I have only once had the opportunity to see us play at the KC during Silva's reign, unfortunately for me it was last week against Sunderland. I have attended away matches at Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal and Leicester. On the evidence of my own eyes, then, I have little faith in Silva. Today we were shocking. Nobody was any good. We were ****. And yet I'm surrounded by fellow supporters chanting Marco Silva's name, begging him not to leave. The first goal was as the result of a stupid mistake by a nervous player, the second was another woeful example of Silva's insistence on playing zonal marking, the third was a clear penalty given away by possibly the worst player on the pitch whose inclusion meant Harry was nullified at right back, I wasn't paying attention when the fourth went in. Elmo has been awful all season yet he kept his place, N'Diaye should have been hooked off for Huddlestone, he was so terrible. Grosicki tried but there was too much hesitation and he rarely got the ball back after passing and running on. Niasse tried hard to no effect. Clucas looked out of his depth. I doubt his pass completion was much over 50%. I'm sure there were some other players involved but I can't remember who they were now. And yet, 'Marco Silva, we want you to stay!' is ringing out after being thrashed by a mediocre team and not having a shot on target all game, and now we are relegated. We did have a run of games in which we did well, but when it came to the games that mattered we folded. That has to be at least partly the responsibility of Silva. The idea that other Premier league clubs will be interested in him is totally ****ing laughable.
