Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...

All the articles have the same theme and most on here agree with them. I could live with it if I knew he was going at the end of this season but nothing is certain apart from if he keeps playing the same way we will be fighting relegation next season.

So many have said it, the hope kills you until you reach a point of not caring, born out of total frustration that nothing changes. Even a win at Bournemouth will not help, it is a terrible thing to say but I would take a defeat if it means he goes.

Who comes in? Don't know, people way above my pay grade make these decisions but we are going nowhere as it stands and change must happen.

Whilst I respect his academic (two degrees) and full UEFA coaching qualifications, he's got it very very wrong at the moment.

We are slowly running out of games to rescue this car crash of a season, clinging on to faint hopes of glory in the FA Cup will soon end as (Bournemouth apart), an unkind draw in the next round will put us all out of our misery.

I feel some sympathy for the players, despite some poor individual performances, they are playing a brand of football, accompanied by poor tactics, that is clearly not working.

Overpaid and pampered they maybe, but their not mugs, the better ones will be looking for pastures new in the summer, with a line of suitors with deep pockets ready to take them off our hands.

Meanwhile, the 'mad professor' carries on with his project, seemingly unaware of the widespread anger and disappointment at the underachievement of the most talented bunch of players we've had in years.

It's getting bad when even Joey Barton is worried.....

I suspect its final phase may see us in the Championship – the Football League one – not Uefa's!

Aaaaaaahhhh – please help me, someone!

The question marks over his ability will quickly resurface though, simply because defensively he hasn't got a clue.

More home defeats in the Premier League will follow. That's when the wheels fall off, tactically.

I suspect that sometime, somewhere, RM will establish a successful team, but sadly, his playing philosophy is just inadequate for the English premiership. Bobby might do better to manage in China, Japan or the Middle East where the (slower) pace of the game lends itself more to his style.

As things stand, Bobby appears incapable of adapting to the opposition, we all knew exactly how WBA would set up shop, but still he persists on picking two DM players when it's clear that we'd have benefited from setting up on a 4-4-2 ...but no, not Bobby. Everton's problem is compounded by the fact that expectation levels are now rock bottom for home fans.

Despite the two wins prior to WBA, I was never confident going in to the game, as Pulis is a past master of pulling out results like this. It is no wonder that this mood translates into a lack of atmosphere at Goodison, as really, there's often not a great deal to get excited about, it's all so painfully predictable-lots of possession, not enough end product, and a harum-scarum defensive set up.

Maybe we will beat the Cherries, and maybe we will get a home draw in the FA Cup quarterfinals, but for me, we have little or no chance of winning it because we don't have the nous or the desire, either on the pitch or at Finch Farm. Roll on the takeover.

I have supported Everton for over 50 years and will continue to do so. However, I see our best players leaving for pastures new, that actually qualify for Europe, rather than promising too! Please tell me I'm wrong. The current situation has caused me to put my thoughts into the public arena (first post).

I honestly thought that with the new additions this year we would be aiming for the top 4 at least and that was before the collapse of Chelsea and Man Utd.

I just think that when Moyes had Arteta and the rest he only needed a striker. With Lukaku we would have won the league.

To me the consensus is that Martinez is not fit to manage our great club. Which I do agree with. Stats over his tenure here prove we are treading water at best.

A few months ago Cleverley set up Lukaku (who scored) with a 40-yard pass; he was immediately taken off... I'm beginning to wonder why Kenwright won't sack him but we said that about Walter Smith... here's hoping!

The wheels fell off this wagon last winter and this season it seems like déjà vu. We're seven points better off after 26 games than last season and one place higher. Whoopee-do.

I'm not even arsed to be angry anymore as nothing will change unless new owners take over, probably Billy (not so) Smart or James (not so) Chipperfield.

I'm off for a cup of Coco.

Bollocks to the manager, work your socks off, run up and down the pitch – not in little triangles going nowhere.

He seems to know what its all about i.e. defend well, keep clean sheets and still play attractive football.

Right now, Everton have scored more goals from open play than any of their rivals. Their fans know that, on chances created, it should even be a lot more. A whole lot more.

Martinez doesn't do clean sheets. He doesn't set up for them. If they happen that's great but they're not important. West Brom had one corner and one goal but we created enough chances to win easily. That's the only way our boss sees things. Why practice defending corners when they only cost us half a dozen goals a season?

Actually, why practice defending anything? With McCarthy and Barry sitting in front of Jags, Funes Mori and Robles, he knows we'll rarely concede more than the good chances created at the other end.

Well that's the idea. That's the way it is supposed to work. Despite .the giant tree trunks in the Baggies defence, he reckons we definitely created enough chances to win and he's probably right. 2 or 3 of our 34 shots should have hit the net.

You score 2. we'll score 3. In the end it all comes down to clinical finishing. We create loads of chances. If we put them away we win.

City and Arsenal are similar but they have world class keepers. They also have tall lads who can get their head on the ball at set-pieces.

We've been in a mess for more than 18 months but Martinez continues to believe we are a whisker away from glory.

I'd like him to try his system elsewhere but it ain't gonna happen. He'll strengthen with more fire power and keep on talking.

We emigrated 15 years ago and I can honestly say, the 11-hour time difference means my garden has never looked better. I sleep through the agony of most matches and only awake to hear the bad news.

The downside is having to watch the A League 'live' but my sanity levels have definitely improved.

What we need is for our players to be creating more real chances by getting more shots on target.