Not true! Of course Martinez inherited the squad that Moyes left behind. But he added two new defensive players, Barry and McCarthy.
Second, Martinez introduced his own style of play. He relied on the fullbacks, Baines and, even more so, Coleman to attack down the wings and cross the ball. Barry or McCarthy would then drop back to maintain a back four.
It worked wonderfully well that first season - The School of Science is on the way back! The next season, opponents learned to press the back four and make it difficult to play out from the back. Martinez proved unable to overcome this.