2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

[BernieH]

I didn't want him in the first place, but chopping and changing of the manager has been a disaster for us because they all want their own players.

Having said that, it's the tactical stubbornness which is really getting to me. Opposition teams have worked out that if you get tight to our wide players then they always get the ball with their back to goal. That invariably leads to the breakdown of our attacks because they are only dangerous when getting in behind. He doesn't seem to have any remedy to this.

The bit in bold, this is why we have Brands, to provide continuity no matter who is in charge. Marcel is the man on that front now.

 

[hktoffee]

Disagree about Del - the problem he always seemed to have to me is he just lacks stamina. Very skillful player

My point is if he plays instead of Richy, Lookman or Walcott yesterday there is no difference.

People have short memories. Suddenly they think Cleverley and Del are mentally strong players. I guess it’s ok to forget Martinez’s 2nd and 3rd season.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

My point is if he plays instead of Richy, Lookman or Walcott yesterday there is no difference.

People have short memories. Suddenly they think Cleverley and Del are mentally strong players. I guess it’s ok to forget Martinez’s 2nd and 3rd season.

Yeah, would make no difference at all. Just think he is a trickier player than anyone, bar Bernard.

 

[zzr45]

It’s the way how everything being setup. It’s the manager’s tactics. In terms of individual quality. Sigurdsson is better than Cleverley. Richarlison is better than Del. Cleverley and Del won’t change anything. It’s delusion of the highest order to think they will help out the current squad yesterday.

Cleverley is however a far better player than Davies who looked bloody awful. Richarlison and Del are much the same player.

 

[Kinky Koeman]

He has the players to clear the odd free kick properly though. Why do his fans always ignore his massive defensive problem? Better players won't sort out his organisation skills and defensive coaching.

This is a big concern, but I don’t know enough personally about the merits of zonal vs man marking to argue about this point.

Fair enough if you do, but some top coaches prefer zonal others man marking. The players have been given instructions and evidiently can’t cope - just changing to man marking won’t fix the problem, surely? Otherwise he would tweak that.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

This is a big concern, but I don’t know enough personally about the merits of zonal vs man marking to argue about this point.

Fair enough if you do, but some top coaches prefer zonal others man marking. The players have been given instructions and evidiently can’t cope - just changing to man marking won’t fix the problem, surely? Otherwise he would tweak that.

Let's be clear. MOST prefer zonal marking.

 

[hktoffee]

Cleverley is however a far better player than Davies who looked bloody awful. Richarlison and Del are much the same player.

Say Cleverley and Del playing instead of Davies and Walcott yesterday you know the result is the same pal.

 

[banno]

Actually it is an objective fact - there was an analysis of it that showed he was the best market operator in the league, pound for pound. Of course you may think the analysis is flawed, but it seems reasonable. Also, past performance was not an indicator of future results in this instance!

“After analyzing the results of the models, it is clear that Moyes deserves all the plaudits he gets. Moyes was the head of the only club to best Sir Alex and Manchester United in getting the most value out of spending in the past five years. Now, he inherits the reigning the Premier League champions and the most popular club in the world – a scary thought.

“In each of the past five years, Moyes has torn to shreds any middling expectations of his club based on their modest spending. This success came in both quantity and quality.

“Moyes’ Everton teams are at the same time brothers to the bottom spenders and the top finishers, an incredible money-saving, points-earning, goals-scoring apparatus. The average Premier League club over the past five years spent around £26.8 million on transfers, £66.2 on wages, and garnered 52 points with a goal differential of zero. Everton’s average season over the past five years? £13.2 million spent on transfers, £53.7 million spent on wages, 60 points, a +13 goal differential, and an average finish of roughly 6th place.”

https://georgetownsportsanalysis.wo...d-manchester-united-form-a-scary-combination/

That may be so he did buy some good players and also duff players. My main point about Moyes was him being content when he had us stable. Did he look for better than Hibbert, Osman and others.......I don't think he did because he was content. If he had a little bit of risk in him he could have sold some steady players to bring in better....wheel and deal. Contentment was Moyes problem. Steady team rather than look for better. Pat himself on the back manager. He was from the same school as Allardyce. If you look back at Moyes tenure each season was littered with ruts that basically took us out of the equation for top 4 well before Christmas. No pressure and we go on a good run and finish in a respectable position without threatening the top 4. Martinez first season was probably the closest we came before dropping off at the end. Moyes usually dropped off at the beginning apart from that one season. I just didn't think Moyes had the ba11s.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Cleverley is however a far better player than Davies who looked bloody awful. Richarlison and Del are much the same player.

Del wasn’t a dirty snider though!

 

[billyblue80]

When you think about it a manager that got relegated and sacked by Watford for underperforming was hardly a wise appointment.

 

[banno]

Not unless they bring in a manager who already showed he was a unprofessional failure.
We never should of gone near him, Sam had 12 months left, too much instability is never going to help, he easily could of seen that out.

You actually would have been happy with Allardyce for another 12 months. BFS is a one trick pony proven over many years and tries to convince the fans that we are sh!te and he is doing a good job considering.

 

[Kinky Koeman]

Let's be clear. MOST prefer zonal marking.

I wouldn’t know, the defence looks ropey in open play let alone set pieces.

I just feel we have poor options presently when you consider the defences across the league, we have a below average defence.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

That may be so he did buy some good players and also duff players. My main point about Moyes was him being content when he had us stable. Did he look for better than Hibbert, Osman and others.......I don't think he did because he was content. If he had a little bit of risk in him he could have sold some steady players to bring in better....wheel and deal. Contentment was Moyes problem. Steady team rather than look for better. Pat himself on the back manager. He was from the same school as Allardyce. If you look back at Moyes tenure each season was littered with ruts that basically took us out of the equation for top 4 well before Christmas. No pressure and we go on a good run and finish in a respectable position without threatening the top 4. Martinez first season was probably the closest we came before dropping off at the end. Moyes usually dropped off at the beginning apart from that one season. I just didn't think Moyes had the ba11s.

I know he was slow and meticulous, but he was always looking to strengthen. Fellaini for example was a later signing who I feel brought a lot to the table, while we sold off his last signing John Stones for a massive fee.

Also he set and maintained very high standards. We were usually the best of the rest and put in numerous attempts to break the top four. Thing is, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd were generally too strong during what I think was the best era of the Premier League, when English teams were dominating the Champions League

 

[Khalekan]

When you think about it a manager that got relegated and sacked by Watford for underperforming was hardly a wise appointment.

A simple truth.

 

[hktoffee]

You actually would have been happy with Allardyce for another 12 months. BFS is a one trick pony proven over many years and tries to convince the fans that we are sh!te and he is doing a good job considering.

Is this a straight choice between Allardyce and Silva?