Sané and the almost 40 year old Yaya defended against him, he played very well there by the way, but that was also because of Yaya, who turned slower than a articulated bus at the time.
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#20 | Bernardo Silva - 2020/21 Performances
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Sané and the almost 40 year old Yaya defended against him, he played very well there by the way, but that was also because of Yaya, who turned slower than a articulated bus at the time.
MnchstrCityBlues79
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Couple of us are acting quite like spoiled children suggesting Bernardo has been "useless." His movement off the ball one proves he is not useless.
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I think David Silva’s greatest strength was his ability to protect the ball, create time for himself and others, and then make killer passes. I think Bernardo has mastered the first two and is slightly lacking in the third. Then again, his work rate, pressing, defensive cover, and ability to be moved around the park by his manager make up for much of that slight deficit.David Silva's strength was his agility, not his speed, and he was more agile than both of them.
To me, he is one of the best and most versatile squad players in Europe and would be a starter in the vast majority of teams across Europe.
Obviously that was not the only thing Silva was good at I was just reacting to who was faster than him.I think David Silva’s greatest strength was his ability to protect the ball, create time for himself and others, and then make killer passes. I think Bernardo has mastered the first two and is slightly lacking in the third. Then again, his work rate, pressing, defensive cover, and ability to be moved around the park by his manager make up for much of that slight deficit.
To me, he is one of the best and most versatile squad players in Europe and would be a starter in the vast majority of teams across Europe.
Manchester_lalala
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He was brilliant that night. Can remember thinking he looked like a slower version Messi.
Love Bernardo, just a shame that Kev is as good as he is, both favour the same position. He’s so much better than just being the team grafter. I miss them lovely dinked crosses from the edge of the box he used to do all the time in the 18/19 season.
Bernardo is just the midfield version of Jesus. Originally more of a flamboyant player with a lot of skill to boot, has been moulded into something of a robotic workhorse support act that doesn't look the best at times statistically or on MOTD.
Bernardo's form hasn't dipped. It's just when you're the support act and all the main acts struggle to shine in a game, you end up looking super useless to the casual eye.
Bernardo's form hasn't dipped. It's just when you're the support act and all the main acts struggle to shine in a game, you end up looking super useless to the casual eye.
FromPollockToSilva
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Bernardo is just the midfield version of Jesus. Originally more of a flamboyant player with a lot of skill to boot, has been moulded into something of a robotic workhorse support act that doesn't look the best at times statistically or on MOTD.
Bernardo's form hasn't dipped. It's just when you're the support act and all the main acts struggle to shine in a game, you end up looking super useless to the casual eye.
I accept that that is where we are. My position is that we shouldn't have support acts and main acts at all. Who were the support acts in the 2010/11 Barcelona team? You might think someone like Pedro would fall under that category, but he still notched 13 goals and 9 assists in La Liga and 5 more in the Champions League that season.
Seydou Keita, possibly, but he only started 15 league games that season and wasn't in the strongest XI.
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People are doubting Bernerdo’s quality? You guys are fucking crazy.
Yeah I'm not sure on where I stand on supporting roles in an XI, but we definitely use Bernardo that way at City (also Zinchenko, Rodri, and Jesus).I accept that that is where we are. My position is that we shouldn't have support acts and main acts at all. Who were the support acts in the 2010/11 Barcelona team? You might think someone like Pedro would fall under that category, but he still notched 13 goals and 9 assists in La Liga and 5 more in the Champions League that season.
Seydou Keita, possibly, but he only started 15 league games that season and wasn't in the strongest XI.
One thing is though I'd wager supporting acts are more necessary when certain other players play in a City team. We have one of the most philosophical managers in history and he REALLY believes in his philosophy. But I think also we have players that aren't necessarily prototypical Pep players to make that dream happen. In 16/17 I'd wager Pep quickly realised that the Premier League is always going to be the Premier League and there are certain things you need that you don't elsewhere. In Spain he could play Mascherano at CB to a good level, in England Fernandinho at CB turned out poorly, despite being a similarly talented footballer.
So we have a team with guys like Dias, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Aguero etc who aren't really Pep players. They've all been really talented and are excellent footballers, but playing any of them takes away from the philosophy. So to make up for it you need those boring grafters that will focus on high off the ball efforts and ball retention over more ambitious plays. It's probably not a coincidence that when De Bruyne doesn't play that Cancelo, Bernardo, and Gundogan all come to life.
As I said earlier I'm not sure this is the way to go but it I do understand the reasoning and in fairness it has had a large amount of success.
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