After a testing start to the 2019/20 Premier League campaign, Everton find themselves rooted in the Premier League’s relegation zone and Marco Silva recently urged the board not to panic with pressure potentially mounting on his job at Goodison Park.
With four consecutive losses and just two wins in eight games, the Toffees’ aspirations of European qualification are seemingly fast-fading, though some Everton fans are considerably divided as to whether the Portuguese boss deserves more time on Merseyside to turnaround their domestic fortunes.
With the international break occurring and no Premier League football for another week, some Everton fans have been having their and many believe Silva’s time is up at Goodison.
And that’s because sports journalist Paul Brown has claimed that the Portuguese has been given three games to save his job…
Dead Man Walking
— Alan Travis (@travis_bl) October 11, 2019
He has shown that he can’t change, fire him already.
— Joshua Graham (@jg52acst) October 10, 2019
Now is as good a time as any to sack him. There’s an international break & it is at the back of 5 losses in 6 matches. We are in the relegation zone & 3rd worst team in the league. That’s criminal considering the resources he has & the relatively favourable opening fixtures.
— Salem (@Salemail2010) October 11, 2019
Lose to West Ham he has to go end of story we’ve had the easiest start to a season and we are a mess he has to go
— Martin Brown (@Banger40) October 11, 2019
He’s punching above his weight like a few players. His record is appalling. Time to say good bye ??
— JR (@EFC_JR78) October 10, 2019
One is to many for this con man.
— Everton everton till I die (@Evertonvmad) October 11, 2019
Yet whilst Silva has received considerable criticism from some of Everton’s fanbase, some of the club’s fans have been quick to point out that owner Farhad Moshiri could arguably be worthy of some of the blame.
Since arriving at Everton, the British-Iranian businessman has attempted to fund Everton’s pursuit of the top-six, but has so far fallen short of the results required for transforming the Toffees into serious domestic and European contenders.
And some of the club’s fans feel that Moshiri has executed his plan incorrectly.
@Everton if the owner and board are truly serious about taking the club forward it’s time to get Jose Mourinho and Luis Campos in. No matter the cost. We’ve spent plenty of big money on mediocre players and coaches. Time to Get it done!!!!
— Howie (@StreetEndBoy66) October 8, 2019
Spending since the start of 16/17 according to transfermarkt:
Spurs: £287m
Liverpool: £394m
Arsenal: £448m
Everton: £457mOne of those teams has won 2 League games this season and sit 18th…. how much longer does this highly ambitious owner let it go on?! ???
— Dougie Critchley (@DougieCritchley) October 11, 2019
Moshiri come in and said we are gonna be competing with the top teams and everything else.Seen a massive change in mine and other fans expectations after that as it’s become toxic on here since he come in. Don’t know if it’s just Everton or are the other clubs like this ????
— Craig Knowles (@CraigLeeKnowles) October 9, 2019
That money Everton are reportedly offering Mourinho is mad, plus a £250 mill transfer budget…just how moneyed is Farad Moshiri
— Alex Wan Bissaka (@alewazza254) October 11, 2019
@evertonfc are totally playing with fire, if they think this imbecile can change things around. And Moshiri needs to stop making bad decisions or be kept away from recruitment decisions the board should step in now not later.
— Everton everton till I die (@Evertonvmad) October 11, 2019
Yes Silva’s got three games to save his job. But how many more managers has Moshiri got until he decides he knows nothing about football?
— EvertonReactions (@EvertonReactio1) October 11, 2019