2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

[Death]

We have a game at the weekend as well.

Only I have relatives coming over from Ireland I wouldn't bother going

It's a hard travel these last few years. Where in Ireland are they from?

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Agree slightly but Arteta isn't the answer and I feel Marco needs more time

Truthfully I feel the same at least until the end of the season to see if any player responses to his master game plans. Situational tactics have to be drilled in these players in practice instead of this ho hum attitude that has been going on since the derby.

 

[Blues Harp]

Vinnie Jones would just have to look at Keane and he'd piss his pants.

Vinnie Jones? Don't make me laugh. Norman Hunter or Rioch would have had the faux hardman crying....

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

What a missed opportunity - Chelsea v united - they draw opening up like that as usual - What a bunch of wasters

The draw is opening up nicely in favour of Manchester City.

They have a shot at all 4 trophies this season.

 

[chippy1722]

Would have had Wimbledon away. One of the easiest draws.

Get this fraud out.

We lose to Millwall yet Wimbledon beat West Ham, hardly an easy draw for us at the moment.

 

[daza_1973]

The draw is opening up nicely in favour of Manchester City.

They have a shot at all 4 trophies this season.

As long as the prem is in the bag - good luck to them

 

[TopBalconyView]

Vinnie Jones? Don't make me laugh. Norman Hunter or Rioch would have had the faux hardman crying....

They didn’t play for Wimbledon, that was the theme.

 

[davek]

Agree with this totally. It's clear something is very wrong behind the scenes in regards to the players. It can’t always come down to the manager, it has for the past 3 seasons, time to be more critical of the players. They need to man up ffs

A huge cloud will be lifted from this club when rubbish like Baines and Jagielka are finally shown the door.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if there is bad blood in the squad they'll be in the thick of it.

 

[Blues Harp]

They didn’t play for Wimbledon, that was the theme.

Jones played for MK Dons as I recall

 

[Blues Harp]

A huge cloud will be lifted from this club when rubbish like Baines and Jagielka are finally shown the door.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if therer is bad blood in the squad they'll be in the thick of it.

Why? How do you know this? Fake news lad

 

[davek]

Why? How do you know this? Fake news lad

I know. Dont you worry about that.

 

[Lanolin]

I get that there is more to it than that, but it mostly IS zonal marking, or at least Silvas version of it. It is most definitely not our lack of going forward, because that is completely irrelevant in set pieces, Im not sure why you would even think that...

You cannot argue with the sheer volume of goals that all come through set pieces that all look the same. The fundamental struggle of the system is that it removes individual responsibility. The fundamental strength of individual marking is that each player knows their job, and its greatly simplified. The reason you see open players with free shots is that Silvas version of zonal marking has no individual responsibility, so its always "someone elses" job, something that is not the case when marking individuals. The 2nd and 3rd goals by Millwall are great examples of this. They did not score on the first ball in, but defenders had "done their job" and covered their zones, and then let off because the ball was in the next guys zone. Which it was. Except the one guy was busy defending 3 and going for the first ball.

What are you even talking about?

Obviously our attacking play isn’t what causes us a problem defending set pieces, god knows where you’ve got that from. I’m saying that defending set pieces is not even close to being our biggest problem, it’s just been jumped on because we conceded from 3 on Saturday. More of an issue is the fact that we only managed 3 shots on target against a lower championship side, and 2 of them were from outside the box. This is in keeping with what happens every week, while conceding 3 goals from set pieces isn’t.

 

[TopBalconyView]

A huge cloud will be lifted from this club when rubbish like Baines and Jagielka are finally shown the door.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if there is bad blood in the squad they'll be in the thick of it.

Yeah agree, I would add Coleman to that list too. The one thing in common that Martinez, Koeman and now Silva has is Duncan Ferguson as a coach. He might be the bad egg, as controversial as it may seem.

 

[COYBL25]

A huge cloud will be lifted from this club when rubbish like Baines and Jagielka are finally shown the door.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if there is bad blood in the squad they'll be in the thick of it.

The dasartdly plotters theory raises its head again

 

[davek]

Yeah agree, I would add Coleman to that list too. The one thing in common that Martinez, Koeman and now Silva has is Duncan Ferguson as a coach. He might be the bad egg, as controversial as it may seem.

He's another one that has to be shifted out. And the rest of the old boy network like Unsworth, Jeffers, Ebbrell etc