Tough run of games coming up. Everyone's going a bit overboard on the praise at the moment.
Sure, but did you see the games that Silva blew earlier this season. Silva's PL record this season before he was sacked.
Wins: Watford (H), Wolves (H), West Ham (H), Soton (A)
Losses: Villa (H), Bournemouth (A), Sheffield U (H), Man City (A), Burnley (A), Brighton (A), Norwich (A), Leiciester (H), Liverpool (H)
Draws: Palace (A), Spurs (H)
4-9-2 with 5-6 losses to teams traditionally in the bottom half of the table. No way Silva would have gone through the recent stretch with nearly the record as Carlo. His tactics were were incredibly ineffective against teams who sat deep or ceded possession. For a man who wanted to possess the ball Silva had very few ideas about how to actually score.
He is one of the dozens of possession-driven charlatans that have failed upwards as teams around the world try to mimic Barcelona of a decade ago. However the successful football world has largely left that style behind, as its pace and aggression that win in today's football.