Should Martinez be sacked? (Post-Stoke poll)

[davek]

Why mate?

Because it's the very definition of knee jerk Kopite entitlement?

"Ahhhhhh, we're having a bad run, booo hooo - this manager's lost his flavour boooo hooo. I WANT a new one....booo hooooo. I WANT a new manager and I want him NOW!!!!!!!!"

 

[moyeslovechild]

lets give him til jan so he can sell barkley and bring in callum mcmanaman

ffs

 

[toffeejack]

he's definitely the right man imo.

his team selections and balance are wrong yes, but he can't be totally at fault that we have no real players in our whole squad who have had a great season so far. a couple of very good seasons from a couple, but all the players have been abysmal this season and he has been badly badly let down by those 4 experienced players in that diamond at our back.

hopefully the injuries to howard and jagielka may be a bit of a blessing in disguise and hopefully barry will get dumped for the returning besic.

it's his first season as a young manager manging a season in europe, patience is a virtue.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

That's it, the closest we ever get to breaking into the top 4 and we don't take the chance. Very frustrating.

Exactly, we were on the verge of crashing through that glass ceiling after last season. Hasn't happened for us though this season. Most worrying thing is that Martinez seems lost handling the current situation, just like the majority of our players. Not finishing in the top 7 (at the very least) will cause unrest with our top players.

 

[Garrick]

I'm sure it's already been said, but IF he was to go, who are we replacing him with? I don't think there's any one suitable at the moment.

We're stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place at the moment, as frustrated as we are all I don't think we have much choice other than to persist with him and pray he can turn things around second half of the season.

Put Big Dunc on the line for all I care. He should at least be able to motivate the players.

 

[Joey66]

56 replies in less than half hour, I think people are interested in discussing it...

Knee-jerk reaction Sunderland beat us at home last Boxing day with a gift of a goal - same again today imo!

 

[ijjysmith]

No. He does however need to be read the riot act and told that in no certain terms is this tolerable and things must change RIGHT NOW

Agree totally with this mate.

I just don't think a) anyone will tell him and b) don't think he'd listen if anyone did anyway.

 

[cronullasharks]

It's not going to happen, yet... but if he were to get the sack how much would it cost to pay him out ?

 

[nsno-chris]

That is what amazes me. Last year he was so good at adapting.

We were a possession team but when Arsenal came to town, he put Lukaku on the right to exploit Monreal and had us put in a masterful counterattacking performance.

But every game this season has been the same. Same formation, same tactics. We beat West Ham in a scrappy game but that aside, the only teams we've beaten are the ones so poor the U21s could put them away.

Apart from Villa at home and 70 mins against arsenal we've been poor. I said it from the palace game that something was fundamentally wrong, people called me deluded and said it was form.

Once teams press our back and sit deep we are in trouble, exactly the same as under moyes; not capable of breaking teams down

 

[ijjysmith]

Knee-jerk reaction Sunderland beat us at home last Boxing day with a gift of a goal - same again today imo!

It's not knee jerk.

It's a discussion. Some people have one opinion. Some the other. And it's really easy to see both sides.

 

[Azza]

I'll say yes out of principle as I never wanted him in the first place.

But seriously he needs to reassess and stop being so blinkered that his style and tactics are not one of the main causes of this right now.

 

[cronullasharks]

Knee-jerk reaction Sunderland beat us at home last Boxing day with a gift of a goal - same again today imo!

Except we weren't sinking faster than the titanic last season...

 

[ijjysmith]

It's not going to happen, yet... but if he were to get the sack how much would it cost to pay him out ?

More than Bill Kenwright got in his Chrimbo cards I'd guess.

 

[Joey66]

56 replies in less than half hour, I think people are interested in discussing it...

Mostly in favour of keeping RM?

 

[ijjysmith]

Because it's the very definition of knee jerk Kopite entitlement?

"Ahhhhhh, we're having a bad run, booo hooo - this manager's lost his flavour boooo hooo. I WANT a new one....booo hooooo. I WANT a new manager and I want him NOW!!!!!!!!"

I'm not in the 'out' group mate. It's just a discussion on how the manager is doing really.

I can see why people want him out though. I don't.