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2018/19 Marco Silva - New Poll Added

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ToffeeTim said:
I'm pretty concerned at how we have capitulated since the derby.

Managers earn their corn in ensuring their team bounces back quickly. We've completely fallen apart. The players can't be trusted either to be fair. They will be loving the fact they can blame it all on that one moment.
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I am fully of the belief that Silva thought that the squad - heck, the club, the fans included - would have the balls to come back from it, mate.

I think the Newcastle game genuinely was 'one of them'. He had to make changes because of iffy form from Walcott (which has carried on) and general fatigue. In that game we looked like a team that had given their all three days' prior and it showed.

Watford, for me, was where the old issues came back (conceding twice in a few minutes purely through defensive lapses, for example), and then City/Spurs probably knocked the stuffing out of the players because they were the first games we'd played against 'big 6' where we couldn't at least say we matched the teams for large parts, whereas I think the Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea games if anything gave us more confidence because of the chances we created.

We respond well against Burnley and then fail to follow it up. It's now about getting back into a settled system, for Silva to stop chopping and changing once we're through this rough patch (where, and I know you don't buy it but actual science disagrees with you, players do need resting, but it isn't an excuse for bad displays) and hopefully into a good run.
 
JL94 said:
Agree with set pieces, don't think he works on it as much as he should, especially in defence.

His biggest 3 issues are, Striker, Right Back and sorting out the silly blunders in defence
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We don't really look bad from set pieces defensively. I mean, we don't look brilliant but we don't look any worse than most of the teams in the league.

Offensively we're gash.
 
We have too many forward players that can be equally good or bad. Walcott, Richarlison, DCL, Tosun, Bernard, Lookman (in other words the lot). They can all have a good game every now and then. Richarlison is the most consistent yet is inconsistent. We need players that if they are below form can still add something to the team rather than nothing. Still believe we are only and few signings and tweaks away from being a very good team
 
I think he should be given time,but he needs to be learning from this bad run,Spurs changes should have been made at half time,same with Brighton and today he had Davies ready to come on,now if that was the solution to change the game then stick with it,dont change because we have gone behind,the lack of forward I dont agree is a major problem,we had 3 forwards who all fancy them selves as a CF, but the 3 are far too rigid in the way they play,work needs to be done on getting them to drag defenders around and create space,work needs doing on set pieces why we contest throw in I dont know as we consistently give the ball straight back,corners never beat the 1st man and the number of times free kicks hit the wall is beyond a joke,the problem is we dont have a squad of more than 13/14 players you could honestly use,the bench the last few games fills you with dread of any of the 1st eleven getting injured
 
BlueToff said:
We don't really look bad from set pieces defensively. I mean, we don't look brilliant but we don't look any worse than most of the teams in the league.

Offensively we're gash.
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Do you think? There's been points this season where we've left multiple players just knock balls in from corners. Danny Ings springs to mind, but that's a case of zonal marking again.
 

JL94 said:
Do you think? There's been points this season where we've left multiple players just knock balls in from corners. Danny Ings springs to mind, but that's a case of zonal marking again.
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I think by and large we've sorted the zonal marking out

Our issues now stem from individual mistakes (Pickford, Mina v City, Keane today etc) or players not reacting to second balls.
 
Khalekan said:
I begs to differ.

If we cannot win “stuff” then the best we can hope for is to win matches.

And as finishing 6th means a team has won more matches than a team which finishes 12th then I would say there is a heck of a difference.

Because the less I walk away from the ground feeling as empty as I did today the better I like it :(

My mood alters greatly for the better when EFC win matches......so give me 6th over 12th any old day :)
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Yeah - with football the way it is now, it is so hopelessly skewed by wealth that you can only hope to win as many as possible while hopefully cracking the top four. Competing with the likes of Man City and United, with their huge resources, is unrealistic. Liverpool are also owned by very wealthy owners and have more marketing muscle due to their European success over the years.
 
BlueToff said:
Agree in the main but the bit in bold is where I can't agree.

This time last month we were - believe it or not - sixth, heading into what turned out to be a decisive derby (as it stands) that we actually played really well in only to cock up.

