Everton put Roberto Martínez out of his agony amid the Wigan parallels | Paul Wilson via The Guardian
Despite a successful first season at Goodison, the Spaniard’s tactical failings gradually alienated Everton fans and by the end of his three-year reign he appeared to lose the dressing room too
Roberto Martínez cut such a lonely and despondent figure in the television interview studio following the
3-0 defeat at Sunderland on Wednesday night it is no surprise Everton have released him early and spared him the ignominy of facing scornful home supporters in the final game of the season against Norwich on Sunday.
The manager lost the fans some time ago and judging by the last couple of abject performances, lost the dressing room, too. The match at Sunderland, the second time in a week that Everton had provided only token resistance to opponents writing their own headlines, came three years to the day since Martínez’s greatest triumph,
the FA Cup win with Wigan Athletic that brought him to the Merseyside club’s attention.
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