Marco Silva off to Benfica

[sunburywhite]

it could be 11m for Champions League, 8m for Europa, 5m for nothing

[Coastwalker]

He's Gone.
Dragged on too long,if he had any intention of staying,would have said so by now.
And I think the owners know as well.Im not being taken in by these ridiculous sums they apparently offering (If they have actually offered anything yet.)
Wonder is there any betting on him going?

[Deuce]

As much as I love Marco, everything comes to an end and change usually takes a club forward. This will he wont he stay saga thats been going on for the past couple of seasons cant carry on.

Even if he were to extend his contract, the level he has taken us to has also raised the stakes. Either he takes us further, thus just generating more interest in him from bigger clubs, or we decline and everyone will be disappointed and he gets sacked

He is a really good manager, im grateful for everything he has done for us, he has been a much greater success than I dared hoped when he first signed -  but I really do feel that its time to part ways

[bobbo]

If we land on our feet after all of this, I guess all's well that ends well. But given how slow the club moves sometimes, I wish we'd have more time to get a replacement.

TBH I'd rather the club took a bit longer and ensure we get a good replacement . Hurrying up with a replacement certainly hasn't worked with Chelsea or Tottenham for that matter . I so hope we get someone really good .

[Southcoastffc]

Irrespective of achievements, I think he is an arrogant arseh***. The refusal to tell us his intentions is outrageous. 

The CP and Bmth managers confirming their status giving club and fans time to get used to the change is the way to go.

MS can sod of as far as I'm concerned,  taking his sideways slow football with him

I don't understand your attitude. Could you please share with us your personal thoughts on your  next job move, or perhaps your plans to move home, or maybe the state of your bank balance or any other private matter? Because clearly we are all entitled to know.

I really couldn't give a damn if you don't understand my attitude towards MS or if you dont understand others.

MS could easily provide his notice of intent like the other managers at CP and Bmth.

Majority of work when someone is leaving they give their notice, hardly an unfair thing to expect our manager to do.

I think you misunderstand the concept of a fixed term contract, albeit that it could be extended or renewed.

[ArcticOctopus]

If we land on our feet after all of this, I guess all's well that ends well. But given how slow the club moves sometimes, I wish we'd have more time to get a replacement.

TBH I'd rather the club took a bit longer and ensure we get a good replacement . Hurrying up with a replacement certainly hasn't worked with Chelsea or Tottenham for that matter . I so hope we get someone really good .

More I wish he just would have announced three months ago that he would not be renewing his contract, a la Oli Glasner. Maybe if the Benefica job never popped there was a reality where Marco stayed. But I can't help but think he's known for a while he wants to move on.

[HobGoblin]

Irrespective of achievements, I think he is an arrogant arseh***. The refusal to tell us his intentions is outrageous. 

The CP and Bmth managers confirming their status giving club and fans time to get used to the change is the way to go.

MS can sod of as far as I'm concerned,  taking his sideways slow football with him

I don't understand your attitude. Could you please share with us your personal thoughts on your  next job move, or perhaps your plans to move home, or maybe the state of your bank balance or any other private matter? Because clearly we are all entitled to know.

I really couldn't give a damn if you don't understand my attitude towards MS or if you dont understand others.

MS could easily provide his notice of intent like the other managers at CP and Bmth.

Majority of work when someone is leaving they give their notice, hardly an unfair thing to expect our manager to do.

I think you misunderstand the concept of a fixed term contract, albeit that it could be extended or renewed.

Irrespective of what you think. His attitude towards the club is wrong and as I said he should have given the club a decision well in advance of now on what his intentions were.

[Sting of the North]

It is of course entirely possible that he has been undecided all this time, which means that he couldn't give a decision. The club could have enforced an arbitrary deadline, but they haven't.

Nothing necessarily wrong on anyone's part, and frankly I can't really understand the vileness of some posts on here. Do people act like this in real life, or is it purely a hiding-behind-a-keyboard thing?

[cookieg]

If its true which I doubt,splashing 11 million on him,and he gets off to a bad start next season,crowd calling for his head,then our owners are going to look silly if they have to sack him🤔

If Shahid sanctioned that and then sacked him, he would have to sell up. It would be an appalling commercial decision.

Well it's not as if any other club has offered a new deal to an existing manager and then sacked them if things don't go well. If they want continuity then re signing Silva makes sense. No one has a crystal ball to predict what will happen over the next few years. There are posters on here who think retaining Silva will be a good thing for the club's stability. Either way it will end sooner or later and usually in tears.

[Twig]

Irrespective of achievements, I think he is an arrogant arseh***. The refusal to tell us his intentions is outrageous. 

The CP and Bmth managers confirming their status giving club and fans time to get used to the change is the way to go.

MS can sod of as far as I'm concerned,  taking his sideways slow football with him

I don't understand your attitude. Could you please share with us your personal thoughts on your  next job move, or perhaps your plans to move home, or maybe the state of your bank balance or any other private matter? Because clearly we are all entitled to know.

I really couldn't give a damn if you don't understand my attitude towards MS or if you dont understand others.

MS could easily provide his notice of intent like the other managers at CP and Bmth.

Majority of work when someone is leaving they give their notice, hardly an unfair thing to expect our manager to do.

I think you misunderstand the concept of a fixed term contract, albeit that it could be extended or renewed.

Irrespective of what you think. His attitude towards the club is wrong and as I said he should have given the club a decision well in advance of now on what his intentions were.

Why should he? There is absolutely no contractual / legal requirement that says he should do that. You alluded to giving notice but as I and others have pointed out you were wrong about that. All fixed term contracts are just that, fixed in their term.

