''I’m surprised Everton fans are so positive about Martínez''

I don't think there was ever a huge swell of support for Martinez. Laudrup, Periera and even Bielsa were favoured by many fans. I think most of us just expected Martinez to be installed and have decided to get behind him. Is that so surprising? What are we supposed to do? Slag him off before he's even met the team?

Daft article.

I hope we all get behind Martinez whatever our thoughts and show him how great Goodison can be COYB.

Ultimately, I think it would be prudent to reserve judgement for 2-3 years to allow him to put the stamp on a squad that will I think, be in transition.

He could have said..

"He kept them up for years with nothing and there was an inevitability about them going down, but never forget they beat the richest team in the world to win the FA Cup - an amazing achievement"

Instead he chose..

"Yes, he’s won the FA Cup with Wigan, which was a fantastic achievement, but ultimately they’ve gone down".

What a nob-head and what does he think our reaction should be?

"Hey did you read what that feller said on some website - MARTINEZ OUT!!"

As Paul Ellam says, what else can we do but get behind him?

It was something he had to do at Wigan and another obstacle he had to contend with. It's a mitigating factor for their league placing and eventual relegation.

And as for you not giving a toss about our wage budget - that is a daft comment. You don't want us to 'do a Pompey' and yet don't care about the wage structure and expenditure at the club. The two go hand in hand.

So, to simplify, I don't give a toss about what RM did with Wigan's wage budget... and I'm not suggesting we DO increase ours — just that the teams with the biggest budgets have by far the larger amount of success than the ones with smaller budgets.

In fact sir, might I suggest that YOUR comment was rather daft :-)

(1) Whilst Moyes did sometimes polarise views, I suspect most would agree that we had run out of road and steam under his regime. The likelihood would have been more of the same – comparative over-achievement relative to available financial support, but not the sort of football most of us wanted to see, especially when playing against the more successful teams.

(2) Martinez offers the potential for better football, probably more excitement, and the sense that our strikers might get more chances. I hope and believe that this excitement will take place more at the top end rather than the bottom end of the table.

Once past the headline the majority of the piece reflects the positive reasons why we're getting behind him.

The fact is we support Everton come what may, we might argue the toss between ourselves but ultimately anyone given the job would get a fair crack of the whip and not piled into before a ball is kicked.

People in the game continually say "proper football club" about us and this is why. Nobhead agitators like this prick are bemused and doubtless irritated at the lack of a "Woy" storyline as per the lunatic fringe across the park after Benitez.

What chance does any manager have with this board.

Even I could be a good manager, if I could go out and buy every good player in sight!
But thats Rednapps MO, hes bankrupt every club hes managed has 'darling Harry'.