Farehamseagull
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Good decision from their point of view but very bad for us.
He was taking them down for sure.
He was taking them down for sure.
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[Football] Watford sack Silva
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It's obviously not an absolute truth that it does. But for that long list of clubs, it appears to have worked in many past seasons.
I'm NOT an advocate of sacking CH. A personal view - our situation was singularly caused by the club failing to sign strikers and pacey players of top flight quality last summer. He's working with Championship players in the main.
Kalimantan Gull
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It works for a few years, But when they drop, they stay dropped (Bolton, Wigan, Charlton, Ipswich). And all that effort to stay up inevitably counts for nought because they spend all their money on the squad and very little on becoming a long-term viable entity, investing in infrastructure and so on. Saints are erroneous in your list, they don't spend fortunes on players. Nor do they repeatedly get rid of managers (Pochettino and Koeman walked out on them). They are working longer-term
I prefer the Bloom model. And we will see where it ends up 10 years from now
Johnny RoastBeef
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They did sign Alvaro Negrado, but that just goes to show that it's not all about big name signings.
Cocky Richarlison was always going to leave in summer.
Sussex Nomad
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And he's doing a bloody good job, and I saw a whole new side of him yesterday to have the guts to change his style, that makes for good managers.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
In theory we could be above them after the next game.
AmexRuislip
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The decision displays just how deep tensions ran behind the scenes at Watford, a club which has publicly prided itself on sticking by managers mid-season in recent years. The club say a new head coach will be appointed 'swiftly'.
http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/15886555.marco-silva-sacked-by-watford-after-just-26-games/
The team in 7th?
Sussex Nomad
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£10,000,000
Bladders
Twats everywhere
hart's shirt
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From BBC:
"Prior to Everton's approach for Silva, Watford had won four, drawn three and lost four from 11 league games.
Since then the Vicarage Road club has won three, drawn two and lost eight of 13 top-flight outings."
A dip in form granted, but not massively different. (15 points from 33 compared with 11 points from 39)
There's clearly more here than purely on-field performance.
"Prior to Everton's approach for Silva, Watford had won four, drawn three and lost four from 11 league games.
Since then the Vicarage Road club has won three, drawn two and lost eight of 13 top-flight outings."
A dip in form granted, but not massively different. (15 points from 33 compared with 11 points from 39)
There's clearly more here than purely on-field performance.
I've never thought we should buy 'names'. I don't mind where we source our players from.
Post #48 answers that.
It seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Silva has been one of Watford's best manager's for years. He interviewed well, got the most out of the players and looked to have a bright future. The main reason for sacking him by having his head turned by the Everton job is ridiculous. If the players harboured a grudge against him for that then it all seems rather sad (in the sense that there are no winners out of this).
I'm sure Silva will get another job easily in the Premier League. I bet Stoke are wishing they'd waited a couple of weeks now.
Silva has been one of Watford's best manager's for years. He interviewed well, got the most out of the players and looked to have a bright future. The main reason for sacking him by having his head turned by the Everton job is ridiculous. If the players harboured a grudge against him for that then it all seems rather sad (in the sense that there are no winners out of this).
I'm sure Silva will get another job easily in the Premier League. I bet Stoke are wishing they'd waited a couple of weeks now.
Not Andy Naylor
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Maybe they're hoping that Everton will now sack Big Sam and take Silva after all so that they can have Allardyce.
They've had a season of three thirds:
1st third - very good.
2nd third - doing a Brighton/Boro. Shocking form.
Leaving the final third to resurrect their season and stop the negative momentum.
Leas
Not Andy Naylor
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Well, Southampton sacked a manager who had taken them to the League Cup final and a top-half finish last summer. And rather than the philanthropic Liebherr family, they now have an owner who acquired them with a leveraged buy-out and many fans expect the Van Dijk money to go towards paying him back. So let's not assume things will stay the same at Estadio Santa Maria.