David Silva - 2016/17 performances

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Neville Kneville said:
Silva, as a footballer, is one of the best players the Prem has ever seen.

He has obvious weaknesses, such as his lack of goal threat, which prevents him from changing games as often as someone like Gerrard has done, but he has a big influence on the general flow of a game. He is a player though, that relies on those around him, to make his game work. He can't go out & win it on his own like Gerrard used to or Giggs etc or even Yaya Toure. And certainly not like Messi. He is a conductor, not a lead soloist. If the rest aren't on it, you might as well take him off. If they are on it though, he's just about the best conductor in the world.
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Summed up really well. There's been some rubbish written about Silva on here over the past couple of days. Thankfully Pep's in charge and not some of the people on here.
 
Keeper! said:
He only needed two weeks rest to recover from an injury that had blighted him all season? Sorry but that's a crock....if that was the case the club would have packed him off to the sun for some R&R during the season, a season in which he was very poor, allegedly due to his "ankle injury'.

David Silva has been a magnificent servant and player for this club, but I fear his best days in a BLUE shirt are at an end
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It's not a crock of shit it's the TRUTH.
 
I could understand this talk if he was poor on Sunday. The fact is that relatively speaking he was our best midfielder!
Kev was atrocious (rightly getting the Shepherd's crook at HT) and Gundogan was poor.
 
Nothing wrong with Dave, age gets us all.
He's still first team with all his skill intact
The only improvement would be a little protection from the referees keeping the monkeys off his feet.
I will enjoy him for as long as we have him
 
Bluwhit said:
It's not a crock of shit it's the TRUTH.
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So the club let him play in pain, and watched him put in performances that did not even warrant a place in the team? regardless of the injuries to DeBrune and Nasri. All this when Spanish Dave only needed two weeks rest to fully recover?

Sorry but that is just not right......Something was very wrong with Silva last season, and I am pleased to say that he looks considerably better this year, although as said, I fear we have seen the best of him in the sky blue shirt.
 
Keeper! said:
So the club let him play in pain, and watched him put in performances that did not even warrant a place in the team? regardless of the injuries to DeBrune and Nasri. All this when Spanish Dave only needed two weeks rest to fully recover?

Sorry but that is just not right......Something was very wrong with Silva last season, and I am pleased to say that he looks considerably better this year, although as said, I fear we have seen the best of him in the sky blue shirt.
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So David is a liar then? This is what he has told me and I've relayed this on here several times. He played with pain in his right ankle for months having injections at times. It's the truth.

David Silva is not a liar & neither am I.
 
Bluwhit said:
So David is a liar then? This is what he has told me and I've relayed this on here several times. He played with pain in his right ankle for months having injections at times. It's the truth.

David Silva is not a liar & neither am I.
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Ignore him mate.
 
Bluwhit said:
So David is a liar then? This is what he has told me and I've relayed this on here several times. He played with pain in his right ankle for months having injections at times. It's the truth.

David Silva is not a liar & neither am I.
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Don't rise to the idiots mate
 
Bluwhit said:
Call yourself a city fan.
Disgusting. Shameful. Disrespectful.
You're not kidding me.
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And you're blinded by some loyalty as he's your 'amigo'...

Some of us actually understand the game, and measuring your dick size over one mans perception as to being a 'bigger blue' is at its very essence, small time...

People saw this 12 months ago, reinforced that he started the season in exactly the same vain last season, yet were shot down as is the etiquette on here..

Are you switching teams when Dave pitches up in the sun?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
It's always a dick measuring contest if anybody suggests the criticism of a player makes somebody less of a City fan than anyone else, which is clearly what your inference was.

And, by your own admission, you do also try and legislate for a clear drop in his levels by pointing out (quite rightly) that he has suffered with repeated injury issues.

My hide-and-seek reference has nothing to do with his willingness to make himself available for selection, it is my own view based on what I am seeing on the pitch and he's nowhere near as instrumental as we now need him to be, certainly at the Champions League levels of competition.

My assessment is with merit, we can still establish a decent fee for him next summer due to his reputation and age. He will 31 in January. We made similar errors with Toure and Zabaleta.

Their decline was there two seasons ago but we hoped for the best and here we are.

Regardless of Silva's talent, I see it thriving better back in Spain in the remaining years, unless you can impart that he's someone who is willing to put the club first, and he plays every other week?
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if you are assessing him on his performances and the effectivenesses of his performance for the team (not as an individual) this season then you will pretty much need to sell the rest of the first team squad before you sell silva......not one one ht back line (including the goalkeeper has performed as consistently as him - maybe stones but thats about it)

In the rest of the midfield only fernandihnio is on a par with a level of consistent performances...KDB has been very hit and miss..started slowly, got better and then vs barca and southampton (even before the injury) he was very poor..

and up front only Sterling is.

The rest (by your standards) should be shipped out as well.

Silva has played consistently well this season and the effort he has put into adapting to Peps game is phenomenal.

Yes he may retire to Spain (quite obviously really) but I think he has this season and next in him first. I get what you say about yaya and zabba and you are right with certainly yaya..he should have been sld last season if not the season before. But silva game doesn't rely on running...his intelligence will allow him to play longer at a higher level than the affair mentioned two..plus his style of play (and positioning)
 
markbmcfc said:
Page 60 - Back to his best.
Page 84 - Past it and needs to be sold whilst he has a value.

One month difference between pages.

Bluemoon....
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LOL.....So true.....add in a sprinkling of a couple of wee placed and subtle media articles and we are there.......some people eh?!?!?
 
Dax777 said:
I think he's defensive efforts are being overlooked. He was very good at helping stranggle Barcelonna's pivot and the 1 time he missed his assignment he chased Busquet or Pique down and injured him trying to get back in the play.

Folks should not undervalue his defensive contribution this season. Even when he is not playing well offensively his defensive effort has been stellar. And as you know I'm normally a big critic, so this isn't me happy clapping. His effort on the press and harassing tackling has been very good. Frankly it might be part of the reason why he is not so great on offense in a few games. Coz he actually has to expend energy on defense.

Unlike in years gone by when he got a pass while everyone railed about Yaya's soft defense.
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fully agree about his defensive contribution
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
And you're blinded by some loyalty as he's your 'amigo'...

Some of us actually understand the game, and measuring your dick size over one mans perception as to being a 'bigger blue' is at its very essence, small time...

People saw this 12 months ago, reinforced that he started the season in exactly the same vain last season, yet were shot down as is the etiquette on here..

Are you switching teams when Dave pitches up in the sun?
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Sorry Im calling you on that one...some of us that understand the game also at a reasonably decent level are of the opinion that Silva still has plenty to offer.......him and ferna have been our most consistent midfielders this season

You are calling someone for 'dick measuring" as someone else said yet coming out with "some of us actually understand the game" is actually a tad ironic don't you think?
 
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