Now if you were to say that it would have been good for the club if he had made his intentions clear sooner then I'd be in full agreement. If you said it would then have been nice if the club could have shared that information with us fans I would also be in agreement with you.

For whatever reasons this has gone to the wire without any public resolution. What we have absolutely no idea about is why. Has Marco just been waiting to see what offers come in? Has he made specific requests in advance of any new contract that the club have been reluctant to agree? Have the club been slow in negotiating the terms of any revisions to a new contract? Set aside press speculation and frankly neither you or I or anyone else knows a scooby do.

You're entitled to you view and to quote, "I really couldn't give a damn" why you reached your conclusion. Seemingly based on not understanding basic contract law. But I have tried to explain why I won't jump on the bandwagon of slagging off Marco.

[EN1 FFC]

A lot of us don't know what is happening behind the scenes with this club, the hierarchy at this club has a history of of being worse than the KGB when it comes to negotiations both in transfers and disclosure of even mundane club affairs. I suspect they have everyone from the team lady to Marco on Non disclosure contracts with severe penalties for leaks.
 

[Super Mick]

All I know is when we got a result making Europe impossible, Tony was posting about Spandex men.

[Neutral Zone Ultra]

If its true which I doubt,splashing 11 million on him,and he gets off to a bad start next season,crowd calling for his head,then our owners are going to look silly if they have to sack him🤔

If Shahid sanctioned that and then sacked him, he would have to sell up. It would be an appalling commercial decision.

Well it's not as if any other club has offered a new deal to an existing manager and then sacked them if things don't go well. If they want continuity then re signing Silva makes sense. No one has a crystal ball to predict what will happen over the next few years. There are posters on here who think retaining Silva will be a good thing for the club's stability. Either way it will end sooner or later and usually in tears.

We're sailing close to the wind on our finances as it is, committing to a long expensive deal that we're freely admitting could go tits up is negligent.

[HV71]

" We're sailing close to the wind on our finances as it is, committing to a long expensive deal that we're freely admitting could go tits up is negligent."

I don't disagree if true - it just points to bad management , panic, and a belief that money solves everything.
The idea that we are " a well run club " gets called into question if it is true and it is certainly not Marco's fault if the owners just keep upping their financial offer

[HobGoblin]

Irrespective of achievements, I think he is an arrogant arseh***. The refusal to tell us his intentions is outrageous. 

The CP and Bmth managers confirming their status giving club and fans time to get used to the change is the way to go.

MS can sod of as far as I'm concerned,  taking his sideways slow football with him

I don't understand your attitude. Could you please share with us your personal thoughts on your  next job move, or perhaps your plans to move home, or maybe the state of your bank balance or any other private matter? Because clearly we are all entitled to know.

I really couldn't give a damn if you don't understand my attitude towards MS or if you dont understand others.

MS could easily provide his notice of intent like the other managers at CP and Bmth.

Majority of work when someone is leaving they give their notice, hardly an unfair thing to expect our manager to do.

I think you misunderstand the concept of a fixed term contract, albeit that it could be extended or renewed.

Irrespective of what you think. His attitude towards the club is wrong and as I said he should have given the club a decision well in advance of now on what his intentions were.

Why should he? There is absolutely no contractual / legal requirement that says he should do that. You alluded to giving notice but as I and others have pointed out you were wrong about that. All fixed term contracts are just that, fixed in their term.

Now if you were to say that it would have been good for the club if he had made his intentions clear sooner then I'd be in full agreement. If you said it would then have been nice if the club could have shared that information with us fans I would also be in agreement with you.

For whatever reasons this has gone to the wire without any public resolution. What we have absolutely no idea about is why. Has Marco just been waiting to see what offers come in? Has he made specific requests in advance of any new contract that the club have been reluctant to agree? Have the club been slow in negotiating the terms of any revisions to a new contract? Set aside press speculation and frankly neither you or I or anyone else knows a scooby do.

You're entitled to you view and to quote, "I really couldn't give a damn" why you reached your conclusion. Seemingly based on not understanding basic contract law. But I have tried to explain why I won't jump on the bandwagon of slagging off Marco.

I quite understand contract law chap. The fact is as I stated the other managers, no doubt subject to the same fixed contracts had the decency to confirm their status way in advance of end of their contract. Unlike our manager who has for whatever reason decided to leave it until the very last minute. Which, whilst you may not agree, I and many other find disrespectful to our club.

[john dempsey]

If silva goes things will change,
If silva stays things definitely Need to change.
This saga is becoming Tedious now.

[Coastwalker]

I wonder this dragging on all this time,is it him actually waiting to see if one of the big boys actually come in for him.
And he's got a new contract from Fulham to fall back on if they don't.🤔

[Deeping_white]

I wonder this dragging on all this time,is it him actually waiting to see if one of the big boys actually come in for him.
And he's got a new contract from Fulham to fall back on if they don't.🤔

That's been his & his agents stance for the last 12 months unfortunately

[Deeping_white]

Apparently it will be decided next week according to Marco in his press conference. He's not even going to give us clarity before the last game of the season which feels a bit poor in all honesty, I don't know what will change in 7 days given he's confirmed we've offered him a new contract as well

[Rambler]

Apparently it will be decided next week according to Marco in his press conference. He's not even going to give us clarity before the last game of the season which feels a bit poor in all honesty, I don't know what will change in 7 days given he's confirmed we've offered him a new contract as well

Because he's waiting for a better offer. It's been a poor way to treat the club as many have already said