What we have missed for so long is a manager who drives a team on. When was the last time we had someone who got results through passion over the players ability? The way klopp has the kopites over performing every week, the confidence and fight that guadiola gives city etc
We have lacked it for so long .
The biggest issue that Silva seems to have is that is players management is poor . It has potential sure , but we are playing 11 players rather than a team, noone plays for a specific role, same as last season. Siggurdson isn't the catalyst for our attack, the front 3 don't link up well. The 2 holding means we leave a big gap in the middle (as always) and the lack of depth at the back means we have very little in the way of changing shape.
Partly due to the transfer activity of the past several seasons to be blamed here but Silva is struggling with making a cohesive team. Only when we get momentum do we see results but right now, it's looking as bad as it did 2 seasons ago. The way we play is looking as bad as Martinez last season, it just isn't good enough for a club that has top internationals on the pitch every week.