Norwich City captain Russell Martin is predicting a close-season of upheaval when relegation from the Premier League becomes official.
The Norfolk club require a mathematical miracle – a 17-goal swing – in beating Arsenal in the final day of the campaign on Sunday as well as West Brom to suffer a heavy home defeat against Stoke City in order to stay up.
Martin has offered no excuses for the side s slump back into the Championship and thinks wholesale changes are needed to address a return of just eight wins from 37 league games, while Chris Hughton s long-term successor also needs resolving.
There needs to be changes, said the defender, who was part of the side that clinched promotion to the top flight in 2010-11.
We ve lost too many games this season and that becomes almost a culture and that needs to change.
In my opinion, it s a massive summer for the football club, because whatever happens there will have to be a decision made on the manager and then the recruitment of players.
We need to go back to the Championship and then bounce back to where we belong. I believe we belong in the Premier League as a football club.
You have a choice as a player to either wallow in self-pity and feel sorry for yourself, or you have a choice to say ‘right, this has happened’ and you learn from it and grow from it.
