenders aimlessly passing the ball close to their own penalty area. Passing options ahead of the ball rarely surfaced and players did not look interested, certainly not enough to seek possessionor get their team moving forward. The longer the match went on, the brighter Barry's influence shone in his absence.FA Cup success against Chelsea was the exception and this is the norm. More worryingly, this was the first time players appeared to throw their collective towel in the ring.There is a leadership vacuum and no fight at the heart of this current setup.Talk is cheap and Martinez's Everton specialise in it. Thereare more speeches about progress than actual progress. This is simply not good enough. Martinez and Everton is a once promising partnership that looks to have run its course.