So no, we haven't been underperforming for months. We've had a bad month that has ironically enough included our biggest away win in the Premier League era.

We're inconsistent, but need time - as a team - to overcome those inconsistencies. So calls for sack are just silly, unless it becomes untenable (and I know we had the chat of just when we both think that point may be earlier).

We are tenth. Tomorrow, we will be 11th because of how the fixtures have panned out, possibly 12th. It isn't good enough, no, but we're where we are because we're a very average side in a group of a load of other average, inconsistent sides, one of which we lost to today because they have an excellent striker - something we do not possess (although not that that would definitely solve the problems we have).
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Huddersfield, Newcastle, West Ham, Southampton. We've been underperforming all season. Those teams are woeful. Hell, we BARELY beat Cardiff ffs.
 
BlueToff said:
I am fully of the belief that Silva thought that the squad - heck, the club, the fans included - would have the balls to come back from it, mate.

I think the Newcastle game genuinely was 'one of them'. He had to make changes because of iffy form from Walcott (which has carried on) and general fatigue. In that game we looked like a team that had given their all three days' prior and it showed.

Watford, for me, was where the old issues came back (conceding twice in a few minutes purely through defensive lapses, for example), and then City/Spurs probably knocked the stuffing out of the players because they were the first games we'd played against 'big 6' where we couldn't at least say we matched the teams for large parts, whereas I think the Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea games if anything gave us more confidence because of the chances we created.

We respond well against Burnley and then fail to follow it up. It's now about getting back into a settled system, for Silva to stop chopping and changing once we're through this rough patch (where, and I know you don't buy it but actual science disagrees with you, players do need resting, but it isn't an excuse for bad displays) and hopefully into a good run.
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I think you've misinterpreted my point on fatigue.

Of course the fatigue is real. My point is that it's not a valid excuse because our opponents have had equally short turnarounds. They've dug deeper than our players and shown more strength of character and that's not good enough.

I don't know what the answer is for Silva. The key issue I see is the tempo and intensity of our play. It's extremely lacklustre and so very slow. If we lack the quality like today, then we are properly screwed because there was no intensity whatsoever. We need the aggression and intensity in our play every week so there is less of a drop off on a bad day.

If certain players don't deliver then they shouldn't play, and should be told to find new clubs in the summer. The time for patience and sentimentality with players should be over. It's time to hold them accountable.
 

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GrandOldTeam said:
To add - his record at relegated Hull was marginally better than his record at Everton.

We've no blind loyalty to Silva just because of Koeman or Allardyce scars.

He either performs or he doesn't. If he doesn't Brands should have no hesitation in replacing him.

But again - far too early. Unless there's a Conte willing to come to us, and there isn't - it's a non debate.
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Brands should replace him?!? Since when should his position be senior to that of a manager.
 
D410 said:
Great Post

It,s clear that the only thing that binds the club together is money, sentimentally and people playing football manager at the board level.

Culture, team-belief and leadership can never be built sustainably on money and wages alone.

There are no standards at the club from top to bottom just empty words and slogans - everyone has been going through the motions for decades.
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It’s kind of modern football in a nutshell. Look at the circus that Man Utd has become. All down to player power too, may I add.
 
BlueToff said:
Well we just beat Burnley 5-1 six days ago and, as bad as Burnley have been, that isn't just luck, mate. They beat West Ham (the almighty Pellegrini included) 2-0 a few days later and they played well, as bad as West Ham were (again, an inconsistent side in the same place as us).

We have the likes of Digne who is showing to be an excellent player, while Gomes - even though he looks knackered at the minute - is quality.

We know Richarlison's talents, we know Bernard has that magic in him to create something out of nothing (just as he did today by setting up a tap in from a yard out that Calvert-Lewin decided not to go for...).

It's not all rosy, and there's definite issues. But there's also definite positives. We're just a very inconsistent side who are struggling with a current backlog of games and - at the moment - the manager seemingly not trusting his players/himself to stick to a system. He needs to get that back because our best run came when we had a settled side.
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Haha - but they played Joe Hart when we beat them! lollol
 

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