2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

[Abraders]

But the issue is had Sam stayed, he'd have taken another £8m in wages, and the money he'd have spent would have been on players like the ones we now can't get rid of.

You really think we'd have got Brands in with Allardyce here? It'd have been the same old boys' club and we'd have gone backwards.

I didn't hate Sam when he took over. He just quickly proved he's a complete dinosaur. So we had to make the change when we did.

As I said, it's looking increasingly like Silva wasn't the right choice. But the season's effectively over, again, in January. So now we just have to try and find some semblance of form and have a target. Get to the end of the season and make a decision either way then, on both management and playing staff.

Well, if Brands is supposed to be in control of signings now throughout the club then surely he would have had an input on the players he could have signed.

Let's just say he had this squad right now, I think he'd be getting more out of it than silva.

But agree with the rest, let's see what decisions are made come the end of the season and go from there. I'm not looking forward to it mind.

 

[Bob Elstone]

I can’t stand fat sam but he’d easily have more points than this clown.

 

[BlueToff]

A bottom half finish is sackable form and unfortunately that's almost certainly what will happen.

I'll be amazed if he's still our manager in August. History suggests Everton managers don't recover from periods like this, and public embarrassments like yesterday.

Probably explaining it poorly.

I reckon the target will be 7th. It's still achievable obviously, more from other teams being just as bad as us than us being any good, mind.

But let's say that was the target at the start of the season. I'm sure there will have been leeway. Like, it won't be 'get 7th or you're sacked'. It's clear that there's also a rebuild required so if there were positives to the football etc then if we finished 7th or 9th would probably not matter so much, if you get me.

It's still the case as well. If we show signs of improving, then it probably won't matter if we finish 10th or 7th, if you get me.

At the moment, the concern is there's no clear signs of anything improving.

 

[Eggs]

We’ve got em outnumbered there too, 6 defenders and the Keeper v 5 Millwall players.

4 got dragged to the ball v 1, Keane ended up on the floor. Our 2 remaining outfield players wrong side and marking no-one. It screams of panic and lack of drilling.

I know you said no words needed but there we go.

...it wasn’t an isolated situation, though. Once in the 2nd half, Lookman ran back with his marker but then left him free at the back post and there were two similar incidents in the first half. It’s hard work, but players have to do their jobs.

 

[willo30]

He is on his free hit for this season for me. Didn't want him but will stick with him.
Next season I may start to judge depending on summer signings.
We have to stick with at least one manager to see what they can do with their own players otherwise we repeat each year.

For me he is giving the players a season to prove their worth which they are failing at and have done under 3 previous managers.
It's a risky process for him with our fan base but we will be better for it in the long run.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Probably explaining it poorly.

I reckon the target will be 7th. It's still achievable obviously, more from other teams being just as bad as us than us being any good, mind.

But let's say that was the target at the start of the season. I'm sure there will have been leeway. Like, it won't be 'get 7th or you're sacked'. It's clear that there's also a rebuild required so if there were positives to the football etc then if we finished 7th or 9th would probably not matter so much, if you get me.

It's still the case as well. If we show signs of improving, then it probably won't matter if we finish 10th or 7th, if you get me.

At the moment, the concern is there's no clear signs of anything improving.

The cup exits have been disgraceful too and cups should be priority in our situation. The season is over in January. That's how he should be judged. Not whether we come 9th, 10th, or whatever.

It's utterly demoralising for the supporters to have such lamentable, uneventful seasons. It shouldn't be tolerated. We exist to fail. There is literally no point to us as a club. Why is this tolerated?

 

[Khalekan]

we will finish up in a relegation scrap under him

For sure.

And quite possibly a scrap we will lose.

 

[bring the ghost on]

I reckon the target will be 7th. It's still achievable obviously, more from other teams being just as bad as us than us being any good.

It is still achievable on paper, but looking at our remaining home fixtures, I just can’t see us racking up enough points to finish that high.

I’d predict between 10th - 13th place.

 

[Carlito]

West Ham have as many decent players as we do and just as much tosh as well.

There are early signs of something developing at West Ham, albeit slowly and inconsistently. Pellegrini has already beaten United and Arsenal so far this season, and he's attracted a truly exceptional player in Felipe Anderson.

Silva has multiple opportunities to get a couple of signature wins under his belt in the next two-to-three months, which I think would keep him in the job into next season. That said, I believe that another humiliating home defeat would see him sacked.

 

[Khalekan]

We can give him to the end of the season which is probably the right thing to do but i cannot see the results getting any better under his style of play, teams only have to get a set piece and we are in trouble. I really hope he can turn it around but i cannot see it infact with the fixtures coming up i see things getting a lot worst. Not much fun being an Evertonian at the present moment.

Indeed.

We can hardly win a game away from home.

And with City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal and the darned RS yet to visit Goodison we are not going to win many more home games.

In fact, right now I cannot even make a case for us beating Wolves at home this coming Saturday.

These are very sad days for EFC.

 

[Norwegian Cow]

theres something called getting the best out of your players. Silva doesnt do that. You cant blame all on him not having a decent striker.

 

[Bungle]

Hi lads... I’ve opened a new store in Liverpool one this morning selling bed sheets.... think I’m gonna make a fortune today

Be sure to offer a decent family discount as about 85% of the forum have spunked over your mums sheets in the last couple of days so they'll need replacing.

 

[Eggs]

....his season at Hull fell away, as did the performances in his season at Watford. A pattern is emerging, let’s hope he can buck the trend.

 

[riddick]

There's a difference though, if he's had three transfer windows and a full season to 'iron things out' and then getting rid halfway through his first season, would you not agree?

If we finish 11th, which is obviously plausible, and there have been no clear signs of improvement, then ultimately the writing could be on the wall and we could get rid in the summer for all I care.

If there's been positives and we finish top half, then you head forward into the new season but there has to be more pressure to succeed. And at that point you make sure that you have your ducks in a row if indeed they are sacked.

I think the main crux is, if Silva went tomorrow, we'd be at a complete panic as to who to appoint.

I think that if you are going to put the "you have X matches to show something next season" then what's the point anyways? They don't hit that mark, we sack X games in to next season and we are even more screwed because it's early in the season and you, again, don't have a good chance at getting a quality manager in.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I honestly wish we'd of just let BFS see his contract out at this stage. It couldn't of been any worse then this. It probably would of been considerably better as we'd at least of know what we were doing even if it was garbage to watch. We'd of been free of him In four mouths and able to peruse a good manager but no for some reason the powers that be were desperate for Silva. The lengths this club has gone to in pursuit of this clown is enough to make me weep. I truthfully don't know what the answer is anymore but I know it's not Silva and the longer he's here the more damage he'll inflict.