evertony
Player Valuation: £40m
There’s a lot of similarities between Marco Silva and Roberto Martinez....both live and breathe football, both like to play an attacking fluent style and in my humble opinion Silva is starting to get Everton in the same way that Roberto clearly did.
I was a big Martinez fan, primarily because he wanted to entertain and he gave the players a bit of freedom on the pitch. His reliance on the offensive side of the game though and seeming inability to coach a defence cost him his job after a brilliant first season and despite good Cup runs in his final season.
In a way the slow start to Silvas tenure, and the way he’s handled the pressure of a dodgy start at a Club with big expectations, is a real positive....I think it could be a polar opposite period of that we had under Martinez. With Roberto we started brilliantly and faded over three seasons...with Silva I can see us getting stronger and the players understanding his style of play. With the huge changes in playing staff in such a short time and the need to rid the fans, players and indeed the whole Club of the stain that was Sam Allardyce, a slow season shouldn’t have been unexpected. Silva and Brands have brought in technically better players than we’ve had for a good many years and the togetherness of the squad is very obvious. The fact that he’s endured a defensive nightmare for a good part of the season but been able to coach the players to adapt (we’ve seemingly worked out how to defend set pieces and keep clean sheets) is a massive positive.
I expect there’ll be a lot of anti-Martinez responses, and it’s too soon to suggest Silva will be good for us responses, but I can see an exciting future at Everton, and it’ll coincide nicely with the ground move. Good to have some positivity about the Club for a change.
I was a big Martinez fan, primarily because he wanted to entertain and he gave the players a bit of freedom on the pitch. His reliance on the offensive side of the game though and seeming inability to coach a defence cost him his job after a brilliant first season and despite good Cup runs in his final season.
In a way the slow start to Silvas tenure, and the way he’s handled the pressure of a dodgy start at a Club with big expectations, is a real positive....I think it could be a polar opposite period of that we had under Martinez. With Roberto we started brilliantly and faded over three seasons...with Silva I can see us getting stronger and the players understanding his style of play. With the huge changes in playing staff in such a short time and the need to rid the fans, players and indeed the whole Club of the stain that was Sam Allardyce, a slow season shouldn’t have been unexpected. Silva and Brands have brought in technically better players than we’ve had for a good many years and the togetherness of the squad is very obvious. The fact that he’s endured a defensive nightmare for a good part of the season but been able to coach the players to adapt (we’ve seemingly worked out how to defend set pieces and keep clean sheets) is a massive positive.
I expect there’ll be a lot of anti-Martinez responses, and it’s too soon to suggest Silva will be good for us responses, but I can see an exciting future at Everton, and it’ll coincide nicely with the ground move. Good to have some positivity about the Club for a change.
