It has been a season of disappointment and frustration for Everton, and their manager Roberto Martinez has found himself coming under fire from supporters.

He broke off from preparations for Saturday's critical game with Bournemouth to talk football and discuss Everton's campaign with Sportsmail's JAMIE CARRAGHER, while DOMINIC KING listened in...

Roberto Martinez spoke to Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher ahead of Everton's home clash with Bournemouth

The Toffees boss has come in for criticism this season with the Merseyside club in the bottom half of the table

Everton's James McCarthy sits dejected following last week's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester United

Supporters have grown frustrated with the manager and produced a 'Martinez Out' banner away to Watford

Martinez cuts a disappointed figure during the 1-1 draw between Everton and Southampton last month

CARRAGHER: I noticed you have a picture of Johan Cruyff outside your office on the wall. Did his Barcelona team of the early 1990s have a massive influence on you?

MARTINEZ: Yes, definitely. My first big experience of trying to understand a team and a manager was Cruyff when he arrived at Barcelona in 1988. Barcelona's history at that time is fascinating.

The players had revolted against the chairman, the situation was chaotic. He arrived and what was impressive about Johan was he had this vision. He intended to take the club into this vision and philosophy.

He was a big influence. If you try to do things in a 'normal' way, the rewards are not going to be exceptional. It is about having a way of playing that you become so good at it ends up winning you games.

CARRAGHER: You are one side of Barcelona-Cruyff, that type of football. You see teams now, even some I played in, that were more defensive. Let's look at Atletico Madrid. Are you saying if you play that way it is a shorter period of success?

MARTINEZ: Not at all. It is a choice. As a football person — you could be a fan, a player or a manager — you have the choice. As a manager, you can be someone who is built on defensive qualities or someone for who everything is about being on the ball, controlling the game and attacking.

Martinez believes heavily in style and wants his team to play expansive, attacking football to get results

Gerard Deulofeu celebrates at Wembley with Tom Cleverley - the Blues reached two semi-finals this season

The Spaniard has great respect for Johan Cruyff and was fascinated by his spell as Barcelona manager

CARRAGHER: Can't you have both?

MARTINEZ: You have to have both. But you have to be perfect in one. If you want to achieve, if you want to win something, you have to be perfect in something. You cannot be a team that changes from week to week, one style to another. You will never master it.

CARRAGHER: At this moment you will be well aware of the frustration of the Everton fans. So now you are talking to James Carragher, the eight-year-old season ticket holder. What would you say to me to give me hope for next season?

MARTINEZ (laughing): You have always been an Evertonian so you should never have gone to the other side! When I arrived here, I tried to understand the fans. Now I don't just understand them, I share their pain. I share how much they have suffered this season because I have suffered as well. But I know we are going to get there.

I know that because I have been here three seasons and there is an incredible amount of understanding and know-how of what we need to do. Is this a massive transfer window coming up? It is. Massive. Probably as big as the summer window in 2013. We have to be stronger at the end of it.

There have been changes internally, with the new shareholder Farhad Moshiri. That is going to bring a huge amount of possibilities. We are hurting. We gave our all in the FA Cup semi-final and didn't get what we deserved but the support was incredible. It has given us the perfect stimulant to go on and achieve next season.

Martinez spoke to boyhood Evertonian Carragher and Sportsmail reporter Dominic King at Finch Farm

Farhad Moshiri is the new majority shareholder at Everton and supporters are hopeful for big improvements

Everton players look distraught on the Wembley pitch with defeat ultimately ending the club's season

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CARRAGHER: The way I'd say your teams play is not like the style I associate with Everton's greatest team in the Eighties. They played great football but were, at times, very direct with Graeme Sharp and Andy Gray. Are you different to what Everton have had before?

MARTINEZ: I wouldn't say I am different. The first thing I did when I arrived at Everton was try to understand our fans, the style and what had happened over history. We want to be the same. We want to be a leading club that competes to win silverware. We want to play attacking football and score goals against anyone. To be dynamic.

When I arrived here three years ago the squad needed fresh blood and regeneration. We haven't had the finances that other clubs have. All we have done is try to generate our own money and be clever with how we sold assets. You have to learn through painful experiences.

In the first year we had a really good mixture. We got 72 points, a club record in the Premier League. In the second season, we were the last British team to be knocked out of Europe, defeating Wolfsburg home and away in the process.

This season has been really enigmatic. We have been able to perform away from home and our stats are very strong. But at home? Eight defeats is unacceptable. It kills your season. But it hasn't been because of a lack of style or a lack of talent. The second half against Manchester United (at Wembley) showed what we are as a team.

CARRAGHER: Do you think your style of going head to head with teams is causing you a problem at the other end with the goals you concede?

MARTINEZ: If that was the case, it would create a problem away as well as at home. It is a results business and I take responsibility. But you look at our team: the second-half performance (against United) was good enough to win the game. But we didn't. We need to change from being very good to winning.

Martinez takes responsibility for Everton's failings this season and hopes his side can start winning matches

Everton were hugely successful in the Eighties with Andy Gray (centre) and Graeme Sharp (right) up front

Martinez enjoyed a stunning debut season as Everton amassed a club record 72 points in the Premier League

Everton currently lie 11th in the Premier League

CARRAGHER: Your team has been criticised for the goals you have conceded, leads being thrown away. When it happens do you concentrate on working with the back four for a week or do you just think that is one part of the game?

MARTINEZ: We are not going to be a team that is just going to be solid, that keeps a clean sheet and waits for a chance to score. We have been built to take control of the game, to break teams down from open play. That is something I get a real joy from.

CARRAGHER: But does that not change in the game at times?

MARTINEZ: Yes, but that is game management. That is making certain decisions that you shouldn't throw those leads away. The modern trend now in football is to work on being very organised and hitting teams on the counter.

