After the wailing and gnashing of teeth it comes to this :
If we get relegated, and I don't think we will, Martinez will get sacked.
We don't get relegated and he stays.
It appears that a good proportion of people want him gone no matter what. Fair enough, but there's no consensus on the replacement. If somebody came in with a different playing style, how long would it take to come to fruition. Another season ? Two ? And if it didn't.Another manager, another season. More money wasted on managers and new players, more discontent.
Of course, a new manager might be a success for a season. But so was Martinez' s first season. Give him the chance over the summer for him to digest this season, and mull over his plans for the next.
He's not stupid and away from the pressures I think he'll have the nous to understand where he has gone wrong, what players need to be binned, and the need for new tactics to be introduced. I think that he's got the skills for us to be competing again in the upper echelons of the league if we give him the time.
In the long scheme of things it is only one season ; patience seems a harder option but one I think that will bring greater rewards