I'm sure this post will be about as predicable to many as Silva's tactics are.
Which are exactly the same week in week out. As we seen from Bielsa the other week, teams have hoards of analysts, scouts and data people, not just at the top level but down into non-league and even semi-professional.
The amount of prep a team does on an opposition is immense, whittling down hours of information into key moments for players to ingest, learn and work on. Yet for Marco Silva every match is the same. The tempo (sloooooow), pressing (or lack of), passing (ole's erupt if a 5 yard pass is made), attacking direction (always down the wings), movement (non existent), aggression (absent) the subs (cause no surprises), set piece defending (amazed if we don't concede) attacking set pieces (amazing if we score); it is all exactly the same regardless of the opposition.
Sure he might go to 3 centre-backs for a game, but it doesn't look like that's been worked on in training.
The way they played tonight was the exact same as it was against Southampton, Bournemouth, Lincoln, Leicester etc etc. Nothing changes at all. Play a team low on confidence - let them have all the ball. Play a team who hasn't scored in 40 away games - let them have as many shots as they want on goal. Play a team who have scored 15 goals from set pieces this season - just give away needless freekicks and let them lob it in.
It's just mind boggling how predictable we are.
And don't get me started on Lucas Digne and his long throws. Throw it to Mina or Zouma at the near post, oh look they have 1 in front, 1 behind, it's been cleared and now they're counter attacking us. So pointless and so so predictable.