BUT. HE. KNOWS. THE. CLUB. and he appreciates what the fans want and has the guts to change it if things are working. I mean, he dropped a D.O.W (Ebbrell) for the FA Cup Final because HE WAS THE MANAGER, not their mate. He's not the type to live off a honeymoon season either.
When he took over we had 8 points from 14 games. Let that just sink in for a moment. If we were to stretch his results between Nov 1994 and May 1995 across the whole season he'd have got us around 7th/8th.
So given that, did he rest on his laurels? No, he signed Kanchelskis from Man Utd and (once he was back from injury) we goosed lots of teams, won at Anfield and showed no fear home or away. Take the 5-2 win at Sheff Weds when AK got a hattrick and we looked like the home team - since when would we score 5 on the road these days?
Martinez can have all the good PR he wants - it's all very well saying "we want Champions League football" but if you've not a clue as to how to arrest a slump (as ultimately happened at Wigan) then you might all well fluck off!
It's obvious that you know everything, but it's also obvious that Martinez has blown it this time.
So go on then smartarse, who would you have replace him if we went down?