So you should judge a marathon runners race performance by the position they're in after 20 miles and not judge where they finish in the race?
Fair enough that people have no or little faith in RM, not sure I do myself atm but that statement is just ridiculous in itself.
I know a thing or two about marathon running having done a few. Best time was 2hrs 52 mins. In the marathons I ran, I was very careful to judge how I was going all the way through. Generally the pace you have st is the pace you finish at.
If a runner is doing 6.5 minute miles for twenty miles it is unrealistic to suppose he will suddenly development into a sub five minute miler.
Everton under Martinez, indeed any team under Martinez, win around 30% of the games they play. What do you see on the horizon that makes you believe we will suddenly start winning more than that.
I would really love someone to convince me that Martinez is the answer and everything's going to be fine. I wanted Martinez as manager, I thought he was a breath of fresh air, I believed he would make us an attractive successful side. I still want to believe that. I don't like this cynicism, I want to be positive but I am pragmatic, we rallied in the final games last year to finish top of the bottom half and this year we are below that. Last year we won 12 games out of 38, this year we are behind that win ratio. That is what I see.
I balance that against two cup runs, but I look at the team's we have beaten and outside Chelsea they are teams I would expect us to beat. I look at the number of goals we have scored and I am pleased, I am concerned that the person scoring those goals wants success and looks like he wants,away.
In my mind the negatives, the number of games we don't win and our league position outweighs the positives.
But as I said, I am open to be convinced that things will improve, unfortunately I need something to base that belief on.