That is the easiest and most economical way of playing. You don't get hurt. I don't want to be like that.

As a manager, I will never look away from the style I want.

CARRAGHER: Do you not think you get better results playing like that?

MARTINEZ: Certainly, it is easier.

CARRAGHER: But why would you not do that then?

MARTINEZ: The level of your team will give you a certain level. You will never over-achieve, you will never win silverware. That is a choice. I respect every style.

Everton have conceded 29 goals at Goodison Park this season with their home form hindering their campaign

Romelu Lukaku has scored 25 goals in all competitions this season but the Blues have struggled defensively

Sportsmail's Carragher listens intently as Everton manager Martinez discusses his footballing philosophy

CARRAGHER: But haven't other teams won like that?

MARTINEZ: Yes, if you have got top players. Of course. It is how you bring the goalscoring threat into that style. Look at Leicester. They have been magnificent in how they have been so well organised and so difficult to break down. They are so structured.

But that is not what is going to give them the title. What will give them the title is that incredible goalscoring threat from (Jamie) Vardy and (Riyad) Mahrez and the set-plays they have. It's magnificent, a fairytale. They began the season at 5000-1 to win the title, so it's not the norm.

I want to build my teams so I don't have to rely on the quality of the individual in order to break teams down and keep a clean sheet rather than the other way around. That is my choice.

CARRAGHER: Does the fact you have thrown leads away so much this season — you have lost 18 points from winning positions —affect your mentality in terms of thinking 'this can't happen again?'

MARTINEZ: The most hurtful lead we threw away was at Bournemouth (in November). We were 2-0 up. 84th minute, we concede one goal. That gives them the second goal. Our incredible character and what we have got gives us a third goal in the 95th minute but then we concede another goal.

At Chelsea (in January, drew 3-3) it was completely different. That was an offside goal (for John Terry), a bad decision in the last second. You need to understand why you throw away the leads and what you can do about them. This season we will improve immensely as a group.

Bournemouth forward Junior Stanislas jumps for joy - Everton led 2-0 on 84 minutes but somehow drew 3-3

John Terry scored late on to seal a 3-3 draw against Everton but Martinez insists the Chelsea star was offside

Martinez insists Everton will not be a team that just 'keeps a clean sheet and waits for a chance to score'

CARRAGHER: I wrote a column about John Stones in January saying I could see him playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona one day. How does he come back from what he has experienced this season?

MARTINEZ: John has had an incredible journey already. When I arrived here, he was fourth-choice right-back. That is where he was seen as a young player.

I had tried to sign him for Wigan when he was at Barnsley. We always saw him as a centre half and you see where he is now, having played almost 80 games in the Premier League. He is only 21. The experience he has had this season is going to make him the player he can be.

CARRAGHER: Do you think we have been too critical of him?

MARTINEZ: He has had too much scrutiny. I don't think someone at 21 should be scrutinised in every action that he does, for good and bad.

Maybe we do it with certain English players? Maybe we do it in certain moments. But we have got players now who are under immense scrutiny. They deserve a bit of space and they should be left alone a little bit until they make 150, 200 games. Then you can have a stronger judgement. When a young player is developing, it is very much highlighting the potential that he has rather than looking at what he is doing in every action.

John Stones is one of Everton's best young talents but he has been scrutinised and his form has dipped

Stones looks on disappointed as he reflects on Everton's injury time defeat at Wembley with Leighton Baines

CARRAGHER: Every manager gets criticism at different stages; maybe this is your turn. But do you think you have had enough credit for what you have achieved? I don't think you have. Winning the FA Cup at Wigan was like England winning the World Cup…

MARTINEZ: I don't work for public recognition. I work for my own values. You do it for someone — it could be one fan — who says to you 'this man gave us this'.

I was fortunate at Swansea. I could toy with it. We started with my vision. We went from 150 passes per game to 650 passes per game.

There is no such thing about being fortunate to win the FA Cup. You don't do things to get credit from the outside. You create an aspiration. When you speak to those players who won the FA Cup, they have got memories that will last forever.

CARRAGHER: What I find interesting when you talk about Swansea is that you don't mention winning League One. You say '650 passes'. It shows how important your principles are…

MARTINEZ: They are everything. You create a way of playing and that is very powerful. If you are successful with it, it will give you trophies. It is not about having one or two good players: what happens if you lose them? You will be average at what you do because you are relying on individuals.

Look at the FA Cup final with Wigan. We deserved to win that game. That was the work over 10 months coming together in 90 minutes. It is exactly the same at Everton. We have had to bring in new blood and new energy.

We had to get over a successful generation and we couldn't bring players that were ready-made. We had to make them. All of a sudden, we have put together this exciting squad without spending money.

That is important. People think we just manage funds. That is where the disappointment is. We haven't achieved what we wanted to.

Martinez holds aloft the FA Cup at the DW Stadium having guided Wigan to the famous trophy in 2013

The Spaniard also won the League One title with Swansea during his spell as manager at the Liberty Stadium

CARRAGHER: I agree. It is easier to set up a team not to lose. Managers lose their jobs so quickly, why would you want to go through phases that put you at risk? But you have a philosophy and you want to stick with what you do...

MARTINEZ: I am proud of the intensity of our work on a daily basis, in the team and in every player. We play to win, we play to achieve.

When you manage a football club, you do it as if you are going to be there for the next 100 years. You cannot manage a football club and think 'I have got to win this weekend or I am losing my job'; a football club would never benefit then.

As a manager, you could come in and be very selfish, spend all the funds and just get that result at the weekend. You would never give young players a development programme because you would never get the benefits.

You can't think, 'What are we doing today to win at the weekend?' You have to finish the day and say, 'We have become a better football club.' That is how you have to work.