thebluenosebolt
prefer being behind the times
This is completely unsubstantiated. I love how a long post becomes fact. You have no idea who or what is pulling where....but it's long.. so...It seems from the outside looking in that Silva is very stubborn manager and very loyal to players he has already worked with. There have been press hints that he refused to accept Zouma, Doucouré could not be done. He certainly used the press to put pressure on Brands and the Board. It seems likely to me at least that this has led to some wasted effort with Silva insisting we push right to the wire to see if the situation can be changed possibly even when Brands has told him it cannot be done. I still expect Brands to pull a CB out of the hat tomorrow but I think part of the debrief from this window between the pair needs to be Brands setting stronger limits with Silva in the future on how much say he gets and on how far we flog a dead horse.








