David Silva - 2019/20 Performances

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Sir Joe Aguero said:
Weird thing is Dave & Bernardo are on course to have their most productive seasons in terms of G&A, but their performances in general have dropped off.
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yep, I've read somewhere few days ago that he is winning loads of less balls defensively than he did in previous seasons. He is just not able to do a high pressure anymore and it reflects on the whole side. Mind you, he's not only one who's pressure levels dropped.
 
Strange for me that David has declared this season as his last at City... he's still world class and, IMO, has a season or three at WC performance ahead of him - which, I'd think, he'd like to spend at our club.
 
David Silva has always been understated. His genius is in finding space for himself and others and the interchanges. Sane became world class playing with Silva with their amazing interchanges.

He has looked worse because he has lost all the main left sided players for all or a significant part of the season: Delph, Laporte, Sane, Rodri, Zinchenko and Mendy. We have had further problems at CB as well as the usual injuries in other positions. The team has been unbalanced and lacking the instinctive positioning and penetration of previous seasons.

No doubt David is slowing but he should be able to rely on others to work for him. He is being made to appear worse than he is.

I am a fan of Phil Foden but it is just as wrong to push him too much when so young as to prematurely write of David Silva. We need both this season.
 
Pep Guardiola on David Silva's fitness: "David is not ready for tomorrow [vs Oxford]. We will see after that, on Thursday or Friday whether he can train for Leicester, we will see."
 
maybe we should let Phil take the league games,reserve Dave for FA & C/L...he can then go out in a blaze of glory...if he wants
 
spiny said:
No doubt David is slowing but he should be able to rely on others to work for him.
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No no no. I love Spanish Dave more than anyone but when you need other players to do your running, you're finished at this elite level. We had exactly the same situation with Toure a few seasons back, as an individual player he was still more technically gifted than most but his lack of pace, intensity and energy almost single handedly killed the team in big games.
 
Scottyboi said:
No chance, it is the perfect season to retire otherwise he will do a Yaya and just be a burden.
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I think he's already become a burden in the high intensity games. Technically and tactically he's still our best player, however that comes at a cost defensively. Bernardo isn't quite as intelligent with his use of the ball but his stamina, tenacity and general running ability helps to support defence and attack far more meaning he's far more effective and efficient in those high intensity games. We hear Pep use the word "stability" pretty frequently, playing Silva costs us a little bit of that stability. I genuinely class him as the best player I've ever had the pleasure of watching, he's change the whole way I see football with the way he plays the game, he's been that special in my eyes.
 
Scottyboi said:
No chance, it is the perfect season to retire otherwise he will do a Yaya and just be a burden.
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greasedupdeafguy said:
Really? Looks well off the pace this season. Time for Foden and Bernardo to step up.
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David need not start regularly to contribute to our side. B. Silva/Foden/etc. will need breaks. Against certain sides and for certain cup fixtures, D. Silva in the next year or so would be a positive for The Blues.

Perhaps D. Silva wishes to retire to Valencia where he'd be a regular starter; if this is his ambition, perhaps it's time to leave City.

Or perhaps D. Silva wishes to retire from football altogether - in which case I think it's premature unless he's burnt out of the game - I think he'll be able to contribute at City for a year or two more.
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Edit - apparently D. Silva is linked to Inter Miami; maybe it's stupid money being thrown at him in which case we won't compete, and, further, fair play to David for cashing in. But if the salary/terms are at all close... we should, IMO, consider extending him for another year.
 
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