What !!!!!

I do the "Goading" on the referee front ? I happen to believe it is others who goad me for goodness sake.All I do is to give my honest opinions and try to see things from a referre's standpoint given I have experience in this field and speak to officials.IF I said referees never make mistakes then I could understand your comments but I have never ever said this.

As for Plymouth, I am factually correct and just used them and Derek Adams as an example of someone who has performed really well but is never highlighted at all.I also contrasted his achievements with that of Silva and I happen to believe I made some valid points.Some lower division managers have done really well on limited resources but alas this is never recognised.Trust me, I have had many such conversations about managers outside of HOL and nobody has accused me of deliberately trying to stoke any fires.

Maybe I haven't got my message across with sufficient clarity - rest assured I am NOT 'Trolling' at all.

Edited by Willo (26 May 2017 10.18am)

I don't understand the attack on Willos point this time. I 100% get it and might I add i think Silva would be a great appointment. However, in theory doing a job at Olympiakos when they are miles a head in their league is a lot easier then doing a job lower down. In the same way that Mourinho, Ferguson, Wenger Have done great for top teams but would they do they same thing lower down? probably not. Where as some one who's done well in a poorer situation shows more about their ability

I'm not necessarily saying I agree, as I said I want us to get Silva but someone who does well at a worse off club rather than the best team in the country, with the most money in the country and the players already there, in my opinion are probably better ability wise

This is my belief too. Look how ridiculous Hodgson was with England. Honestly, some institutions are so well run that the man at the top is just a figurehead. I'm not saying Mourinho and such can't do a job, but unless they transform crap teams into gold ones like Sam and his like does then I'm not going to be convinced. I'm more and more convinced that Silva may be the man, but his zonal marking and Hull's woeful goals conceded need to be addressed with him. Basically, if he is no good on keeping clean sheets then I'd rather Dyche or someone else.

BTW, someone needs to explain to me about zonal marking, because I've heard somewhere that Silva had a good defensive record. Was this him employing zonal marking? Is there a zonal marking strategy that, when done well, is better than man-2-man? I'm going to google it now.

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Nothing better to do. Quite sad. I almost feel sorry for him.

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I could go on and on about 'Zonal marking' but it would de-rail this thread.

Yesterday the name of 'Garry Monk' was brought up in speculation about our vacancy.At Leeds when they were defending corners he had his best headers not marking man-to-man but free as they could get blocked off when trying to attack the ball.