David Silva - 2016/17 performances

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Worked his knackers off today, got little protection yet again as Arsenal players went right through him from behind at least 3 times. Great assist for Sane and a good "tactical" yellow card too.
 
Watched the second half again and he was everywhere. It's amazing how he has adapted his game for Pep yet also still has that Silva magic with the chipped pass for Sane's goal.
 
Seems to have more fight in him this season which is remarkable when you consider he's getting into the last quarter of his top level career now. Brilliant second half.
 
Armband aside, David's developing into a real leader and has developed a tougher edge over the last eighteen months. He's certainly picked up Fernandinho's habit of taking a booking for the sake of protecting against quick breaks.

The guy is evidently a vital part of Pep's plans. Which is odd when you consider he's a lightweight fancy dan who goes missing whenever we don't play Hull.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Armband aside, David's developing into a real leader and has developed a tougher edge over the last eighteen months. He's certainly picked up Fernandinho's habit of taking a booking for the sake of protecting against quick breaks.

The guy is evidently a vital part of Pep's plans. Which is odd when you consider he's a lightweight fancy dan who goes missing whenever we don't play Hull.
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You forgot his biggest flaw. He only passes sideways apparently!!
 
jamesha said:
Glowing piece about him in The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ster-city-arsenal-david-silva-kevin-de-bruyne
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At the other end City were all feints and tickles, cute angles, nice nudged passes but without anyone to apply the swift punch to the solar plexus.
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And that, sentence, from that Guardian piece, pretty sums up my previous criticism of Silva, particularly in the last third. Always one for the easy pass instead of taking a defender on or opening up the space for a shot. He was a bit similar for the first half-hour yesterday but there has been a definite overall improvement in his desire to get into scoring positions and make things happen, as he showed at Moenchengladbach and the second half yesterday.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
And that, sentence, from that Guardian piece, pretty sums up my previous criticism of Silva, particularly in the last third. Always one for the easy pass instead of taking a defender on or opening up the space for a shot. He was a bit similar for the first half-hour yesterday but there has been a definite overall improvement in his desire to get into scoring positions and make things happen, as he showed at Moenchengladbach and the second half yesterday.
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His role is to supply so if no movement in front of him it generally renders him pretty much redundant by his standards.

Sane moved for the goal yesterday. DS is a totally different player to KDB who can whip a great ball in such as the one Sterling missed in the 1st half but then he also gives the ball away from 5/10 yards.. DS rarely does this.
 
Just in Little Aston hospital for a minor procedure.. First message of how did it go... from DS. The guy is class on & off the pitch.
 
Bluwhit said:
Just in Little Aston hospital for a minor procedure.. First message of how did it go... from DS. The guy is class on & off the pitch.
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how did it go?

saw him in Fazenda the other week with a sizable entourage, left him to it. Txiki was also in, safe to say more people were interested in Dave.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
And that, sentence, from that Guardian piece, pretty sums up my previous criticism of Silva, particularly in the last third. Always one for the easy pass instead of taking a defender on or opening up the space for a shot. He was a bit similar for the first half-hour yesterday but there has been a definite overall improvement in his desire to get into scoring positions and make things happen, as he showed at Moenchengladbach and the second half yesterday.
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Just have a little scroll down to the bottom of these pages where is says "career statistics" and look at how Silva's goal scoring record compares with Zidane, Xavi and Iniesta. Particularly Iniesta, who has a reputation for scoring goals - he's got 9 in his last six seasons combined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Iniesta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Silva

I'm sure you won't hear many Madrid or Barca fans saying these players were "toothless" or "didn't score enough". Yet Silva gets criticised for that by City fans. It represents a fundamental misunderstanding of his game, and of football at the very highest level.

Unfortunately when some people think of a number 10, they think of Dennis Bergkamp or Ruud Ghullit getting 20 a season. But they were forwards who dropped deep. Silva, Zidane, Xavi and Iniesta are playmakers. They run games. It's not their responsibility to score all the goals. It's their responsibility to knit the team together, which they are all exceptional at.

It's really quite sad how under-appreciated Silva is by some of our own fans, maybe he came a generation too soon.
 
Shaelumstash said:
Just have a little scroll down to the bottom of these pages where is says "career statistics" and look at how Silva's goal scoring record compares with Zidane, Xavi and Iniesta. Particularly Iniesta, who has a reputation for scoring goals - he's got 9 in his last six seasons combined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Iniesta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Silva

I'm sure you won't hear many Madrid or Barca fans saying these players were "toothless" or "didn't score enough". Yet Silva gets criticised for that by City fans. It represents a fundamental misunderstanding of his game, and of football at the very highest level.

Unfortunately when some people think of a number 10, they think of Dennis Bergkamp or Ruud Ghullit getting 20 a season. But they were forwards who dropped deep. Silva, Zidane, Xavi and Iniesta are playmakers. They run games. It's not their responsibility to score all the goals. It's their responsibility to knit the team together, which they are all exceptional at.

It's really quite sad how under-appreciated Silva is by some of our own fans, maybe he came a generation too soon.
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Replace some with a hand full who shout loudly
 
I don't think people's problems with him are not scoring enough - it's not shooting when the only correct play at that moment in time is to shoot. Even if he doesn't score, there's still loads more options that can happen after that - a deflection, corner, etc. That said you can't have everything and i'll take what I can get from our Dave.
 
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