David Silva - 2019/20 Performances

[kaz7]

Exactly i love david and people saying he is finished are brain dead. Wednesday he showed hes still got it, and yesterday he showed glimpses but i think pep is over using him too much. Foden needs to start more!!!!!!

Yes it's time phil is played more

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Exactly i love david and people saying he is finished are brain dead. Wednesday he showed hes still got it, and yesterday he showed glimpses but i think pep is over using him too much. Foden needs to start more!!!!!!

He isn’t finished but he needs runners all around him. He is not getting that currently so we either surround him with them or he has to be dropped. None of the midfield 5 are playing consistently well and they are certainly not working hard enough on the defensive side of the game.

 

[Mcfcluke]

He isn’t finished but he needs runners all around him. He is not getting that currently so we either surround him with them or he has to be dropped. None of the midfield 5 are playing consistently well and they are certainly not working hard enough on the defensive side of the game.

The thing is i think he can do the pressing but not how many times we play him, we need to play him once a week and play foden the others, that will freshen the squad up a lot more

 

[City_Sean]

He deserves a better end to his City career than being flogged every week. He clearly can't do big intensity games anymore.

 

[Bluwhit]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.
That's why Pep is reluctant to play him.
David hasn't been half as bad as some make out. Please show him the respect he deserves.
If he was that bad why isn't Pep playing Mahrez wide and Bernardo for DS? Strange that.
All change in the summer.

 

[kaz7]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.
That's why Pep is reluctant to play him.
David hasn't been half as bad as some make out. Please show him the respect he deserves.
If he was that bad why isn't Pep playing Mahrez wide and Bernardo for DS? Strange that.
All change in the summer.

Yep i wish people wouldn't wish him away,it will be too soon as it is,he does need to play less,3 times a week won't get the best out of him

 

[normskih]

Yep i wish people wouldn't wish him away,it will be too soon as it is,he does need to play less,3 times a week won't get the best out of him

Quite right, but David can no longer play week in and week out, nor should he be expected to. Not in the Premier League at any rate. We all knew they would hit us with terrific speed on the break so we should have played players that are speedy too and let David recuperate. Let's face it, not every team has a front three with the pace of Rashford, James and Martial. Therefore leaving David to play against teams that require his clever skills to orchestrate moves and passes for goals.

 

[mccity]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.
That's why Pep is reluctant to play him.
David hasn't been half as bad as some make out. Please show him the respect he deserves.
If he was that bad why isn't Pep playing Mahrez wide and Bernardo for DS? Strange that.
All change in the summer.

That first line sticks.

He had a weak showing against Preston and people were already on his back. If he has a couple games in a row like that and all of a sudden the fact that he's some 19 year old starlet with a history of good games goes out of the window and his future's down the pan, as the Sterling, Sané, and now Jesus threads have all shown.

And yeah, Silva's not being picked by accident. But unfortunately for him it's easier to single out an individual than believe that everyone is contributing to everyone else's problems, and Gundogan didn't play, so now Silva's next in the queue. And yet the very same people calling him out will be the same people to complain that we don't hold the ball well enough in the final third next year after Silva's gone. I suspect people just like to complain.

 

[kaz7]

Quite right, but David can no longer play week in and week out, nor should he be expected to. Not in the Premier League at any rate. We all knew they would hit us with terrific speed on the break so we should have played players that are speedy too and let David recuperate. Let's face it, not every team has a front three with the pace of Rashford, James and Martial. Therefore leaving David to play against teams that require his clever skills to orchestrate moves and passes for goals.

I'm thinking pep was going with experience,tbf if we had taken control of the game early on then it could of worked,now the title has gone pep needs to blood phil and use dave more sparingly

 

[domalino]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.

Yeah, lets never play him so he never has 3 or 4 bad games in a row.

How about waiting for him to have 1 bad game before worrying about if hes going to have 4 in a row?

