David Silva
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- 24 Jun 2010
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He wasnt the player he is now because he wasnt playing in his natural position , Pep played him as a holding midfielder and that wasnt his game , he replaced Dinho who was playing centre back Gundogan was square peg in a round hole . But the relentless criticism bordering on hate for the player was ridiculous , he played out of position to help the team through some difficult injury situations and got roundly abused on this forum to the extent another thread was started the "Gundogan blindspot" , so the usual shitheads could put both boots in. A disgrace that Bluemoon allowed another player thread so he could get another kicking, but as an administrator was one of the main protagonists in the hate campaign , no real surprise.
Outside of the run-in in 2019 Ilkay has barely ever been used as a holding midfielder. In pep’s first 2.5 years it was either yaya or ferna 99% of the time, and since last season it’s almost always been rodri except when we played a 4231.