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Marco Silva

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  1. lewisc29

    lewisc29 Idiot

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    Your main point was having a small guy marking a big one!

    It is strange though, it didn't work for us too well last year.
     
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  2. Evington

    Evington Well-Known Member

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    Silva will be a success in the premier league.
     
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  3. PLT

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    The main point was it's an unusual strategy which often ends up with some tiny playmaker marking a massive centre back (whether that part is intentional or not) and results in a goal.
     
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  5. GEvans76

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    Superb manager and I hope he gets the big job his talents deserve.
     
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  6. originallambrettaman

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    A reminder of quite how much things changed under Marco...
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  7. Plum

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    Just been reading the new John Le Carré book so I'm in conspiracy mode.

    Did Silva know Watford wanted him so he did everything he could to keep them up at the expense of us?
     
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  8. TIGERSCAVE

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    I'm just watching Watford now.... I;'d be massively excited if this was my team. Every player comfortable son the ball and skilful. What Simva has done to this team already is amazing. And they haven't spent spent spent either. What could have been without **** owners.
     
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  10. look_back_in_amber

    look_back_in_amber Well-Known Member

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    Something happened, I'm convinced of that, I don't think it had anything to do with Watford, more likely that just before the Sunderland game he fully realised what an almighty twat he was working for.
     
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  11. over18and legal

    over18and legal Well-Known Member

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    So he spunked our season cause he realised the Allams were knobheads.
    That makes Silva a bigger twat in my book.
    IMO Silva cracked under the pressure. He did great at home (excl Slumberland) but he failed miserably away.
    IMO if we had had the Sloots last year we would have stayed up.
     
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  12. dennisboothstash

    dennisboothstash Well-Known Member

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    Yes
    Maybe
    Who knows
    Possible though init...
     
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  13. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Wheels starting to come off at Watford.
     
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  14. LeftSaidFred

    LeftSaidFred Well-Known Member

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    He wasn't happy in the post match interview. Also looking well haggard, he's aged a bit since coming to England.
     
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  15. TigerinSydney

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    The Watford fans love him - they've already accepted he'll go somewhere bigger and better

    He was ****ing brilliant as our manager, maybe our players were just knackered at the end - and also with no markovic at the end of the season we were ****ed
     
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  16. The greengrocer

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    I don’t like anyone who doesn’t wave when asked to! Even the queen waves! #wealllovesluts
     
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  17. tigercity

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    He did well but ultimately failed. Now that might seem harsh given the position we were in when he started but losing 0-2 to an already relegated team was unforgivable - ok it could be the players who caved in but he was the manager.

    Having said that he clearly has something about him although he wasn't with us long enough to build a legacy.

    We have a different manager now to support
     
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  18. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    I watch the came in a café over here, it was a cracking game to watch.
     
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  19. lewisc29

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    To be fair to Silva, Pickford had an incredible game that day then **** the bed against our closest rivals the week after.
     
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    I've just been listening to talk sport. MW 1053, the two commentators were almost pulling out their little men for a cheeky one off the wrist, I thought I could hear there zips creaking as they talked about Marco, "the real deal"and "brilliant manager" were two of their comments... sounds like they ****ing love him down south ....
     
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