#20 | Bernardo Silva - 2020/21 Performances

[hcblue95]

Which of the three plays out of position?

I highly doubt Foden will be playing in midfield this season.

 

[wolviedinho]

I hope Pep puts Bernie into cm this year. His adaptability has cost him unfortunately.

It is time for Silva to claim a starting place. Never mind buying another cm or using gundo and rod together. This guy needs to be playing every week to get back to his centurions season form.

 

[damrider]

Is he fit? Is his injury serious?

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

I highly doubt Foden will be playing in midfield this season.

Then we might have another Sancho situation.

 

[RayCTID]

Then we might have another Sancho situation.

No chance of that ever happening. Foden has already made 74 first team appearances.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Then we might have another Sancho situation.

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Agreed, was well off the standards he set in 18/19. He's a game changer when on it and one of the loveliest footballers in the PL.

You’ve got to look at Pep at times.

Bernardo came into the side on the left wing and was more involved over there in the 8-0 than Sterling was for months on end. Yet Bernardo was immediately dropped and Sterling picked no matter how many shockers he’d have in a row.

Bernardo hit a real patch of form in December and January, with excellent performances against Arsenal, Leicester and United. But then is dropped again at random and finds himself on the bench for a stretch.

Then was excellent away at Madrid yet after the restart it was like Pep forgot he played for us.
How he didn’t play against Lyon is not only a mystery but it fucking pissed me right off.

Bernardo’s season was all over the place and it wasn’t particularly his fault: Right wing one week, bench for two, left wing and excellent for a game, dropped again, midfield and MOTM another week, dropped again, right wing a few weeks later has a shocker and not seen for weeks, pops up randomly in a starting line up again in midfield and has another MOTM performance, dropped for three weeks, comes on as a sub and does fuck all, gets a start on the right and has a shocker, dropped......

He deserves better than that, especially after some of his performances in central midfield. Where we are slow, we lack energy and tenacity, we lack true creative ability and dribbling ability - he brings all that to us in midfield but it sometimes feels like Pep forgets he plays for us when he’s doing the line-up.

 

[David Silva]

You’ve got to look at Pep at times.

Bernardo came into the side on the left wing and was more involved over there in the 8-0 than Sterling was for months on end. Yet Bernardo was immediately dropped and Sterling picked no matter how many shockers he’d have in a row.

Bernardo hit a real patch of form in December and January, with excellent performances against Arsenal, Leicester and United. But then is dropped again at random and finds himself on the bench for a stretch.

Then was excellent away at Madrid yet after the restart it was like Pep forgot he played for us.
How he didn’t play against Lyon is not only a mystery but it fucking pissed me right off.

Bernardo’s season was all over the place and it wasn’t particularly his fault: Right wing one week, bench for two, left wing and excellent for a game, dropped again, midfield and MOTM another week, dropped again, right wing a few weeks later has a shocker and not seen for weeks, pops up randomly in a starting line up again in midfield and has another MOTM performance, dropped for three weeks, comes on as a sub and does fuck all, gets a start on the right and has a shocker, dropped......

He deserves better than that, especially after some of his performances in central midfield. Where we are slow, we lack energy and tenacity, we lack true creative ability and dribbling ability - he brings all that to us in midfield but it sometimes feels like Pep forgets he plays for us when he’s doing the line-up.

He was brilliant at the swamp also in the carabao game, easily the best 45 of football we played last season.

We really miss the intensity he brings to the side and I hope Pep can realise this ASAP. We haven’t pressed well enough consistently in the last 12 months and I think Mahrez, Gundo & Aguero (and Dave) have been culprits in that regard.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

He’s much better central and playing a bit deeper. We need the second half season 18/19 version of him back. Those performances against the dippers and the rags was outstanding. The energy he gave in CM last year we missed that

 

[Rolee]

Any word on the injury he picked up playing for Portugal? Any sign of him in training?