{"id":287275,"date":"2023-09-03T20:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287275"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:39:11","slug":"thiago-silva-fires-back-at-fans-calling-for-him-to-be-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/thiago-silva-fires-back-at-fans-calling-for-him-to-be-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Silva fires back at fans calling for him to be dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thiago Silva fires back at Chelsea fan calling for him to be dropped so they can play with four at the back after shock loss as he tells them they&#8217;re wrong and aren&#8217;t playing with five<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Blues have already lost twice in four Premier League games<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thiago Silva hit back at suggestions he should be dropped\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thiago Silva has hit back at Chelsea fans claiming he should be dropped to allow Mauricio Pochettino to implement his preferred formation.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian played the whole 90 minutes as the Blues lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of Anthony Elanga&#8217;s first Premier League goal in 19 months.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwo\u00a0Awoniyi slipped the ball through Silva&#8217;s legs to set up Forest&#8217;s winner after a mix-up in midfield between Moses Caicedo and Conor Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>And Silva didn&#8217;t take kindly to the criticism expressed on social media by the CFC Talk account.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This won&#8217;t go down well, but I think it&#8217;s time to drop Thiago Silva,&#8217; the Instagram post read.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/09\/75006183-12475325-image-a-1_1693728966899.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Thiago Silva hit back at Chelsea fans who criticised his selection on social media<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/09\/75006227-12475325-image-a-2_1693728972817.jpg\" height=\"615\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian pointed out Chelsea played with a back four against Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Playing him is becoming a problem because we have to play a back five to shoehorn him in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Playing four at the back will allow us to be better going forward and I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll suffer much at the back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nothing but respect for Thiago, but I think we&#8217;d better off without him at the minute.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the 38-year-old to address the criticism, pointing out Chelsea had in fact lined up with four at the back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you look closely at the game, we are playing with a line of four, my friend,&#8217; Silva wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But there&#8217;s no problem in assuming I&#8217;m also responsible for the defeat. Put the pressure on me. No problem yesterday.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Under Pochettino, Chelsea have lined up in a 3-4-3 formation in their first four Premier League matches this season.<\/p>\n<p>Silva has started each of them alongside Levi Colwill and Axel Disasi, with the trio all playing every minute of the Blues&#8217; league campaign so far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/09\/75006615-12475325-image-a-3_1693729047713.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino watched his Chelsea side slump to a second defeat in four games<\/p>\n<p>Ben Chilwell has also been ever-present in the left wing-back role, while Malo Gusto replaced Reece James on the other flank after the Chelsea skipper suffered an injured in the opening game of the season against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea dominated possession against Forest and Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious chance to level the score, but were to made to pay for a defensive mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are disappointed because we did everything to try and get a different result,&#8217; the Chelsea boss said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But football is about not making mistakes and we made one mistake and paid for that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea boss added: &#8216;We are building something and it is always up and down. We are unlucky because I think we deserved more. But I have said before, it is only a matter of time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12475325\/Thiago-Silva-fires-fans-calling-dropped-allow-Mauricio-Pochettino-play-preferred-formation-loss-Nottingham-Forest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Thiago Silva fires back at Chelsea fan calling for him to be dropped so they can play with four at the back after shock loss <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/thiago-silva-fires-back-at-fans-calling-for-him-to-be-dropped\/\" title=\"Thiago Silva fires back at fans calling for him to be dropped\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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