Bernardo Silva - 2017/18 performances

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karen7 said:
Bernardo Silva to @ManCity: "England is a special country where the football is very fast and very competitive so I’m getting used to it each time we play."

Bernardo Silva: "Fortunately, with more time and more games, I’ll be able to show everyone what I can do and prove my value and I hope I can help the team reach our goals."
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Yep, looks to me he needs to get used to the “competitive” side of our game. He’s not dealt very well with the physical aspect of it so far. I’m sure he will in time though - Spanish Dave did.
 
Much better when played in the middle. We saw this against Feyenoord, Jesus came on and played LW, Sterling RW and Bernardo in the middle and he was immediately better.

Let’s not forget he is 23 and still adapting to the league. Think we’ll already see a much better player once he plays more often in one of the “free 8” positions.

The only times he should play on the wings is to close out a game.
 
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/why-...the-best-of-bargain/brcugszs9qaf1hgsu0qkkj5lv

Sam Lee's written a very good article about Bernardo, and it suggests there's a bit more to his slow start than simply not being played inside as seems to be the conventional wisdom on here.

Got to say while his future is going to be more centrally, I do find it annoying that people are so convinced that a player who's played out wide his entire career suddenly can't play wide here. He's not going to play like Sterling, but Jesus didn't play like Sané when he was on the LW and Pep didn't have a problem with that.

His issues are, as Guardiola said after Feyenoord, just down to being new.
 
Still waiting for the guy who played at Monaco to show up.

Got more from Diaz in the short cameo tonight.
 
He runs down too many blind alleys on the wing and doesn't possess explosive pace like Sane and Sterling do. Pep might find it difficult to accommodate him, especially as Merlin still remains one of the best playmakers in the world.
 
domalino said:
Sané's breakthrough game was when he destroyed Everton in that game we missed 2 penalties in...which was October 15.
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Really?

I didn't think he did anything until the Arsenal home gome last season in the 18th of December.
 
Just doesn't seem to have the attributes for a winger. Plenty of nice touches, but zero end product so far. Will likely be great more central, it's just tough for him to get any gametime there given KDB & Silva's performances.

Needs a season to settle, then can be judged more realistically next season.
 
He's missing Mendy massively. Playing Mendy means we can play with two attacking fullbacks which means B. Silva isn't needed for width and can come inside way more freely like he did at Monaco.

He was outstanding in the 4-0 at Feyenoord. That's the player we signed
 
BlueMedic said:
Just doesn't seem to have the attributes for a winger. Plenty of nice touches, but zero end product so far. Will likely be great more central, it's just tough for him to get any gametime there given KDB & Silva's performances.

Needs a season to settle, then can be judged more realistically next season.
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he is not a winger so its pointless to keep playing him there
 
he just dribbles too much while not gaining an inch of space for most of the time. go 5 steps, then turn and do 5 steps back and pass to the first player back. Meh so far, tbh.
 
mccity said:
He was outstanding in the 4-0 at Feyenoord. That's the player we signed
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Outstanding isn’t the word I’d use. If I’m being honest I don’t think he’s had a single performance above a 6/10 this season.
 
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