2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

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vinvinvin said:
Agree with this although I think against Watford we suffered due to the lack of squad depth. Silva gave some of the B team a run out against Newcastle and they underwhelmed, and it seems that past the first 11 playing 4-2-3-1 he doesn’t have a system he can switch to with the squad at his disposal in order to turn the tide in a football match. Instead we jus throw the strikers on and abandon playing football - not good enough for a manager or team aiming for top 6, although somewhat understandable as players like Davies, Dowell, Lookman are not up to the standard where they can come off the bench and impose themselves on a premier league game yet. With that in mind though I think it’s imperative Silva adds either a powerful CM or CF to the squad in January if possible in order to give him the option to play a different way if required. If January isn’t possible then this definitely needs adressing in the summer and from that point onwards I think there’s no excuse for dropping points at home to bottom half teams. With regards to this season, and regardless of whether or not we strengthen in Jan, I think the following are fair criteria to judge Silva’s first season as successful or not:

- Finishing 7th or above; even in a transition season we should be aiming to be better than Bournemouth and Leicester who are our closest rivals for 7th now, and with united being poor this year 6th is a real possibility if we can be consistent.

- FA cup semi final; after the league cup disappointment we need to take the FA cup seriously this year and short of drawing City away early on we should be looking to get at least a Wembley trip. We’ve already shown we can hold our own against the top 6 and shouldn’t fear any of them

- 7 or more away wins; the away form has been an issue for some time. We currently have 6 points from 7 away games (1 win, 3 draws) with 12 to go. We’ve played all of the top 6 away with the exception ignore spurs, so the remaining away fixtures are majority against team so below us - meaning that a 50% win percentage for the remaining games should be achievable.

- 12 points at home against the big 6; it’s been close away from home against them all and they all still have to come to Goodison meaning 18 points on offer. Chelsea, United, Arsenal, Liverpool all look beatable and we need to get back to taking points off these sides when they come to Goodison.

- Just win the god damn derby against the RS at Goodison.

There’s 5 there and realistically achieving some means others will likely happen too however I’d say 40% success rate would be the minimum acceptable, with 60% good and 80%+ excellent. Whilst I’m sure some people will say these targets aren’t ambitious enough (e.g. we should be winning the FA cup) I have set them based on assessing a managers first season only, and of course if Silva were to drastically exceed the criteria in any of the above then it will obviously go a long way to settling the debate in itself.

There are positive signs so far but as we know too well a season can quickly fizzle out into nothing, so it’s all still to prove for Silva and for Everton to play for.
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Great post.
 
havrey0123 said:
300m spent in the last 5 transfer windows you would expect that to improve

Plus gomes and zouma that's around 60m worth of talent on loan aswell.
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what a pathetic point to make.

As a side we have improved, there is more quality in the starting line up.

It would only be valid if the other teams in the league had spent nothing in that time, which they haven't, as everybody has had money to improve.
 

Thomasc said:
Another way to look at it would possibly be that he has been in the job 4 1/2 months. we have improved as a side.

What you expecting? blowing every side in the league away with ease?

Are you actually that dense?
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Have we improved enough to allow him not to face criticism?

We’re not winning away games
No different at the big clubs, results wise
Not beating the average teams at home
Out of the cup early

It’s been very, very average.
 

GwladysBlue said:
Have we improved enough to allow him not to face criticism?

We’re not winning away games
No different at the big clubs, results wise
Not beating the average teams at home
Out of the cup early

It’s been very, very average.
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Think this is the issue. However, we are still in for 7th so it’s still early days to judge.
 
GwladysBlue said:
Have we improved enough to allow him not to face criticism? - Everybody is open to criticism, needs to be valid though.

We’re not winning away games -
No different at the big clubs, results wise - But much better performances and a bit of luck has gone against us at both Anfield and Old trafford where we lost both by 1 goal. We were also the better side for 45 mins at Arsenal, two quick goals killed us off.
Not beating the average teams at home - Teams are setting up not to lose against us at GP, we need more cutting edge, it's that simple.
Out of the cup early

It’s been very, very average.
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