Two of them beat us, one took a point from us and the other we really struggled against? They dont just look better, they play better and win better
I am not defending Silva here. It is becoming apparent that he is as stubborn in his beliefs and his loyalty to certain players as Martinez was, and it is that which will ultimately prove to be his downfall. I was a big supporter of his to start off with but now I also think he should go because I doubt very much he will change.
But, quite simply, there are 2 reasons why we are in the position we are in now. Firstly, we haven't hit the target enough with the opportunities we have had. And secondly, defending set pieces. And both of those are down to Silva, especially the second. He has broken up the best left sided partnership in the league, he continues to not play Kean, and he continues to play Schneiderlin. I'd have Beni in the team before him every day of the week.
But Boris is right, of the teams we have played, none of them have played us off the park and none of them you could hands down say they deserved to win. They may have outfought us and wanted it more, and they may have done their homework on Everton and set pieces. But had we taken a fraction of the very good chances that came our way we could very easily be sitting in second position in the league right now rather than in the relegation zone.
Had we done so I fear that would have just been papering over the crack in Silva's armour though. So maybe it is for the best that we are where we are and we bring somebody in who can get the best out of our players, because I do still believe that we have a very decent squad at our disposal. Some weak area's but overall we have a squad that should have been mounting a challenge on the top 6 this season. A champions league space is very much up for grabs and I am disappointed that we have already lost any chance of grabbing it with less than a quarter of the season gone.
