Although a top-half finish is still possible, there have been reports that the board are considering Martinez’s position, while fans are planning to stage a protest over the poor run of results when Everton host Bournemouth on Saturday.
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Sublime play led to King fizzing a 25-yard drive narrowly wide of the post just before the hour as Bournemouth sought their first ever win against Everton, then Wilson’s shot hit the side-netting.
According to the Telegraph, Martinez could be dismissed next week if the meeting of the directors and Saturday’s Premier League game against Bournemouth go badly for Martinez. I’m the manager of the football club and I’m the one who takes the responsibility.
With little at stake in the Merseyside club’s remaining four matches – though desperate to reverse a awful home form in which Everton have claimed just 17 points from as many home matches – Martinez still anticipates top performances from his players as they see out the season, and possibly his tenure. It’s a very hard profession and you’re judged constantly every week on your results, on a lot of aspects of your job. Gradel missed the home defeat to Chelsea with the calf problem that saw him withdrawn during the previous game against Liverpool but the forward has improved this week and could return to contention. “It’s very tough at this level”. “I understand that football is about passion and the reality is, at home, we haven’t won enough games”.
Everton finished fifth in Martinez’s first season in charge before ending up 11th last term, although they did reach the last 16 of the Europa League.
It has been a tricky sequence of fixtures for Bournemouth as just three points have been taken from the last 15 available, but in all honesty they have not helped themselves by defending with naivety against teams full of quality.
He is adamant his players are not playing out time until they can go on holiday.
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