I still have faith in him to turn it round. He knows it’s rubbish, he also cares that it’s his responsibility to put it right. That automatically puts him ahead of Roberto ‘it’s all phenomenal no problem here’ Martinez and Ronald ‘can I go to Barca yet’ Koeman. I think Silva is a decent coach who came in expecting an easier job than it is and he’s been genuinely gut punched by the sheer incompetence of everything about Everton. I’d much rather have someone int here getting frustrated than an Allardyce type giving it the ‘what more do you want for your tinpot club’ line.
If he can’t solve the problems then eventually he has to go but all we’ve seen so far is that he started well despite some severe cases of his players cocking up (Jagielka, Richarlison reds, Baines giving pens away, Pickford mistake) and injuries. Then just as we looked like getting our act together and everyone fit the old spectre of Everton squads downing tools has reared its head again. He’s now in the same downward spiral that Koeman got in where the players are so shot of confidence they can’t even put a pass together and the results get so bad a manager gets fired. If we can stick with Silva and get out of this rut though then we may crack the problem long term. If we panic and fire him then the same could happen all over again, a good start for the new boss followed by another collective collapse.