David Silva - 2016/17 performances

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Did silva receive a second yellow in injury time? only reason I ask is switched it round just before full time to ssn and it was on their vidiprinter at full time..
 
He was Ok. Wasn't great but wasn't poor either. He's pressing was mostly good except for when he got the yellow. He should have covered earlier and we probably would have gotten an interception.
 
He weren't great last night but its weird when he plays for Spain in the big games he mainly has a good game.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
For all his undoubted skill, he always seems a peripheral figure in these type of games.
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I love him to bits but there's a reason neither Barcelona or Real Madrid have made a concerted effort to take a Spanish national player back home as you'd expect them to do.
He's a phenomenally gifted player but he does seem to lose his way against the really top sides and just looks like another average player,
 
waspish said:
He weren't great last night but its weird when he plays for Spain in the big games he mainly has a good game.
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I think that's the difference mate.
Spain normally dominate possession, and Silva thrives in those situations.

However, when things start to go wrong (Holland, Croatia, Italy) Silva tends to become a peripheral figure, contributing nothing apart from a few safe passes)

Last night was similar and I'm struggling to remember the last time Silva played well against Barca, Real Madrid, or even PSG.
 
He was given another job last night which was to stop Busquets. The Barca fans I was with couldn't believe how little influence Busquets had on the game. The stats bear it out - he had less than half the touches than he had in their away v BM (which they narrowly won), and a way worse pass accuracy rate.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Wastes the ball or gets mugged too many times for such a fantastic player imo.

He can do so much better & it's annoying when it happens.
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It's been the theme since being here, he isn't a big game player imo, how many people, hand on heart can state he's ever been world class in the most significant games against significant opposition??

People being smart arses stating 'he's back' we're always missing the point... Everyone agrees that domestically he is sensational on his day, however, it has never transcended in to Europe, which is where we are now measured, rightly or wrongly...

People slate yaya, again rightly or wrongly, but measure the two on impact in the very biggest of games....
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
It's been the theme since being here, he isn't a big game player imo, how many people, hand on heart can state he's ever been world class in the most significant games against significant opposition??

People being smart arses stating 'he's back' we're always missing the point... Everyone agrees that domestically he is sensational on his day, however, it has never transcended in to Europe, which is where we are now measured, rightly or wrongly...

People slate yaya, again rightly or wrongly, but measure the two on impact in the very biggest of games....
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Yaya has been awful in the CL.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
It's been the theme since being here, he isn't a big game player imo, how many people, hand on heart can state he's ever been world class in the most significant games against significant opposition??

People being smart arses stating 'he's back' we're always missing the point... Everyone agrees that domestically he is sensational on his day, however, it has never transcended in to Europe, which is where we are now measured, rightly or wrongly...

People slate yaya, again rightly or wrongly, but measure the two on impact in the very biggest of games....
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I'm afraid that he isn't influential enough in the biggest games. His play wasn't awful last night but he didn't affect the game enough in a positive way. His performance felt a bit anonymous based on two viewings of the game and yet aside from Neymar and two Barca defenders, he had the most touches on the ball.

I'm trying to stay away from the subject of Yaya but, if you can forget the Slug, there's really no contest between Yaya and Silva for best player of this City era; IMO and not up for debating it.

Merlin still has a big part to play this season but it will be interpreting to see if he starts less and less of the really big games.
 
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