David Silva - 2016/17 performances

[Marvin]

In the modern era our best players have been:

1) Silva
2) Aguero
3) Yaya
4) Tevez
5) KDB

But not in that order. Toure was head and shoulders above everyone

Silva needs to improve like every player. He needs to add goals to his game otherwise he will find himself out of the team.

He's not quite as influential as he was. Perhaps that is because City's forwards are not as good and therefore the number of assists / chances he creates had dropped. I don't know if it has, but it's my impression it has. At the moment we have 65% possession in all Premiership games. 4% more than the next best team: Liverpool, but they are creating more chances and have more shots on goal.

The most notable stat was the number of goals we can concede vs the number of chances we concede. The ratio of goals conceded to chances conceded was high. Bad luck, or City being very open at the back meaning if teams catch us on the counter we are vulnerable

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Excellent performance..... Alexander the Great was a worthy opponent!!

 

[Pete Campbell]

But not in that order. Toure was head and shoulders above everyone

Silva needs to improve like every player. He needs to add goals to his game otherwise he will find himself out of the team.

He's not quite as influential as he was. Perhaps that is because City's forwards are not as good and therefore the number of assists / chances he creates had dropped. I don't know if it has, but it's my impression it has. At the moment we have 65% possession in all Premiership games. 4% more than the next best team: Liverpool, but they are creating more chances and have more shots on goal.

The most notable stat was the number of goals we can concede vs the number of chances we concede. The ratio of goals conceded to chances conceded was high. Bad luck, or City being very open at the back meaning if teams catch us on the counter we are vulnerable

Nar I meant it in that order. People have short memories.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Excellent performance..... Alexander the Great was a worthy opponent!!

You are a disrespectful motherfucker.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I thought Silva showed how he is a huge class above the likes of Thiago etc in that game.

They have skill for sure, but are not in the same class.

 

[simon23]

Using stats alone does silva a bit of a misservice. He has a lot of assists but ehat stats dont show is the pass before which is often the more difficult pass....the likes of navas and sterling get a lot of assists from crosses/cutbacks etc cause of the through balls played between defenders by silva. There are numerous players in our team that need replacing before you get anywhere near silva....he makes us tick along with fernandihnio...kdb gets a lot of the headlines along with kun but its silva that runs the game and kdb in particular has nowhere near the regular influence or control over a game as silva does...when the team aint performing kdb often disappears....silva doesnt and is still trying to make things happen

 

[Neville Kneville]

Using stats alone does silva a bit of a misservice. He has a lot of assists but ehat stats dont show is the pass before which is often the more difficult pass....the likes of navas and sterling get a lot of assists from crosses/cutbacks etc cause of the through balls played between defenders by silva. There are numerous players in our team that need replacing before you get anywhere near silva....he makes us tick along with fernandihnio...kdb gets a lot of the headlines along with kun but its silva that runs the game and kdb in particular has nowhere near the regular influence or control over a game as silva does...when the team aint performing kdb often disappears....silva doesnt and is still trying to make things happen

I don't think there is any question of Silva's quality, but there is a question whether the 'ideal' City 11 would contain a player like Silva.

 

[BillyShears]

In the modern era our best players have been:

1) Silva
2) Aguero
3) Yaya
4) Tevez
5) KDB

Anyone who puts Silva at 1 and Yaya/KDB/Kun below him doesn't understand football. Sorry.

 

[simon23]

I don't think there is any question of Silva's quality, but there is a question whether the 'ideal' City 11 would contain a player like Silva.

I think at present and for yhe next couple of seasons as long as he is fit it does.....without him we drop a level or two noticeably.....noone has his eye for a pass as consistently as he does and his work rate is fantastic (which is something that is so often missed). For me he is still better than kdb who is the only other player who comes clise in terms of creativity

 

[Neville Kneville]

I think at present and for yhe next couple of seasons as long as he is fit it does.....without him we drop a level or two noticeably.....noone has his eye for a pass as consistently as he does and his work rate is fantastic (which is something that is so often missed). For me he is still better than kdb who is the only other player who comes clise in terms of creativity

I think he is adapting to his new job pretty well, but I'm not certain he is the ideal man for either the centre mid or attacking mid position. We may find a better fit.

But he doesn't have to be the perfect player for either job anyhow, we have a squad.