2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

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allezlesbleus said:
Good post. It will be some time before we know for sure if Silva has got what it takes to drag the club forward because it is a pretty tall order given the mistakes of the last couple of years. That said he got it wrong last night for exactly the reasons you state. Momentum from Saturday thrown away and a good turn out of fans let down again. Stick with a winning team as much as you can to build up partnerships all over the pitch. Get the specific game won and then give fringe players their chance from that position. Winning breeds confidence so prioritise that over gaining knowledge about fringe players.
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The thing is, before the game he mentioned about not making many changes and spoke about continuity and partnerships and then went for

Baines and Bernard (1st game together left side)
Kenny and Lookman (1st game together right side)
Keane and Zouma in front of Stekkers (1st game together)
Davies and Morgan (splitting up the Davies and Gueye partnership)
Dowell behind Tosun (only 2nd game and Tosun has been badly off it link up wise)

Just too much for my liking and as soon as we went a goal down we were under pressure then to make changes to get back into it.
 
Titus Bramble said:
Big fan of folk writing a manager off after fewer than 10 games
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..yep, we all have to recognise it’s work in progress even if i’m very concerned with the defensive frailty of the team as a whole.

He’ll need 3 windows to judge. Other than Pickford, the spine of the team needs revitalising. We have yet to see Mina but we have a central midfield that has struggled to win games for the past two or three seasons and no effective replacement for Lukaku.

Work to do but I would like to see the current personnel better organised. I’m sounding a bit like Allardyce but it’s all about getting the balance right.
 

Carlito said:
Turned Villarreal into a Champions League team, and was a missed penalty away from a final, on a shoestring budget.

Took Malaga into the Champions League.

Broke Real Madrid's league points record.

Won a title at City.

He also plays attacking, expansive football. I don't know what people expect, or who they're comparing him to.
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I had a feeling you’d go back to a time when Thatcher was alive for most of your examples.
 
Carlito said:
When is the cut off point, and what has your manager of choice achieved since then?
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The cut off point is after he nearly ruined the richest club in this country despite adding De Bruyne and Sterling to a title winning team, and turning it into one that was scrambling into the top 4 on goal difference.
 

mikeh72 said:
The cut off point is after he nearly ruined the richest club in this country despite adding De Bruyne and Sterling to a title winning team, and turning it into one that was scrambling into the top 4 on goal difference.
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He finished 1st, 2nd and 4th, and won two League Cups in his three seasons there. It did end on a bit of a low ebb, but then they had given his job to another manager six months before the end of the season. Your standards are remarkably high, though, so perhaps that doesn't compare to whoever it was you wanted.

Besides anything else, he'll always have my respect for holding his nerve when the entire country was willing Big Red over the line in 2014.
 
Eggs said:
..yep, we all have to recognise it’s work in progress even if i’m very concerned with the defensive frailty of the team as a whole.

He’ll need 3 windows to judge. Other than Pickford, the spine of the team needs revitalising. We have yet to see Mina but we have a central midfield that has struggled to win games for the past two or three seasons and no effective replacement for Lukaku.

Work to do but I would like to see the current personnel better organised. I’m sounding a bit like Allardyce but it’s all about getting the balance right.
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Can’t disagree with any of this.

I think it’s encouraging that we haven’t conceded from a corner for a number of games now. That doesn’t sound like much of an achievement, but it shows Silva has recognised one of our weaknesses and clearly put work in to rectify it

I know it’s lacking in modern footbal, but we need patience from fans and those with the power to pull the trigger
 
Titus Bramble said:
Can’t disagree with any of this.

I think it’s encouraging that we haven’t conceded from a corner for a number of games now. That doesn’t sound like much of an achievement, but it shows Silva has recognised one of our weaknesses and clearly put work in to rectify it

I know it’s lacking in modern footbal, but we need patience from fans and those with the power to pull the trigger
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We haven't conceded many corners tho lol
 
Carlito said:
He finished 1st, 2nd and 4th, and won two League Cups in his three seasons there. It did end on a bit of a low ebb, but then they had given his job to another manager six months before the end of the season. Your standards are remarkably high, though, so perhaps that doesn't compare to whoever it was you wanted.

Besides anything else, he'll always have my respect for holding his nerve when the entire country was willing Big Red over the line in 2014.
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He spent £72m on Mangala and big Wilf Bony, for that reason, I’m out.
 

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