2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

4737carlin · August 18, 2018

Be intetesting to see what he does next Saturday, for me it's unchanged unless we have an injury, no one has played themselves out of a start

Papa Shango · August 18, 2018

bluestevon said:
Tosun is a decent solid all round CF, whose a very good finisher.

Top 6 calibre team he's not starting.

You could say that about most of our squad though. Probably all of them actually bar Coleman and Pickford and even then at a push.

Axlswhk · August 18, 2018

Slowly winning me over. I love high intense pressing with creative attacking football

bluestevon · August 18, 2018

Papa Shango said:
You could say that about most of our squad though. Probably all of them actually bar Coleman and Pickford and even then at a push.

Exactly which is why ultimately the idea should be to bring in ones who either are that level or who can develop to that level.

Richarlison, Gomez, Bernard, Mina all potentially are or can be.

BrendanGOT · August 18, 2018

hktoffee said:
Not a fan of zonal marking. Look how we conceded from corners since pre-season.

And the past 3 or 4 seasons too without zonal marking mate. Rafael won a Champions League with zonal marking. It works if done correctly as a team

orly · August 18, 2018

bluestevon said:
Tosun is a decent solid all round CF, whose a very good finisher.

Top 6 calibre team he's not starting.

Was fantastic today though

hktoffee · August 18, 2018

BrendanGOT said:
And the past 3 or 4 seasons too without zonal marking mate. Rafael won a Champions League with zonal marking. It works if done correctly as a team

Maybe it’s the players. When Mina, Digne and Zouma came in we will be fine.

bluestevon · August 18, 2018

orly said:
Was fantastic today though

A fair few where tbh

Groucho · August 18, 2018

He's had 95% of the same team as the last two years actually playing the football they should have been.

Papa Shango · August 18, 2018

bluestevon said:
Exactly which is why ultimately the idea should be to bring in ones who either are that level or who can develop to that level.

Richarlison, Gomez, Bernard, Mina all potentially are or can be.

Indeed. That takes time though.

Cork Evertonian · August 18, 2018

Early days yet.But i've been very impressed by Silva so far.Hopefully we'll get a nice unbeaten run going.If we get a bit of momentum, then who knows what will happen.But we'll just keep on taking one game at a time.

Nyhus · August 18, 2018

Papa Shango said:
You could say that about most of our squad though. Probably all of them actually bar Coleman and Pickford and even then at a push.

Im convinced Coleman could play for a fistfull of CL teams with no issues, and not teams like Celtic.

efcjames · August 18, 2018

I'm actually looking forward to watching us play.

LouReedwalkonthewildside · August 19, 2018

Reminds me of Martinez's first season were I actually looked forward going to the game. Early days yet though, and we haven't played anyone of note, so feet well and truly on the ground, but I'm quietly optimistic.