The only positive is, it’s not Benitez.
I always remember when City were coming through, Mancini into Pellegrini, and someone said “It takes 12 months to coach tactics of an old manager out of a player”. I couldn’t unsee Martinez/
Moyes comparisons from that.
Martinez season one was a great blend of attacking football, which Martinez craved and the tight, compact nature of
Moyes. A dream combination really.
After that 12 months, it was disgraceful. We couldn’t defend, it was sideways, it was anything but enjoyable by the large.
The fans protested, we wanted him out. Players like Tarashaj, Leandro Rodriguez, Besic we’re classed as future world “superstars”; when they’re literally awful footballers.
And who can forget this?
Take off your rose tinted glasses, yes there were good memories, but it unravelled pretty quickly and despite assembling a side of quality talent like Lukaku, Barkley, Stones and Deulofeu… we struggled to two 11th place finishes.