David Silva - 2016/17 performances

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Scaring Europe to Death said:
for every clever reverse pass at West Ham, there's a nondescript performance at Leicester or Liverpool.
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He has far more good games than nondescript ones and reducing his input down simply to 'clever reverse passes' would be to ignore the important goals, assists and his general dominance of games all for the sake of exaggerating the frequency and importance of a small number of underwhelming performances. How about his goal and MOTM performance vs West Ham as opposed to "clever reverse passes"? Just seems a bit more balanced.

You're first part might be right and it might be wrong; it certainly wouldn't be unexpected for a player's level of performance to decrease after 31 but the part I've quoted does him a huge disservice.
 
David Silva: "I have been here for an eternity and I am happy. There are lots of good things here and the British fans are amazing."

David Silva: "I like the competitiveness. Personally I just try to work day to day - I do not get obsessed with thinking about titles."

It is vibrant and demanding football and I'm happy at City
 
karen7 said:
David Silva: "I have been here for an eternity and I am happy. There are lots of good things here and the British fans are amazing."

David Silva: "I like the competitiveness. Personally I just try to work day to day - I do not get obsessed with thinking about titles."

It is vibrant and demanding football and I'm happy at City
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can we love him anymore????
 
FrancisMCFC said:
That list isn't very good.
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Not sure what you mean by "good"? It's just the average mark they've all got over the season.

There are the odd surprising result, Zabba's higher than I thought he would be, but in the main it's fairly in line with what I'd expect. Silva, Yaya, Sterling and DeBruyne towards the top, Kolarov and Bravo at the bottom.
 
Shaelumstash said:
Not sure what you mean by "good"? It's just the average mark they've all got over the season.

There are the odd surprising result, Zabba's higher than I thought he would be, but in the main it's fairly in line with what I'd expect. Silva, Yaya, Sterling and DeBruyne towards the top, Kolarov and Bravo at the bottom.
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Well Silva hasn't been our best player this season, let alone by that big a distance. Zabaleta should be in the last 5.
 
FrancisMCFC said:
The average ratings also suggest Zabaleta has been our best defender, which is quite simply wrong.
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The results are based on average ratings for each game. They're not "wrong" they're just an average. There's going to be the odd surprising result.

The fact that Silva is so far out in front suggests he's absolutely our most consistent performer. We'd probably see similar results if Bluemoon did an average. It's just surprising for some to see Silva so far in front because he doesn't grab headlines, score spectacular goals or particularly stand out on MOTD.
 
Shaelumstash said:
The results are based on average ratings for each game. They're not "wrong" they're just an average. There's going to be the odd surprising result.

The fact that Silva is so far out in front suggests he's absolutely our most consistent performer. We'd probably see similar results if Bluemoon did an average. It's just surprising for some to see Silva so far in front because he doesn't grab headlines, score spectacular goals or particularly stand out on MOTD.
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Average ratings made by any old bloke doesn't mean Silva has been our best performer. He's been consistently average with few standout games.
 
FrancisMCFC said:
Average ratings made by any old bloke doesn't mean Silva has been our best performer. He's been consistently average with few standout games.
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With respect, you're any old bloke. But I'm guessing you haven't been keeping a record of every performance. At least Stuart Brennan is a bloke who has.

That was the point of my initial post. Any old blokes like you assume Silva been average because he's not had many stand out moments. But when you go through and average out his performances over the season he has been our most consistent performer.
 
Shaelumstash said:
With respect, you're any old bloke. But I'm guessing you haven't been keeping a record of every performance. At least Stuart Brennan is a bloke who has.

That was the point of my initial post. Any old blokes like you assume Silva been average because he's not had many stand out moments. But when you go through and average out his performances over the season he has been our most consistent performer.
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Maybe we're not watching the same Silva, I don't know. His aesthetic style of play has fooled loads, so even when he's playing poorly he still looks good. Probably why people like you and Stu Brennan think he's consistent.
 
FrancisMCFC said:
Maybe we're not watching the same Silva, I don't know. His aesthetic style of play has fooled loads, so even when he's playing poorly he still looks good. Probably why people like you and Stu Brennan think he's consistent.
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I'm watching the Silva that is regarded by many as the best player ever to play for the club. The one who runs games and dictates play.

You and Jack are watching the Silva who "doesn't shoooooot enough" and "only passes sideways".

It's the same Silva, it's just that some people watch but don't understand football very well :-)
 
Shaelumstash said:
I'm watching the Silva that is regarded by many as the best player ever to play for the club. The one who runs games and dictates play.

You and Jack are watching the Silva who "doesn't shoooooot enough" and "only passes sideways".

It's the same Silva, it's just that some people watch but don't understand football very well :-)
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Think you'd find it's the other way round fella.
 
mosssideblue said:
Its all about opinions, so who would you say is the greatest. I was fortunate to see Colin, Franny Buzzer etc, but for me, I think Merlin has been the best.
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Can only say what I've seen so won't comment on the legends you mentioned. I think if we're talking about the greatest I'd say Yaya. He's up there ability wise but what sets him apart from the likes of Silva is his clutch/big moments factor. That's where David is still slightly slacking for me.
 
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