Martinez has, through astute purchases, greatly increased the value of our squad. He has also shown much more willingness to let youth have a chance and bring players through from the academy. I think his record of buying and "blooding" players is excellent. It's his inability to make the most of a squad that HE in large part has assembled. Get so bored with the inability of Martinez critics to see him as anything other than the great Satan "has destroyed our club." That's such a parody position. He's failed to meet his own targets, yes. But I am not one of those supporter who sees zero merit in what he tried--and yes failed--to achieve in terms of attacking football and squad development. It's not happening but frankly I find all the lines about "fraud" and "imposter" and "get out of my club" silly. The whole unwinding of this, if that's what is happening, is a little more complicated. As anybody who reads this thread after we beat Chelsea and then after we lose to Arsenal understands (not that I'd wish that on anyone!).
Besides Lukaku whose value has exactly increased greatly that Martinez has bought mate, paid 10m for Mori, 14m for Naisse, 15m for McCarthy - on two of thsoe three we'd make a ok profit, one of them probably a big loss - but he's knew so will see on that.
Lukaku - yeah no doubt we'd make at least a 20m profit on him, but the player whose value has increased most is Stones and Martinez didn't buy him - Moyes did, and Barkley who is an academy product first introduced by Moyes as well, Deulofeu - Barca can buy him back this or next season and we would basically make hardly nay profit on him - certainly not a great one. besides that i'm struggling to see who he has bought that has seent their value shoot up amazingly - Besic - injury prone and unproven as of now - no one would pay much for him really, Lennon - at his age no profit to be made, Barry - ditto, McGeady will be lucky to get shut on a free, Galloway - would make a few million but no more on him
As for your point about him having more willigness to give youth a chance and bring players through from the academy - errrm who exactly has he brought through, the one academy player who in 3 years he has played in the league is Browning unless i am mistaken, Barkley was given his chance by Moyes, all the other younger players have been bought in already having had league experience with other teams before arriving, playing 4-5 players in a dead rubber game against Kras hardly counts as giving them a chance as they have been sent back the udner 21's or farmed off on loan soon as that game was done with.
As for our supposed great attacking football, it's few and far between - didn't se a sign of that against Cheslea for example - just saw a tremendous individual goal from Rom in a game we had created nothing in for 70 odd minutes, i for one don't find the majority of what we do min games exciting, having a free kick deep in the opponents half that ends up ten passes later being back with our goalie - isn't exciting, corners that hit the first man - ditto, don't find us endlessly passing it around the back 4 and midfield sideways and back very exciting, don't find the lack of tempo we have in the majority of games (especially at home) very exciting either, we are in short a relativley boring team who have a world class striker - take Lukaku out this team and we'd see just how entertaining we are without him. At times when everything clicks yeah w ecan look amazing and very exciting - but so can a huge amount of toher teams on their day when it all clicks - even under Dour Davey we had some performances that exhillarated
Is Martinez the new Satan - no that's silly, is he the new Messiah - no he is just a naughty Spaniard.
If you in your job told your boss that you would achieve certain targets, and not only did you fail to achieve those targets but you acheieved significantly lower results than the guy who did the job prior to you, and the net result was it cost your company about 6-10m per year for two years (difference between 5/6th and 11/13th), what you think would happen to your job security?
