Marco Silva is unquestionably one of the all time great Fulham managers, but his recent antics hold Fulham FC and Fulham fans in complete contempt. Fulham need to be stronger and get a contractual answer now.
Marco Silva is Disrespecting Fulham
Silva’s Championship side that romped to the title will live long in the memory of every Fulham fan and the magnitude of the achievement that is stabilising Fulham as an upper mid table Premier League side cannot go understated, and after window after window of drawn out transfer business, no Fulham fan would blame Marco Silva for walking away from the Cottage after an unforgettable spell in charge, but the way Marco is going about his potential exit is nothing short of disrespectful.
It’s simple, Marco Silva wants to have his cake and eat it too.
Silva’s ability to finally stabilise Fulham as a Premier League outfit caught the eyes of many, but his inability to go any further than mid table mediocrity and the cusp of Wembley makes him not attractive enough for a top team to pay the sizeable release clause the Khans hang over his head.
But after being on recent shortlists for both the Tottenham and Man United job, Silva clearly sees himself as above Fulham’s station, and with both the Man United and Chelsea jobs available in the summer, signing a new deal with Fulham would rule the 43 year old out of any talk of a top job talk, regardless to whether he is at that level or not.
While Iraola and Glasner gave their employers an answer on where their future’s lie months before season’s end, despite a very lucrative contract offer being on the table since November, Silva has led Fulham on and has treated us as a a backup option to what Silva sees as a better job, something that the club that saved your managerial career and built their club around you does not deserve.
And the possibility of Silva joining the other side of SW6? That would cement him in Fulham’s bracket of Sol Campbell like traitors, far beyond Tosin and Fabio, it would firmly make him public enemy №1 in the eyes of all Fulham fans.
Fulham Are Also to Blame
While it is easy to criticise Silva’s antics, Fulham have to be stronger — allowing this situation to go on for this long is on Fulham.
Higher ups at the club need to make the call to Silva that it’s time to sign or sign off because right now, we are rudderless.
We are unable to plan for the upcoming season because a Premier League football club is allowing one man to hold our future plans in the balance. That is hardly the mark of a club with a clear long term plan and vision — it stinks of a club over reliant on one man.
Has Silva taken Fulham as far as he can?
We have become accustomed to annual stretches of relegation form post March, and with performances like the one we saw at the Emirates just one of a litany of bad performances in a season were bad performances have been prevalent even when London’s Original were picking up points this season, I’d suggest that Silva’s inability to tactically evolve and motivate players when it matters most may well mean that Marco may well have taken Fulham as far as he can and it may be best for both parties to go their separate ways.
While life under Silva has a clear ceiling, it has a lower mid table floor too, and for a club like Fulham that is worth its weight in gold. So, if he does sign, I’d be fully behind his signature — but that comes with a caveat — he has to be fully committed to the Fulham project.
No more short term, tie over deals, sign a long term deal that ensures your present on the right side of SW6 for at least the next three seasons.
Fulham Need a Long Term Strategy
Regardless of whether Silva signs or walks, Fulham need a culture change. This saga has proved our over reliance on our head coach.
We need a structure outside of our Portuguese boss and we need to operate like a proper top flight side and tell Marco, it’s sign up or sign off, not next month, next week or within the next fortnight, the time is now.
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