David Silva

[South Stander]

Silva's passing was very off today but he put in a good shift defensively, winning the ball back quite a few times. I was shocked though when Dzeko got hauled off for Tevez, it just had to be either Silva & his bad passing or Aguero & his touch that hasn't quite returned after his month off

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

To me he doesn't seem interested anymore

Why would he sign a new contract then?

Not happy with him for ripping off his black armband and chucking it in the first half. He needs to shape up, soon.

That was aguero.

 

[ZZmaestro]

Silva's passing was very off today but he put in a good shift defensively, winning the ball back quite a few times. I was shocked though when Dzeko got hauled off for Tevez, it just had to be either Silva & his bad passing or Aguero & his touch that hasn't quite returned after his month off

The only time it counted he didn't tracked back after that he lost the ball, it has cost us 2 points.

 

[spidermanc]

Looks in need of being rested for a couple of weeks, it just isn't quite coming off for him at the moment. Great corner for the goal though

 

[Anonymous]

I don't really think any of the midfielders truly performed today , and we were pretty fortunate to get away with it in the first half ...... David Silva tried , but his passing was woeful , and he's certainly nowhere near his best form at the moment.

Trouble is when you are playing the standard of oppostion that we faced today , who appear to have improved defensively on recent seasons , you aren't really gonna get too many clear cut chances .... and Arsenal were quick to cut out anything that David Silva attempted to do.

 

[alextheswede]

Silva was wasteful today, but so was half the team. We were playing an in-form Arsenal side that are very well organised at the moment and fair play to them, they deserved the point.

I'm a lot more worried about Mancini after today to be honest. Why take Dzeko off when he's just starting to show his true form? At times he was unplayable, his first touch today was impeccable and almost scored an amazing goal... what more do you want? You could see on his face when he was walking off that he couldn't believe it. For his recent performances and bearing in mind Aguero's fitness levels he is our first choice striker at the moment, Balotelli being fourth, and i'm not even a Balotelli hater.

Two points dropped today, and it was the whole team's fault, mainly the manager.

We have Villa up next at home in the league cup, let's put three past them and get our winning mentality back, our morale seems pretty low.

 

[pee dubya]

He was playing through balls that weren't really on, like he felt he was expected to try them, more in hope that expectation. I think he needs to take a step back a little, play a bit simpler, get more touches and more involved. A bit more short pass and move, rather than trying the killer ball so much.

In fact as a whole i think we're rushing things too much when we get up the pitch, like we're so used to cutting teams apart we don't need to build and craft moves any more. More movement, more passes, drag players out of position and then the gaps will come for Silva to play the through ball.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

He was playing through balls that weren't really on, like he felt he was expected to try them, more in hope that expectation. I think he needs to take a step back a little, play a bit simpler, get more touches and more involved. A bit more short pass and move, rather than trying the killer ball so much.

In fact as a whole i think we're rushing things too much when we get up the pitch, like we're so used to cutting teams apart we don't need to build and craft moves any more. More movement, more passes, drag players out of position and then the gaps will come for Silva to play the through ball.

100% spot on.

 

[hihosilva]

He was playing through balls that weren't really on, like he felt he was expected to try them, more in hope that expectation. I think he needs to take a step back a little, play a bit simpler, get more touches and more involved. A bit more short pass and move, rather than trying the killer ball so much.

In fact as a whole i think we're rushing things too much when we get up the pitch, like we're so used to cutting teams apart we don't need to build and craft moves any more. More movement, more passes, drag players out of position and then the gaps will come for Silva to play the through ball.

Totally agree
Pee Dubya for manager! Pee Dubya for manager! Pee Dubya for manager!

 

[mr t]

I'm sure the attack that led to Arsenals goal came from a mistake from Silva. It's painful to see him in such poor form and his timing seems to have deserted him but he will hit form because he's a class player.

 

[Dzeko's Right Boot]

Not happy with him for ripping off his black armband and chucking it in the first half. He needs to shape up, soon.

That was aguero.

It was definitely Dave, in our area he threw it down, landed by the corner or the six yard box. If Aguero did it too then that's equally disappointing, sheer lack of respect.

 

[Ray78]

Like Kompany I will back him to regain his form.

 

[AdamManCity]

Some of these comments are outrageous. Firstly how can anyone question the commitment of someone who worked so hard for the team today? And to those who say he hasn't had a good game in 2012 what about his unbelieveable performance against Newcastle away in such a huge game and he looked sharp against QPR this season. Give the guy a break, he is a world class player(we haven't had many of them in the past) who happens to be going through a bad patch just like all players do, the quicker the fans get behind him the quicker he will regain his magic.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Not happy with him for ripping off his black armband and chucking it in the first half. He needs to shape up, soon.

That was aguero.

It was definitely Dave, in our area he threw it down, landed by the corner or the six yard box. If Aguero did it too then that's equally disappointing, sheer lack of respect.

Aguero did it also then. In the 1st half he thew it into the net when we had a corner.

 

[AdamManCity]

That was aguero.

It was definitely Dave, in our area he threw it down, landed by the corner or the six yard box. If Aguero did it too then that's equally disappointing, sheer lack of respect.

Aguero did it also then. In the 1st half he thew it into the net when we had a corner.

Two players I would not expect to do something like that, strange

 

[Ric]

Silva was poor today, well off the pace.

Gave the ball away more in 90 minutes today than he did in 9 months last season. Needs to recover his form quickly.

With Nasri's injury a rest isn't forthcoming so he needs to play himself out of this rut.

I have faith in him of course, because as the cliche says "class is permanent, form is temporary".

 

[Mad_fer_it]

Jesus guys, everyone had a bad game today. There was no stand out player in the team, but he needs to have a serious mirror talk. In fact the entire team needs this. Back to the drawing board. Time for the club to be pragmatic and think carefully about why we havnt clicked yet. We're a good enough team with good enough players. It will come together soon. Long season ahead.

 

[Freestyler]

Couldn't believe what i was seeing today, he gave it away more times today than he did in half a season last year!

Everyone has there off days, but today Silva had a day to forget and at the moment he's having a mare of a season.

Liverpool away when he came on for 20 minutes, is his only real self we've seen this season. he changed the game there and played brilliant.

 

[cordonbleu]

He was playing through balls that weren't really on, like he felt he was expected to try them, more in hope that expectation. I think he needs to take a step back a little, play a bit simpler, get more touches and more involved. A bit more short pass and move, rather than trying the killer ball so much.

In fact as a whole i think we're rushing things too much when we get up the pitch, like we're so used to cutting teams apart we don't need to build and craft moves any more. More movement, more passes, drag players out of position and then the gaps will come for Silva to play the through ball.

It was not just Silva. Yaya was also wasteful trying to score goals from distance, instead of building up attacks with short passes.

 

[i8rags]

Couldn't believe what i was seeing today, he gave it away more times today than he did in half a season last year!

Everyone has there off days, but today Silva had a day to forget and at the moment he's having a mare of a season.

Liverpool away when he came on for 20 minutes, is his only real self we've seen this season. he changed the game there and played brilliant.

Agree, there a few others off par to, but daves final ball is shocking at present.