That's exactly what's left such a bad taste. The things he said as recently as last week about wanting to manage us into the new stadium, about feeling happy and part of the club. He said these things even after knowing there was speculation around the Real Madrid job. He always seemed so...
Couldn't agree more. It's become a thing now where "they only wanted to play long balls" is the standard excuse for losing. [Poor language removed] Advocaat being the latest example. He may as well of said "don't play direct football against us, we can't handle it".
When confidence is so low it's difficult to pull yourself out of it no matter who the manager is. It's been an awful season, especially since December but Martinez should stay for me. He showed me enough last season that he deserves a chance to sort this out. We won't go down this season but...