Marco Silva’s Journey: Fulham’s Transformation from Yo-Yo Club to Attacking Powerhouse

Fulham, known as the “Yo-Yo Club” due to their frequent relegation and promotion between the Premier League and the Championship, hired Portuguese coach Marco Silva to change their fortunes. Silva’s journey in football began as a relatively unknown professional player, with his most notable stint at Estoril in Portugal. After retiring, he became the head coach of Estoril and successfully led the team to promotion. He then managed Olympiakos in Greece, achieving significant victories.

In 2017, Silva came to England to assist Hull City in avoiding relegation but was unsuccessful and eventually left the club. He then joined Watford but was sacked midway through the season due to poor performances and apparent distraction from interest shown by Everton. Silva took over as manager of Everton in the 2018-19 season and initially had a successful year, finishing in the top half of the league. However, the team’s performance declined in the following season, leading to Silva’s dismissal.

After being out of work for almost two years, Silva was appointed as the manager of Fulham for the 2021-22 season. His task was to help the team regain promotion to the Premier League, which he accomplished by leading them to the Championship title with a record-breaking number of goals scored. Silva’s style of play involves possession-based football, pressing, and quick counter-attacks. He has effectively utilized players like Aleksandar Mitrovic and Andreas Pereira to achieve success.

Silva’s next challenge is to ensure Fulham’s survival in the Premier League. With the support of high-profile players such as Bernd Leno, Willian, and Joao Paulinha, he aims to shed the club’s “yo-yo” image and prove himself as a capable manager in the top flight once again. Fulham’s transformation from a relegation-threatened team to an exciting attacking side has resonated with the fans and earned Silva praise for his tactical acumen. He plans to build on this success and prepare for the upcoming season.

Under Silva’s guidance, Fulham has established an attacking style of play that resulted in them scoring a record-breaking 55 goals in the 2022-23 season. This approach involves building from the back with goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s ability to initiate attacks. The full-backs, Anthony Robinson and Kenny Tete, provide support by joining the attack. The midfield duo of Paulinha and Harrison Reid contribute to defensive solidity and smooth transitions from defense to offense. Mitrovic, the team’s top scorer, adds goal-scoring prowess and strength in possession.

Silva’s attacking philosophy, combined with the talents of the team’s attackers, has made Fulham an exciting team to watch. The future looks promising for the club if they can continue to build on their attacking strengths. Silva expressed his passion for football and happiness at Fulham, promising to prepare even better for the next season.

Overall, Silva’s tenure at Fulham has been a success thus far, with the team earning promotion and playing an attractive brand of football. The challenge now lies in maintaining their Premier League status and continuing to impress with their attacking style.

Fulham is one of the teams known as the “Yo-Yo Club” of the British Isles. As they often move up and down between the Premier League and the Championship.

until the arrival of the Portuguese coach Marco Silva who came to help turn the situation from hand to hand And get rid of the memory of being the Yo-Yo Club from Fulham.

What is the history of this man’s path of rule? And how much has his style of play changed at Fulham? Let’s follow along and find out along with the Main Stage.

accumulation of failures

Marco Silva’s beginnings in football are considered to be similar to many head coaches. Starting out as a professional footballer who is not very famous. His best was probably playing for the Portuguese team Estoril during the last six years of his professional career.

It was in Estoril that Silva began his career as head coach after retiring, and in 2011, he was appointed the team’s director of football. But it wasn’t long before he took charge of the team and turned things around, taking Estoril from 10th place to promotion to the top flight in 2012 as minor league champions.

In 2015, Silva moved to manage Tep Olympiakos in the Greek league before making a remarkable contribution. From leading the invasion team to win over Arsenal to reach their place in the UEFA arena. Champions League

He first moved to England in January 2017 with a mission to help Hull City escape relegation that season. But in the end, he was unsuccessful and so he resigned from his job.

Silva’s frustration lasted just a week before a crucial opportunity was handed him by Watford, who wanted him to take over after the departure of the previous boss.

He seemed to be going well to start his job at Vicarage Road at first. From the excellent offensive performance of the team Especially the opening game which draws with Liverpool to be exciting.

Halfway through the season with just one win in his last 11 games, he was sacked by Watford. This decision was not just a poor performance. But this was because Silva was not focused on the team as Everton were interested in him as a replacement for Ronald Koeman, who was sacked.

