I'm surprised he feels that way. If you questioned city fans, 9/10 would respond that hes an unbelievable player and a great number of those would have him up there as an all time favourite. All he needs is a better name that rhymes with a catchy song. His name doesnt have enough syllables. tell him i think hes brill.That doesn't come across to him much in the stadium though .
I tell him about the clever people don't worry
I'd be amazed if he thought otherwise too. He keeps a low profile in his life, good for him, and he's left to get on with it by his fans.I'm surprised he feels that way. If you questioned city fans, 9/10 would respond that hes an unbelievable player and a great number of those would have him up there as an all time favourite.
I'd disagree with extremely precious and would rather look at it this..like a mate of a world class footballer defending his ability and application against one or two individuals on here who have polar opposite (& plain wrong) opinions to virtually every other City fan.
.. Yeah ok maybe a tad precious!
I will pass on your love to David. If I had a pound..... Lol.
The Olé song is great we just don't get it going at home often enough or in enough numbers... Whereas David does hear Sergio, Sergio. Away games are much better though. I should've mentioned that earlier. It's at home where he doesn't get his name heard often enough.
It kind of links in with what Pep thinks of our home support. It should be a cauldron. That's a whole new topic though and equally as contentious.
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Maybe if he scored as much as Sergio, he'd hear it more ;o)The Olé song is great we just don't get it going at home often enough or in enough numbers... Whereas David does hear Sergio, Sergio. Away games are much better though. I should've mentioned that earlier. It's at home where he doesn't get his name heard often enough.
There wouldn't be nearly as many "clutch/big moments" without Silva's high level of consistency in prompting attacks, a lot of his good work goes unnoticed by some because it doesn't get the "headline" stat of a goal or assist.Can only say what I've seen so won't comment on the legends you mentioned. I think if we're talking about the greatest I'd say Yaya. He's up there ability wise but what sets him apart from the likes of Silva is his clutch/big moments factor. That's where David is still slightly slacking for me.
He has an ego. He's not fragile. He's merely asking the question why is his name not heard as much as others.Interesting reading bluwhit's comments and perhaps answers some questions. He comes over as someone who needs an arm round the shoulder regularly, perhaps a bit fragile confidence-wise. Stays well under the radar as far as his life outside football is concerned. I remember Mike Summerbee talking about Neil Young in very much the same terms. Neil was another who probably didn't get the level of recognition he deserved, certainly by the wider football community.
Perhaps if Dave had more of an ego, a bit more swagger, we'd have seen an even better player than the one we have. I've been critical of him but only because I feel he has more than enough in his locker to be regularly named in World XI's and be a Ballon D'Or nominee.
There wouldn't be nearly as many "clutch/big moments" without Silva's high level of consistency in prompting attacks, a lot of his good work goes unnoticed by some because it doesn't get the "headline" stat of a goal or assist.
Interesting reading bluwhit's comments and perhaps answers some questions. He comes over as someone who needs an arm round the shoulder regularly, perhaps a bit fragile confidence-wise. Stays well under the radar as far as his life outside football is concerned. I remember Mike Summerbee talking about Neil Young in very much the same terms. Neil was another who probably didn't get the level of recognition he deserved, certainly by the wider football community.
Perhaps if Dave had more of an ego, a bit more swagger, we'd have seen an even better player than the one we have. I've been critical of him but only because I feel he has more than enough in his locker to be regularly named in World XI's and be a Ballon D'Or nominee.