David Silva - 2016/17 performances

[Wretched Vengeance]

We need David to be dropped, it's that simple. He's been shite for ages and slows us down. He can't press, and hopefully he'll be sold this summer.

Jesus titty fucking christ.

Who would you have replace him?

 

[FJRMCFC]

Jesus titty fucking christ.

Who would you have replace him?

Leroy Sane, who's already scored in more big games than Silva has in the last few years.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

He's finished, said it for a while. Get rid.

It saddens me to see such a great servant to the club talked about like he's a lame horse. Have some fucking respect.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Leroy Sane, who's already scored in more big games than Silva has in the last few years.

Fair enough, mate.

I think we need balance - we have more problems than Silva.

However, Sane's one goal does not propel him in to a suddenly big game player.

 

[RayCTID]

There is still life left yet in Silva.

 

[MCFC_4Heatons]

Leroy Sane, who's already scored in more big games than Silva has in the last few years.

I think I would play Yaya instead of Silva IF we had some CMs available to play sitting role, he's more of a threat than Silva who always looks technically great but the end product isn't there most of the time

 

[schfc6]

Silva was the best player on the pitch until they scored. Then he, along with the rest of the weak minded, no backbone fuckers all did their Houdini acts.

I agree, he was the best player along with De Bruyne in the first half.
Where I disagree, for me he was the only one who didn't hide in the second half. He was the only player getting on the ball. He must have been fouled 15 times yesterday, he was coming deeper and deeper. In the end he was doing YaYa's job.

It wasn't his most decisive performance, but he really did try.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I agree, he was the best player along with De Bruyne in the first half.
Where I disagree, for me he was the only one who didn't hide in the second half. He was the only player getting on the ball. He must have been fouled 15 times yesterday, he was coming deeper and deeper. In the end he was doing YaYa's job.

It wasn't his most decisive performance, but he really did try.

Agree. As usual got zero protection from the officials. He must have been hacked 5 or 6 times with no cards shown. He commits a single foul and is booked. Says it all. Dave is certainly not our biggest problem.

 

[Tevez City]

Silva had a shooting phobia, he has the courage to receive the ball under pressure, keeps it and pass it forward but he rarely show the desire to take a shot and score.

IF you look at his Spg ( Shot Per Game ) ratio, it is 1.2 which is low for an attacking midfielder.

https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/167

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Silva was invisible in the second half against Everton. He utterly bossed the game against West Ham (and don't say it's only West Ham, please: that was a record – I'll say it again record – home defeat in West Ham's long history in the FA Cup). Saying that Silva is finished is a joke. Like everyone else in that team, with the possible exception of KDB, he needs a good kick up the backside for Goodison, and I'm sure he'll get it. He's not a particularly good finisher, but I've said it before, if Sergio's in the box he always looks for him, even when he himself is in a better position, often in the box and with clear daylight between himself and the net. And yes, that is a weakness of judgement, but I'm not sure how you correct it. And then, I suppose that David Silva has noticed, like the rest of us over the past five years, that Sergio does have this habit of scoring if you give it to him, although he hasn't been doing so much of it lately.

 

[BlueTG]

I think he's got a future in our team if we get every other position right. Barcelona could accommodate Xavi and Iniesta until their mid 30s, and Silva has been at that level before. The problem with David is, as his ability and pace has naturally declined, so has the quality of the team around him. Barcelona had everything right, and nearly still do. Therefore Iniesta (one of the worlds best might I add in his day) still functions as an influential cog.

Had Iniesta come to our gaffe right now, he'd be made to look like a journeyman at times.

Silva needs to improve on some of his performances however and if we can't get the team balanced and hungry then I'm afraid Silva will have to feature less and less.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I think he's got a future in our team if we get every other position right. Barcelona could accommodate Xavi and Iniesta until their mid 30s, and Silva has been at that level before. The problem with David is, as his ability and pace has naturally declined, so has the quality of the team around him. Barcelona had everything right, and nearly still do. Therefore Iniesta (one of the worlds best might I add in his day) still functions as an influential cog.

Had Iniesta come to our gaffe right now, he'd be made to look like a journeyman at times.

Silva needs to improve on some of his performances however and if we can't get the team balanced and hungry then I'm afraid Silva will have to feature less and less.

I never found that he had a lot of pace, to be honest. As his for his ability and vision of the game, well, it's off and on more than it used to be, there's no denying it, but it's still there. With the players Pep's got coming in, and will have coming in, I think Silva could have a wonderful indian summer of two more years or so at our place. Don't ask him to run all over the place, just ask him to pick out the man in the danger zone.

