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2019/20 Marco Silva

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I foresee Voldermorts future - a win tonight against a plucky Watford 2nd string

Pea hearts in our fanbase rejoice "HE HAS TURNED A CORNER" they'll chant as the cautious elders know only too well such a prediction is bogus.

We'll then get beasted by Spurs with Fraudhard shrugging his shoulders "expected losses am I right lads?!"

Then comes Southampton away - the battle of the sackings - Hassanhuttl vs Voldermort - a plucky effort away from home by the Boys in Blue however Big Danny Ings has other ideas and puts the home side 2-1 to the good at the final whistle ushering the feckless board of Everton to banish Voldermort to Azkaban via the Algarve for good.

Rejoice Blues.
 

nsno-chris said:
Well for starters, when Bernard went off I would have either put Kean or DCL on and kept the initial setup with Iwobi through the midfield.

if DCL did come on Bernard, then the later sub would have been Kean for Walcott, his pace and power would have give Brighton second thoughts about committing forward due to the possibility of being hit in the counter.

then finally I would have either Gomes or Davies out and Delph in to sit as the deeper of the 3 midfielders, with specific instructions to sure up that defensive line.

But his ineptitude lead to one of the most bizarre tactical substitutions since Martinez and Niasse against West Ham. It completely threw our shape.

Siggurdsson, who not only his lazy but has no heart, is asked to play on the left wing. Davies Gomes and Delph are sort of playing in a 3 alongside him, his attacking right fullback, who is still new to the league, is left to fend for himself against a player who likes to attack space. It was an awful tactical substitution.

And what made it worse, when they broke he just stood on the touch line and watched the inevitable happen. There was no screaming at his players to fall back into the hole left by Sidibe and ensure it was covered. It was all Sunday league tactics, it was abysmal
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I think they key point here was the lack of screaming?

Could you articulate precisely what you wanted him to scream?

neilsyd said:
Gomes was in and out last season. He’s been worse this season bar the west ham game. I think you are blaming the poor recruitment in the summer with your points here Zat. My point is these players should be performing much better than they are. If you think they are all playing to the best of their ability then you really need to be talking about how bad our signings have been. Either way, what I’m watching every week is dreadful and I don’t want to accept it. It’s all
about opinions but for you to accept a relegation fight in Silva’s second season is baffling.
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Relegation fight lol come on.

Hes really got minimal options, @nsno-chris makes good points above...but look at the actual quality.

Just as an example the centre midfield. Pretty clear he didnt get doucoure so were left with a very inconsistent centre.

wiggum23 said:
It’s not just about winning the games though Zat, we can’t even get out with a draw. We should be able to set up to not lose tight games.
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Would you rather he went all BIG SAM?

Hes trying to get the players to win the games and push for 3 pts.

Just look at the centre of the team...Keane + Delph/Schneiderlin or Sigurdsson.

Its bolsa wood.
 
Zatara said:
I think they key point here was the lack of screaming?

Could you articulate precisely what you wanted him to scream?



Relegation fight lol come on.

Hes really got minimal options, @nsno-chris makes good points above...but look at the actual quality.

Just as an example the centre midfield. Pretty clear he didnt get doucoure so were left with a very inconsistent centre.



Would you rather he went all BIG SAM?

Hes trying to get the players to win the games and push for 3 pts.

Just look at the centre of the team...Keane + Delph/Schneiderlin or Sigurdsson.

Its bolsa wood.
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Of course not, but you can be balanced surely ?

You are basically saying that the side he has at his disposal is so bad that he couldn’t better the results we’ve had and I think that’s incorrect.
 
Over to you Marco. You'll either be in the Quarter Finals of the Cup tomorrow with us all hoping for a lovely draw or you'll be unemployed
 
wiggum23 said:
Of course not, but you can be balanced surely ?

You are basically saying that the side he has at his disposal is so bad that he couldn’t better the results we’ve had and I think that’s incorrect.
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Not really, what im saying is that if the players arent performing or leave him in a bind e.g no pace at the back...no real DM and Gomes being out for ages....no experienced CF....sigurdsson...walcott...keane...schneiderlin etc

Where is the depth and quality for him to bring on?

He didnt get zouma doucoure zaha or a left footed right attacker.
 

Gaffa said:
Over to you Marco. You'll either be in the Quarter Finals of the Cup tomorrow with us all hoping for a lovely draw or you'll be unemployed
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This is the reality. Gets sacked immediately after the game if he loses.
 
Zatara said:
I think they key point here was the lack of screaming?

Could you articulate precisely what you wanted him to scream?



Relegation fight lol come on.

Hes really got minimal options, @nsno-chris makes good points above...but look at the actual quality.

Just as an example the centre midfield. Pretty clear he didnt get doucoure so were left with a very inconsistent centre.



Would you rather he went all BIG SAM?

Hes trying to get the players to win the games and push for 3 pts.

Just look at the centre of the team...Keane + Delph/Schneiderlin or Sigurdsson.

Its bolsa wood.
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If you compare players with sheffield, villa, brighton and so on, we should get results.
 
orly said:
This is the reality. Gets sacked immediately after the game if he loses.
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And rightly so, if Watford are playing the team they have hinted, on website, news and forum - they have u23 lads travelling for the first time - then he will have to be sacked, no excuses. Knocked out by Watford reserves, imagine!
 
Zatara said:
Not really, what im saying is that if the players arent performing or leave him in a bind e.g no pace at the back...no real DM and Gomes being out for ages....no experienced CF....sigurdsson...walcott...keane...schneiderlin etc

Where is the depth and quality for him to bring on?

He didnt get zouma doucoure zaha or a left footed right attacker.
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Thats one thing we do agree on, he was left woefully short at CB and CF for sure.
 

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