A week is a long time in football.

This time last week I was feeling disappointed, after what had been largely a tough season for everyone at Vicarage Road.

We’d just seen Man City dismantle the Hornets with ease on the final day - we thought this year was going to be the one where we were going to progress, but if anything, we’d gone backwards.

However, this week, I’ve got my positivity back again and that’s largely down to the news that we have ourselves a new head coach.

It was announced on Saturday that Marco Silva had been appointed as Watford’s new head-coach on a two-year deal - and I was delighted with the news.

Out of all the names linked with the job, Silva was the one that I wanted to take over. He was the outstanding candidate in my opinion, and I’m thrilled Gino Pozzo and Scott Duxbury have acted so quickly to get their man. They certainly deserve a lot of praise.

Firstly, it says a lot that we’ve managed to secure a coach of Silva’s calibre. There’s a reason he has been linked with significantly bigger clubs than Watford and it says a lot about Gino Pozzo and Scott Duxbury’s persuasive powers that Silva has decided to join the Hornets.

This was a man who, reportedly, had the chance to manage Portuguese giants Porto in the Champions League next season, but Silva turned that down to join little old Watford. How great does that sound?

At 39, Silva is one of the brightest young managers in Europe right now and that leads me on to my second point. Wherever the Portuguese manager has been he’s had a positive impact.

With minnows Estoril, Silva guided the club into Portugal’s top division as champions and they would go on to finish in fourth and fifth place in the Primeira Liga, securing them Europa League football.

He then moved to Sporting Lisbon where he won the Taca de Portugal, the country’s leading cup competition, and also guided the club to a third-place finish in the League.

He then became the boss of Olympiacos in Greece, guiding them to a 43rd league title, which they won by a remarkable 30 points.  

Even with Hull City, despite their season ending in disappointment with relegation back to the Championship, the Portuguese man gave the Tigers a real chance of staying up when they had looked doomed back in January.

He did an excellent job on a tight budget in my opinion and revitalised the club. The Tigers picked up 21 points from 18 games, which is a very decent tally whatever way you look at it. Had Silva been in charge since August, then Hull would have probably stayed up.

Under the 39-year-old’s stewardship, Hull beat Liverpool in the Premier League and Manchester United in the second leg of the EFL Cup semi-final among others, and Watford fans may also remember that the Tigers put in an excellent performance against the Hornets back in April.

Silva also forged a real team spirit at the KCOM Stadium, with players like Oumar Niasse and Lazar Markovic, who had previously failed to make an impact in England, becoming revitalised under his management.

So, I believe the appointment of Silva is an excellent one. He’s hungry to prove himself and brings fresh ideas and impetus to Vicarage Road.

What he also brings to Watford, in addition, is a bit of identity. The fact he can speak English and his likeable character means he will instantly connect with fans.

He is a man who, could, potentially be here for the long run and the person who many will associate as our figurehead.

I’m thrilled we have managed to secure Silva’s services and his appointment seems to have reinvigorated supporters from what I have seen on social media, as many are genuinely excited about what this season could yield.

Give him the necessary backing in the summer transfer window and I firmly believe the 39-year-old could build something special at Vicarage Road.    

Perhaps every cloud does have a Silva lining.

Bradley Hayden is the founder and sole writer of @WatfordFCBlog