Marco Silvas end of year review

[toffee-L]

If we are struggling, then yes. But a year's a long time.

We've had a bad run. The side look leggy. We didn't play well yesterday.

But again, had enough chances to win the game. The players need to take some responsibility. Why aren't they putting them away? We saw on Boxing Day that when we do put our chances away we're more than good enough.

Not enough has been made of this. I wish someone put together a video compilation of some of the absolute sitters we've missed this season. Our conversion rate has been truly shambolic, the Burnley result was always going to happen at some point, I don't even think we played particularly brilliantly in that match, we just converted about 80% of the clear chances we created rather than the 0-30% we usually do.

Walcott has been one of the worst culprits but there are several others, even Richarlison as well as he's done for us has missed some real guilt edged opportunities recently. Michael Keane as well, someone needs to teach that lad how to put a header on target...

 

[Simon Buttle]

I think when it comes down to it, we don't have the players within the squad to fit the managers philosophy. We have been playing 4-2-3-1 for most of the season when we know that the managers favours 4-3-3 which backs this point up. My concerns at the moment would be that a good coach/manager would come in and work with the players he has got and im struggling to see that at times with Silva. There has been flashes of improvement here and there in games, but there is a serious lack of teamwork going on at times, we have no relationship between either of our fullbacks and the wingers ahead of them for example.
We create a lot more chances now (a good thing) but the lack of cohesion upfront between the front 4 means we waste many of them during a game, none of them seem to know where each other is at times, added to not having a proper goalscorer which is not helping. The lack of a plan b is also a bit of a concern as is the teams in game management of subs, something i feel Silva needs to look at, otherwise people will start asking him questions as too why he is waiting so late in games to change things.
Silva needs to get his own team together and then be judged tbf, but i can't say that the sign's are confident. I never wanted him in the first place because i felt he would be out of his depth, and i still think that now. However he is the manager of Everton FC, the club my uncle and my grandad encouraged me to support as a kid so i will support Marco unless he really screws up. Im far less convinced by the owner, i fear he has no idea what he is doing, there is a reason he was not involved in any of the serious stuff when he was at Arsenal and i think there are signs of it here.

 

[lungo]

In spells it has been. It's silly to deny that. Just as it's ludicrous to say that we've been ace all the time as well.

I think he will out of the door in May. Moshiri isnt known for his patience. He doesnt deserve a second season after the showing so far. Tactical suicide against Totenham and Brighton the last 2 matches shows that he isnt good enough to be a top manager. He tries different things but if you look at the physical tactictal and technical weakness of the team he hasnt found any solutions. The press against Totenham was laughable. If his understanding of a press is that one player tries to get the ball and the other players near the ball are watching then the abuse he will get at the end of the season is well deserved.

 

[paulbefc]

The people who want him sacked are the equivalent of the City fans and Liverpool fans that wanted Pep and Klopp out.

*waits*

 

[welshtoffee]

Average at the best, if he does not improve by the end of the season questions will need to be asked.

 

[Nymzee]

Are we bottom of the table? No. Option 4 is irrelevant.

Are we 13th-17th? No. Option 3 is irrelevant.

Are we 8th-12th? Yes. Option 2 is correct.

Are we 1st-7th? No. Option 1 is irrelevant.

 

[lungo]

The people who want him sacked are the equivalent of the City fans and Liverpool fans that wanted Pep and Klopp out.

Phew .Comparing a nobody like Silva to Guardiola (champions league winner twice) Klopp (german champion , 2 champios league finals) is laughable!

 

[paulbefc]

Phew .Comparing a nobody like Silva to Guardiola (champions league winner twice) Klopp (german champion , 2 champios league finals) is laughable!

I see the solution here for us is to simply hire one of the world's best managers.

 

[LEONARD]

We need stability, and our recent managerial turnover, whilst understandable, has been too high.

Silva has come into a club with a collective mindset of mediocrity.

I honestly don't know if he can turn things around, but he needs to see out his contract, and then the club can make a decision.

 

[riddick]

He's doing below average but not very bad and not ok.

