The worst thing about the whole Martinez discussion is that there's a distinct lack of balance between the warring factions
The haters won't listen to the positives about Martinez and the defenders won't allow any criticism to be made against their deity
We simply must be allowed to criticise our manager when it's valid to do so. Otherwise we might as well chuck away our Blue shirts and join that cult across the park
However, always looking for a reason to tear into Martinez at every opportunity and trying to discredit him at every turn is exceedingly dirty pool and not helpful in the slightest. We've had some excellent moments with Martinez as manager and he has some very definitive positives about him. He's not flawless and does tend to repeat certain mistakes, which he should in turn be criticised for, but overall I think he could be an excellent manager if he just tightened up those areas
I will repeat my stance, even though the usual suspects will shout me down, that I think he needs to bring someone in to set up and organise the defense. I am not convinced he can do this himself, and this is going back to his Wigan days. I think he needs someone in to handle that aspect and he can handle everything else. I've seen nothing this season to make me think otherwise. The goals against tally does not tell the full story here, because as previously mentioned Howard had freakishly good games against Southampton and Spurs which earned us two undeserved clean sheets
The haters won't listen to the positives about Martinez and the defenders won't allow any criticism to be made against their deity
We simply must be allowed to criticise our manager when it's valid to do so. Otherwise we might as well chuck away our Blue shirts and join that cult across the park
However, always looking for a reason to tear into Martinez at every opportunity and trying to discredit him at every turn is exceedingly dirty pool and not helpful in the slightest. We've had some excellent moments with Martinez as manager and he has some very definitive positives about him. He's not flawless and does tend to repeat certain mistakes, which he should in turn be criticised for, but overall I think he could be an excellent manager if he just tightened up those areas
I will repeat my stance, even though the usual suspects will shout me down, that I think he needs to bring someone in to set up and organise the defense. I am not convinced he can do this himself, and this is going back to his Wigan days. I think he needs someone in to handle that aspect and he can handle everything else. I've seen nothing this season to make me think otherwise. The goals against tally does not tell the full story here, because as previously mentioned Howard had freakishly good games against Southampton and Spurs which earned us two undeserved clean sheets
