David Silva - 2016/17 performances

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We have flogged him to death for years so using him more sparingly makes sense to me,it will prolong his career,he is far from being finished,very far
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Nope, as I don't particularly like them in the same team.. Silva picks the same pockets of space as Kev (normally), however, I think KDB will be up there for all the accolades this year..
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Thank god for that, would have been a step too far.

If we were playing every game 4231 I could totally understand the binary argument Silva or DeBruyne. Although I'd disageee, I could understand the angle of people prefering DeBruyne in that system because of his goal threat.

But we're not going to play every game 4231 with a fixed number 10. We're going to be playing all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes and systems without fixed positions.

Every line up will be different. The roles and movements will be catered to the opposition. I don't know whether there was a person alive who predicted Fernandinho holding with Silva and De Bruyne in front. Or that Clichy would drop in to centre midfield. Or Kolarov centre back.

It's even going to be difficult to actually agree on what the shape even is in certain games. I would write the formation down yesterday as 433 with Dinho holding. My mate who went to the game swore we played 3 at the back and Fernandinho was a centre back. The heat map pretty much backs him up.

The system and shape is going to be weird, wonderful, but most of all fluid. I don't think it's going to be as simple as a straight choice between Silva or DeBrune as a 10. Silva or Gundogan as an 8. There is going to be big roles for all of them to play, in a variety of systems and positions.
 
I thought that I was beginning to read Silva's game yesterday. The first time i've managed it since he arrived. Even last season I had trouble working out just exactly where he was going to pass and to whom, but yesterday i had the measure of him. He wasn't at his best, whether his best is behind him, but we didn't seem to have much creativity in the middle once he'd gone. Navas, when he came on, certainly upped the pace of the game, and at that time, when Sunderland were probably feeling their legs, it proved decisive.
 
Silva is going to be very important, only Gundogan and Yaya can replace what Silva offers in our side and that's elite ball retention.
 
Pretty much controlled our shape for an hour. We looked a little ragged when he went off.
Not having a go at Delph but he struggled to do the job.
Silva was key. As Shaelum said, he probably won't be splitting defences for fun anymore, he'll be dictating the tempo and shape.

I thought he was very good but tired.
 
Thought he was superb again tonight.

Perhaps not the clinical creator of chances of previous years, but in terms of getting on the ball and knitting the team together he did an outstanding job. More Xavi than Iniesta.

People always speculated for years whether Silva could play as a number 8 for Barcelona and I think the last two games have shown that he definitely could have.

After a quiet first half, De Bruyne looked devastating in the second half. The lively debate last season of Silva OR De Bruyne should now be put to bed. Pep has found a system that gets the best out of both of them in the same team.

They complimented each other so well in the second half - Silva knitting the team together and De Bruyne drifting in to dangerous spaces and looking to do damage. They could end up being a lethal partnership.
 
Looking like he's going to adapt his game now into midfield which is great.

He's too good enough a player to be left out of the team
 
As long as he keeps proving he's worthy to be on the pitch that's all we can ask of him. So far so good.
 
I've said all along he is perfect for a pep team and it looks like I'm right.
He played well last night and I think the more our players learn under pep the better he will get
 
Last night was one of the strangest games I've ever witnessed, with City creating chance after chance, yet somehow looking vulnerable on the counter attack, mainly in the first half when Silva and Aguero both lost the ball cheaply, and Steau exposed the space behind Kolarov.
Everyone played well, but Silva should have been more precise or clinical, on more than one occasion. Let's judge him and De Bruyne when Stoke are clattering ankles this Saturday.
 
BlueTG said:
How come?
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Because once the result was secured I was assuming he would have been taken off to preserve his ankle. But it seems his ankle is fine now, his fitness is good and Pep is keen to get the minutes in his legs. He will get more and more into his groove as the season goes on.
 
Three games in and he's been key for us in each one.

Keeps proving the naysayers wrong.

Long may it continue!
 
3 attempted hatchet jobs on his ankle 1 attempted leg breaker today glossed over by the experts on sky, whilst gushing over the assault by Sterling for their penalty
 
Magnificent today. I worried last week when I saw he was in a deeper role but he seems to be relishing it. Not afraid to stick his boot in when needed or commit a tactical foul like Fernandinho. Not sure it will work every game but so far so good
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Last night was one of the strangest games I've ever witnessed, with City creating chance after chance, yet somehow looking vulnerable on the counter attack, mainly in the first half when Silva and Aguero both lost the ball cheaply, and Steau exposed the space behind Kolarov.
Everyone played well, but Silva should have been more precise or clinical, on more than one occasion. Let's judge him and De Bruyne when Stoke are clattering ankles this Saturday.
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Ok, let's. I thought he was excellent (again).......
 
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