Everton news: Marco Silva delivers damning response to Sam Allardyce’s criticism on talkSPORT
Everton manager Marco Silva has refused to take notice of Sam Allardyce’s criticism of his philosophy, claiming his predecessor does not care about the club.
Allardyce, who managed the Toffees between 2017 and 2018 before Silva took charge, recently told talkSPORT his successor must adopt a more pragmatic style in order to deliver results.
He said: “You can talk about playing it out from the back and attractive football, but you will never survive, as Ronald Koeman and Roberto Martinez learned. They all played so-called better football than me, but they didn’t survive.
“At the end of the day it’s all about winning football matches and trying to win them as best you can and as attractively as you can.
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“So if you’re going down the attractive football route, it’s got to be attractive AND get you the results to keep you the job, which is extremely difficult to do.”
And following Everton’s underwhelming 2-1 victory over Lincoln in the FA Cup third round on Saturday, Silva hit back at the former England boss.
He said: “I am not here to make comments about him. You have to look at whether these people love Everton, if they want Everton really winning, if they want some stability inside the club?
“If there are real Everton fans talking like that, then maybe we have to be aware and to look at it, but if some people don’t want good results, just instability within our club, they are not worth listening to.
“If it is David Moyes, maybe I would listen because he did something really important at this club.
“If somebody loves our club and they are not happy, OK. I see a person who loves our club and wants us to win. If not, I do not care. In this case, it is not important at all.”
Recent results have been a concern at Goodison Park and it is difficult to gauge whether there has been any progress since Silva replaced ‘Big Sam’ in the summer.
Everton have taken just seven wins from 21 games this season and currently sit eleventh in the table on 27 points – the same tally as last season at the same stage.