Sam Allardyce has cited Everton’s board behind uncertainty over his future.
Allardyce continues to weather a storm of criticism in the early months of his Goodison Park reign with speculation heavily touting him for a summer exit.
The one-time England manager steered the Blues to Premier League safety this season but his brand of football has failed to win over many doubters.
And Allardyce believes that a lack of public backing from majority investor Farhad Moshiri and the Everton hierarchy has not helped matters.
He said: “It would have helped yes, but I can’t control the board, I can’t control what they say.
“They are my bosses, so I can’t be dictating and telling them what they should or should not do obviously, but that has fuelled more speculation.
“I think results speak for themselves personally. You know, at the end of the day it is where it is.
“Sometimes it feels rather sad, and certainly the players feel rather sad, that they don’t seem to be getting any credit for what they are doing.
“If you sit in the dressing room it feels like ‘we’ve won, but it’s another crap performance.’
“Everybody says it is a crap performance, and every is saying we are not doing this or that, when as a matter of fact they are doing it better than everybody else below them.
“It’s the players who go on the field and perform and you try to get the most out of them you can.
“I think we’ve done our best to get the most out of them we can and results have proven that.
“If you look at where they were and look at the results and look at performances before I came and you see the improvement and the consistency, and the level of performance we have done since, then it’s been an improvement on a consistent basis.
“You can be disappointed in one game, but you look at the overall scenario and overall success we’ve gained, then you know, it means we’ve gone in the right direction.
“And we will all try to build and get better.