If he has a bad league game you just put him on the bench again, that's the great thing about playing kids who arent expected to start, no one blinks if they sit out a few games.

 

[supercity88]

David is now a luxury player. In a team with a solid defence and midfield cover he excels by doing his usual work and finding space to play the killer pass. Currently we don't offer him that so he is just floating through the game when we need more energy to support the defence.

Foden will hunt the ball all game. Jesus, Sterling, Bernardo and Foden would press and not allow a simple passing triangle to leave the opposition a run at our exposed defenders. De Bruyne and Rodri would back that up. Burnley tried to play forwards quickly and we mopped it up. The key against City is to just suck our midfield up the pitch, play a one-two and be running forwards at our defence. United did it time and time again with ease. And we had no answer.

We have games against Leicester and Wolves where they will do this same tactic with ease. Even Arsenal and Sheffield United might manage it. Liverpool would tear us apart. The two teams at the top play on the counter and look to stretch the opposition. They like to run through the middle and pass the ball wide to runners. Our play is generally patient. Passing hasn't been crisp or accurate and in defence we don't have enough pace or energy to cover the ground and protect the back 4. It leaves us stretched. Stones' answer is to run backwards to try and allow others to cover but it is generally too late.

Foden has to come into midfield as he has the pace and energy to run up and down the pitch for 90 minutes.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.
That's why Pep is reluctant to play him.
David hasn't been half as bad as some make out. Please show him the respect he deserves.
If he was that bad why isn't Pep playing Mahrez wide and Bernardo for DS? Strange that.
All change in the summer.

Not strange at all because Bernardo would play on the right of the midfield 3, which is also where De Bruyne plays. David has been poor in most games this season. And I’m being kind there. There’s no excuse for not playing Foden more often instead of Silva.

 

[toffee balls]

Don't expect too much too soon from Foden. He's only 19. A run of 3 or 4 bad games could crucify him.
That's why Pep is reluctant to play him.
David hasn't been half as bad as some make out. Please show him the respect he deserves.
If he was that bad why isn't Pep playing Mahrez wide and Bernardo for DS? Strange that.
All change in the summer.

There isn't a City fan alive who doesn't love the very bones of the man.
He is a true legend and in my eyes our greatest ever player.
Respect for the man will never waiver however , Pep has built the offence around him this season and it has weakened us considerably in my opinion.

I am frustrated for Foden and the fans as we need to see if he can cut it next season.

No one can replace David and he will be rightly given a hero's farewell - don't worry about that but we do need to start to move on and he should be used more sparingly from now on.
But what the hell do I know.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Weird thing is Dave & Bernardo are on course to have their most productive seasons in terms of G&A, but their performances in general have dropped off.

 

[BimboBob]

In high intensity full speed games Monsieur Silva has shown a slight decrease in his otherwise excellent performances. Not sure who we replace him with because Gundi is the same. Maybe pushing Fernandinho up a bit, trusting our actual centre halves to do their job and having Rodri in there might have sorted it out on Saturday.

Maybe having a left back that you can trust might have also helped him out.

I also think the tactics didn't favour him.

One thing is for sure, he's a professional, he's still got a bit of magic left in him and will continue to do so for the rest of the season. He's not in the knackers yard just yet, though reading some of the wet blankets posts on here you would have thought that was the case.

 

[kaz7]

Pep, "David had a huge kick in a dangerous part of his leg

 

[domalino]

Pep, "David had a huge kick in a dangerous part of his leg

Which bit is the dangerous part of the leg?

 

[cjn]

Pep, "David had a huge kick in a dangerous part of his leg

I'm choosing to read this as we didn't want to fly him to Croatia for a game he wasn't going to play in.

 

[mosssideblue]

Which bit is the dangerous part of the leg?

the side where the bollocks are hanging :)

 

[City_Sean]

Unless we're playing bottom half fodder at home he just shouldn't be playing. The lack of pressing from him now is startling. Has been an amazing servant but is contributing towards our problems this season due to his inability to run.