It is not acceptable, not by a long shot. You think clubs like Southampton, Stoke, Swansea and possibly West Ham depending on what happens next week finishing above us is good enough?
He spent £36m, more money spent in a transfer window than any manager we've had. He has managed to take a consistent Top 7 club into one that is clinging on for top half status. His predictable, boring football has been the scourge of Everton all season. His refusal to acknowledge the terrible form of his favourites has also been deplorable.
My favourite of the season has to be bringing Howard back claiming it is his position and then in the same breathe uses the exact opposite reasoning as to why Alcaraz kept his place over John Stones in our European humiliation.
I have seen Martinez come up with so many excuses for this season, I'm yet to see him once take responsibility.
He deserves nothing more than sacking for this season. Any other of the supposed big clubs would be doing the same, except a Tottenham bad season is seen as possibly 7th, we take it a step further and still some fans back it. We then wonder why we're constantly overlooked.
The sad reality of the fact is that we aren't a big club.
Used to be, yes. Aspire to be again yes.
We aren't however one at the moment.
It's easy to say, oh well fire the man, yeah it's been a shocking season where we've underperformed according to where we have in the past.
But the chilling reality is this.
We fire the man, so what. The next manager comes in and is expected to perform miracles and keep us punching above our financial weight.
Big clubs can solve problems by throwing money at a wall, buying guff and only needing about 30% of the guff to be decent.
We sadly don't work under those constraints. We need almost every player we buy to be successful in some way shape or form.
The only way we will become big again is by building something, not just on the pitch but off it, bringing the whole club into shape around it.
Whether that can happen under this board, I have big question marks.
However creating an environment where you achieve success in one season or you're out the door isn't conducive to building something.
Stones, Barkley, McCarthy, Besic, Lukaku, that's the core of a pretty decent side in the making. All players he's either brought into the club or made first team regulars.
We're building a pretty decent team here, with others like Galloway, Ledson on the fringes.
So yeah, crap season.
Terrible even.
Out of both cups early, decent European run, beat some good sides, self combusted in Kiev. Crap to be nice in the league
Plenty of things to point the finger at, the manager, players unable to do the basics, a terrible run of injuries combining to form a sh1t storm of lost confidence and dropped points.
Awful all around
We did have a good season last year however, genuinely competed for top four for the first time in years.
Had players knocking the ball around well, playing some nice stuff.
School of Science is on its way back yano.
Went at top teams and gave them a game.
Attacking vibrant young manager.
Same bloke as the one who managed us this year.
So for me it's got to this point.
One good season.
One bad season.
He's spent some money.
Next season I want to start seeing a return on it, more of the first season and less of the second.
