Spurs had 8 shots on target against us... 1 hit the post, he saved 1 and typically, pushed it back out from which they scored the rebound, and the other 6 went in.
If he was keeping us in these games by saving loads and conceding the odd 1, you could argue it was the defence, but often, teams are scoring with their only meaningful chances, and that's not even considering the mistakes he has made leading directly to goals. We had a similar situation with Howard near the end of his time here when teams were scoring almost every time they hit the target, which made our defence seem much worse than it was, but rather than seeing this, people jumped on the band wagon that his teams simply couldn't defend. Yet bizarrely, it stopped when Howard came out the team and was replaced by Joel. Every time.
This for me is where Martinez made his biggest error, and I was one of his supporters. He continued to stick by him, and other outfield players as well I might add, when it was obvious it was costing the team. Whether he couldn't see it, refused to believe it, or just continued to have blind faith it would work out for the best, it cost him, and us.
I hope Silva doesn't make the same mistake.
