Marco SIlva has been under pressure regarding his Goodison Park job but the Toffees rallied round last weekend with a win.
Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has boldly claimed that Everton manager Marco Silva can have “no worries at all” regarding his job at Goodison Park given the fact that the Toffees kept faith in him during the international break and he followed it up with a win (Sky Sports News).
The Portuguese endured a woeful start to the new Premier League season, coming under intense pressure after eight matches due to a number of lacklustre performances which left the Goodison Park side 18th in the standings going into the international break.
With just seven points from their opening eight league games, four defeats in a row and losses to sides they would have been favourites against – Sheffield United, Bournemouth and Burnley to name a few – there was a lot of speculation, particularly after the Clarets defeat, that Silva was on very thin ice.
However, Everton – with Silva still in charge – rallied round in style last weekend as they ran out 2-0 winners over West Ham United at Goodison Park, Bernard opening the scoring before Gylfi Sigurdsson got the killer second in injury time to put the Toffees 15th in the standings ahead of matchday 10.
“Marco Silva is at Everton for the long haul,” Merson wrote on Sky Sports News. “They were in the bottom three heading into a two-week break and he kept his job. He’s got no worries at all.
“When you are a team that have spent the money Everton have, and you are supposed to be going for the top six or maybe even sneak into the top four, but you are in the bottom three heading into an international break, you are going to be fortunate to keep your job. I’m not saying they should’ve got rid of him but that’s just the way it is in football… the board have shown major faith in the manager so it’s now up to him and the players to get the ball rolling.”
Up next for the Goodison Park side is the trip to Brighton on Saturday.
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