 

[quiet_riot]

I think he's got a future in our team if we get every other position right. Barcelona could accommodate Xavi and Iniesta until their mid 30s, and Silva has been at that level before. The problem with David is, as his ability and pace has naturally declined, so has the quality of the team around him. Barcelona had everything right, and nearly still do. Therefore Iniesta (one of the worlds best might I add in his day) still functions as an influential cog.

Had Iniesta come to our gaffe right now, he'd be made to look like a journeyman at times.

Silva needs to improve on some of his performances however and if we can't get the team balanced and hungry then I'm afraid Silva will have to feature less and less.

IIRC, before Yaya and Gundogan came in, David was sitting deeper in midfield alongside Ferna, with KDB ahead of him, Nolito and Sterling either side - he was playing well then and having much more of an influence. But then Pep changed everything.

 

[schfc6]

IIRC, before Yaya and Gundogan came in, David was sitting deeper in midfield alongside Ferna, with KDB ahead of him, Nolito and Sterling either side - he was playing well then and having much more of an influence. But then Pep changed everything.

This is the one change I really don't understand. We were playing so well with everyone in their favoured positions.
De Bruyne and Silva looked unplayable. Nolito was energetic and hard working, Sterling had everyone even the dipper infested media praising him.
Aguero had scored about 10 goals in two months.
We even looked ok at the back.

Then, a huge change to accommodate players. Now we are regularly seeing a formation with key players not in position.

The midfield trio of Fernandinho, Silva & De Bruyne were defending well, attacking with fluency and counter attacking with devastating effect.

Silva had been fantastic in the deeper role.

The thing with Silva, he needs movement to be influential. He needs runners breaking through the lines, running in behind.

Even when we're shit he's our bravest player, gets on the ball and tries to make things tick.

 

[Saddleworth2]

This is the one change I really don't understand. We were playing so well with everyone in their favoured positions.
De Bruyne and Silva looked unplayable. Nolito was energetic and hard working, Sterling had everyone even the dipper infested media praising him.
Aguero had scored about 10 goals in two months.
We even looked ok at the back.

Then, a huge change to accommodate players. Now we are regularly seeing a formation with key players not in position.

The midfield trio of Fernandinho, Silva & De Bruyne were defending well, attacking with fluency and counter attacking with devastating effect.

Silva had been fantastic in the deeper role.

The thing with Silva, he needs movement to be influential. He needs runners breaking through the lines, running in behind.

Even when we're shit he's our bravest player, gets on the ball and tries to make things tick.

Good post. Its the movement we are lacking just now. Kun is not making the runs and we aren't making runs from midfield behind the defence. Silva is at his best exploiting movement from others.

 

[malg]

I never found that he had a lot of pace, to be honest. As his for his ability and vision of the game, well, it's off and on more than it used to be, there's no denying it, but it's still there. With the players Pep's got coming in, and will have coming in, I think Silva could have a wonderful indian summer of two more years or so at our place. Don't ask him to run all over the place, just ask him to pick out the man in the danger zone.

Yep, he never had pace, so it's surprising anyone would bring it up. Same as someone saying that Yaya was lazy last season, and didn't track back - yeah right, and before that he was a box to box midfielder.....

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Yep, he never had pace, so it's surprising anyone would bring it up. Same as someone saying that Yaya was lazy last season, and didn't track back - yeah right, and before that he was a box to box midfielder.....

He was a cake-box to cake-box midfielder.

 

[jimharri]

"Neither will move to China this month".

??

 

[kaz7]

Make it never jimbo

 

[bluegaz13]

This is the one change I really don't understand. We were playing so well with everyone in their favoured positions.
De Bruyne and Silva looked unplayable. Nolito was energetic and hard working, Sterling had everyone even the dipper infested media praising him.
Aguero had scored about 10 goals in two months.
We even looked ok at the back.

Then, a huge change to accommodate players. Now we are regularly seeing a formation with key players not in position.

The midfield trio of Fernandinho, Silva & De Bruyne were defending well, attacking with fluency and counter attacking with devastating effect.

Silva had been fantastic in the deeper role.

The thing with Silva, he needs movement to be influential. He needs runners breaking through the lines, running in behind.

Even when we're shit he's our bravest player, gets on the ball and tries to make things tick.

Totally agree with this.......never really looked the same team shoe since shoe horning Gundogan in the team.
Even at Everton he was one of the few players trying to make things happen!