Marco Silva Sacked

Marco Silva is threatening legal action against Watford because he has yet to agree his compensation package. The Portuguese coach was sacked by the club two and a half weeks ago and has yet to receive a pay-off.

Silva signed a two-year contract worth £1.5 million a year with Watford amid competition from Crystal Palace and Southampton last summer, but was dismissed after 24 Premier League games in charge last month after a dismal run of one win in 11 matches. In a statement announcing his departure on January 21, Watford accused Silva of lacking focus after an approach from Everton last autumn, which coincided with a steep decline in results.

Silva has yet to comment since leaving Watford because a settlement has not been agreed and he is now considering legal action. His contract is understood to have contained a break clause after one year. After being dismissed prematurely he believes that he is entitled to £750,000, or six months’ salary, plus additional compensation.

Watford may resist meeting Silva’s demands because of their belief that the 40-year-old breached his contract by talking to Everton without their permission. The club turned down four offers of compensation from Everton, with the final one reaching £15 million.

Watford were unhappy with the way that Silva conducted himself after Everton’s approach, which took place after he had been in charge for nine league matches and led to him asking to leave for Goodison Park. Instead of accepting Watford’s decision to retain him for the rest of the season, it is understood that Silva persisted in agitating for a move, which the club believe unsettled the players, leading to the decline in results. He was replaced by Javi Gracia last month.

 

Christ what a terd of a man he is.

****MODS**** are we allowed to write alternative spellings of swearwords to circumnavigate the swear filter, re: that post you made about swearing.

 

**** off Silva.

 

'Turd' isn't swearing either way.

 

First years at WBGS were known as turds.

 

wow you're right, it's not on the list, but "git" is. The world's gone mad.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/91625/OfcomQRG-AOC.pdf

 

I hope they still are

 

That's because the first year was the third (turd) year - obviously an Irish school. We then had fourth, fifth, lower remove and upper remove. I never did find out what removes were.

 

Yes but i always felt it was said in a warm affectionate way as someone 2 feet taller pushed in the dinner queue and then invited 15 of his mates in. A tradition which should never be lost (unlike the illegal habits of a couple of the teachers).

 

I hope the little c*** gets nothing. Not a penny. Sacked for breach of contract with zero compensation.

 

He's gonna wake up in the morning with a severed snakes head on his pillow

 

Ope the pope ?

 

Mr Ope...... I think many of us there in the 60's will remember a certain master who lived opposite the school gates.

 

Clunge Strong language, generally unacceptable pre-watershed. Not always recognised. Seen as vulgar and distasteful, especially by women.

**** Strong language, generally unacceptable pre-watershed. Seen as vulgar and distasteful by many. Less problematic when used in a humorous context.

So **** can be humorous but clunge can't? Equal rights gone mad

 

This story is coming from the Times. They are also the paper that stated at the time of his sacking, that they believed he or his representatives had agreed terms with Everton at the time - if they have no evidence of this, this is extremely libellous. They have printed it twice now - I would say that Silva’s lawyers would have been in contact with them if it was wholly untrue and asked for a retraction after it was originally printed. Reading between the lines, I would say the Times has some sort of evidence that this has happened - and if they do, you can bet your bottom dollar that Gino has that same evidence.

I would suspect that when he was sacked, it was mentioned he would do well to walk away without a fuss for the sake of his reputation and future employment chances. If he is genuinely choosing not to do this, and the above is true, he’s playing with fire and pursuing a case I really don’t see how he can win.

Also, when a manager is sacked purely on results, 99 times out of 100, a statement is made through the LMA (who’s whole point is around supporting managers). The fact that there has been no such comment and no evidence of support from the LMA, it looks to me that within the inner circles of football, everyone know’s how he has behaved. I also think it’s telling that Everton have not released their own statement, given our own at the time, which heavily hints at their involvement.

Even if Silva did just disappear without a payoff, I’d say he and Everton are being let-off extremely lightly by Gino in the face of the suggested evidence.

The key to this is if we have that evidence that he has talked to them or anyone associated to him has agreed terms. If so, I can’t see why we haven’t gone to the PL with the matter (not that they’d act substantially anyway!). If we have no such evidence, and it comes down to results, they will settle I’d imagine.

 

I had no idea there were so many watford boys poshos on here. Why are my ricky school brothers??

 

The swear filter on here cant keep up with modern abuse.

 

Woops, was meant to be c*ck. And ex Ricky School here

 

RC, what a treasure trove!

Btw, looks like the FA panel screwed up.

Deeney's middle finger was a clear 15 mins before the TV watershed.

Any use of it in the second half would be fine.

Actually, he could have accessorised it with a w&nker sign & topped the whole performance with a bl*w job & he would have been nicely inside the guidelines.

(I assume this is a bl*w job gesture rather than the actual act. The latter would necessitate significant additional time.)

 

I cant take credit for it, some chap posted the link here http://www.wfcforums.com/index.php?threads/choose-your-insults.54193/

 

Excellent, let's run these snooty toffs off the forum!

 

Bad week for Silva the turd (take that, swear filter). Gracia's patched up team smash the league champions and now he's stamping his feet demand money.

Go back a couple of weeks and under him the team were unable to get a point v Swansea and averaging less than a point a game, with him moaning about injuries and not liking players brought in.

Cheque book manager lacking the ability and personality to knuckle down and work with what he had to get results. Arrogant moron.

 

In prison....

I'm an ex-WBGS posho...

 

Not learned to use a computer/smartphone yet/ can't read or write.

 

Is this the annual WBGS nostalgia thread. Wake me up when they get to the bit about Mr Hart's daughters being hot... I know they were.

#424OldParmitarian

 

What were they called? One of them went out with Spike Webb the drummer, IIRC.

 

It suggests that he doesn't have clubs lining up to let him slither in as well. He thinks that he actually won't have any income for a while so decided to try his luck.

Hahaha

 

I only learned a few days ago that Hart actually became Head for a year or so.
Lads - we saw those Ricky hooligans off years ago - we can cope with them now.

 

Maybe still learning how to spell?

 

pffft you aristocrats were never on our radar. The neanderthals from st joan of arc were our arch rivals...

 

Another Old Parmiterian here. **** Tom Carroll

 

Don't think Polly was that hot...

 

She was no Miss Smythe (Physics). She was the reason I always struggled at O'level Physics yet chose to take it at A level. Never taught by her but every 10 mins if you stared long enough you'd see her through the adjacent staff room window.....

 

Blimey. Spike Webb the long hair drummer.

There's a name I haven't heard in a few decades.

So what was the band called? Spike 'n' the Gang? Damned if I can remember.

They were certainly the headline act of those diabolical note-mangling amateur prog rock extravaganzas they held periodically in the theatre.