Homepage Article Marco Silva’s Pre Watford Comments

[WA Toffee]

I love how Silva refuses to say the squad is stronger.

He and we all know failure to bring in a CB and CM has left us short never mind the Zaha saga.

Bet there is tension between him and Brands - disharmony in the ranks at this stage is never good.

I love how he is refusing to say it is weaker, suggests he and Brands are working well together.

Or, and I agree this would be unprecedented and may seem outlandish, but imagine just for a moment that it could just be another typical bland, meaningless, non commital soundbite by a premier league manager, same as pretty much every other answer he gave in the press conference?

 

[Toffeelover]

It would be natural and healthy for some tension to exist between them. It should be Brands that ultimately decides on Silva's future here. Despite the spin put on it, they are not equals at the club. We don't want them agreeing on everything and no two people can.

There are some gaps in the squad that haven't been addressed but we just have to get on with it now. I assume Silva is unhappy with that but it's a leap to say that he would attribute blame to Brands.

At CB, we most definitely should have got someone in and it's a failure they didn't. But ultimately if Brands did not want Rojo, for instance, on a permanent, and Utd did not want to sanction a loan, then it's his call to make whether or not Silva agrees. I really wanted us to get someone in but by the same token, not just anybody under any circumstances.

Yes but on the whole a good deal has been to build up the squad from the signings made so there is for an improvement.