Carl O'Ancelotti
Player Valuation: £20m
No you finished 4th last season and have spent more than anyone else in the league. So of course 7th would be below par.
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havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
First thing would of been to sign a striker something brands knew we needed but never did anything about.
Going forward, at times you have to play defensive football especially against the top 6, Silva hasn't figure this out yet
Going gung ho and throwing everyone up the field may be good to watch, but lose the ball and your in trouble.
He needs to adapt the formation for when we're under pressure to plug the holes in defence, also needs to scrap zonal marking, conceding too many from set pieces, some teams can pull it off, he can't.
He is making it easy for the opposition managers, he plays the same for way for every game, at least try and keep a clean sheet but he doesent, he sends too many players forward and gifts the opposition chances to score against every game.
Its plan A with him all the time, if that doesent work so be it. One trick show pony
Boss Silva
Player Valuation: £6m
Jagielka is now the only replacement for the back 3, 
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Holgate can play both positions of RB and CB.
...Holgate can play both positions of RB and CB.
ijjysmith
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Jagielka is now the only replacement for the back 3,
Holgate can play both positions of RB and CB.
Hopefully we ain’t sticking to that ludicrous back 3.
havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
Playing offensive football with no strikers, genius.
Also has no grafters in the team.
Half the season gone I have yet to see us dominate a game.
Even the wins against Fulham (they missed 2 sitters before half time) and Southampton pretty sure Ings missed 2 sitters in that aswell. I think it was the Leicester game where the guy missed a free header at the end. And palace missed a penalty and we score 2 in the last 3 minutes.
Yes there have been decisions go against us aswell but ultimately the blame lies with the manager
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Hold up. We weren't 7th last year, we were 8th, but realistically, we should've been much lower. Again, some of you seem blinded by this 8th place finish. We were awful.
Beyond that, having a high wage bill was a BAD THING, not a good thing. It has hamstrung a bit of our ability to improve the club. And again, it's the first year with a new D of F and head coach. If they show progress, they should stay. Any team that plays like we did last year is clearly FAR FAR away from a top 4 club. The fact that anyone would be impatient about getting to that level when we haven't been there in 30 years is crazy.
seer
Player Valuation: £1m
This season was never gonna be the breakthrough season
We had a surprisingly good start and that lifted expectations
But at the end of the day this season has been, and always will be about reshaping the worst squad we have had since Walter smiths years. Everything that has been done in terms of recruitment has been bang on so far. Any unexpectedly good league position is a bonus this year. We will finish between 7th and 10th but in doing so I guess around 50 percent of the squad updates will be in place.
Provided there is continued investment (wise investment as its been so far under brands - not willy nilly bets like the last couple of seasons) then we should be able to fairly judge silva about this time next year.
In the meantime the football's definitely headed in the right direction even if the results aren't always there. Just take a minute and think what we actually paid money to watch 12 months ago!
We had a surprisingly good start and that lifted expectations
But at the end of the day this season has been, and always will be about reshaping the worst squad we have had since Walter smiths years. Everything that has been done in terms of recruitment has been bang on so far. Any unexpectedly good league position is a bonus this year. We will finish between 7th and 10th but in doing so I guess around 50 percent of the squad updates will be in place.
Provided there is continued investment (wise investment as its been so far under brands - not willy nilly bets like the last couple of seasons) then we should be able to fairly judge silva about this time next year.
In the meantime the football's definitely headed in the right direction even if the results aren't always there. Just take a minute and think what we actually paid money to watch 12 months ago!
ijjysmith
Calm
I think some, and I absolutely include me in this, need to be more patient.
I’ve given Silva a lot of slack as I didn’t want him as manager. But he is now. And god I don’t want another manager sacked.
We were broken when he got here so perhaps 6 months is too little time to have hoped for everything to be fixed.
It’s difficult as we all want to see progress. I guess I just didn’t realise that this season would be such a right off.
I’ve given Silva a lot of slack as I didn’t want him as manager. But he is now. And god I don’t want another manager sacked.
We were broken when he got here so perhaps 6 months is too little time to have hoped for everything to be fixed.
It’s difficult as we all want to see progress. I guess I just didn’t realise that this season would be such a right off.
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Did you not see the team last year? We would go entire games with 1 maybe 2 shots on target and almost no shots PERIOD. We were 19th in the league in shots out of 20 teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not dominate a game? The Fulham game? They didn't have a single shot on target. Not a single one. The Southampton game? We had 58% possession and didn't play with Gomes, Bernard, Mina, or Zouma. The Leicester game? The one where they had 2 shots on target and we outshot them 17 to 8? The Palace game? Where we had 60% possession and outshot them 20 to 7? Domination.
We've also been good and tied or lost, mostly due to luck. How about Newcastle? We had 76% possession, outshot them 19 to 8, and completely dominated only to tie. How 'bout the West Ham match where we had 58% possession, outshot them 16 to 9, and have them score on 3 of their 4 shots on goal to win?
How about the ridiculous red cards at Wolves and Bournemouth? The Wolves red card only to have them move the ball up 10 yards from where the foul was. The Bournemouth ridiculous phantom headbutt where they dupe the ref.
We've been pretty unlucky if anything.
Berenger
Player Valuation: £8m
Biggest away win in 33 years but not dominant in the game.
Playing with no strikers but two players in the top ten goalscorers.
Everton that.
wba83
Player Valuation: £8m
Some good points there striker we are in desperate need of one .Zonal marking cannot get my head around it and lots teams seem to like it . And set pieces we never seem to win the second or loose ball drives me mad . But I want to see silva and brands team on the pitch so that's why am in the give him some time camp
havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
Not sure why your quoting shots on target.
Those games could of gone either way and
if you saw the games, you know it.
Never dominated any of them.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
you spout utter rubbish every post
`don't be blinded by finishing 8th after 38 games - we were awful'
This is absolutely mind blowing stuff.
Again, please just rationally explain after finishing 8th last year and having the 7th highest wage bill in the division -
Why is 7th this season not par/expcted. Anything less is underachieving, anything abover overachieving?
This is absolutely mind blowing stuff.
Again, please just rationally explain after finishing 8th last year and having the 7th highest wage bill in the division -
Why is 7th this season not par/expcted. Anything less is underachieving, anything abover overachieving?
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