2019/20 Marco Silva

[Rooney_Tunes]

What excuses do you have for Villa, Sheff Utd, Norwich, Bournemouth, Burnley and a very poor performance in a 0-0 against Palace.

I have watched us once this season and thought, you know what we played well that game and that was against west ham, every other game we have been awful even when we've won we have put in a crap performance

Wolves they played above average for me along with West Ham.

 

[little elfin]

So many ifs and buts on here but have you ever seen successful teams play like us nowadays?
Do you think we have potential to be great?

 

[kenada_blue]

So many ifs and buts on here but have you ever seen successful teams play like us nowadays?
Do you think we have potential to be great?

Which is the point overall. There's no "it's getting there".

It's better than it was under Koeman. The squad definitely is. But that next step isn't happening.

 

[Sy-]

he’s hanging on for a massive payout just like Martinez and Koeman. Don’t feel sorry for him, he’ll be walking away with millions and millions for complete and utter failure.

Yep, fiscally speaking it's remarkably simple as to why you would deliberately under-perform as a current day football manager. Until we (or any other team) start dealing in 1 year rolling contracts, it's going to keep happening.

 

[kenada_blue]

he conceded 3 goals at Brighton. One var decision cost us one goal.

2 home defeats against bottom of the league and newly promoted side while scoring 0 at home isn't "unlucky" either

 

[gaino92]

I don’t but the result might of been different vs Norwich had we got the confidence of a win at Brighton at home to Spurs and away to Southampton. Football a confidence sport and we are really lacking it

But we didn't win 2 of those games because we are utterly crap and the manager is devoid of ideas, he blames pace and mobility against Norwich but he chose to play Tosun and Sigurdsson who have the combined pace of a 100 year old tortoise. He's the one who keeps dropping Iwobi who gets us up the pitch when he play behind the striker. Keeps picking Walcott who blows so much hot and cold its unbelievable and doesn't pick a lad who is widely regarded as a future top player. There is nothing else to blame but the manager, his tactics aren't working and he keeps going with the same crap, playing the same underperforming players every week, players aren't being played in the same positions week to week, he's moving everyone around e.g. Iwobi playing on the wing and number 10, Richarlison playing up top and both wings. We go a goal down and he throws caution to the wind and has no plan, throw another striker or 2 on and give no instruction, there's no shape, no plan just go on and run about and see if you can force a goal, its pathetic

 

[Steve Wigan]

Hardly going to start turning down managers based on what they look like?

Have you lost your sense of humour? Lighten up.

 

[MrGrumpy]

But we didn't win 2 of those games because we are utterly crap and the manager is devoid of ideas, he blames pace and mobility against Norwich but he chose to play Tosun and Sigurdsson who have the combined pace of a 100 year old tortoise. He's the one who keeps dropping Iwobi who gets us up the pitch when he play behind the striker. Keeps picking Walcott who blows so much hot and cold its unbelievable and doesn't pick a lad who is widely regarded as a future top player. There is nothing else to blame but the manager, his tactics aren't working and he keeps going with the same crap, playing the same underperforming players every week, players aren't being played in the same positions week to week, he's moving everyone around e.g. Iwobi playing on the wing and number 10, Richarlison playing up top and both wings. We go a goal down and he throws caution to the wind and has no plan, throw another striker or 2 on and give no instruction, there's no shape, no plan just go on and run about and see if you can force a goal, its pathetic

I can’t disagree with you on that but equally we been really unlucky and on the end of some terrible decisions. Who knows has Gilfi not missed the sitter against Palace where we might be now.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

I can’t disagree with you on that but equally we been really unlucky and on the end of some terrible decisions. Who knows has Gilfi not missed the sitter against Palace where we might be now.

China

 

[gaino92]

I can’t disagree with you on that but equally we been really unlucky and on the end of some terrible decisions. Who knows has Gilfi not missed the sitter against Palace where we might be now.

You make your own luck. Look at that lot across the park, we all call them jammy sods but they win games and get the luck because they are constantly pressurising the opposition, getting in to attacking positions and go to the end of the 90, its not luck if you're doing it every week. We go a goal down and just give up, says it all when the manager hasn't brought us back from behind to win a game in the premier league. Gylfi missing a sitter isn't unlucky it Gylfi being crap. We bemoan the VAR bollocks and rightly so but Spurs also had their own decision over looked in that game with the Son penalty which could have completely changed the way the game went.

 

[MrGrumpy]

You make your own luck. Look at that lot across the park, we all call them jammy sods but they win games and get the luck because they are constantly pressurising the opposition, getting in to attacking positions and go to the end of the 90, its not luck if you're doing it every week. We go a goal down and just give up, says it all when the manager hasn't brought us back from behind to win a game in the premier league. Gylfi missing a sitter isn't unlucky it Gylfi being crap. We bemoan the VAR bollocks and rightly so but Spurs also had their own decision over looked in that game with the Son penalty which could have completely changed the way the game went.

No it’s called VAR for the Reds, who had a lot of dodgy decisions this season go there way.

 

[FYBlue]

Late to the party but here's my view on things. The guy has lost the plot. Once I saw the team on Saturday, I knew by 5pm we would all be livid. That team he picked was a team you would put out if you were playing one of the top 4 at home. Slow, compact and negative. When you're playing Norwich at home, who had picked up one point away from home all season, you need to get at them and not allow them to sit deep. The final straw for me though was the Coleman-Sidibe substitution. What on earth was he thinking. Overall, he has been in charge for 54 games. How many bad runs have we had, how many games has he had to save his job. He isn't good enough and it is time to go. Big couple of weeks ahead for the board...

 

[gaino92]

No it’s called VAR for the Reds, who had a lot of dodgy decisions this season go there way.

I hate them as much as the next blue but have they really had many dodgy decisions go their way? Spurs have probably had the most in favour and they have been terrible. But bringing it back to the point, we have crap luck yes but its highlighted more because we have nothing else to shout about, we are dreadful with or without VAR and poor refs.

 

[Sverre Takleifbotten]

I think Silva needs revolutionary thoughts. It is easier in the long run to motivate players to play offensive football than to play controlling football. I also think players become passive and cautious with this mindset. Eg. Klopp's philosophy is quite simple, close them down, and attack with vertical passes. It is a simple philosophy, but it requires interaction between the players, endurance, speed and precision.

We have some holes in the squad - especially in midfield - but offensive football is more than just tiki taka. Any professional football player can run. Jordan Henderson for example. is not God's gift to football, but he can run. I firmly believe that our formation should be 4-3-3. Players like Richarlison, DCL, and Kean all possess great speed and mobility. We have to use them together. All of these can rotate places, and they should not lie wide like classic wings.

In midfield we can use GS (played there often for Iceland) and Iwobi as box-to-box players / offensive. The number 6 position we have, among others, Delph and eventually Gbamin. On the the backs we have Coleman and Digne - who can both cover the sides offensively on their own.

We must attack, attack and attack. I don't see the point of defending a 14-8 place in the league. Results are not everything.

 

[Wat Tyler]

What worried me the most about that telegraph article linking us to J Jesus, was t claims the board are reluctant to sack Silva. Wtf? What more evidence do they want he is crap?