 

[toffee-L]

I think he will out of the door in May. Moshiri isnt known for his patience. He doesnt deserve a second season after the showing so far. Tactical suicide against Totenham and Brighton the last 2 matches shows that he isnt good enough to be a top manager. He tries different things but if you look at the physical tactictal and technical weakness of the team he hasnt found any solutions. The press against Totenham was laughable. If his understanding of a press is that one player tries to get the ball and the other players near the ball are watching then the abuse he will get at the end of the season is well deserved.

It's not that Moshiri hasn't got any patience, it's that he doesn't suffer fools. He realised quickly that Martinez was a clown (he would have been well within his rights to have sacked Martinez far earlier than he did) and he reacted quickly to the demise under Koeman because it looked like he was sleeping in the back of his car and it was obvious that he wasn't going to turn it round. He pied off Allardyce as well, not because he's impatient, but because Allardyce is a chump who's managerial quality begins and ends with being an escape expert. Obviously Moshiri has made some howlers in terms of appointments but that's a different story. I'm absoluelty convinced that Moshiri will give Silva every opportunity to succeed here and it would take a monumental catastrophe for Silva not to see this season out.

Hiring and firing managers doesn't work unless you are Chelsea or Real Madrid and can provide a new manager with a war chest to revamp the whole squad every year. Moshiri has hemorrhaged money on short term crap since he's been here and I suspect he's learned his lesson. Besides, I'm pretty sure Marcel Brands will make these kinds of decisions now anyway.

 

[lungo]

I see the solution here for us is to simply hire one of the world's best managers.

If you look at the money invested so far you could think a top manager wouldnt be the most expensive outlay. It could even make sense. You wouldnt give a rookie driver one of the most expensives cars.Why give a nobody a team that you have bought together for 200 millions.

 

[BlueToff]

You seriously think he'd be given more than 3 seasons if results don't improve? I'd be surprised if he made it past next Christmas if they don't.

I didn't say three seasons. People are calling for his head now, which is weird. Or they're expecting results not to improve. We've shown more progress than regression. It's a long old season but we're in the mix to finish where we want to be (at the least). Really, we should be higher, but we've shot ourselves in the foot. I don't see that as being down to the system though, or the tactics. Not in the main, at least. In the main our issues stem from not taking chances.

 

[BlueToff]

I think he will out of the door in May. Moshiri isnt known for his patience. He doesnt deserve a second season after the showing so far. Tactical suicide against Totenham and Brighton the last 2 matches shows that he isnt good enough to be a top manager. He tries different things but if you look at the physical tactictal and technical weakness of the team he hasnt found any solutions. The press against Totenham was laughable. If his understanding of a press is that one player tries to get the ball and the other players near the ball are watching then the abuse he will get at the end of the season is well deserved.

He won't be out of the door in May.

 

[lungo]

It's not that Moshiri hasn't got any patience, it's that he doesn't suffer fools. He realised quickly that Martinez was a clown (he would have been well within his rights to have sacked Martinez far earlier than he did) and he reacted quickly to the demise under Koeman because it looked like he was sleeping in the back of his car and it was obvious that he wasn't going to turn it round. He pied off Allardyce as well, not because he's impatient, but because Allardyce is a chump who's managerial quality begins and ends with being an escape expert. Obviously Moshiri has made some howlers in terms of appointments but that's a different story. I'm absoluelty convinced that Moshiri will give Silva every opportunity to succeed here and it would take a monumental catastrophe for Silva not to see this season out.

Hiring and firing managers doesn't work unless you are Chelsea or Real Madrid and can provide a new manager with a war chest to revamp the whole squad every year. Moshiri has hemorrhaged money on short term crap since he's been here and I suspect he's learned his lesson. Besides, I'm pretty sure Marcel Brands will make these kinds of decisions now anyway.

Yes the chump got us to 8th place. Not sure Silva will manage that. And dont tell me the football is much better now. The only difference is you dont like Allardice(rightly so) But that doesnt make Silva a good manger. So far i have seen nothing. I hope it will change. The hope never dies.