I think there's a lot of money going on Silva; that is all.

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My thoughts for what they are worth are that he is a great up and coming manager who has had success wherever he has gone. I include Hull in this due to the fact that they were on target for one of the lowest EPL points totals and am amazed that they lasted so long with all the problems on and off the pitch.

However, I just do not think he is right for Palace. For the 30+ years of supporting Palace we have never been a free flowing team. It has always been counter attacking or route one in the old days. Steve P even said in his interview on Hol radio that the problems at the start of the season were that we tried to change our style too quickly and I think this is what will happen if we sign a manager in the style of Silva. Mancini also falls into this category.

Personally I would rather see a manager who has built his career on the same style played by Palace. This is one of the reasons why Pulis and Allardyce did so well.

Edited by Monty the Eagle (25 May 2017 12.46pm)

Edited by Monty the Eagle (25 May 2017 12.46pm)

Totally agree Silva has a good record previous to Hull and did an amazing job to give Hull a chance considering he lost his best 2 players and had to sign a number of loanees. Yes away form wasn't great but that was an issue before he arrived too.
Yes they weren't great at Palace a few weeks ago but they did have a few injuries which couldn't have helped and then the 1st minute mistake ripped up their game plan.
I think in the end his small squad just ran out of steam in the last few weeks.

In terms of ambition please remember we are Palace.

Top managers won't come to us if there is a better option, it's that simple.
If Mancini was a great manager he'd have better offers than Palace, and that's the way it works.

To compare him with Pardew is a bit unfair. I think he's achieved more in a shorter career and has he never been sacked?

There have been a couple of pieces on tactics posted on the various threads, and Silva's teams are set up to be compact, hard to break down, and to play the fast counter attack.

I'd be happy with either.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

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"That’s not to say the Marco Silva way doesn’t include elements of conventional tactics, though. Pacey wing play and a pressing game in defence are still important components in Silva’s style, but the real trick is to teach players the finer details of space, organisation and movement, so that they can make better decisions as a game progresses. Unlike other modern coaches such as Jurgen Klopp, the Portuguese’s first thought is to keep a clean sheet, rather than to out-gun their opponents. Even at a side with a crowd as demanding of dominating, attacking football like Olympiakos, Silva’s priority was organisation and defensive structure. His main form of attack is counter attack – the Greeks even used to joke that his side were so eager to counter, they would often consider giving the ball to their opponents just to break on them"

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Hmmmmm.... velly intellesting... You're making me change my mind about him as I was afraid he'd be all expansive, open play, and that his success with Hull was merely about the hype of a new coach. Reading the posts, I'm beginning to get the impression that he is more than a Pardewesque show-pony. Maybe we should get him. I've now put him ahead of my list just above Sean Dyche. I will let Parish know ASAP!

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