“His mind was already at Everton. The direction of our team changed. We have to focus primarily on long-term results. That’s why we need to get rid of it.” Watford’s heated statement to Silva Caused the Blue Toffees to pay £4 million in damages to settle the issue

Finally, he went to manage Everton as he wanted in the 2018-19 season, the Toffees appointed him as their new manager. The results of the first year with the team are going to be wonderful. Silva led the team to a successful top half finish along with the full birth notice of Richarlison, who Silva came to play in England with Watford AND pulled into his team again at Everton

By the 2019-20 season, from a team that was performing well, the performance was catastrophically worse. This is due to many factors, such as the lack of reinforcement in the summer. poor defensive game or missing team spirit

Whatever the factor, the result was that Silva was sacked during December 2019, just before Christmas. The last straw was the game that led the team to defeat Liverpool 2-5 at Anfield, causing the team to fall into the relegation zone.

It was evident since he moved to manage a team in the Premier League. There is no suitable team for him to manage in the long term. As a result of this dismissal, Silva took a break from management for almost two full years and his name began to disappear from English football.

Craven Cottage is the place to be.

After being out of work for a while Finally, Fulham, who had just been relegated from the Premier League, to be appointed manager for the 2021-22 season with the task of helping them gain promotion to the Premier League again.

Maybe changing to manage a team in the second league sometimes makes him not fail like he did before because he doesn’t have to put too much pressure on himself. And this is a chance for him to prove himself again.

He seemed to be right this time. He managed to lead the team back to the Premier League within a year. With a team that scored up to 106 goals and won a great championship

Silva uses a 4-2-3-1 formation and can always flex into a 4-3-3, the key being possession of the ball to create scoring opportunities. He has given this team a special style of passing, pressing and moving support. and have a quick counter game

Playing in this form makes Aleksandar Mitrovic, the Serbian striker. get the most benefit From shooting to 43 goals until grabbing the scoring position to win

Silva’s next task is to get Fulham to survive in the Premier League in the 2022-23 season, in order to shed the image of a yo-yo club. And once again has proven himself good enough to manage a team in the Premier League.

Silva is supported by a number of high profile players such as Bernd Leno, Willian and Joao Paulinha, especially the latter who complements Silva’s 4-2-3-1 formation perfectly with the role of defensive midfielder who the center of the team

Along with giving freedom, Andreas Pereira has created games in the role of playmakers. with Mitrovic, who has the advantage of having the ball in the air as an aid to break the ball This made it easier for Pereira to link up with the wingers and backs. And always ready to feed the ball to Mitrovic to score goals at important times

This type of play has seen Fulham transform from a relegation team a couple of seasons ago to a more fun to play team that resonates with the fans. Until being able to survive relegation comfortably with the top half of the table And some stages have gone up to win the European club area too

Apart from the form of the players, Silva’s smarts are another important part of getting Fulham flying this high. He did better than expected. And is considered to prove himself again on the Premier League stage.

Silva said after the season that “This is normal, our fans have different expectations. But this shows that they believe in the team. It reflects what we do. it’s a good feeling We will prepare better next season. I’m really passionate about football and I’m very happy here.

Exciting offensive game

The reason why Silva led Fulham to fly high in the last 2022-23 season is because he created a team identity with a strength called attacking play which allows the team to score up to 55 goals, which’ n is considered a goal scoring record. the most in the Premier League ever

This strength started with a goalkeeper like Leno who was able to solve the problem of building the ball from Silva’s back court. Continue to the main defenders of both sides, such as Anthony Robinson and Kenny Tete, who alternately go up and attack throughout the game. Along with getting help from time to time

The key cog in this system is Two defensive midfielders with Paulinha standing in the middle of the team. He excels in tackling and transitions quickly from defensive to offensive. He made 147 tackles, the most in the Premier League, as well as making 90 transitions from defense to attack throughout the season. He forms a perfect partnership with Harrison Reid, his midfield partner who plays box-to-box roles. Makes the team’s game progress more smoothly

Finally, with the team’s strikers helping to score goals and perfect the attacking style that Silva established. with Mitrovic scoring 14 goals last season as the protagonist He is a great killer and can score all kinds of goals. Including having strengths in possession and winning the ball in the air

When this strength is combined with the unique abilities of the rest of the attackers, the team has an attacking style that is fun and exciting in the eyes of the audience. which is the source of the number of goals the team has scored significantly

The future hangs by a thread

From the team’s great performance last season, it can be proven that Marco Silva is not a fake. He is good enough to manage a Premier League team. But looking at it from another angle, it might just be an illusion. Because the performance of one season still cannot measure much from the new team.

Second Season Syndrome is a word on the end of every die-hard football fan. It’s about a team getting promoted doing well in their first season. But until the next season, there was a decline in his form until he had to be sacked. That could happen to Fulham next season if there is not enough preparation.

So it’s up to Marco Silva to prevent it from happening. Otherwise, his past performance with the team would be almost meaningless. He needs to get the team to stay in the Premier League in order to erase the Yo-Yo Club from every fan’s mind.

But how long will it last? Next season will decide.

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